Bird Girls -Metal Embossing and stamps

Hi Everyone,

I am Elitia Hart, metal art instructor and mixed media explorer, and this is my first post for the 100 Moons Creative Collaboration blog. I almost always use some form of metal sheet in my projects and am so excited for the opportunity to incorporate Artfoamies, 100 Proof Press Rubber Stamps and Rubbermoon stamps into my work.

When I first saw the images of 100 Proof Press stamps used to create these two small mixed media and metal tiles it reminded me of a poem by Christy Ann Martine :

" You can't keep her in a cage, 

clip her wings, tell her lies

say that fragile birds 

were never meant to fly.

Watch her live behind a rusted door, latched tight, 

her spirit slipping away so you can keep her in sight

Beautiful creatures cannot be confined.

Her wings will grow, 

she'll find the sky. " 

Supplies :

Stamps from 100 Proof Press : 

SWplate55 Three Birds Plate 55 

6496 Bird Legs

Stamp from Artfoamies :

Gypsy Soul Fragmented Rings Foam Stamp 

Stencil from Rubbermoon :

Kae Pea Doily Stencil ATC Size 

2 x Small Square grey Ceramic Tiles 4 inch

Liquitex Basics Gesso White

Rustoleum Clear Satin Spray Lacquer 

Stazon Solvent Ink Pad Jet Black

Stazon Solvent Ink Pad Black Cherry

Tim Holtz Ranger Adirondak Alcohol Ink Red Pepper

Tim Holtz Adirondak Alcohol Ink Cloudy Blue

Permapaque Dual Black Marker

Dreamweaver Stencils Metallic Silver Embossing Paste

Plaid Mod Podge Dimensional Magic CS11215

3D Foam Squares (Scrapbook Adhesives) 

Scorpal Sook Wang Double Sided Adhesive Tape Sheet+

Acrylic Block , scissors

Lead free Pewter Sheet 36 gauge or Aluminum 40 g

Aluminum Foil Adhesive Tape 

Craft Foam sheet and hard smooth surface 

Teflon Tip Embossing tool or pencil 

Blending Stump/Paper Pen  

Small piece of Mat board or cardboard 

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Instructions : 

Please use these notes along with the video as I got a little frazzled during filming and might not have addressed the order of business as well as I could have : ) 

WATCH THE VIDEO 

 

The Tiles : 

I painted two grey ceramic tiles with white gesso and stamped the wet paint with the

Gypsy Soul Fragmented Rings Foam Stamp . Once the gesso was dry I added droplets of alcohol inks in the design circles and allowed it to "bleed". 

Once the ink was dry I sealed the tiles with Rustoleum Satin Spray lacquer to create a better bond on the tile*****(this is an important step) 

I then stamped the corner using Stazon Black Cherry and spiral stamp from the SWplate55 Three Birds Plate 55 

I used the Rubbermoon Kae Pea Doily Stencil ATC Size with Dreamweaver Stencils Metallic Silver Embossing Paste to surround the spiral. Once the embossing paste is dry you could apply another coat of satin Rustoleum Lacquer. 

I cut strips of Aluminum foil adhesive tape and attached it to the edges of the tiles burnishing it well to adhere. I used a texture wheel on the foil to add some engravings and then applied black ink with the Permapaque marker, wiping away the excess ink while wet. 

The Metal Embossing : 

I stamped the 3 images on lead free pewter sheet (you can use aluminum 40 gauge too) with Black Stazon Ink. The images were placed on a thin foam craft mat and I went over all the primary design lines using a teflon tip tool. The metal was flipped over and on the back relined just on the inside of the primary line created from the front. I used a paper stump (blending stump) to push out the inside of the design and then placed it face up on the hard surface flattening the background. The concave areas on the back were then filled with Mod Podge Dimensional Magic and left to dry overnight. 

Once dry, I applied Sook Wang double sided adhesive tape sheet to the back of the metal pieces and used scissors to cut out the girl and egg. The Bird girl was attached to mat board and the edges folded over.

 All the metal pieces were a sprayed with Rustoleum Clear Satin Lacquer prior to adding the colored alcohol inks. 

Once the ink was dried I used foam dots to attach the rectangular piece to the tile adding some height. The small girl was attached to the tile by removing the backing tape of the Sook Wang tape and the egg with a foam dot. 

Spray the completed tiles again. 

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Hope you had fun watching and learning- I certainly enjoyed the process!

#rubbermoon #100proofpress #artfoamies #100moonscollab 

For more on metal embossing see

www.pewterart.ca 

You can find me on Facebook Elitia Hart Metal Art 

Instagram : metalartchick

You Tube Channel : Elitia Hart 

Day 6 with Kae Pea

Celebrate our new product launch….with Inchie Arts

As you know, we carry several different sizes of the popular Inchie Arts Art Square products. And when they decided to launch their new 4” black Art Squares they invited us to announce and sell it first. 

