Spread Love not Hate by Wendy Aspinall

HELLO EVERYONE! I am Wendy and I have come over from the Relics and Artifacts Muse design team to play with some of the Art Foamies and Rubbermoon stamps. 

We live in extraordinary times, each one of us can decide if we want to spread love in the world or hate. Never has loving thoughts and actions been so important to spread in the world. With this thought in my mind when I was asked to prepare a guest blog post for Art Foamies’s blog. I thought what if I made a key holder to place just near the door so as I picked up my keys to go out I would be reminded of this important message.

Today's project features: 

• Sandra Evertson | Ex Voto Heart by ArtFoamies
• Balzer Designs | Writer's Block by ArtFoamies
• Kae Pea | Microcosms (set of 5) by ArtFoamies
• Sandra Evertson | SE6009C - Sacre Coeur by RubberMoon
• Additional supplies are listed below.

I started by making some of my own printed tissues paper. I sprayed the tissue with Delusion Shimmer Inks in Hot Pink and Periwinkle Blue. 

When the tissues are dry I randomly stamped the tissues with Balzer Designs | Writer's Block and Kae Pea | Microcosms. Don’t be afraid to overlap the stamps. When dry, I added Distress Oxide Spray in Mustard Seed and let dry again. 

Tear the tissues in pieces. I especially like to use the tissues over white acrylic so when you glue them down they go transparent and make a beautiful effect. But let’s get on with our Love not Hate key holder project.

The canvas is approximately 4 x 4 inches, I started the first layer with white gesso, covering the whole canvas giving a smooth surface for the other layers to come.

Once the gesso has dried, I added a layer of Craft Smart acrylic paint in Peacock Blue to the side and edge using a large flat brush. Let dry. Then I glued on the pieces of tissue with Mod Podge in Matte finish and added a layer of the glue over the whole surface.

With white gesso, paint the shape of a heart onto the middle of the canvas. 

Spray the Sandra Evertson | Ex Voto Heart and  Sandra Evertson | Ex Voto Heart stamps with more of the Delusion Shimmer Spray in Hot Pink and then brush on white.

Stamp in the middle of the canvas. Set aside to dry.  

Now ink up the Sandra Evertson | Ex Voto Heart again with StatzOn Ink in Jet Black and stamp over the previous impression. Let dry again.

Use a Posca paint pen in white to outline the heart and wings and flames and add dots. Also ink up the ArtFoamies with StatzOn Ink in Jet Black and randomly print all over the canvas. Also ink Sandra Evertson | SE6009C - Sacre Coeur and add the tiny heart in right corner. Color in with a Posca paint pen in Silver. You can add some of the tiny hearts to the sides too.

Stamp out the saying with tiny alphabet stamps on card stock. Cut and glue onto heart. 

Add some water soluble wax crayon in yellow and green, blending it with your finger. Lastly I added some alcohol ink drips using Tim Holtz Adirondack Earth tones in Ginger.

Predrill a hole for the 7/8 inch cup hook and then screw in the hook. You may need a pair of pliers to tighten it.

Lastly staple a square of decorative paper on the back of the canvas and add a hanging fitting.

I used my favorite colors but this would look just as pretty in any color combination to suit your home. I hope you will have ago and spread your love where ever you go.

Hugs and LOVE

Wendy

 

SUPPLIES

• Sandra Evertson | Ex Voto Heart by ArtFoamies
• Balzer Designs | Writer's Block by ArtFoamies
• Kae Pea | Microcosms (set of 5) by ArtFoamies
• Sandra Evertson | SE6009C - Sacre Coeur by RubberMoon
• Canvas
• White gesso
• White tissue paper
• Delusion Shimmer Ink in Hot Pink and Periwinkle Blue
• Distress Oxide Spray in Mustard Seed
• Craft Smart acrylic paint in Peacock blue
• Mod Podge in Matte finish
• StatzOn Ink in Jet Black
• Posca Paint Pens in white and silver
• Tim Holtz Adirondack Earth tones in Ginger
• Spray bottles
• Water
• Alphabet stamps
• 7/8 inch hook

MoonGlo Bright Rainbow HeArtFoamies Valentines by Jenn White

HELLO EVERYONE! This is Jenn White. Thank you so much for joining me on the blog today. This is the second ArtFoamies Guest Designer Blog post of 2021 for the month of January. Be sure to check out the journal cover tutorial Nancy Sheads created for you in the first ArtFoamies blog post of 2021.

