RUBBERNECKER BLOG HOP - More New Releases & Prizes!!

Welcome to RUBBERNECKER STAMPS release day HOP!! We are SO excited you are HOPPING with us today!! There are LOTS of AWESOME creations in store for you!! Besides ALL the GREAT creations? There are PRIZES to be had, as well!! There are THREE ways to WIN!! Take a look at what we have for you!!

1. If you leave some LOVE at EVERY stop, you could WIN………….

A $25 RUBBERNECKER GIFT CERTIFICATE

2. If you sign up for the Rubbernecker Newsletter, on the Rubbernecker Blog, you could WIN….

ONE OF TEN $10 RUBBERNECKER GIFT CERTIFICATES

3. IF you “LIKE” us on Facebook, you could WIN……..

A $15 RUBBERNECKER GIFT CERTIFICATE

HOLY PRIZES!! WOW, can you believe ALL the chances there are to WIN? We will announce the winners THURSDAY! So, you have until then, to HOP, ”LIKE” , and SIGN-UP!! The official BLOG HOP ROUTE is listed below, in case you should get lost!! ALL of the NEW release stamps, you see today, are available NOW for purchase!!

I chose to use the Hawaiin Vine (#537) image for my three different designs today in order to show you the versatility of this image.

For my first card, I kept it pretty simple.  I white embossed the image on Sahara Sand cardstock and used a q-tip and blender pen to add Tattered Rose Distress Ink to color the flower images.  I added pink Liquid Pearls to the flower centers.

Stamps: Hawaiin Vine (#537), Create a Garden Phrase Set (#508)
Cardstock: White, Pink Pirouette, Sahara Sand
Ink: Memento Black, Tattered Rose Distress Ink
Accessories: versamark, white embossing powder, heat tool, blender pen, q-tip, rectangle Nestabilities, pink gingham ribbon, dimensionals, pink liquid pearls, dimple corner punch

Next up, I wanted to show you a more colorful way to use this image.  I stamped the vine image twice  in Tuxedo Memento Black to create a two-sided border.  I colored them with Prismacolor pencils and gamsol.  I added platinum Liquid Pearls to the centers and then circled the platinum pearls with a ring of pretty Charoite glitter by Martha Stewart.
 
 



Stamps: Hawaiin Vine (#537), Create a Garden Phrase Set (#508)
Cardstock: Elegant Eggplant, White, polkadot embossed dp
Ink: Memento Black
Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, paper piercer, border punch, Platinum Liquid Pearls, MS Charoite glitter, MS glitter glue, Stitch, Doodle, Dot piercing template

For my last card, I combined this with Mothermark's Teapot Tuesday challenge on Splitcoaststampers.  This card, along with some stamping supplies, will be sent to a fellow SCSer, Ashley in Indiana, who lost all of her stamping supplies in a flood and has to start all over (How terrible:  can you imagine losing all you have?).  You can read the full story in the Teapot Tuesday forum under MMTPT139.

I used the Hawaiin Vine image on the tea cup I created (out of Nestabilities, oval punches, and MFT scallop border die), as well as on the background piece of white cardstock.  I kept it soft and subtle to go with the inspiration teapot in Mothermark's challenge.  I added a very light touch of watercoloring to the images on the tea cup, but kept the image in the background as is.

We also were instructed to use ribbon in our design, so I ruffled some white polkadotted ribbon on the top rim of the cup and used organdy ribbon to attach my heart-shaped teabag.

Stamps: Hawaiin Vine (#537)
Cardstock: Pink Pirouette, White, Pink Pirouette dp
Ink: Pink Pirouette
Accessories: heart punch, beaded circle Nestabilities, dotted swiss embossing folder, scallop die, around-the-page border punch, white organdy ribbon, white polkadotted ribbon, watercolor brush, X-Press It tape, dimensionals
Technique: dtp stamping with slight watercoloring on flowers, ruffled ribbon

Now, I know this has already been a long post, but I need to give you the list of my fellow Rubbernecker design teammates so you can continue along the way on the hop.

Rubbernecker Blog
Charlene Merrick - that's me!
Jacquie Peiffer
Jen Charboneau
Joan Ervin
Julia Aston
Karen Hunsaker
Kittie Caracciolo
Maria Gurnsey

So, next up in our blog hop line up is the uber talented Miss Jacquie Peiffer!  Click on her link above to see what fabulous creation she has in store for you!

Thanks for joining in our excitement and BEST OF LUCK!!