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My all time favorite Christmas movie HAS to be “A Christmas Story”…….that kid cracks me right the heck up! Ü

Gorgeous cards, I’ve admired your work a long while!

That seemed to be one of the most mentioned favorite Christmas movies!

QC if you would please email me, I’ll tell you how to collect your $10 Rubbernecker Bucks!!

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Oct 29 2008

Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge 7

Published by bronih under Card Designs, Christmas, Copic markers, RN Challenges, Rubbernecker

Today’s Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge is a “heavenly” one!! Hehe! The oh-so-talented Tami Mayberry has presented us with a sketch to try. Yes, the queen of sketches!! How cool!!

I really did have a hard time choosing an image for this sketch. I thought the Little Lovin’s Girl Angel was too big for the image panel, but then decided to trim the panel down and let her wings be out-of-the-box. I think it works! Do you agree?

I also didn’t want to use vibrant colors. I wanted her to look soft and “heavenly”, so I went with the soft sky, with just a little pale pink.

Check out what the other designers have come up with using this great sketch:

And it would be great for you to play along with us! Just post a direct link to your card with your comment on the Rubbernecker Blog post for today.

Thanks for visiting! Did you leave a comment HERE to win BLOG CANDY???

***AND I just realized that I’ve crossed the 50,000 mark in comments! Thanks, you guys!! I’ll have to gather some blog candy to give away to celebrate!!

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Stamps: Little Lovin’s Girl Angel (357-04) - Winter Holiday #2, Joy sentiment

Paper: PTI white, GP white, soft sky DP, silver cardstock

Ink: Versafine onyx black, Versamark

Accessories: CB D’vine Swirls folder, corner rounder punch, silver detail EP, petite oval Nestabilities, snowflake eyelets, cropadile, Martha Stewart simple scallop punch, foam mounting tape, Copic airbrush system, Copic markers:

Items available at Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

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Oct 29 2008

Color Throwdown #17

Published by bronih under Card Designs, Color Throwdown, Copic markers, Cornish Heritage Farms, Halloween

We have a spooky Color Throwdown color challenge for you today! Kisa asked us to use orange, black, and green (with purple being an optional color) to make a Halloween themed card.

I’ve made so many Halloween cards already this year, so I wanted to go with one that wasn’t too scary and was kind of funky….One I could send to a small child or an adult. This is what I came up with:

I pulled out some Halloween stamps from last year - the pumpkin is from a Memory Box clear stamp set and the sentiment is one of those $1.00 Studio G stamps from Michael’s. I used the Grid Paper backgrounder from Cornish Heritage Farms on the kiwi kiss cardstock.

Check out what the other designers have come up with:

And please play along with us! The keyword is CTD17 and you can post a direct link to your card with your comment on today’s Color Throwdown blog post.

I thought I’d throw this in here too, since it also fits the criteria for today’s challenge. It’s a Halloween bag that I made for my 2 year old grandson.

Thanks for coming by! Find time to play today!!!

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Stamps: Trick or Treat (pumpkin) - Memory Box, Hey Pumpkin - Kolette Hall for Studio G, Grid Paper backgrounder - Cornish Heritage Farms

Paper: black, tangerine tango, kiwi kiss, Basic Grey Offbeat

Ink: Versafine onyx black, Adirondack - Slate

Accessories: Copic markers - YR16, YR65, W3, foam mounting tape, felt flower sticker - Paper Studio, buttons, ink blending tool, linen thread, ribbon (PTI)

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Oct 28 2008

2 For You Tuesday #21

Published by bronih under Autumn, Blog Candy, Card Designs, Christmas, Copic markers, Inkadinkado, Jacksonbelle, Rubbernecker, Splitcoaststampers

I just love Tuesdays!!

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RUBBERNECKER TREASURE HUNT TUESDAY

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Arrrr ye mateys, it’s Treasure Hunt Tuesday at Rubbernecker. Hop on over to the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog so you don’t miss those Design Team Members who are offering up Rubbernecker Bucks today. [HINT, HINT…..I’M ONE OF THEM!! So leave me a comment telling me what your favorite Christmas movie is and I’ll choose a winner on Thursday morning.] You’ll also find your first link in today’s treasure hunt!

Our Design Team, as always, will delight you with their creations. Be sure to visit their blogs~

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I’ve got a fun Christmas card for you today. I just love this little Elf Train! It reminds me of all the great kids’ movies that will be showing before you know it. I especially love Rudolph:

Fun facts about this movie:

Rudolph no longer airs just once annually, but several times during the Christmas season. It has been telecast every year since 1964, making it the longest running Christmas TV special, and one of only four 1960’s Christmas specials still being telecast (the others being A Charlie Brown Christmas, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and Frosty the Snowman). [Facts taken from Wikipedia.org]

So, keeping Hermie-the-elf-who-would-be-a-dentist in mind, here’s my Elf Train:

Stamps: Elf Train - Rubbernecker Winter Holiday #2, Happy Holidays sentiment

Paper: white, ballet blue, riding hood red, black, Daisy D’s Mistletoe Memories pad

Ink: Versafine onyx black, Versamark

Accessories: Gumdrop brads - Imaginisce (Jacksonbelle Embellishments), sewing machine, black detail EP, ticket corner punch, ribbon, yellow metallic gelly roll pen, foam mounting tape, Copic markers:

Items available at Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

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JACKSONBELLE EMBELLISHMENTS - JBE026

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The challenge today for the Jacksonbelle Embellishment design team is to create a Thanksgiving (or Thank You) card using Fall Colors. I thought this Basic Grey Mellow paper was perfect!

