Sunday, March 26, 2023

Album Box

5:00 AM



Hi everyone today I am sharing an Album Box which is from Graphic 45 and I did things different by using Simple Stories “Life in Bloom” collection.

I covered the box using Life in Bloom which has soft
pastel colors 
The album pages has a variety of ways to open and books and crannies for you to add fun photos 
It has a magnetic latch for easy opening and closure 
Here you can see the different page layouts inside the album

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Sunday, March 19, 2023

Easy 3D Florals

3:35 PM
Hi everyone today I am sharing these 3D florals I made using Spellbinder dies Stylish Ovals and The Be Bold Collection
Instead of leaving the florals as is I decided to give them a 3d look by shaping and cupping the flowers use a foam mold pad.   I inked the edges in a Hybrid Ink a tad darker than the pinks in the paper collection itself which is Blossom.



I used a chipboard piece from Laserowe LOVE "Birdcage" to decorate the front so as not to take too much away from the dies itself.


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Saturday, March 4, 2023

Sizzix Tim Holtz 3D Texture Fades Embossing Folder Mini Rose Birthday Card

12:00 AM
Welcome back and Nancy, here.  Today, I wanted to share additional tips, tricks and techniques with you for adding some boldly unique dimension to the Sizzix Tim Holtz 3D Texture Fades Embossing Folder Mini Rose using my Sizzix Big Shot machine.  For those following my Saturday blogs for The Rubber Buggy, last week I had a number of ways of coloring this gorgeous rose embossing folder which leaves a 3D impression and really pops out especially after coloring the roses and leaves.
 
I cut an oval shape using Spellbinder Oval Nestabilities oval frame before putting the Sizzix 3D Mini Rose through the Sizzix Big Shot and don't forget to spray a little water on the cardstock before putting it in the Big Shot to bring out the 3D embossing.  After cutting out the gorgeous mini rose, I tab a little water and Perfect Pearls on a mat and colored the roses and leaves with a paint brust and let dry. I did the same for adding darker pink using the Distress Pink Watercolor crayon.  I used my finger to smear Redesign Brass Wax around the oval frame and if I got a little too much, I used a pencil eraser to erase some of the brass wax off.   

I cut out two Graphic 45 Decorative Die frames of pink and white cardstock and glue the white frame slightly on top of the pink with a little pink showing to give it a soft shadow tough and bring out the white frame.  I stamped Happy Birthday on the center of the decorative frame with embossing ink and used a gold embossing powder with an embossing heat gun to adhere the embossing powder.

I made my cherub with Art Resin and a mould from my stash and painted it with Prima Marketing White Pearl Metallic acrylic paint which is my all time favorite white paint with the gorgeous shine.  

The white leaves die cut were slightly painted with Distress Watercolor green crayon.  There are new Spellbinder floral die cuts that are now available  at The Rubber Buggy.    

The mini rose embossing measures around 2 1/2" x 4" after cutting down to size for framing.

Helpful tips to get started with any Sizzix 3D embossing folder:

  1. Only need 1 Cutting Pad is used when embossing with our 3D Embossing Folders because these folders are so thick.
  2. Misting your material, especially if it is a heavy weight cardstock, with water on one sides prior to placing the material inside of your embossing folder to achieve MAXIMUM impression!  Also, misting helps from the paper cracking with the deep impressions.
  3. Run your embossing folder through your machine a total of 3 times for a rich, bold and deep textures. Long ago, I ruined an embossing folder by running it through the bottom open part rather than the top of the embossing folder and it tore the embossing folder apart. 
  4. For several occasions, I did the embossing and while coloring afterwards, I layed my mini rose back against the bumpy part  of the inside and then folded the embossing folder down and went through my Big Shot just one time to get the full impression back and make it pop again.  
Supplies:
Sizzix Tim Holtz 3D Texture Fades Embossing Folder Mini Rose

I cannot wait for you all to get your hands on any Sizzix Tim Holtz 3D embossing folders and see what you create! I hope I’ve shared some tips, tricks and ideas that you’ll be able to use in your own crafty adventures.  