In fact, it was one of our artists (thank you Sunny!) that nudged Inchie Arts to introduce this particular size and color.  To celebrate, we invited a handful of our designers and artists to let creativity fly with the new 4” black Art Squares. 

Every day from now through Saturday we will be posting amazing creations from Lisa Lee, Barb Rogers, Lindsay Ostrom, Sunny Carvalho, Jessica Sporn and Kristen Powers.

And on the Inchie Arts blog, ALL IN AN INCH, Lisa will be sharing lots of techniques and tips for all sizes of black Art Squares from 1" to 4". 

A few things you may not know about black Art Squares:

·        they are made from 100% cotton (not paper)

·        they are a super black with the 'black' sourced from natural ebony

·       they are a perfect 4 ply substrate for direct art application especially acrylic paints, white and metallic detail pens, colored pencils, Pan Pastels, stamping and embossing with white or light colors, chalk board style work and photo creations.  

Day 6 with Kae Pea- Moon Making!

I made a moon (well, of course I did.)

I started with :

 4" Black Art Square from Inchie Arts

the melanie stamp (RubberMoon stamp designed by Marilynn Kelly)

My Geo Circles Stencil from StencilGIrl

white gesso

The Ultimate Red Rubber Palette (small)

Sharpie Extra Fine water-based Paint Marker (white)

First, I started by tracing a circle on to my black art square from my geo circles stencil, using a white paint marker.

I did not want it centered, so I made it go off the edges of the surface just a bit.....

I put a thin layer of gesso onto my red rubber palette and used it to "ink" my stamp.

Then, I stamped the face into the circle. Like this:

See?  

It's not perfect and that's okay. Layering washes of paint will surely help!

I simply painted with washy gesso....

and I kept doing that. More thin layers of gesso and then some touches of paint on the eyes and lips... (I used a teeny tiny bit of watercolors but acrylics or practically anything will work) making it look like this:

I let this all dry a while and then I used my white gesso and red rubber palette again to stamp my ink splat stamp (I like this stamp a LOT and often use it as a 'starry sky')

See? Lika dis...

After that is all stamped across the background and all my paint is dry (which didn't take long because it's all nice thin layers.) I then went back in with some colored pencils and add a bit more depth and value and highlights.....

Like so:

Then I stamped this Love you to the Moon & Back 

stamp right here...

I like a good sentiment with my art. Don't you? 

.........

I liked my piece but it didn't feel quite finished...So I found a 41/4" x 41/4 " wood block and a piece of decorative paper that I thought looked dandy.... 

I mounted the paper to the wood block using my favorite white glue, painted the sides and back of the wood block with black gesso then I took my Inchie Art Square artwork and mounted that baby right onto my collaged, wood block and 

voilà!! 

Thanks for stopping by and taking your time to peruse and comment.

I want to say thanks to Lisa Lee over at Inchie Arts for launching this great new product with us!

And of course all the fantabulous artists that help make RubberMoon awesome! 

Barb Rogers

Lindsay Ostrom

Sunny Carvalho

Jessica Sporn

love YOU all to the moon & back!

It was a super fun week launching the new 4" Black Art Squares! I hope you got a lot of inspiration and we filled your pretty little head with lots of ideas!! 

xokp

OOOOH a GIVEAWAY!!! Please visit ALL 6 days, Come back here and tell me that you did and comment about a favorite stamp or technique you will be entered to win a stamp from EVERY participating artist PLUS a pack of the New Black 4" Inchie Art Squares!! 

Cosmic Offerings

IMAGINE Crafts and RubberMoon Art Stamps are excited to share with you the amazing projects that our design teams have created to kick off the Holiday Season! Over the next few days, we'll be sharing with you inspiration and techniques using IMAGINE Crafts' line of ink products featuring rubber stamps from RubberMoon. Be sure to visit the IMAGINE Crafts and RubberMoon blogs daily for more projects and ideas!

"Cosmic Offerings"
by Kae Pea

I love all things celestial. Especially Moons! I know it is the holidays but I wanted to take a little break from winter images and just play with a few of my favorite stamps (RubberMoon, of course!) and a couple my favorite products from Imagine Crafts and Inchie Arts!

