Winter Solstice

The Winter Solstice is upon us again!

 For this card, I used Rubbermoon stamp Winter Solstice (jc1033).

I busted out the Art Spinner to create a floaty space background.  A toss of glitter across wet paint was a fine addition.

I stamped Winter Solstice girl using Staz On black ink and colored her in with Caran d'Ache Watercolor Crayons.

 I cut out the funky lettering from a old issue of Alaska magazine.  My letter "C" is actually an altered "G".  Each letter was then boxed off with white pen.

Let the celebration of light begin!

Happy Solstice from Kersten!

Life Glitter - Rubbermoon * Imagine Crafts Cross Promotion

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Life Glitter - Rubbermoon * Imagine Crafts Cross Pomotion

Here is the gathering of goods, the step in the creative process in which all possible art supplies get stacked on the top of my desk for possible use.  In this case, Kae Pea's New Moon stamp paired with a VersaMark Marker and two bottles of Shimmer Spritz by Tsukineko.

Additionally, Tsukineko Fireworks! and Staz On ink rounded out my pile, along with bits and pieces of pretty paper, ribbon, and other ephemera.

Fireworks! on the page, emboss dried before stamping and embossing Kae Pea's Wings.

Streak directly to paper Staz On Ink, Blue Hawaii.  I must add that these midi ink pads are amazing! :)

Finally - assemblage.  Layer pretty papers, wings to the moon, "Life glitter" circles, and dusting of glitter here and there.  This is my Life Glitter.

Reindeer Moon Child of the Universe Postcard

Sometimes you just have to run with whimsy.


Yes, a moon child can have antlers.  She can be whatever she chooses to be.  And in this case, she is reindeer moon child with cool witchy shoes.

She started out as a Bingo card with an added layer of torn, vintage paper.  Red Lead Paperworks provided the background star stencil for for this occasion.  I inked red and olive green stars to the card and outlined most of them with a gold Sharpie pen.


The little dress is a layered affair using a scrap of red toile, red lace, and two layers of white mesh material from Linnie Blooms.  An eyelet strategically placed under the layer of vintage paper adheres the four layers together, as does the button in the middle of the dress.  German scrap wings and crown were also attached.  The shoes were borrowed from Third Coast.   They're a bit large, but a reindeer moon child really doesn't mind.

Mystical messages abound:  "Cosmic offerings" and "From one MOON GODDESS to another."  Note the use of Rock Candy Clear Distress Stickles on moon face and edged along watercolor crayon-painted antlers. 

The final touch?  Little green sparkles.  Chasing whimsy, I tell ya.


Images from Rubbermoon:
Cosmic Offerings, Moon Goddess, Kae Pea - New Moon, Antlers

Sunday Postcard Art:  Shoes

Red Lead Paperworks:  Christmas Stencil/Stars All Around

Spooky RubberMoon ATC Book by Kersten Christianson

Halloween is in the air and on the page!  And in this case, on what started as a sheet of watercolor paper that morphed into ATCs and became a mini book of Halloween goodness.

 First, I used my Caran d'Ache watercolor crayons to create vibrant background color for each stamp used.  It was a kind of scribble and add water effect.  Next, I used StazOn Jet Black ink to stamp each image on top of my watercolor scribbles.  The jack o'lantern is the only image I stamped first, and colored after.

Rubbermoon stamps used for this project include:  Witch Houses (ge2602), Blue Ribbon Pumpkin (db4795), Hanging Jacks (db4924), Scary House (ge2740),and Scary Neighbors (rm2827).

 I used a heavy black cardstock for the background of each ATC.  From there, I trimmed or square cut each stamped image to my liking.

 This ATC back took a bit of direct to paper Peacock Blue Distress ink and dry brushed acrylic orange paint.  Wouldn't a tree of Hanging Jacks be a funky sight to encounter out in the woods?

More acrylic paint added to this background with a yellow gold trim added after the card's assembly.  The spooky words are add-ons, ephemera from Retro Cafe Art.

 Here is the growing piles of ATCs.

 More acrylic painted background effects.

This little house is about one of my favorite Halloween images.  Once I had stamped the primary image, I applied a thin layer of Gesso to newsprint paper and restamped the house on this.  The image was then cut out and applied to my ATC.

An eyelet was added to the upper left corner of each ATC.  Through each I ran a piece of skull ribbon and voila!  Happy Halloween! :)

End of Summer / Paper Lantern Postcard

Major denial that summer is coming to a close.  How can it, when I am still able to find bloom to photograph?

That said, I put together a postcard tonight for a friend. Whimsical paper lanterns, breeze, a bit of final bloom in the midst of darkening autumn days.

First, I used Dylusions spray ink for a splash of sky color in the background.  Once dry, I used StayOn Jet Black to stamp Paper Lanterns (ge2826:  Lanterns).  I used Fiskars gel pens to add a bit of color to bloom and to lantern.

At this point, I decided to add some late summer/early fall color to the decorative paper.  This I adhered to a postcard.

With an add of the paper lantern piece my postcard is ready to send!

And one last bloom of summer...

Thanks for reading my post today!

:)

Kersten Christianson