The Rubber Buggy has the crafting supplies for your next project. So have fun crafting this weekend with these products.   My cards and projects are always posted on Saturday.  Keep watching and thank you so much for those wonderful comments as well as suggestions. 



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Saturday, February 25, 2023

Sizzix Tim Holtz 3D Mini Rose Embossing Folder

12:00 AM
Welcome back and Nancy, here.  Today, I wanted to share some tips, tricks and techniques with you for adding some boldly unique dimension to the Sizzix Tim Holtz 3D embossing folder.  With a bit of cabin fever, I  experienced "Obsessive Creativity" using the Sizzix Tim Holtz 3D Texture Fades Embossing Folder Mini Rose with my Sizzix Big Shot machine for the past week.  

The mini rose embossing measures around 2 1/2" x 4" after cutting down to size for framing.

Helpful tips to get started with any Sizzix 3D embossing folder:

  1. Only need 1 Cutting Pad is used when embossing with our 3D Embossing Folders because these folders are so thick.
  2. Misting your material, especially if it is a heavy weight cardstock, with water on one sides prior to placing the material inside of your embossing folder to achieve MAXIMUM impression!  Also, misting helps from the paper cracking with the deep impressions.
  3. Run your embossing folder through your machine a total of 3 times for a rich, bold and deep textures. Long ago, I ruined an embossing folder by running it through the bottom open part rather than the top of the embossing folder and it tore the embossing folder apart. 
  4. For several occasions, I did the embossing and while coloring afterwards, I layed my mini rose back against the bumpy part  of the inside and then folded the embossing folder down and went through my Big Shot just one time to get the full impression back and make it pop again.  
I will share cards made with this gorgeous Sizzix 3D Mini Rose embossing folder.  I used a copper Tim Holtz metallic cardstock on the embossing.  The cardstock is the Ciao Bella Cozy Moments stamped with an ole stamp  I used my sewing machine to sew around the front layer before gluing to the frame for a shabby chic appearance.  I found an old frame for behind the embossed copper rose and a stamp for a nice sentiment.

The picture doesn't do this card justice since it was difficult to show off the Tim Holtz silver cardstock and white/gold shimmer cardstock with the lighting.  I just love how this embossing came out.  After embossing, I used a sprint of water and Distress pink crayon and brushed on to the roses and did the same with the Distress water color green crayon for the leaves.  I used the Sizzix Tim Holtz 3D Entangled Embossing folder for the background.
I just loved how deep the impression came out on metallic cardstock.
Embossing on patterned cardstock was an experiment.  I embossed first and then painted on Tim Holtz Distress water color crayons.  Some of the patterns on the cardstock showed through the roses but I liked how it fades into the cardstock.  Rerunning the paper back through the embossing folder popped the embossing back up.
I love using shimmer cardstock and how the embossing shows up so well.  I tapped on  Ranger Distress ink pads on the flat inside of the embossing folder before running it through the Big Shot.  The embossing shows a pure white mini roses and leaves.  For the next two embossed roses, I scribble a bit of Distress water color crayon on my craft mat, spritz it with water and with a paintbrush paint it the roses and leaves.   It's a pretty cool look, very pigmented. I even liked the one on the left with just a pure white embossing on white shimmer cardstock.  
This was a big experiment of using a stamp tool and stamping the music notes on the inside of the flat part of the embossing folder and then run the paper through the Big Shot to have this background.  The purple one was done first with purple ink padded on the inside of the embossing folder and then run through the Big Shot.  When the ink dried, stamped the music notes on the same flat part of the inside of the embossing folder and run it through the Big Shot again to get this background.  Found it easier to lay the paper back into the embossing folder on the bumpy backside and then fold the front of the embossing folder forward to run through the Big Shot.  Make sure the paper didn't move inside the embossing folder so taping it down helped.

I ran the embossing folder with black cardstock first through the Big Shot and then used Prima Marketing Brass metallic wax smearing with my fingers on black cardstock.  Rerunning the folder with the paper pops the embossing back up but won't recommend doing this after using metallic wax since it smeared too much and hard to clean off the inside of the embossing folder.

TIP:  I used my fingers for smearing on the metallic wax to the rose and leaves on black cardstock.  Afterwards, I took just a pencil eraser and erased parts of the metallic wax that I didn't want around the roses and leaves on the black cardstock.

