Twinkle Twinkle Pocket Tag

By Guest Artist Nancy Baumiller

The variety of rubber stamps at Rubber Moon is outstanding! Super great artists stamps to choose from and the shipping is lightning fast! Totally blown away!

 I choose Dreamer Girl and Picasso Quote by Mindy Lacefield! Such a lovely soul and such an inspiration! 

Twinkle Twinkle Pocket Tag

To start, I used 3- 6" x 3" brown paper craft tags and then lightly brushed white gesso over all 3 tags.
I then took one of tags and cut in half. With the lower half, I then cut off a small strip, about 1/2" and then with the remainder, I cut off the corners. (sorry for the lack of photos on some parts)

For the background on the first gessoed (full sized) tag, use a damp brush and pick up color from a black water soluable crayon. I use Neo II's. and paint the tag black-ish. Leaving about a 1/4 border around the tag. Paint about 3/4 the way down. I tried make it appear as if the little girl was sitting in bed wishing on stars. 

When that is dry, draw on little stars with a white Gelly Roll pen. With a white Neo II crayon, draw straight onto the tag, creating a moon! Then adding a bit of yellow around the moon.

Paint the bottom piece using an olive green Neo II.  Then paint the 1/2 inch strip with Acrylic Neon Red paint. Add little lace like sticker embellishments to the top of the 1/2 inch strip. Also, added some star sticker gems to the top half of the tag!

To attach the "bed" to the background tag, Poke holes all round about 1/4 apart using an awl, through both pieces. Sew pieces together with embroidery floss.

For the girl...using the second gessoed tag.....Stamp the "Dreamer Girl" using permanent black ink. Stamp just below the hanger(?) Never did know exactly what to call those. hee hee  Then draw a dress skirt.

Paint the girl with Neo II's.  Her cheeks, nose and mouth, use acrylic Neon red paint. Paint stripes on shirt a periwinkle color. Then paint skirt a light pink acrylic paint, then smudge red Gelato crayon around edges. Made polka dots with a blue paint pen and then stamp using the Picasso Quote using permanent black ink and stamped it on her skirt.

Add fibers to top of your tag!

Thanks for having me! It was great fun! Hope you enjoy!

xo

NancyB

*Thank you Nancy for a super awesome, creative and  fun post! We hope you will join us again soon.
Please visit Nancy at Nancy Baumiller - Crowabout Studiob at Deviantscrap.com

                               

Artful Mask by Kim

Hello Friends! I am so excited to bring you my very first Creative Design Team project for RubberMoon!  I am just so thrilled to be part of this truly amazing team, and I wanted to share something that really represents my style for my first project.

 I have created a mixed media style "artful" mask.  I had a lot of fun with this project, and it is something different to hang on my studio wall, other than a canvas.

 

I layered a lot of mixed media products on here, including some sprays, texture paste, and also the Gears stamp and some pigment ink, on the mask itself. I used an old paintbrush as the holder for my mask, and added some clay butterfly wings that I made on either side of it.

 I have used the Make Art Stamp, the Art Set and Large Dragonfly stamps as well  to adorn my mask.

I used the Julia Cameron quote stamp on the paintbrush. You can easily stamp on a round object by placing the stamp on your table and rolling the object to be stamped on top of it. This works great to give an all around stamping image on your object.

To create the stamping embellishments on my mask, I got out my watercolors and had fun playing around with them. I created a background on which to stamp my images on. 

After I used random brush strokes for the background, I sprayed it with my mini mister, then used some paper towels to dab up the excess water. You get a nice mottled background with a water droplet look as a result.

After I completed this, I got out some clear embossing ink and some fun and funky colors to emboss the stamp with, I used some of my brightest colors!

After I heat embossed it, I fussy cut out my images to use on my mask, these are the results. Then I added them to my mask along with a few other fun embellishments.

Thanks for stopping by today!

