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Ink blended and stamped clean & simple style cards – Rubber Dance

Hello, I am up over at the Rubber Dance blog with a card set tutorial. For these cards I used plenty of Distress Oxide Inks and two various rubber stamp sets (Weed Love & Round in Circles) from the store.

And this is how I created these cards:

First I added some washi tape to create borders for the area I was about to add ink blending onto. I used Distress Oxide Ink tones: saltwater taffy, spiced marmelade and abandoned coral for the first card. After adding the ink onto the card base I used one of the Weed Love stamp set stamps to add some stamping onto the area using black stamp ink.

Next I added another layer of washi tape on top of the ink blended and stamped area to create a border with black ink and one of the Round in Circles stamps. After that I only had to decorate the card with a sentiment (Tim Holtz Quote Chips) and a few enamel stars and the first card was done.

For the second card I used the same steps, but changed the colors to: hickory smoke, salvaged patina and fossilized amber. After that I added a border with the same stamp as on the previous card, except this time I stamped slightly overlappingly to create a different border. Then to decorate the card with Quote Chips and some green enamel dots.

I hope I could inspire you to play with the stamps featured on today´s post and give ink blending and creating clean and simple styled cards a try. Have fun!!!
xxx, Sanna

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Clean and simple stenciled cards with Distress Inks – Rubber Dance

Hello everyone, it´s again my turn ot share a project over at the Rubber Dance blog and I am up with a set of clean and simple cards and a photo tutorial today.
For these cards I used the Sketchy Leaves stamp set – which I absolutely adore – and the gorgeous Organic 3 stencil with Distress Oxide Inks.

Here is how I created these cards:

First I took a white card base, then placed the Organic 3 stencil on top and applied Distress Oxide Ink with a blending brush thru the stencil onto the card base. I used cracked pistachio, speckled egg and peacock feathers tones for my cards.

After finishing the stenciled background, I took the Sketchy Leaves stamp set out and stamped leaf images on top of the stenciling. I combined two of the leaf images to create a leaf branch like piece.

Next I stamped sentiments from the Sketchy Flowers 3 stamp set onto the card base with the same black stamp ink.

After stamping the sentiments, I wanted to add a tiny bit of additional detail, so I painted some of the areas on the leaves with golden pigments.

That´s all there is to these cards. Did you notice that all the layers are built directly onto the card base? That way these cards are not very heavy and easy to sent off in an envelope.

I hope I could inspire you to create some clean and simple cards with Rubber Dance products !
Happy crafting,
xx, Sanna

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Card set with mixed media cutouts – kreativt_uttrykk

Hello again! Here is yet another set of card that I created using the mixed media cutouts by kreativt_uttrykk.

What cutouts, you are asking? Go to this INSTA PAGE for awesome inspiration and more details on the cutous and also a link to ther Etsy store. You can buy her cutouts in various sets (in different colours) over HERE (her Etsy-page).

And now to the cards I made:

For this one I used a STAMPlorations stencil with Distress Oxide Ink to create the faded background pattern. On top of that I added the house and “tree” cutout and colored some of the parts with Posca pens. For finishing touches I added a sentiment I typed with my old typewriter.

For the second one I used similar techniques, except I also added a leftover 7DotsStudio paper a “frame” to the house and stenciled background. The rest is again decorated with Posca pens and a typewriter sentiment.

I love the houses on this set, as you might have noticed :).
Happy crafting,
xxxx, Sanna

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Mixed Media cutouts – kreativt_uttrykk

Hello everyone!! My design team colleague at Rubber Dance Art Stamps has designed some cool mixed media cutouts and I was able to play around with them a litte.

First of all, go to her INSTA PAGE for awesome inspiration and more details on her various social media sites. Also, you can buy her cutouts in various sets (in different colours) over HERE (her Etsy-page).

And now to what I made:

I did a clean and simple style card with a tag on it that features the blue-toned cutouts. I added some details with a red Posca pen and a leftover strip of red gelli printed paper to go with all the blues and blacks. The sentiment stamps are by Rubber Dance, by the way. I also wanted to see how te cutouts would look like against a darker background, so I used a black paper bag that I decorated with several images from the “kit”.

On the background of the paper bag I have used some white and rose gold watercolor splatters for additional interest as well as a tiny red detail on the tree added with a Posca pen. The sentiment is again by Rubber Dance.

I will be sharing more inspiration here in a few days time, so do come back for more projects created with Åshild Halvorsen´s mixed media cutouts :).
Happy crafting,
xxx, Sanna

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Clean and simple card with stenciling

Hello and happy Friday! Here is another card share – this time in clean and simple style with some stenciling on it.

The stenciling is done with a STAMPlorations stencil – from my line there and red Distress Ink. On top of that I have added a page from 2023 Artist Almanac and a hand drawn watercolor flower and two leaves. The sticker is by Simple Stories and the puff heart is from my older stash.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look! If you are interested in seeing more of my hand drawn embellishments/fodder, go to my YouTube channel. I am posting my #the100dayproject2024 there every day with something hand drawn.

Happy weekend and happy crafting,
xxx, Sanna

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