Laura Vegas

i wanted to share a few little cards i created last week. i was working on some samples for spiffying up rub ons. rub ons are so simple to use. just rub them onto your cardstock or pattern paper, and you're done. good to go. but it's also fun to play with them a little, and make them more unique.  

isn't this heart rub on amazing? it's by autumn leaves, and it's been in my stash for years and years. the stitches are so realistic looking too. 

so i rubbed this heart onto a piece of white textured cardstock. then i too out some diamond glaze (or paper glaze works as well), and spread it all around the main part of the heart. i left the middle part as is. the diamond glaze doesn't dry right away, so you have enough time to add to it. i choose some pink glitter. i just took a pinch of glitter, with my fingers, and sprinkled it over the diamond glaze very lightly. once i was happy with the amount of glitter, i set it aside to dry. it will take a while, if you have a lot on there.

once it was dry, i used my scissors to cut out around the heart. the glitter will dry right along with the diamond glaze, and the whole piece will have a fun shiny finish to it (if you click on the photos, you can see the detail better). i adhered it to the front of my card, using pop dots for some extra dimension. to complete the card, i used some dotted bo bunny paper on my card, a piece of jillibean soup ribbon, and a pebbles "love you" rub on sentiment.

i used another heart rub on from the same autumn leaves sheet, for this card. really wishing these rub ons were still available. can't believe i waited this long to use them.

i also rubbed this heart onto white textured cardstock, and then cut the heart out with my scissors. i then used a regular hole punch to randomly punch holes all over the heart. i dug deep on my blog, to find THIS layout, where i used this same idea, but using a stamped heart.

i adhered pop dots to the back of the heart, in between where the holes were. once i had adhered it to the front of my card, i used my paper piercer to poke holes in the card, were each hole was on the heart. I added a silver mini brad to each spot. to complete the card, i have some more of the bo bunny dot paper, some making memories metal mesh and brads (colored and silver), a pebbles "i love you" rub on sentiment, and some string.

just two quick ways to personalize your rubons and make them unique. i have a few more ideas, that i'll share another day 🙂