Tips & Techniques

Tips & Techniques

Visit The Rubber Cafe Blog and The Rubber Cafe on YouTube to help you gain inspiration and learn tips and techniques on not only card making, but on how to make all sorts of unique, fun items that will amaze your friends and family!

The tips and techniques below are a quick sampling of some of the projects which may interest you.


Scrap Happy Glue & Stick "Em" Up Video

Melissa demonstrates some of the wonderful qualities of Scrap Happy Glue by show you how to make cute rosettes using glue and ribbon, which you place on almost anything. While not on the video, the fact is that Melissa placed a rosette on the dog! (well ... on the dog collar)

The second half of the video demonstrates how to use Stick "Em" Up, which is used to help place small embellishments precisely where you wish on your cards and layouts.

Visit us on YouTube to view more videos (to be posted in the near future).

Book Card Box

Book Card Box at The Rubber Cafe Blog

With this fabulous project you can make a box in the shape of a book, which stays closed with a beautiful ribbon tied into a bow.

The stylish outer cover can be decorated with the stamps used in this tutorial, or use your imagination to make something special. Learn More

Gift Card Box

Gift Card Box at The Rubber Cafe Blog

This is a terrific 3-D paper project that is quick and easy.

Using a Scor-Pal, cardstock, embellishments of your choice, and adhesive, you can make a beautiful card file box that you can use to store your cards, recipes, and more! Learn More