Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Pile 'em on

Rubons that is.  I never quite understand a scrapbookers' fear of using rubons.  Now that being said, they do have a shelf life, believe it or not.  So do not buy them and hoard them.  I mean for like years.  They will get dry and brittle and then do not rub on as well. 

But never fear, even those rubons that do not apply as well can still be used.  Rub another one of similar style right over the existing rubon, or continue the rubon by adding another just slightly overlapping the one previously applied.  I did that on my nieces soccer page and loved how this turned out.  I used rubons from several different packages to achieve this look and (gasp) some of them did not apply correctly.  So, I applied another one, and then another one, extending the flourishes further around the corner of the photo than it would have in its original form. 



And now looking at it, I think the original rubon, if it had been used as it was intended would have looked kind of lonely.  Sometimes more is really better.  So get brave, dig out your rubons (or your rubon leftovers) and pile 'em on!

9 comments:

  1. Love how you used the rub on on that picture! Great picture too!

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  2. I would have never thought that that was more than one rubon.
    I just used my first rubons on a card last Friday. I am a very messy crafter and I piled papers on them. Needless to say they stuck on the wrong thing and I ruined them.

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  3. Great use of rubons! Cute layout!

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  4. I love fighting with rubons. It is always worth the effort.

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  5. I like that you used multiple rubons. I didn't know that they had a shelf life. I guess it is time that I start using mine.

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  6. I'd better go use some rub-ons. I have some that are several years old. I hope they still work.

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  7. Fantastic layout! The flourishes really go nicely with that photo to bring out the "action". Sadly, I am a rub-on hoarder. I have old dried up rub-ons I need to ditch. What a waste.

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  8. I realized this recently too. Older ones are fine for a distressed look too though.

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  9. What a great little tip and fab layout (that photo is so cool)!

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