Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop - Rubber Band Technique Challenge

Hello And welcome to the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop for August 26.

The team have a wonderful technique to share with you today. It is called the Rubber Band technique. I’ve never tried this before, but it was lots of fun to design my own using this technique! I thought a pop of colour would be perfect for this challenge, and I wanted to make a Christmas card using the Woodland Wishes stamp set. I also wanted to pair it with the Nature’s Symphony Dies because I absolutely love the beautiful leaf die cut.

The card base is made from Shaded Spruce card stock. I’ve embossed a layer of Shaded Spruce card stock using the Forever Plaid 3-D embossing folder and then glued it onto the card base.

For the rubber band technique in my project, I wrapped three rubber bands of different sizes around a big acrylic block and stamped it with Shaded Spruce and Cherry Cobbler ink on Basic White card stock. I played around with the ink to make a bit of a pattern. Then, I used a blending brush to gently shade the stamped card with Shaded Spruce ink. Finally, I cut it into a 1 cm x 8 cm piece to put on the card front.

Next, I used the Nature’s Symphony dies to cut out some pieces. I die cut the lovely leaves using Shaded Spruce card stock and the woody image using Crumb Cake card stock. 

I stamped the bear in Pecan Pie ink and then proceeded to colour it in using Pecan Pie and Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends. I stamped the bear with Pecan Pie ink and then coloured it in with Pecan Pie and Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends. Finally, I fussy cut this adorable little bear.

I started by placing the leaves on the left side of the embossed plaid layer and sticking them down with glue. Next, I added the strip of coloured card stock, followed by the crumb cake piece and finally the bear on top. I used Dimensionals to hold all three layers in place.

I stamped the sentiment onto some Shaded Spruce card stock using Versamark™ ink. Then, I sprinkled white embossingpowder and set it with the heat tool. I used the three banner punch to cut out the sentiment. Next, I cut a length of linen thread, tied it in a bow and glued it to the edge of the woody piece of card stock. Finally, I adhered the sentiment using Dimensionals.

To finish it off, I added three Crumb Cake Pearls of Beauty embellishments.

Up next on this month Blog Hop is the wonderful Mo Rootes!

Just click on the next blog button below to keep exploring more rubber band technique inspiration! I’m really excited to see what the team comes up with using this technique.

Leonie Stuart  ●  Mo Rootes

Teri West  ●  Angie McKenzie  ●  Annette Ball

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope this technique has sparked some inspiration for your next crafting project. I think it really added a lovely pop of colour and could easily replace Designer Series Paper. Especially if you don’t have some in the colours you need for your project.

Happy crafting, everyone!