This card is a very simple card that uses the Rose Heart Cling. The Rose Heart Cling is an ornate design that makes stunningly beautiful cards simply and easily. It can be colored creatively and enhanced with glitter if desired as the card above. While the card pictured is a birthday card, this same card design makes a delightful Valentine.

This card is delightfully decorated with a Valentines theme using a cupcake clear rubber stamp decorated with hearts. Cupcakes have become very popular in the clear rubber stamping sector giving you a number of different cupcake designs to choose from. One of our favorite is the Hey There Cupcake design which allows you to custom build your own cupcake to adorn your Valentines cards.

This card is delightfully decorated using clear stamps to create a decorative design on otherwise plain cardstock. This card features a cutout heart which folded in half and secured in the center causes it to ‘POP’ out of the card face. Embellished with roses, this card will be sure to delight those you love.

This Valentines bi fold card is created with plain card-stock. The background designs are created using 4 similar colors of ink and the Ribbons and RikRak clear rubber stamps. Clear Border stamps are wonderful for creating lines in backgrounds. The letters are also stamped in and colored. These letters consist of the ‘My Favorite Letter L‘; ’My Favorite Letter O‘; ’My Favorite Letter V‘ and ‘My Favorite Letter E’

This card can be created using any heart stamp that you have on hand as long as it is a fairly good size. Add complimentary ribbon and layer the colors of cardstock you choose to use to complete your Valentines card.

This card is delightful to make and give. It is created simply using the Rose Heart Cling. The card is made by folding it in thirds and then decorating the top card face in the ‘portrait’ position so that the folds are at the top and bottom of the card. Fold the top up and the inside down, then decorate the bottom section with your Valentines sentiment. When the card is folded up the sentiment is folded into the very center of the card. Be sure that your sentiment only covers the bottom half of the panel so that it can hold up the card as pictured.

This stunning Valentines tag is created using the Pattern Trio clear hobby rubber stamps in conjunction with some small hearts. Once you have created your background stamp and emboss the small hearts (or you can use stickers if you like) to complete your Valentine tag.

This card uses the same Pattern Trio clear stamps to create a larger card with a heart charm hanging from the sentiment.

This tall narrow Valentines card is easily created using the Hearts clear rubber stamps. This set includes everything you need to create this design.

A Valentines tag created with the Hearts clear rubber stamps. This little tag is ideal for adding to a box of chocolates or a bouquet of flowers that you wish to give to someone you love.

This card is actually a pouch that holds Valentines candies. To make this card you will need a heart shaped aperture in the face of the card which allow you to look inside at the heart candies which are wrapped in cling wrap or clear cellophane. Ensure that your card is long enough to allow a flap to fold over the top. Decorate the flap using the Hearts clear rubber stamps. Tie with a ribbon or secure with a pin, and it is ready to give away.

This card is a very basic card using the same stamp from the Hearts clear rubber stamp set to create a pattern background. It is then tied with a ribbon and a stamped sentiment is added to complete the project.

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Clothes pins are an easy and attractive way to keep things organized. The clothespin above is labelled organize and is a quick convenient way of making sure that you get things put away especially if you don’t have time to do it right now. Clothes pins can also be used to label small paper scraps, color, paper projects etc. They can also be labelled with the name of a child or event. Once labelled they can help you keep memorabilia organized until you are ready to construct the scrapbook pages.

Papers can get rather bulky sitting in baskets. This is a fabulous way to organize memorabilia specific to one person that you wish to scrapbook in the future. A sticky label can easily be stamped on with clear alphabet rubber stamps to create an easy to read, uniform and attractive way to organize your craft room.

When new supplies are purchased you may need to label a new box or container specific to that project. In the above photo, clear alphabet rubber stamps are used to create a bold and beautiful label for this box of supplies.

Clear alphabet rubber stamps can even help you organize your kitchen! Above you will see a label made for snacks, making it easy to see and know what you have currently on hand in your cupboards. Using this method, your kitchen cupboards coordinate and you will be delighted every time you open the cupboard door.

Of course clear hobby rubber stamps are so much easier to use when they are organized into categories. At Clearly Rubber Stamping, stamps are presorted into categories by color, but the photo above shows a wonderful way of decorating clear dividers with easy to read labels that help you find exactly what you are looking for when you are creating a new rubber stamping project.

Have a very Happy New Year

and

Happy Stamping!!!

This is the finished card. Now I’ll back up and tell you how it was made. First a rectangular piece of packaging was cut and folded in half. The fun part of this card making craft is putting the design into the plastic. For this card, this was done using a cuttlebug and a Christmas embossing folder. Once it is run through the cuttlebug, you have a fabulous clear card already started!

But I like to be able to sign my name to a card before I give it away, so next we will add something we can sign. This is done using a round cardstock disc. It has been embossed on one side with snowflakes, then highlighted with a small gold ink pad.. A hole is punched into the top, and a metallic string is threaded through the hold. Make a small hole at the top center portion of the plastic card and then tie the disc inside the card so that it hangs directly behind the embossed circle. Add a Merry Christmas greeting using clear rubber stamps and you have a finished card.

