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speaking of type

....this card is definitely a favorite i've made recently. 

 

 
it makes me giggle each time i look at it! all the stamps used in it are from our new collection of stamps, and what i love about them is that they can all be used any time during the year. after all, it's always in fashion to show your love :) both the love kitty and the mouse have those hearts mounted onto the sides of the stamps, so you can choose to make them flirty, or not. the solid and cut-out heart make an ideal pairing together as a banner, and of course you're just my type also works perfectly with our great new typewriter stamp. 

thanks for coming by here today, and keep an eye on this spot as we're preparing for a giveaway soon!

i heart you

even though you may think i've forgotten about you, i haven't, and i really do heart you for patiently waiting for a new post to here. there have been lots of projects going on around here at rubber soul headquarters, which i'll tell y'all about as i surface from them. meanwhile, i just couldn't stand keeping my very favorite new stamp from you......

seriously, isn't it the best stamp you've seen this year? :) i have a crazy crush on it, and as if the typewriter isn't wonderful enough on its own merit, the little "i <3 u" is mounted to the side of the stamp, so you can use it special on cards for all your favorite friends, post delivery person, garbage collector, or anyone that makes your life a little better for being in it. i've developed quite a thing for vintage typewriters in the last couple of years, and it felt like high time we have a stamp of one. 

for this card, i did a bit of piecing together. i stamped the typewriter a few different times; once on this white card, and again on another white piece, and then one last time on a piece of aqua card stock. i then cut out the body of the typewriter on the aqua stock, and attached it to the original stamped image on the white. then, out of the spare white piece i had stamped second, i cut out the center area with the keys, and the page coming out of the typewriter, and then attached them to the original one on the card. but, i only glued down the bottom quarter of the paper sheet coming out of the typewriter, and sort of bent out the paper so it would be obvious that it was a sheet coming out of the typewriter. (wow, did that make any sense? a technical manual writer i will never be.) i attached a tiny punched heart to the paper, and punched the corners with a corner rounder. i do love this card, and truthfully, it was inspired by this from our friends over at uppercase:

 

thanks for coming by today! 

 

a sneaky peeky

here is the post where we mercilessly tease you with our sweet new valentine release, to be revealed at the end of december. oh yes, while you've been baking and wrapping and hanging the stockings by the chimney with care, we've been all about the squishy love over here. the designs sure are a fun collection, and we can't show you a whole lot yet (well really we can, but we love building the intrigue!)

there may or may not be a cute love pup 

 

and there may or may not be some new monkey business

 

but if there is, you'll be able to see these little darlings in their entirety, in just two more short weeks. 

in the meantime, fa la la.....