Supplies:
Sizzix Tim Holtz 3D Texture Fades Embossing Folder Mini Rose
Sizzix Tim Holtz 3D Entangled Embossing Folder 

I cannot wait for you all to get your hands on any Sizzix Tim Holtz 3D embossing folders and see what you create! I hope I’ve shared some tips, tricks and ideas that you’ll be able to use in your own crafty adventures.  

The Rubber Buggy has the crafting supplies for your next project. So have fun crafting this weekend with these products.   My cards and projects are always posted on Saturday.  Keep watching and thank you so much for those wonderful comments as well as suggestions. 



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Thursday, February 23, 2023

Standing Mini Album

6:00 AM


Hi welcome back to the Rubber Buggy’s blog 🥰
Today I am here sharing a standing mini album using Graphic 45 latest release “Little One”
I used some craft cardstock and folded them much like a toilet paper roll to use as the actual mini pages

I then covered each pages and did a lot of
Fussy cutting for each of the individual pages for a total of 6 ❤️
This page has a pull out mini with a total of 11 places for additional photos
Here you see how it looks folded standing upright
This page has a frame for you to slide your photo under
Here you have pull out tags within the pages


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Saturday, February 18, 2023

Sizzix Thinlits Die Gentlement card

12:00 AM
Welcome back and Nancy, here, to share a steampuckcard made with new 2023 arrival of 


This card measures 5" x 6" and I will go over what I did and you can do the same or come up with your own fabulous ideas.

I love these two older Tim Holtz embossing folders and used silver metallic cardstock, sprayed lightly water on the back of the cardstock and ran through my Sizzix Big Shot about three times.  I cut out part of one embossing folder and glued to the other.  I used my fingers to smear Prima Marketing Redesign Brass wax along with Prima Marketing Charcoal Black wax around the embossing. I sponged on Distress Campfire and Black Soot ink by just using the ink pad flat with the embossing folder on parts of the embossing folder.

I sponged the gears and cogs with my new favorite Prima Marketing Redesign Brass wax along with another Prima Marketing Firebird wax and Charcoal Black.   I used Prima Marketing Redesign Brass wax with Prima Marketing Firebird wax on the Prima Marketing Rusty Pipeline mould casting.  I used an epoxy resin for my mould and let dry over night before coloring and adhering to my card.  I used the small pipes  in this mould for this card.  I added a few other metal embellishments from my stash and adhered these to the card with Beacon 3-in-1 Advanced Glue.
 
I brushed on ReDesign - Decor Wax 1.69 oz (50 ML) - Brass on the Sizzix Gentlement die cuts since I wanted to tone down the black die cut men and have other embellishments to be as noticeable on the card.

I cut out the 4-Leaf clovers with the Sizzix 3-D Lucky Love Impresslits with a brass  cardstock.  First cut out about a 4" square and spray lightly with water on the back of the cardstock and then run it through the Sizzix Big Shot about four times for the desired impression.  In the past, I have colored these impresslit die cut and placed the die cuts back into the impresslit embossing folder and ran through the Sizzix Big Shot again to bring out the 3-D embossing.   

I found a sentiment in the Tim Holtz sentiment label package and added some glue behind it and adhered it to the card.

Supplies:
I hope I’ve shared some tips, tricks and ideas that you’ll be able to use in your own crafty adventures.  The Rubber Buggy has the crafting supplies for your next project. So have fun crafting this weekend with these products.   My cards and projects are always posted on Saturday.  Keep watching and thank you so much for those wonderful comments as well as suggestions. 



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Thursday, February 16, 2023

Fussy Cut Frame Shaker

6:00 AM
Hi everyone today I am sharing a vintage shaker card I made using a new release from Mintay called "Elodie" and absolutely gorgeous collection and a must have for sure. 
I fussy cut the frame from the sheet of paper and added some acetate and 3 layers of foam tape to the back to make my shaker frame for the front of my card.

I used diecuts from the Elodie diecut set to decorate the front of my card and added some chipboard pieces from Mintay as well.

I have a video on how I created my card below and I hope everyone enjoyed my post and thanks for stopping by!





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