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just one more, k?

card by kathy nakata

yes, i know christmas was a whole 4 days ago, but we just had to share one last holiday card with you because this is irma, and well, we named her after our mother who this drawing shows a very striking resemblance to. irma always made our christmases something really special and wonderful, and her trees were always so very sparkly and full of love. 

here's hoping your holidays were lovely, and that many new wonderful memories were created. thank you for the visit!

'tis the season to be holly....

does this look familiar? i'm guessing a lot of you look just like holly right about now. it's the home stretch....you can do it! just don't forget to pause, breathe, enjoy and smile....like holly here. :) 

we wish you many lovely memories of a very happy, love-filled and joyful time in whichever holiday you are celebrating this month. our best wishes to you!

peace and love,
the rubber soul crew

many many thanks

many many heartfelt thanks to everyone that came to the shop today to make cards for the residents at our local nursing home here in poulsbo. a very special thank you to the woman that was there right when the doors opened and helped get the day off to the right start. and i must add two more special HUGE "thank you"s - one to the beautiful woman that brought a along a bag of cards she made at home to contribute as well as make more cards at our table today, and the very lovely woman that traveled all the way from bellevue (that's 2 hours away!) to create and contribute with her generous hands and heart. each one of you that attended really made our day. thank you thank you thank you. xo

in the spirit of giving

every year, sixteen of them now, rubber soul has sponsored a day, just before christmas, for our customers to drop by and make cards for the residents of our local nursing home. we are holding the event once again this saturday, december 19th from 10-6. we have lots of different stamps, papers and inks available for use.  all we need is you. this is always such a great day - we love seeing all ages of giving souls side by side, creating from and for the heart. so for you local folks, please drop by if you can, and help us put some smiles on the faces of the residents at the Martha and Mary nursing home. hope to see you saturday!

brrrrrrrrrrr......

it's quite cold here in poulsbo washington this week. we can't seem to get the temperature in the store above the 30s, which means i'm quite bundled up in the shop today. fingerless gloves and a fuzzy hat are keeping me warm, but perhaps the choice of chuck's today wasn't the smartest thing :)

 

i thought i'd do a quick little post - because i think that's all my icy fingers will allow today - on a very timely card. this holiday deliveries stamp is one of my very favorite from the new ward jenkins holiday collection. and this card couldn't be simpler, yet has such a joyous feel to it. a little bit of watercolor, a quick hand-drawn line for the hill, and a bit of glitter glue is all that is needed. i can't get enough of this little winter tree either - i've been using it on everything! 

here's wishing you a good day, and that you are finding a comfortable stride in the holiday frenzy. thank you for dropping by!

the weather outside is still delightful.....

and i'm sooooo happy it's not frightful. i'd much rather be playing with snow on my holiday cards than shoveling it outside - at least until christmas has come and gone. when i asked ward jenkins to design some holiday stamps for us, i also asked for a dog and a cat stamp, because i always believe that they make the holidays that much sweeter :)

 

here is a card i made recently using our new snowman stamp - chillin' charlie, and i really do think that little pup is one of my favorite stamps this year. for this card i drew in the line for the snow drift, and stamped our new little winter tree on it several times. i did some very light watercoloring throughout, and then sponged on versamagic ink in aquatic splash to the upper edges. the snowflake is a little added extra that comes with the snowman stamp, and the cool winter wishes is always the perfect greeting for any snowy scene. and because no snowflakes are complete without it, i added little dots of glitter glue to their centers, and along the edge of the snowdrift.