Oh my- these things are addictive! I must admit I am new to rub-ons and almost didn't get them. They didn't really interest me at first, but after seeing some cute things I decided to try them out. These are the new SU! Love & Happiness Rub Ons that you can get for Free during Sale A Bration. The picture will give my customers a hint as to what we'll be doing with them at my Feb. Stamp Camp.
Here's a list of things I came up with that you can use Rub Ons for: candles, baby jars, any glass container, buttons, acrylic boxes & frames, wood, metal, ribbon, cello bags, mugs, paper, photos, mirrors, tins, ornaments, transparencies, brads, soap dispensers, felt, even fingernails! There's probably more, but this should give you good start. : )
They are incredibly easy to do - just cut what you want from the sheet, peel off backing and place where you desire. Tip: staple the sheet at a blank space at the top to keep the backing and remaining images together. Hold in place and use the enclosed stick to rub on top of them. You could also use your bone folder if you'd like. You can peel a little of the top sheet to peek and make sure it stuck before lifing the whole thing. You can actually kind of see if it transferred if you look closely. I like that they are seamless and not bulky at all. Plus it's so quick and there's no clean up! What's not to love?
So, this is why you make sympathy cards ahead of time. It's not easy to get in the mood for this, so I decided to do a challenge to keep my off of the reason behind it. The lillies are made doing the dahlia fold. I used a 1 3/8 circle punch with textured soft Sky cs. Fold the circle in half both ways. Now fold a quarter section in making the bottom petals. Turn it over and fold the sides into the middle. Usually you would make about 8 of these and put them together to form a big flower but I really loved stamps'ncoffee's card on SCS with this idea. The stems and leaves are from Roses In Winter stamped in Mellow Moss and the center of the flowers came from the Pretties Kit, held in there with a mini glue dot. This is on Vanilla cs sponged with Sahara Sand, layered onto Soft Sky sponged with Craft White. Sentiment is from So Many Sayings with the Word Punch and then larger Oval punch. Not to go into too much detail but I'll have more like this to make, unfortunately. My husband's grandfather died and he'll be in VT all week. They have a very large family. One uncle will be in a hurry to get home to his 29 yo daughter, who does not have much time left due to cancer. So, if you're the praying type, please send one up for us. Thanks!
