Turn Rub-ons into Pastel Primas!

This started as a muck-up, but I'm likin' having a new 3D use for rub-ons. I failed at the rub-0ns trick from page 23 of the autumn/winter 2008 Close To My Heart Idea Book. I just love that catty; thank you lovely Anna DaGenerous! (So anywho, this was a technique where you add pastel to the rub-on & then rub it on. It gives a halo.) However, I flopped. I used Stampin' Up! rub-ons & pastels so maybe that's why it didn't work. But... it did turn into something else: homemade pastel primas out of rub-ons.

I didn't want to waste the rub-ons when they wouldn't stick, so I decided to add 'em to a project another way. It was really easy to cut them into flowers and curl them a little for shaped primas. Here's how-to:

Supplies for Pastel Rub-on Primas :

(I used Stampin' Up! supplies; I'm not sure how other brands perform.)

For the flowers:

• Rub-ons (SU)
  
• Pastels(SU)
• Bone Folder
  
• Gem Brads
  

Making the Flower:

1. Cut a rub-on & remove its backing
2. Dab pastel onto the sticky side of the rub-on ( I used 2 colours red & turquoise)
   
3. Dust off excess pastel powder
   
4. Trim around the shape with scissors
5. Curl them (I used a foam mat under them & rubbed a bone-folder over them)
   
6. Add a brad through it...
   

This is the back view of the rub-on. From the front, the white (or whatever colour rub-on you have) will show through with a halo of colour around the edges.)

Intricate rub-ons like these dotted ones from Stampin' Up! are good for this since the colour shows through the spaces inside the design. I can just picture the snowflakes from "Word Flurries" or the flowers in "Hidden Garden!" Ouuu dreamy! (For you Demos, it'd be a fun way to show customers another use for pastels & rub-ons.)

One way to use pastelled rub-ons...

I used these pastel rub-on flower thingies on this little notebook I made as a thank you for someone special. I'll post a notebook tutorial for you soon; it's SO easy! (Just pierce the card center & stitch some folded paper in the center.)

Schtuff for the notebook:

• Close To My Heart Perfect Day paper
• Hole punch (to distress the CTMH paper with holes)
• Red Ridinghood In-colour cardstock (matches the CTMH paper perfectly)
• Cardstock to form notebook (Naturals Ivory 12x12)
  
• Paper for inside of book
  
• Sakura Glitter pen or silver pen
  
• White embroidery thread
• Paper piercer, foam mat & needle
• Metal frame thingy (Dollarama store in Ontario) :O)
• Quickie Glue Pen
• Silver embossing powder
• Crystal Lacquer

To decorate this Notebook....

1. Add rub-ons where you'd like them
2. Doodle lines for stems or a flourish or something ( I use a silver or glitter pen so it's pretty if it shows under the stitching.)
   
3. Pierce holes along the lines
4. Stitch along the design
5. Stick 3D pastel rub-ons on over top

The sentiment (A) is made by glue embossing a letter:

1. Draw out the letter in Sakura Quickie Glue Pen
2. Sprinkle with embossing powder
   
3. Heat it & Punch out the letter
   
4. Glue onto the back of the charm with Crystal Lacquer
   

Here's a quick look at the inside (I stitched some paper in the middle and added a little area at the back for notes. This gorgeous distress-look blue graph paper is also from Close to my Heart. (Thanks again Annapurna! You ROCK!)

Thanks for poppin in! :O)