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Happy Halloween from Rubbernecker

We are celebrating Halloween for 13 days over on the Rubbernecker blog and I am up for day #1! I decided to play with Fall/Halloween colors. I have not had the opportunity to play with Color Burst before and decided this would be a super fun day to do it. I created three cards with Color Burst backgrounds, beautiful silhouette stamps from as well as dies and Neenah Felt Ultra White Paper all from Rubbernecker. Let’s take a look.

I tried three different techniques with the ColorBurst so let’s look at each card.

  • Wet a sheet of Neenah Felt Ultra White paper with water. You can do this with a mister or paint brush.
  • Shake small amounts of Color Burst onto the wet surface.
  • Set the page aside to dry.
  • Once dry, use a background stamp and silhouette stamp in black to create a dramatic image.
  • Use nesting rectangle dies to create a black frame out of cardstock.
  • Layer the card front, frame and a few black sequins or dots on a card front to finish.
  • Shake Color Burst directly onto a sheet of Neenah Felt Ultra White paper.
  • Use a mister to spray water on top of the dry Color Burst.
  • Set the sheet aside to dry.
  • Once the page is dry use a silhouette stamp and black ink for a dramatic effect.
  • Use rectangle nesting dies to trim down the Color Burst page and create a black cardstock frame.
  • Layer a black card base, Color Burst background, black frame and black sequins or dots to finish the card.
  • Sprinkle dry Color Burst onto a sheet of Neenah Felt Ultra White paper.
  • Use a wet paintbrush to lightly run over the Color Burst creating a watercolor background.
  • Set the sheet aside to dry.
  • Once the paper is dry use a stamp with a lower quote or a detailed background through the watercolor.
  • Use a mountain die and cut a thin mountain outline by running it through your die cut machine twice.
  • Use nested rectangle dies to trim the watercolor background and cut a black frame out of cardstock.
  • Layer a black card base, the watercolor background, the slim mountain silhouette and a black frame.

Thank you so much for stopping by today and make sure to keep watching Rubbernecker for the next 12 days to see heaps of Halloween inspiration!

Have a Happy Colorful Day!

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New Background Stamps

I hope your coloring fingers are ready! Rubbernecker Stamps has come out with 4 beautiful new background stamps for slimline cards and oh what a treat! Colorers hold on to your markers, pencils and brushes. You are in for a real treat! I colored one of the four in my Copics and have the colors I used below. I will actually have a video next week as well but fare warning, this will not be real time. These take a little longer with all their glorious detail.

I tackled one color group at a time and worked my through the full image. I missed spots and went back once I had gone through each of the color groups I chose. So the step outs here will look a little different.

  • Start with a series that will color all the orange portions of your image. Working on one or two sections at a time use the darkest of the series and find the deepest shadow areas. (YR18)
  • Use a midtone yellow red, overlap the darker color and work further into the white area. (YR04)
  • Use a midtone hello to fill the white area that will be the highlight and been into the midtone yellow red. (Y35)
  • Work your way through the image coloring all the orange areas you can find at first pass.
  • Choose a set of dark grays and a black if you have it and use the darkest in the deepest shadows of one or two black objects in the scene. (100)
  • Use a gray to overlap the black or dark gray and pull into the white area. (N9)
  • Use two midtone grays to work into the white area. Overlap from the darker into the lighter area with each color. (N7, N5)
  • Use a Colorless Blender to soften the edge of the lightest gray or lighten the highlight depending on the object. (Colorless Blender 0) * If an object is shiny leave a bright white highlight, if it is dull leave less contrast.
  • Work your way through the image coloring all the black areas you can find at first pass.
  • Violets or blue violets are next start with your darkest and find the deepest shadows of one or two objects that will be violet. (BV17)
  • Use a midtone blue violet to overlap the darker color and work into the white area. (BV13)
  • Use a light blue violet and fill the white area on the objects blending into the midtone area. (BV11)
  • Work your way through the image coloring all the violet/blue violet areas you can find at first pass.
  • Bright yellow greens are next. Choose a midtone yellow green and work it into the darkest areas on one or two objects in the image. (YG25)
  • Use a lighter yellow green to overlap the darker color and work into the white areas on the objects. (YG23)
  • Use your lightest yellow green to fill the remaining white are and blend it into the midtone area. (YG21) * This would be an opportunity to use a fluorescent Copic if you have one. I think they would work wonderfully here!
  • Work your way through the image coloring all the yellow green areas you can find at first pass.
  • Choose a simple two color combination for areas that could be wood or similar coloring. Use the lighter of the two to fill one or two of the areas. (E31)
  • Use the darker of the two colors to define edges, add texture and depth. (E35)
  • You may or may not need to blend this darker color back in with the lighter of the two. (Ee31)
  • Work your way through the image coloring all the brown areas you can find at first pass.
  • Use small touches of a light yellow to eyes and flames with the midtone yellow used earlier. (Y02, Y35)
  • For white areas use a light blue violet. (BV20)
  • Use the colorless Blender to fade the blue violet into white. (Colorless Blender 0)
  • Use the midtone and darker blue violet in the same series for other objects with light gray and white tones. (BV23, BV25)
  • My favorite objects with these darker blue violets are the buildings or castles. I created a small brick pattern with rows of dots across the buildings.
  • Use the darkest of the blue violets to fill the back spaces in-between the objects on the scene. (BV29)

Here is the finished image. It can go straight onto a slimline card or be used with other slimline elements. You could even choose to break apart the image onto smaller cards. Thank you as always for stopping by!

Have a Happy Colorful Day!