First, you will want to cut various shapes and sizes from the scraps of rubber you have left. You can do this a couple ways. You can make them all straight angles and cuts for a very
I chose to cut my scraps in a very random fashion. This means a bit extra cutting because you will need to trim all sides of the piece of rubber and give it a jagged, rough edge. If you leave one straight edge and the rest rough it would look very odd.
Instead of mounting each and every little bit I ran a line of adhesive on one of my acrylic blocks and just switched out piece by piece as I stamped. When the adhesive doesn't hold the rubber bits any longer just apply another line.
I left the center of this piece un-stamped because I knew I was going to be using another image in the center. You can fill up the entire panel if desired. To add more interest, I inked the edges with Walnut Distress Ink and the Ink Blending Tool from Ranger. I also covered each "tile" with Glossy Accents to add dimension and shine. I then stamped & colored the center piece and mounted on cardstock finishing the look with a bit of Gold Posh Ink Pen & Stickles Glitter Glue. Here is the finished card.....
**as a side note, don't toss the remainder of your scraps away...you can use them for a raised effect instead of foam tape. I mounted the Santa image to the green cardstock using several pieces of the rubber scraps and my ATG adhesive. Worked like a charm and it feels great to use up something that otherwise would have been pitched out :)
Sooooo, go to your garbage can and pull out all those scraps!! Put em to good use making your own mosaic rubber stamps :)
Supplies: Rubber scraps - um rubber die sheets; Distress Inks (for coloring image), Adirondack Dye Ink - Pesto, Denim, Cranberry, Glossy Accents, Archival Black Ink, Posh Metallic Pen, Stickles - Ranger; Santa Image - Fancy Pants; Cardstock - Bazzill
Happy Stamping!!
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