I have been having SO MUCH FUN with my ArtFoamies art stamp collection! I have been creating Valentines for a Valentine happy mail swap that is going on in one of my Facebook groups. 

I wanted to try something a bit different than the traditional Valentine colors this year. I have always wanted to try to make my own custom multicolored art stamp ink pads so I decided I would for my first post of 2021. I had so much fun with this there will be many future posts from me using these ArtFoamies StampBuddy foam ink pads I created.

I used a large 8" x 6" ArtFoamies StampBuddy  & a small 3" x 4" Art Foamies StampBuddy. They are available in three different sizes at artfoamies.com. There is also an informative demo video by Kae Pea using StampBuddies for you to watch. Be sure to check it out!

I inked the ArtFoamies StampBuddies up using RubberMoon Moon & The Maker MoonGlo Extra Bright Dye Inks & MoonLight Duo Tint & Hue Ink Refill bottles. They are available at rubbermoon.com in many beautiful colors.

The colors I used are:

• Pink Crush
• Coral Fire
• Yellow Starlight
• Blue Moon
• & Galactic Green

Selection of MoonLight Duo reinkers used for project.

I chose to apply the ink in a symmetrical rainbow pattern on the largest ArtFoamies StampBuddy & a repeat pattern on the small StampBuddy. They turned out so bright & cheerful I cannot help but smile when I gaze upon them. Symmetry & pattern repeat is so pleasing to my eyes.

StampBuddy with inks applied in a rainbow pattern.

I am very thankful & so grateful to have many wonderful Artfoamies foam art stamps to choose from in my storage drawers. I chose many different ArtFoamies to experiment with that I would like to see stamped in a rainbow ombre gradient meld. Heart shapes were obviously chosen first since I was creating Valentines. I chose some others for accenting the hearts & backgrounds for the hearts.

Today's project includes:

• Sandra Evertson | ETERNAL FLAME
• Candy Rosenberg | DRAGONFLY WINGS
• Sandra Evertson | LABYRINTH 
• Sandra Evertson | EX-VOTO HEART
• Sandra Evertson | CUPULA
• Sandra Evertson | FOLK HEART
• Sandra Evertson | SOLAR FLARE
• Sandra Evertson | FLAME TOPPER
• Sandra Evertson | TENANGO OSCURO
• Sandra Evertson | HEART URN
• Sandra Evertson | WING SPAN

Selection of ArtFoamies stamps used for my project.

I stamped all of these ArtFoamies designs on the smooth side of many sheets of 140 pound hot press cotton watercolor paper. (Enough to make 12 of each one for the Valentine Happy Mail swap I signed up for.)

Some of the stamped watercolor papers.

PRO TIP- When you have finished stamping with your ArtFoamies art stamps be sure to clean the ink or paint off of them in a warm water sink with dish soap & a soft foam sponge. Do not let them sit around for hours with ink or paint drying on them.

Cleaning ArtFoamies stamps.

I let the ink on the watercolor paper dry over night. The next morning, l began hand fussy cutting each of the hand stamped art images from the sheets of water color paper with my favorite spring loaded scissors. 

I used strong double sided adhesive tape & double sided foam adhesive tape to layer & assemble each of the Valentines. 

Adhesives!

I had so much fun creating these Valentines! Here are some of the finished Valentines.

Finished Valentines!

If after seeing this blog post you are inspired to create some ArtFoamies Valentines too, please be sure to post a photo of what you create on your Facebook or Instagram account & tag me or ArtFoamies (#artfoamies) in the post so I will be sure to see it. 

I will be back again soon on the blog to share more ArtFoamies creative inspiration with you.
Thank you for your time & your love. I welcome any questions you may have. Please post them in the comments section below & I will respond to you as soon as I am able to. Thank you again!

HUGS! YOU ARE LOVED!
-Jenn White