Hello, Carol here with my blog post for this month.
I have been having a little play with the new Remnant rub-ons available as part of the Idea-ology range. I have always love rub-ons, but I must admit I have in the past sometimes had problems getting some of them to work properly so I had always stuck to the 7Gypsies range. But I have to say the new Idea-ology rub-ons are easy to use and the images come out really well.
I have a sample to share that is based upon the resist technique that Tim Holtz has used on his blog recently. I have gone with a Steampunk theme for my tag.
Step 1
I applied my rub-ons to a size 8 tag, bear in mind that these will resist the ink you apply in the next stage so I tried to think where I would stamp my images before I applied my rub-ons as I wanted to my tag to look quite structured. I found the best way to do this was to lay it out on one tag and then apply the rub-ons to another tag as I removed them.
Step 2
I applied Distress Stain to my craft mat and swooshed my tag through it until I was happy with the coverage. I also coloured a short length of crinkle ribbon with the remains of the colour on the mat to use on my tag.
Step 3
I dried my tag and ribbon with my heat gun and as you can see the colours are a lot more muted now they are dry. You can also see how the rub-ons have resisted the distress stain background.
Step 4
I added some Vintage Photo Distress Stain to the tag by picking the colour up of my craft mat and flicking it onto my tag. I then spritzed with a mini mister, blotted it and heat set. I edged my tag with a black paint dabber and hand drew lines round the edges using a pen and ink.
Step 5
I did all my stamping using black archival ink. I removed the ink from the rub-ons after stamping, by using a very small spot of alcohol blending solution on a piece of kitchen roll and very gently rubbing over the rub-on image. Then I added the various embellishments as shown in the main photo.
I do really like this technique and I can see myself using it a lot, adding in extra elements like stencilling and gesso.
I used the following items on my tag, If you want to see stockists for these please see the post on my own blog where I have a full list.
Rubber Stamps: Stampers Anonymous Time Travelers
Distress Stains: Wild Honey, Peacock Feathers, Broken China, Picked Raspberry, Vintage Photo
Remnant Rubs: Elements, Numbers
Crinkle Ribbon
Alcohol Blending Solution
Film Strip Ribbon
Staples
Metal Number 6
Brads
Thank you for visiting the Craft Stamper blog and enjoy the rest of your day, Carol x
Step 2: Stamp the heart border along the edge of the short flap.
Step 3: Cut along the top edge of the border and colour with a pink Sakura pen.
Step 4: Cut a piece of black card just smaller than the front cover, and a piece of patterned paper slightly smaller than that. Stick these to the cover.
Step 5: Stamp the tag once onto purple card and once onto patterned paper. Cut out the patterned paper tag inside the border and layer onto the purple tag. Colour the heart with a pink Sakura pen.
Step 6: Stick the tag to the cover with a bling brad (I didn't use glue as I wanted the tag to move).
Step 7: Cut a strip of patterned paper from a 12x12 sheet, measuring 2 3/4" wide. Score and fold to create sections as follows: 2 3/4"; 2 1/2" (x4).
Step 8: You'll have a small tab at the end. Cut another piece of the same paper 2 3/4" square and glue it to this end tab.
Step 9: Stick the centre 'pages' together (just put the tape at the fold end to allow the pages to open a wee bit at the base and allow the book to be flexible). Attach the book to the front and back covers of the matchbook, aligning the inner pages with the spine.
Step 11: Print out 6 pictures 1 1/2" by 2". Cut out and stick to the pages with a heart on each. On the final page, rather than a heart stamp some journalling lines to add a personal message.
Step 12: Staple along the bottom edge to allow the cover to tuck tightly into the flap. Cover the staples with ribbon (or if you like them, leave them showing).
Hope you've enjoyed this tutorial. See you soon.