RubberMoon Items Used

Make Art Stamp by Kae Pea

Julia Cameron Art Quote by Mindy Lacefield

Art Set Stamp

Large Dragonfly

Gears Stamp

Other Items Used

Shimmerz Texturez, Watercolor Inklingz & Sprays

Ranger and Lindys Embossing Powders

Chipboard Mask from Gina's Designs

Clay Wings and Roses From My Stash

Crafters Workshop "Art Is" Stencil

Tim Holtz Burlap and Dots Stencils

White Roses from Craftsupplies1

Camass Pigment Ink Blue

Stickles Diamond 

I hope you have enjoyed my project today and do go and check out the amazing stamps in RubberMoon's Shop! They are truly unique and "artful"!

Kim Fuller

Hello Night

Are you afraid of the dark? Were you afraid when you were a child? Is your child afraid?

I have to admit I was a child who was afraid of the dark and became a nervous adult in the night. I've learned there is nothing but beauty in the night. 

"Don't feed the fears" I'd say to myself when I would cross my dark yard in the night, from the shed to the house. The solar lights are ( and let's be honest ) they are a complete waste of cash that light up nothing.

   "There is nothing to be afraid of...just don't trip"...  I sat inside my screened porch with soothing candle light listening to the crickets, tree frogs, and bats. Watching the lighting bugs light up, seeing the moths on the screen being pulled to the flame of the citronella candles.  The moon was half and the stars started to light up the darkest part of the urban landscape. The evening sky was washed with navy blue, purple and the washed out orange from the city lights a few blocks over.

The mice rustled in the ivy just outside the screen, I could imagine the birds nestling in and the owls coming out.  "Was this what I've been fearing?"

This was the beauty of night and I was missing it because of the monsters I made up in my head as a child, who as an adult transformed into a crazy person around the corner ready to strike me!

Really?

No...no one and nothing was there.  

Using Mindy Lacefeild stamp and Sunny Carvalho   I made a very simple stamp and watercolor journal page to represent the little girl in me saying hello to the night.  I used Pitt Pen Big Brush the fill in the stamps.

Happy Creating!

 Visit me at www.melaniestatnickart.com 

Embroidery Squares

In the Fall, I created a grid with embroidery squares for a fabric album.

This time I wanted to make one of everyday "loves" to display year round on my wall. 

 

 

After completing a few squares, I had a GREAT idea. 

I took a few of my favorite RubberMoon stamps:

1) frolic bunny

2) hi rainbow

3) eggs & barkin (I completely adore that stamp's name)

4) here

 

 

Tested out the stamp on paper.  

Then stamped in a lighter ink onto the fabric. 

 

 

 

 

On the darker lined sections, I had to use a darker ink for it to show up. 

 

 

 

And then I took fun colored thread and stitched away...adding in my own elements where I saw fit.

 

 

I LOVE the results and it's a way to display the stamps I love in a new way. 

Swing by RubberMoon and grab a few of your favorites to create dimensional art. 

To view more of my art and the previous Fall grid I completed, go to my blog origin~aLi~ty.

 

Thanks for joining my ARTSY adventures.

Ali Gitt 

Mixed Media Ideas

May 30, 2014

A RubberMoon post by
Design Team Member Ali Gitt



I had the pleasure of attending Mindy Lacefield's  "Primitive Painting" class at Donna Downey's Studio.

It was a pure joy.

One day in class I brought along a few stamps to add to backgrounds and use in our journals.

And ironically all were Mindy's, but one:

1) bloom

2) target practice

3) dreamer girl

4) true free spirit

So what better environment to enjoy them in!!  

Here are some examples:

One morning in class we were given a prompt to write about on deli paper... And use it in our work throughout the retreat.  So I decided to stamp several images on them as well.

And the results ended up on several of my pages including the above image of my cover page. 

Stamped on Gelli plate prints providing extra texture and dimensions to the face.

Then I simply added some accents colors to the face and shirt. 

Another face stamp was used as a template and painted. 

Incorporating stamps by using paint and creating background elements, 

 adds another layer to the work. 

Dark on dark is subtle while neon yellow in a dark sky adds a pop to the page. 

My table mate. Ellie. had a great idea to use the circle stamps for flowers with the bloom above it. 

LOVE IT!

Leslie used stamps to add that finishing touch to her pages.  

And others used them to kickstart a page by embracing the word. All are such great ideas!!

Thanks for stopping by and hope everyone adds some RubberMoon love to their projects.

For more details about Mindy's class, feel free to skip on over to origin~aLi~ty and take a look.

Thanks!