What I used:

Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko StazOn Jet Black Midi Ink Pad
Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko All Purpose Ink

Inchie Arts 3" White Art Square

RubberMoon Stamps
MK2120 Poetry Girl
KP5153 Little Luna
DB4103 Three Stars
KP5191 Cosmic Offerings

I also used a clear wax crayon (to resist)
and a paint brush, some colored card stock cut to size 

Directions:

stamp your images onto your Art Square using the StazOn ink

"color" areas that you want to resist using the clear crayon

Paint images using All Purpose Inks. I used them with a watery brush!

Now mount this on your cut-to- size card stock and voila! You have a great, simple card for any and all occasions!

Thanks for stopping by and please visit RubberMoon Arts and Imagine Crafts every day for the next week for lots of inspiring ideas!

Happy Making!

xokp

Special Guest Artist: Debra Valoff, Founder of RubberMoon Blogs Today

We are so excited to have Debra here as a special guest artist! Debra is, indeed, special. As many of you know, Debra is the original Moon Goddess! She is the founder of RubberMoon and we are over the moon to have her here, sharing her talent and tutorial on this wonderful project!


                                                       Debra's Creative Project Bag


At any one time I can easily have 4-10 different projects going. To help keep supplies contained I like to have *project bags* whenever possible. I used to just throw things in plastic shoebox type containers but making bags are fun and easy, not to mention a whole lot more attractive.


Supplies:

Fabric- heavy weight like a duck cloth is what I used. Canvas or denim would work good too. My piece was 11 1/2 x 13 1/2" because I had a 11 1/2" zipper. So before you buy your zipper or cut your fabric be sure to consider what you'll be using the bag for. If you'll be using it for a journal and pens be sure to make it a couple of inches bigger than your book to allow for the thickness.


Zipper
Thread, I used black
Masking tape


Acrylic paint- I put out several colors that I thought would work well together but ended up just using 3 colors. Light and dark green and white.


One inch sponge brush
Permanent black ink
Rubber stamps
Sharpie marker
Sewing machine-basic sewing skills (honest)

After cutting my fabric wide enough for my zipper and twice the length I wanted the bag (remember it will be folded in half) I laid it on a covered table.

The top of the bag, where the zipper will be sewn, is on two outer edges (the sections I painted white) the darker green (in the middle) is the bottom of the bag.

I knew I wanted a checkered pattern on the top edge with a one inch stamp so I knew I had to paint a 2" white stripe. The bottom part I knew I wanted a darker color and the rest I just filled in with a complimentary color. I used a sponge brush and didn't mind if tiny sections of fabric showed through.
With the combination of acrylic paint and warm weather, I didn't have to wait long for the paint to dry.

RubberMoon Stamps  used in this project

The very top edge is where the zipper will be sewn so I laid masking tape over 1/4" of the edge. This also works great as a guide for where to place my image.  I used black permanent ink. I'm sure fabric ink will work great too.

After stamping both white sections I wanted to define the line between the white and green. The little bee stamp worked perfectly for this.

The bottom section I stamped repeatedly with the bulls eye stamp. I didn't re-ink after each stamping and I also overlapped the image~ working fast just to fill in the area.

Next I stamped the zen garden image and lastly, I filled in the outer edges of the bullseye stamp, where the garden stamp overlapped them, with a black Sharpie pen.

This is how it looks folded in half:

Next comes the sewing!

I knew I didn't want a "finished" look because why invite the frustration in a simple bag? So, I first pinned one side of the zipper to the right side of the bags top edge. Make sure on the bottom that the fabric isn't overlapping the zippers teeth.

First I stitched along the edge of the zipper with the zipper foot. Next I changed to a regular foot and stitched an interlocking stitch. Wanted to make sure it would hold up from a lot of tugging.

After pinning the zipper edge to the other top edge of the bag you'll need to open the zipper so you can sew it in place.

Now zip the bag back up and stitch down the sides of the bag! Again, I used an interlocking stitch but more for looks than strength.

Now your bag is finished and ready to be filled with treasures!

The red velvet heart was just done with free motion sewing, cut out, then an eyelet added and attached to the zipper with a jump ring. A shrink plastic charm made with a RubberMoon image would also be a nice touch here. If I could have found my shrink plastic I'm sure I would have made one! (Honest)

Sending Moonbeams,

Encourage Creativity with Your Very Own Handmade Art Journal

List of Supplies Needed:

140 Pound Watercolor Paper

One Sheet of Patterned Scrapbook Paper

RubberMoon Stamps (Your Choice!)

Black Ink

Watercolor Paints

A Paintbrush

Scissors

Glue Stick

A Laminator

A Hole Punch

Colored Album Rings

Embellishment (Yarn, Ribbon, Beads)

With the holidays fast approaching, I wanted to explore some handmade gifts ideas using my absolutely fabulous stash of RubberMoon stamps.  I decided to create a small art journal using kp5009 New Moon, kp5021 Make Art, kp5000 Cheering Section, kp5004 Airlyte, kp5003 Banner and Beret, kp5006 Shasta, kp5005 Teardrop, and kp5002 Heart Full among many of the other RM stamps in my collection.