Above is a view of the card from the back. You can see that there is room to sign your name below the Merry Christmas greeting.

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This star is about 2 1/2″ tall. I used a large cling rubber stamp to add the design to the metal piece. Then added 3 colored embossing powders, and completing it with a dusting of clear embossing powder. I love to emboss any time, but I found particular delight as I watched the colors blend and shine on this finished star.

To learn more about this technique, visit the Metal Rubber Stamping Crafts link here.

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To learn more about making and decorating these quick Christmas crafts visit the Metal Crafts Made with Clear Rubber Stamps Link.

Above is an up close picture of the sentiment stamped onto the metal mitt with permanent ink and the texture dots created with the blunt nail and hammer from the back side of the mitt.

This design is made with the Mittens clear hobby rubber stamps but can be done with any outline clear hobby rubber stamp.

To begin place the piece of light metal over the hobby stamp on an acrylic handle.

Lightly rub a wooden dowel across the surface of the metal until a faint impression of the stamp design shows through.

Using a plastic stylus, lightly press into the spaces of the design pronouncing the lines more clearly. Continue until you are satisfied with the results. Create a border by lightly pressing the stylus into the metal as it sits upon a foam mat. Use a ruler or other straight edge to ensure your border is straight.

Secure to a card using double sided sticky tape.

Here is another sample of this same technique.

I tried this technique with tin foil as well. To have success you have to use the heaviest tin foil you can find, and be very gentle when using the plastic stylus or the aluminum foil will tear.

Happy Stamping!!

Materials you will need to make this project:

• coordinating patterned scrapbook papers 1-3 styles
• coordinating pigment inks
• clear rubber stamps
• white and colored cardstock scraps
• clear acrylic handle for clear rubber stamps
• 24 gauge wire
• circle cutter or template

Cut 12 circles in total cutting the same number of circles from each color. Decorate the backs of any single sided paper using your clear hobby rubber stamps and inks to create a design that will add to your color theme.

Fold each circle in half and stack together, alternating patterns. Wrap the wire over the fold and secure to hold the circles together.

Using double sided tape or small glue dots, place a dot of glue on the top 1/3 of the folded circle. Fold the next flap over it. On the next piece place the double sided tape or small glue dot on the bottom third. Alternating until all the circles have been secured together.

Fold over two flaps to create a relatively flat area on the bauble. Stamp a Christmas design onto white cardstock, color it if desired, and mat in a coordinating piece of solid colored cardstock. Secure onto the two flaps to complete the bauble. Tie a ribbon to the top and if you want to be really creative you might  add a little white glitter along the top of the paper edges to look like a skiff of snow sitting below the ribbon.

I love what my clear hobby rubber stamps did for this project. Before stamping additional words and embellishments, it looked like this…

I love what fun words, flowers and sayings can do for a craft! If you would like to be able to make this craft the instructions are below….

MATERIALS NEEDED:

• Background:  1 – 12×12 sheet of cardstock – your choice of color
• Matts: 2 – 12×12 sheets of black cardstock
• Patterned Paper: 8-10 different sheets of scrapbook paper in your color scheme
• Embellishments: Ribbon, flowers, brads, eyelets, clips, beads, charms  etc in your choice of style and color
• Glue stick and or photo mounting squares
• Letters F A M I L Y either cut from cardstock or chipboard

Materials Needed to Make This Card

• Refresh Card Making Template
•  Summer Season Clear Stamp Set
• Fun border stamps
• Small clear alphabet stamps
• 3 bright colors of paper – not cardstock (B, C, and D)
• Cardstock (A)
• 4 brads in bright colors
• Corner Rounder
• Ink
• Scissors
• 3-d sticky squares
• Glue

To Make This Card

1. Prepare the card for assembly by following the instructions for the Refresh Card Making Template.
2. Using the Summer Season Clear Stamp Set, create a star background pattern on each of the three pinwheel (D) paper colors. You may find reading the Creating Your own Patterned Background Paper information helpful.
3.  Assemble your pinwheels.
4.  Stamp your sentiment, quote, or greeting onto paper B and secure it onto the right hand edge of your card as indicated in the Refresh card making layout.  Using the Summer Season Clear Stamp set stamp the word “SUMMER” onto this strip.  You may wish to stamp in a lighter and darker color to create a shadow image.  For the smaller words, use small Alphabet Clear Stamps.
5. Position and secure the vertical elements.  Stamp a border image in between them your choice of ink colors.
6. Secure pinwheels into place using 3-d Sticky squares.  You may wish to add a sentiment inside the card or leave it blank.

This month discover new & exciting tips for using acrylic stamps to create clear holiday cards, seasonal scrapbook art, & a family Christmas advent calendar to decorate your home. To view the online version of the October 2011 newsletter you may click here.