If you feel so inclined, we’d love for you to join us and post a card for the challenge. Use the keyword JBE026 if you post at Splitcoaststampers, so we can all see your card!

You’ll see some gorgeous creations if you visit the other designers’ blogs here:

Thanks so much for coming by today! See you tomorrow for the Color Throwdown Challenge and the Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge!

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Stamps: Autumn Foliage, Chelsea Sentiments - Inkadinkado

Paper: chocolate chip, Basic Grey Mellow

Ink: Adirondack - espresso

Accessories: clear EP, sewing machine, linen thread, dimensionals, Glimmer Mist - Sugar Cookie

Items available at Jacksonbelle Embellishments.

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Oct 24 2008

Whoooo Loves You?

Published by bronih under Card Designs, Copic markers, Cornish Heritage Farms, Rubbernecker, birthday

Last month my grandson Hunter needed a birthday card for his younger and only brother Will. This is the card I made for him. The sentiment inside says “Your FAVORITE brother!” They both loved it!

The image is entirely paper pieced with 4 separate pieces: the branch, the owl, the hat and the puff on top of the hat. These were all (except for the branch) colored with Copic markers and attached to the sentiment panel with foam mounting tape.

I thought you might like to know that right now Rubbernecker is having a special on the new Raspberry Wizard. You get free shipping and one free Nestabilities individual set when you purchase one! Cool!! Check out the offer HERE.

Thanks for stopping by to look today!

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Stamps: URA Hoot - Cornish Heritage FarmsPaper: white, apricot, brocade blue, Basic Grey Cupcake

Ink: brocade blue, Versafine onyx black

Accessories: sponge dabber, color spritzer, brocade blue marker, foam mounting tape, and Copic markers - E31, E33, E37, YR65, YR16, Y26, R27, R59, YG93, YG95

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Oct 22 2008

Color Throwdown - Week #16

Published by bronih under Card Designs, Color Throwdown, Copic markers, Cornish Heritage Farms

Hello everyone and welcome to week #16 of the Color Throwdown challenges. I’ll have to admit I had a really hard time with the colors this week. They are Ballet Blue, Green Galore, Creamy Caramel and Chocolate Chip. I had no idea what to do, until I came across this animal train DP from the Nana’s Kids collection by DCWV. It saved the day for me!

I drew in the ground line and grass and everything is colored with my Copic markers. The bird, and lion and monkey’s heads are popped up on foam tape.

Please drop by the Color Throwdown blog to check out all the designers cards or just visit their blogs here:

You can also play along with us. Just upload your card and post a direct link to it on today’s Color Throwdown blog post.

Thanks for stopping in to look! See you next time!

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Stamps: Mindy’s Zoo - Autumn Leaves, Birthday Centers - Cornish Heritage Farms

Paper: white, creamy caramel, ballet blue, green galore, Nana’s Kids - DCWV

Ink: Memento - tuxedo black

Accessories: Copic markers, foam tape, ribbons, Copic multiliner pen

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Oct 22 2008

Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge

Published by bronih under Autumn, Card Designs, Copic markers, RN Challenges, Rubbernecker

This week’s RubberneckerBlogger challenge is brought to you by Kittie! You can read all the details here on the Rubbernecker Blog.

Our challenge this week was to PAPER PIECE a project. I chose goofy old Tommy Turkey to work with!

Tommy was stamped on 3 different sheets of Basic Grey Scarlet’s Letter paper and pieced onto really rust cardstock, then shaded with Copic markers. I inked the Diamond background stamp in both Dried Marigold and Brushed Corduroy ink and stamped it on another sheet of BG and used this for the background.

I stamped on the corners of the image panel and on the entire sage shadow panel with a Mesh background stamp in 3rd generation Brushed Corduroy ink.

The button is tied with linen thread and I used a strip of corrugated cardboard behind the sentiment and button.

Please visit with the other designers to see their paper pieced creations:

Thanks for visiting! See you next time!

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Stamps: Tommy Turkey, Diamond background, Mesh background

Paper: Basic Grey Scarlet’s Letter 6×6 paper pad, watercolor paper, really rust, sage shadow

Ink: Versafine onxy black, Ranger Distress ink - dried marigold & brushed corduroy, Adirondack Espresso

Accessories: Copic markers, sponge dabber, corrugated cardboard, button, linen thread, petite oval Nestabilities, brads

Items available from Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

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Oct 21 2008

2 For You Tuesday #20

Published by bronih under Card Designs, Christmas, Copic markers, Jacksonbelle, Rubbernecker

I just can’t believe we’re already in week #20 of the 2 For You series! Woo hoo! And thanks to you all for coming to visit each week. You’re definitely a huge reason why I’m doing this!

