Winter Magic Wall Hanging

Question: What's better than rubber stamps from RubberMoon?

Answer: Rubber stamps from RubberMoon and Art Squares from Inchie Arts!

I was cleaning up and about to put away my winter and Christmas stamps (Why?! I'm just going to use them again tomorrow!), when I glanced at my tiny collection of Art Squares and had a fit of inspiration. I decided to make a wall hanging. That's my excuse for not cooking dinner that time.

I began with the largest square, which is 4 x 4". I coated the background with a light blue ink and then stamped on the trees and snowflakes. I added the sentiment using StazOn jet black ink. I used irRESISTibles Shimmer to make dots of snow - I love the little bit of sparkle it adds. I made the snow under the trees using Amplify that I sprinkled with glitter before it dried.

For the snowflake panels, I first coated them in StazOn white Studio Glaze. Once that was dry, and it doesn't take long at all, I put the panels side by side and stamped the large snowflake. That way I didn't have to stamp it twice and try to guess at placement. I stamped the smaller snowflakes and then added dots of Stickles hologram for extra bling.

Last, but not least was my favorite little tree angel stamp. I colored her in and used my finger and ink to make swipes of blue for the sky. Then I used Stickles hologram again and smeared it across the panel with my finger. Yes, my hands usually end up looking like I got into a prize fight with an elf, but I get the job done.

The trickiest part of this project was lining things up and making sure I got the holes punched in the right place. The rest of it was just plain fun!

Where will your imagination take you? Forget cooking dinner... just go there.


RubberMoon stamps used:

There's Magic in the Air
Skinny Trees
Snowflake
6-sided Snowflake
Barbara

Snow Much Fun

I can't help it - I'm a freak for snow. So, that was me you heard cheering when the local forecasters began whispering about snow up in the mountains. I used to live up in those mountains (the Cascade range in Washington) and the snow was magical, fluffy, sparkly, peaceful, pretty... all the positive adjectives. Anyway, talk of snow is what inspired this card.

Want to know an easy way to make snow? Torn cardstock! For this I ripped a couple of scrap pieces of white cardstock. I ran glue along the edges and sprinkled them with glitter for that sparkly snow effect. I love how this makes the trees look like they're over the hills and off in the distance.

I may just have to drive up into those hills to where the magic is. Where will your imagination take you?


RubberMoon Stamps Used:

Skinny Trees
There's Magic In the Air
Barbara

Other Products Used:

StazOn Jet Black ink
Ranger Distress ink
White craft ink
White gel pen
Gold gel pen
Glue pen
Glitter
Stickles
Markers

Baby It's REALLY Cold Outside!!

"Beautiful Blizzard"

At this very moment I am working in my studio. A perfect way to spend the day when being outside is not even a remote possibility. All schools have been closed. The high temp for the day is well below 0 degrees! Baby it's REALLY cold outside!! No use complaining (even though I do!) Instead let's work on a wintery art piece with the help of RubbrerMoon Art Stamps and some homemade stencils.

The Under Painting

Below is a photo of the initial stages of an acrylic painting. You start with a canvas the size of your choice. Here I used an 8x10 inch canvas. You will need acrylic paints-French Blue Gray, white and cream. The paints with a more liquid consistency work best. Here I have used a handmade stencil shaped like a white pine tree. I also used a stencil with a filigree type design. These will be part of the under painting. The colors used for the under painting were a variety of medium toned colors with a small amount of warm colors like Burnt Sienna and Yellow chre. The trees were created with very dark tones like Burnt Umber. The filigrees were done with French Blue Gray. The best brushes to use are stiff bristled, scratchy type brushes. They work best for achieving the wispy brush strokes seen here.

Handmade Stenciling

Next is a photo of stylized circular shapes created by cutting out a stencil from a manila folder.

Think "airy energy." Situate the circles all around for a light airy feel- blizzardy.

There are also stamps available for this airy effect. Organic Circle stamps can be purchased from Sweet Mare Studio just call 218-590-8484 or from RubberMoon Stamps by clicking on this link.

This is the type of brush that works best. Stiff,bristled and flat.

Stamping

Now it's time for stamping! Below is a photo of a stamp from RubberMoon. 

It is called Inksplat. It is sold on the RubberMoon website. Simply click the Inksplat link.

 The color used here is French Blue Gray. Stamp your entire canvas to suggest wintery/snowy shadows.

Painting

Time to start painting your pines. The brush that works best is a pointed, round brush. Here I am painting suggestions of tree shapes in white. These stand out against the medium toned background colors and also tie in nicely with the stenciled circles.

Continue painting..........

Use your French Blue Gray to add trees that tie in the blue "snowy shapes."

More Stamping.......

This time with white paint.

 all around your canvas.

And Voila!!

A wintery, snowy, blizzardy painting!

Many thanks for visiting RubberMoon's blog page. It was so much fun creating this tutorial for you to try. I hope you have enjoyed it. If you should have any questions, just leave them in the comment box.

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All the very best!-Teresa :-D

Experiment and enjoy!