Pre-assembled art journals leave little to the imagination.  I wanted something more personal.  Using a sheet of cold-pressed, 140 pound watercolor paper as the background, I took my stamps and created an interesting pattern.  My final design include 3 rows of 5 images. 

I then took my watercolor paints out and added color around each stamped image.  I used the brighter colors in my palette.  I tend to prefer pinks, purples, blues, greens, and oranges best.  You can use your own favorite colors.  After all, it's your unique creation!

Once the paint had dried, I flipped the paper over and glued a sheet of scrapbook paper to what would be the inside cover of the journal.  Using a pair of scissors, I cut the paper in half and used my laminating machine to create a glossy, permanent front and back cover.  (Make sure to cut off all the excess lamination from the top, bottom, and sides of the cover.)

I then cut 10 sheets of watercolor paper in half for the inside of the journal and hole punched everything.  After I was done doing that, I assembled the book by opening the album rings and slipping the covers and sheets of paper onto them.  Once everything was lined up properly, I closed the rings.

Here's what the back of the finished journal looks like:

I added some yarn to the album rings for some flare.  You can also use ribbon, beads, and charms to make it your own.  I thought of a million additional ideas for embellishing the art journal once I was done making it.

That's it!  Other than an hour of your time, this little gem costs nothing to create.  Think about all the people you can cross off your gift list this Christmas by making a few handmade art journals. 

RubberMoon loves Tombow! #tombow100

Hi. It's me, Kae Pea! I was pretty thrilled when Tombow asked me to join in on the 100 days of Tombow blog hop! My participation in this hop helps a great cause ($100.00 worth of product to the Council for Arts Education for each person participating) and well, you know that I love a good artsy challenge! I have used and loved Tombow products for a good number of years and RubberMoon Art Stamps and Tombow supplies are a match made in crafting heaven!

Tombow sent me such a nice package of things to play with, including Tombow dual tip markers, a Stamp Runner adhesive roller and a wonderful box of Trojiten colored pencils. Aren't they great?

Products from Tombow

 As soon as I saw the great box that the pencils came packaged in, I knew I wanted to make a travel art box!!

So I got started right away....I pulled out a few extra materials....

Materials used in this project:

1. Tombow Dual tip markers (in assorted colors)
2. Trojiten Colored Pencils from Tombow ( and I used the box they came in to create this project!)
3. Tombow Stamp Runner adhesive roller
4. white glue
5. white gesso
6. a flat paintbrush
7. a few RubberMoon stamps (including a small Ultimate Red Rubber Palette)
8. (2) pieces of coordinating decorative papers and a scrap of cardboard (for insert)
9. assorted colors of acrylic paint
10. a black inkpad

 

I cut my scrapbook paper to size and a piece of cardboard to line the inside and set it aside.

    I opened up the box and laid it flat. I  brushed white glue all over the outside, making sure to cover the entire box.

I covered my entire box with one piece of decorative paper. (though you could collage lots of different pieces too.)

 

Make sure your paper is smoothed down well and glued on all edges....

Next, I used my Tombow Stamp Runner adhesive and ran some adhesive on my cardboard insert and the inside flap of the box so I could line both with more of my coordinating decorative papers.

Adhere your papers...and glue your covered cardboard into the bottom of the box.

 YAY! Now the box is covered inside and out and it is time to Stamp, play and COLOR!!!

I dry brushed avery small amount of white gesso onto my outside cover. I just did this to break up the pattern of the paper a bit so my stamped images would stand out a little better. I was very sparing and only did very light coverage.

and then...I stamped my chosen RubberMoon Stamps using black waterproof ink.

and colored the images in using my Tombow markers and colored pencils!

I also took my favorite paint splatter stamp and "inked" it up using acrylic paint.

I squeezed out a bit of paint onto The Ultimate Red Rubber Palette and spread it out evenly using a sponge brush to make a thin layer of paint. I then tapped my stamp onto it to get paint onto the stamp...

I repeated this process three times with three different colors of paint (cleaning the palette between paint applications). It added so much fun, colorful texture and was just what I needed for my artsy pencil case. See?

I finally added just the right sayings to the back and the inside and then filled it with some art supplies to take along with me so I can make art and journal wherever I go....

back of my artsy pencil case

front of my artsy pencil case!

Ta da!! 

 RubberMoon + Tombow = Paper Craft Love

 I hope you enjoyed this project! I know I sure did!

Thank you Tombow!!

Sending Moonbeams,

Kae Pea

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