Now let’s get down to some business before I show you the cards.

First of all…..it’s time to introduce 2 new guest designers for the Rubbernecker Design Team! Hold on to your hats…..are you ready for this?……It’s Joan Ervin and Pam Hooten!!!! Can you believe it?? I’m so excited to be working with these amazing ladies!!

AND…. Bev and Jules have agreed to stay on with us as well. How cool is that?? Be sure to stop by these ladies’ blogs and check out what they’re doing with the Rubbernecker images!

And don’t forget to visit the Rubbernecker blog to get your first clue for the Treasure Hunt and to find out who has the blog candy this week.

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RUBBERNECKER - TUESDAY TREASURE HUNT

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Now just because both of my cards today have snow on them and a winter theme, doesn’t mean I’m ready for the cold weather! Sadly though, it really is on it’s way.

Don’t these little carolers and their canine accompanist just warm your heart? I love the simple drawing and the great fun it was to color! All of their fur was coated with Tulip Puffy Paint then heated. The snow and the entire sentiment oval were smushed into a glue pad then covered with fine glitter.

Can you see the lined textured in the burgundy coat? After it was colored and shaded, I used the Copic chisel tip of the blender marker to stripe the coat. I like how it almost looks like corduroy! The dog’s mottled color was also created using the blender marker. I touched the brush tip to the dog’s colored coat to remove some of the color, creating his spots.

Don’t forget to visit all the Rubbernecker design teams blogs to see what they’ve created for you today ~

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Stamps: Carolers (337-9), Happy Holidays text (387-4)

Paper: white, baja breeze, bravo burgundy, Fancy Pants Happy Holidays paper pad

Ink: Versafine onyx black, Adirondack - Aqua

Accessories: Copic markers, Eclipse tape, sponge, white Tulip Puffy Paint, DecoArt Glamor Dust - crystal, glue pad, white gel pen, foam mounting tape, ribbon, Fiskars threading water punch, Cuttlebug and Snowflakes & Just My Type folders

Items available at Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

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JACKSONBELLE EMBELLISHMENTS - JBE025

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Today’s Jacksonbelle Embellishments challenge was to use some of the new Christmas papers from the Jacksonbelle store. I already used some on my Rubbernecker card above and I think this poinsettia/snowflake paper from the new Fancy Pants collection was just perfect for little Snowy Jo! He’s so simple and so cute! He and his sentiment were originally attached as one stamp, but I cut them apart. I also curved the sentiment on the acrylic block so that it would fit along the curve of the Tim Holtz grungeboard flourish.

The gorgeous paper is from the Fancy Pants Happy Holidays 8×8 paper pad. The ribbon is May Arts.

Be sure to head over to the other design team members’ blogs to see their creations with this fantastic new product ~

Thank you all for coming by to check out the 2 For You Tuesday cards! Please check back in tomorrow for the Rubbernecker Blog Challenge and the Color Throwdown color challenge.

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Stamps: Snowy Jo - Imaginisce
Paper: white, textured soft sky, Fancy Pants Happy Holidays 8×8 paper pad
Ink: Versafine onyx black
Accessories: Copic markers, Tim Holtz grungeboard, corner rounder punch, threading water punch, clear EP, May Arts ribbon, foam mounting tape, silver hardware, sponge dabber

Items available at Jacksonbelle Embellishments.

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Oct 20 2008

Google Spooks - Dirty Girls Challenge

Published by bronih under Card Designs, Copic markers, Halloween, Rubbernecker, Splitcoaststampers

It’s the 20th of the month again! And each month at this time the Dirty Dozen - present and alumni - reveal the cards or projects they’ve created for the challenge that has been issued. This month Emily (WaterPixie) asked us to create a Halloween card, with google eyes, but with no pumpkins. Oooooh, spooky!!

I searched through all my images trying to find one that could have the google eyes added to it, and couldn’t find any that really worked - either the eyes were too big for the image or they made the spook in the image look ridiculous! Such was the case with this cute little vampire. He just wasn’t so cute anymore when I added the google eyes. Then I got the idea that he should be trick-or-treating and the google spooks should be behind him in the dark! How do you think it worked out?

The “wall” is popped up away from the front steps. The doorframe was made using 2 long rectangle Nestabilities to cut and emboss the brown DP. Then I just added a little shading and the mitered corners. The sentiment was stamped and embossed on the ribbon tag.

So what do you think of my little google spooks?

Thanks for the challenge, Emily!

You can check out all the other Dirty Girls’ designs here: DCST1008

Thanks for visiting with me today. I hope you’ll stop back by tomorrow when I’ll have another 2 For You Tuesday!

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Stamps: Drac & Bat (87-10), Spooky Greetings (87-19)

Paper: white, black, Basic Grey Scarlet’s Letter

Ink: Versafine onyx black, Ranger Distress - black soot

Accessories: Copic markers, Copic Multiliner SP02 pen, google eyes, Ranger Crystal Effects, foam mounting tape, ink blending tool, clear EP, Spellbinders ribbon tags, long rectangle Nestabilities