Carving Rubber 2

Here are some cards and tags I've made where I carved all the rubber.







Egypt Anniversary


I wanted to make a unique anniversary card for my sister and brother-in-law. They went to Eqypt for their honeymoon so I decided to use that as a theme.

I'm obsessive about authenticity so I did a lot of research for the couple I would use on the cover of the card. They are Akhenaten & Nefertiti.

I also carved the lily in the center. I stamped with embossing ink and then embossed with turquioise and copper. I used various art papers to make the card including papyrus. It's embellished with a turqoise disk and amber beads.

I needed Valentine's cards and a card for a nephews wedding so I made the following two cards. These are the first stamps I ever carved. Very sweet, very simple.




Two Become One


There are five different stamps used: the background block, large chiseled heart, medium solid heart, small solid heart and medium outlined heart.

I stamped using red and black Brilliance pigment ink and Versamark beige ink on ivory stock. It is mounted on a ribbed metallic paper attachd with brads strung with embroidary floss.

The text was printed on the computer. I find text EXTREMELY hard to carve.





Anniversary



There are six different stamps used on this card. All the ones above plus the little block with a heart carved out of it (used in the bottom right corner). I simply stamped it nine different times alternating red and black ink.




Leaf Gift Tag


To go with some of my cards I made matching gift tags. I had some beautiful cards in fall colors so I needed a leaf stamp. For the leaf gift tag I also carved a background stamp. The same stamp could be used as grass, a splash or animal stripes.

I stamped the background stamp multiple times on ivory stock with embossing ink and then rubbed with PearlEx powders. I stamped the leaf on ivory stock with embossing ink and embossed gold and then cut out with detail scissors and mounted with dimentional tape.