Rare Earth Motivational Sayings

Many people choose cards for the messages and the new stamps from Rare Earth have some sayings to inspire and motivate you.
I made the background paper by tearing coloured tissue paper into small shapes. I sprayed  white card with water and put the tissue paper into the water. I added a little more water to secure the tissue, put another white piece of card on top to make a tissue sandwich and then put a heavy weight on top. I left it for several hours to dry and then peeled the pieces of tissue off revealing the colour transferred to the card.
I love the sentiment below and how it is designed and laid out in this stamp.

"Shine bright like a diamond" is a saying that could be used on so many occasions. It is difficult to see it here but I used a metallic felt pen to highlight the letters. I complemented the saying with a diamond pattern background.

The stamps have complimentary background stamp backgrounds that work well with the designs. I used the heart background to emphasize the sentiment.

We tend to put ourselves down so this sentiment can really encourage us to keep going and may encourage the recipient. I felt the "Yes you can " went with it really well so I used it in the background.

It`s good to get a different perspective on life and thinking outside the box can open a number of possibilities that are new to us. I put the decoration partly outside the box to mirror the compliment.

Creating and designing makes me happy, especially when what I have created gives somebody pleasure.  The bright colours of the tissue paper background and the sun type stamp reflect this sentiment.

Steampunk rare Earth Stamps

Rare Earth have produced a wonderful set of Steampunk stamps.  The sets have a lot of vintage elements with a modern twist.

I decorated a wooden heart plaque using the steampunk stamps. I used a metallic rub to make it look a bit rusty in places and added a few metallic elements.

I used the same colour as the background to stamp some elements and then added a couple of coloured in steampunk characters as the focal points on the card.

Again the background was created by stamping some of the elements in the same colour inks as the underlying colours.

For this card the elements were layered and the hat was coloured as a focal point.

Fashion is a big feature of steam punk and this lady is elegantly dressed in a Victorian outfit and could be used for many celebration type cards.

I decided to make a tag card. The metallic effect background is from a single stamp. The stamp is cleverly designed so they tessellate.

Another tag card using different colours.

I thinks it`s always nice to have a matching bag when you are giving a gift and the stamps allow you to do this.