It's Always Sunny Somewhere

From all of us RubberMoonbeams to all of you...

Have a safe, happy, fun, fantastic, sunny, spectacular

Independence Day celebration!

Happy 4th of July!!!

RubberMoon stamps used:

Creative Condo

New Moon

A Poetic Postcard

Hi. It's me, Kae Pea, posting from RubberMoon Studio!
I made a new little hummingbird stamp and so I just had to play a little bit. :)
It's no secret, I love watercolors and just went on a bit of a spree at Daniel Smith art supply on my recent trip to Seattle. Daniel Smith is known for their watercolor paints and so that is what I splurged on!
This project is simple yet satisfying if you are craving some creative time but don't have a lot of time to spare. 
To make this postcard art you will need just a few supplies. 
Here are the stamps and supplies I used:
Of course you may substitute different stamps but we highly recommend RubberMoon Art Stamps ;)
Little Hummer KP5188F
Gretchen's Fuschia GE5035K
"Poetic" by Nancy Curry
2 sheets of 140 lb. Watercolor Paper*
*1. 3 x 5 piece
  1. 4 x 6 piece
Permanent black inkpad
PVA Glue
Watercolor paints & brush
Jar of fresh water

Stamp your images on your smaller sheet of watercolor paper using your black permanent ink...

Begin painting in your images using a round watercolor brush (I used a # 8)
and a fair amount of clear, fresh water. I used a mixture of blues and greens and a touch of Opera Pink watercolor for my humming bird.

I painted the fucshia flowers with Opera Rose and Leaf Green and then I painted the entire background with clear water. Washing your paper with water before you paint, helps the pigment to flow and give it a loose, washy effect that makes watercolor so delightful!

After I 'washed' my entire background with a fair amount of water, I added Manganese Blue and let it really be wet and flowing. I also added a couple of light touches of the Opera Rose Hue and a bit of Hansa Yellow. I painted wet into wet and let some of the colors 'blossom'. I like the radiant and organic effect this gives.

After my watercolor was dry, I added PVA glue to the back and mounted it on to the larger 4 x 6 sheet of watercolor paper and TA DA! Pure Poetry! Now I have a lovely postcard to send or to frame.

Hope YOU get to be creative today!

Sending Moonbeams,

XOKP

Magical Moonlight

Magical Moonlight 2014

I am just back from Stampaway and one thought that went around in my head was that I need to make use of my older supplies and somehow make them new again.  I went around my studio choosing RubberMoon stamps and then saw this wonderful Inchie Arts black ATC size mat board rectangle just begging to be used.  Then my mind skipped to the drawer full of Tsukeneko Opalite pads. A primer for those who don't know......They are interference pads (that show on dark surfaces) and are still in existence.  I got a few out and surveyed my stamps for the project.  Clearly I was going to do a night scene.  That's all I knew as I began. 

Masking is a great technique to use on your surface or even on a stamp as you'll see below.  I began by masking the outside perimeter with low tack painter's tape because I already decided a border would be fun.  I then stamped the star spiral using the silver frost Opalite pad.  I knew I wanted a series of "mod" flowers near the bottom.  But I only wanted to use part of the stamp, so I partially inked the catch a falling star stamp,  and then taped the areas where I had overinked and didn't want it.

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I also used Opalite colors Glacier Blue, Golden Mist, and Crystal Blush to stamp star spiral and spiraling to represent the flowers themselves along with the masked "catch a falling star stamp".  

I used my favorite gel pen to add gold stems/leaves to the flowers and detail in other places.  Once a phrase was chosen,  I applied the same masking concept to the phrase I wanted to use.  It wouldn't fit spatially so I had to break it up.

The tape is so easy to use and remove. 

Voilà.... the center is done!