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We’re cruisin’ on cloud nine that you’ve found your way on Route 66 to join us here in the Cyberspace Galaxies! In this incredible edition, you are in store for loads of spring fun that’s jam-packed with:

We’re always a FREE, non-profit publication and open 24/7 around the clock to rock you through the art pro-cesses step by step. Come on in and enjoy your Rubber Road Trip where appealing projects await you! This is “the place” to unleash your creativity.

Click on any of the Menu Buttons on the left and cruise over to your favorite hot spots throughout the magazine.

There are several new team designers in this issue. Join us in welcoming Cindi Bisson and Becky Chabot as they bring their very best work to the Hot Road Scrampers Advanced Scramping Team! You will find their biographies and other interesting tidbits on Meet the Designers.

If you are a distinctive creator who would like to be part of our design team, please contact me at Publisher! Guest Artists are always welcome, too!

Our all new Interactive Art Gallery, the Route 66 Drive-In Art Gallery, is finally here! You will find the new gallery on the site links to the left. Just click on 'Drive-In Art Gallery' and you will find yourself in our virtual art gallery with extraordinary eye candy to please all artists! Each designer has a personal gallery where you can check out their individual artwork, leave comments or questions, and rate their work. Cruise on over to the Editor's Log Book for instructions to join and share your artwork.

Don't be shy! We invite you to upload your own projects you create using each edition's featured products, projects or techniques to share with the world. You will find a new gallery for each quarter to upload your artwork to. This quarter's gallery's name is: Spring 08 - Altered Art. We do ask that you do not create personal galleries! If you have questions or problems, you can contact our Webmaster for assistance.

This edition's projects & techniques gracing the inside pages are created by the most talented designers in the industry! This is the most important part of Rubber Road Adventures and reflects exactly who we are. Each designer’s heart is dedicated to teaching & sharing with you their love of art. What are you waiting for??? Cruise over to our:

Lea has authored a new, must-have book that you will want to include in your art library. Read more about this fabulous book in the following excerpt! As a bonus, Lea is sharing her Distressed Ink Collage project with us to show us just how easy Collage Art actually is!

Assorted Papercrafts Creative Art Concepts for Papercrafts will guide you through many techniques that have no set finished result in many regards. Mica powder and UTEE (Ultra Thick Embossing Powder), along with collage stamp images, helped me feel comfortable in my artistic skin. Painting and experimental ways of working with media combined to let me define me. My new book is all about taking the basic ways of working with these media and creating the art that expresses you. The knowledge imparted will help you communicate through your art on a level you might never have dreamed of before!

Wherever you are in your journey, know that you are truly an artist! The desire to grow and experiment is commendable. Never be afraid to try, explore, and experiment!

-- Lea Cioci, author of Creative Art Concepts for Papercrafts

Make some Pit Stops along the way on your Rubber Road Trip to your favorite Valued Vendors. They work impressively at bringing you the ultimate in supplies and products to work with. And, they offer a myriad of special sales, too!

RUBBER ROAD ADVENTURES is a magazine dedicated to sharing education in the arts and promoting products associated with them. The Rubber Road is open to all vendors in the industry. Get the most effective results by advertising here; you will be totally amazed at the outcome. For more information about this important adventure in sharing, contact us at Publisher.

For a Test Drive of some of our products, cruise over to Product Reviews. Susan Caplan is our talented Ezine Product Reviewer, and gives industry products a thorough work out. This edition she is profiling the Scor-it and Scor-Pal and includes astonishing card samples using these tools. Join Susan in her studio to see what she discovered about these tools. Be sure to check out her new 5-star rating system, too!

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SUMMER EDITION

Here are a few Sneak Peeks of the Next Edition

Coming SOON to the Galaxies of Route 66:

All Team Project Presentations:

Creative Books for Everyone
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Pockets, Flaps, Peek-a-boos and more!

Blogs!

The Towne Hall will debut soon!

Each designer will have a blog that you can access for more fun, ideas, information on workshops, & more!

Also, there are two excellent Yahoo groups recommended for art and idea sharing. Cruise on over and check out the Rubber Road, we feature a variety of Technique Links and art sharing! You’ll find plenty to learn and try out. Merry Makers is another dandy group that’s loaded with tons of eye candy, project ideas, and recipes for Christmas as well as all the other holidays in between!

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