"Divine Guidance" Journal - with Rubbermoon stamps!

For some reason I love using RubberMoon stamps for my creative angel work. I like coming up with new ideas for creative spiritual-related projects for myself. And the RubberMoon stamp library has so much imagery that just relates so well to spiritual imagery.

Here is one stamp which especially intrigued me when I first saw it, and knew immediately I had to do something fun with it: "Messages From the Center of the Universe."

I like to keep a journal I call my Signs and Wonders journal to keep track of messages I get from the Universe. Mainly synchronicities.

For this project, I thought I'd do an artsy version of it, and see what it would be like to art journal my messages for a while.

MATERIALS:

• Board book, peeled - or of course use any blank book of your choosing (sketchbook/recycled book). See Tammy's explained technique from her blog post.
• Mod Podge: waterbase sealer, glue & finish (I used this to dress up the cover)
• Metallic gold tissue paper (or other color of your choice)
• Glue stick
• card stock
• Metallic gold craft paint (I used this to dress up the edges of the pages)
• Oil-based metallic paint marker (for accents)
• Gouache paints (for inside pages)
• Watercolor brushes
• "Messages From the Center of the Universe" LARGE RubberMoon art stamp!

STEP ONE:
I was inspired by the "peeled book" technique explained in a recent post by Tammy Vitale. I just had to try it, and after reading her blog post I began peeling books immediately to prepare my blank canvas for this project!


STEP TWO:
I decided for MY book, I wanted to dress it up fancy, so I grabbed some metallic tissue paper, scrunched it up by hand, and Mod Podged it all over the cover of my peeled book (using my bare fingers to paint the glue overtop my crinkled tissue paper). I have since had to press the book to get rid of the slight bowing that happens from this step - so if you don't want to deal with that, I suggest dry pasting collage (glue stick) or just painting a light wash of Gouache paint colors to your liking.

I let this Mod Podge stage dry overnight, to ensure it was dry before working more on it, cutting the stray tissue edging with scissors.


STEP THREE:
Rubbermoon stamp time! Very carefully, I stamped my large "Messages" stamp on a matte piece of card stock to add for the cover:

STEP FOUR:
Cut out the stamp design to make a circle piece for the cover. I used scissors, but feel free to use an Exacto knife if you prefer.


STEP FIVE:
Embellish the design with an oil-based metallic paint marker (gold):

STEP SIX:
Use a glue stick (or scrapbook tape) to adhere the circle shape to your cover.


STEP SEVEN:
IF YOU LIKE... feel free to paint the edges of the pages as well, with metallic craft paint. I just felt like trying this, to fancy-up my book a little more. Yeah, I was getting a little gold-crazy, I guess:

STEP EIGHT:
Yay! Time to have fun with the INSIDE!!
I wanted to see how Gouache paint would work on this highly-absorbent surface. It worked like a charm! I love the textures that come from using this type of paint on this surface. It made a beautiful, colorful base:

STEP NINE:
Add collage, or just keep painting/marking. Markers would dry out fast on this highly absorbent surface, so if you want to try it, use your child's markers, not your expensive ones. A cheap felt tip marker works well, too, for journaling/doodling! A glue stick or double-stick tape would work best on this surface for collage, to keep it dry and manageable.


I thought it would be fun to use my particular journal, here, as a way to keepsake my Angel Cards that I draw for myself occasionally. I like to see patterns of messages that come up over a period of time, and doing this in journal format is a good idea! It's easy to use more of my favorite Rubbermoon stamps for this process as well, as I continue on this "Divine Guidance Journal" journey!

Article By Wendy Fedan

Intuitive Painting with RubberMoon Art Stamps

                         

                         Friday, May 23, 2014

Intuitive Angel Painting for Dawn Richerson

I've been wanting to experiment lately with creating artwork for my Angel Readings, something new I'd like to start offering to people. It seemed appropriate to use Rubbermoon Art Stamps for such a project.
You could create an Intuitive Painting for yourself by simply drawing cards from a card deck of your choice. They cold be Angel Cards, Tarot, or even something like Louise Hay's Inspirational cards.

Use whatever type of cards appeal to you, to use as a spiritual message to illustrate, or merely as an intuitive prompt.

Draw three cards (or more if you wish) and use your intuition to hear what the cards are trying to communicate to you. Sketch down words and images that seem to be coming through to you. They could even simply be words that are on the cards, or images that come through from the cards.

MATERIALS:

• Watercolor paper of your choice (I used 140 lb 16x12").
• pencil
• Watercolor paint or Goache (I used Goache, just because I like the bright colors lately).
• Faber Castell PITT artist pens (I used a combination of fine tip and brush tip)
• Rubbermoon Art Stamps of your choice (I used the New Moon and Paint Spatter stamps).
• Black (or other) ink stamp pad.
• Your INTUITION.

1. After you have your rough idea sketched out in your sketchbook or scrap paper, begin drawing your final sketch plan on the watercolor paper with pencil. Feel free to allow words into your sketch if you like, or keep your initial concept by your side to add certain elements with paint.

2. Paint directly over your sketch with watercolors or Goache.

3. Use the Faber-Castell PITT art pens for sketchy accents, if you like. Personally I love using markers, so I just couldn't help myself. Also by bringing in the black, I was easily able to fit my stampings into the painting using the black ink stamp pad.

New Moon and Paint Spatter stamps

I decided to use the New Moon and Paint Spatter art stamps because they perfectly fit in with my theme. I was already using the spattering technique in the painting, and I like the spiritual essence of the New Moon face. I decided this little face would be fun to add in secret places in the painting - as though they represented spiritual beings within the painting, lending their support to the person I was painting this for.

I decided to use the New Moon stamp for the "tree trunk base" - as if the base of the tree housed these wood sprites, sending their messages and support. I used a paper towel to mask off the edge of the trunk so I could stamp some of these as half-faces, showing that they wrap around the tree trunk. I added more lines with my PITT art pens to blend them in a little more, visually.

Then I decided to have more fun with this moon stamp and use it as a decorative element for the wings of the angel, pressing only half of the stamp down (angling it). I liked the accidental facial features that would show themselves through this half-stamp technique. I liked the synchronicity of that.

My final "play" with the moon stamp was to use it as a shape accent inside the crayons I drew and painted, again, using only a crescent of the stamp:

Then came play time with the Paint Spatter stamp, which I used all over the painting, stamping even when the ink was drying out on the stamp - I liked some spatters to be strong and some light, to create depth. The stamp worked so well with my painting which already had quite a lot of colorful spattering as you can see:

This is a fun way to explore with your art. I suggest you give it a try! And if you'd like me to create one of these for you, contact me through my website!