MADAM RUE GYPSY FORTUNE TELLER - VIDEO TUTORIAL AND NEW IMAGE SETS

Welcome to the mystical world of Madam Rue.  She has the gift of sight, which can reveal your future and explain your past.  Only she can lift the veil of mystery and connect to the regions beyond.

If a revelation is not what you seek but instead a charm or potion, you have come to the right place.  Is it love, fame, fortune, or perhaps release from a curse?

Or maybe the sound of her tambourine and her melodious voice drew you here.  Be not afraid; step inside, and your destiny awaits.

Here comes another Halloween project, although I’m thinking gypsies are never out of season. 

For those who have built or are building the Halloween Carnival, this is a piece you might want to add to your display. 

My choice of a jeweled-toned color palette comes from looking at pictures of gypsy caravans, where I noticed bright colors, fabrics, beading, fringe, and bling.

 

What did I love the most about this project?  I think the mini globe lighting is right at the top.  I wish I could go back to some of my older pieces and use the lighting.  It would also look cool with the Mad Scientist Lab from earlier in the summer.

I also love the furniture made from either a kit or unfinished wood items.  My particular favorite is the 3 Panel Hutch sitting on top of a Library Table.  The furniture pieces could easily work stand-alone or as part of another one of your projects.

Don’t sweat the details; there is a video tutorial where I’ll walk you through creating Madam Rue’s tent.

I’ve cooked up some new gypsy fortune-teller-themed images for this project.  I also used some of my Old Books & Papers Digital Image Set.

GYPSY FORTUNE TELLER COLLAGE SHEET

This sheet is a collection of mystical items.  There are books on palm ready, fortune telling, crystal ball reading, and more.  A seer into the beyond might need various business signs, tarot cards, and other odds and ends.

GYPSY FORTUNE TELLER DIGITAL IMAGE SET

This set is a collection of mystical items that a seer into the beyond might need.  In addition, the set contains images that you can use to create and outfit a gypsy tent.  All of the images in the Gypsy Fortune Teller Collage Sheet are included, plus a tent top panel, tent side panel, and images to decorate a table, curtains, and rugs for a total of 38 images.

All of the images in the set can be re-sized for your project as they are high-resolution (300dpi) PNG formatted images.

LANTERNS COLLAGE SHEET 

This collage sheet contains 15 different lanterns, with two of each style the lantern, for a total of 30 images.

VIDEO TUTORIAL

SUPPLY LIST OF PROJECT SUPPLIES CARRIED BY ALPHA STAMPS

COLLAGE SHEETS & PAPER

Gypsy Fortune Teller Collage Sheet

Gypsy Fortune Teller Digital Image Set

Old Books & Papers Digital Image Set
Lanterns Collage Sheet

Ghostmore Manor Collage Sheet Set

or
Ghostmore Manor Digital Image Set

Gypsy Fortune Teller #3 Collage Sheet
Games & Spinners Collage Sheet

Wood Flooring Scrapbook Paper

Double Dot Vintage Gingerbread Scrapbook Paper

Love & Lace Cherish Scrapbook Paper

Mysterious 6x6 Paper Pad

CHIPBOARD KITS, FURNITURE & LIGHTING

Platform with Steps - 1:12

3 Panel Hutch

Library Table

Unfinished Round Table – Spindle Legs

Gold Dark Sweeper Fringe

Armchair with Red Velvet Upholstery

Hinged Wood Chest with Clasp

Antique Brass Mini Fleur de Lys Handle

Antique Brass Mini Oval Drop Handle

Cleveland Vintage Mini Globe string lights

EMBELLISHMENTS

Wood Finial Chess Pawns

American Crow

Black 3-Piece Candleholder Set

Fancy Swirl Bead Caps

Mini Glass Domes - Bronze

Iridescent Crescent Moon Beads

10mm Clear Glass Marbles

Silver Cup Box Feet

Row of Old Books – Resin

Eyeball Cabs in Settings

1 Inch Fancy Gold Filigree Base

Fancy Looped Gold Filigree Base

4mm Beaded Chain – Red & Green
Miniature Wine Glasses - Set of 4

Miniature Pumpkin

Tiny Paper Roses - Orange

Mini Rose Buds - Red

1 Inch Mini Tassels - Gold

Star Trellis Filigree – Raw Brass

Silver Crescent Moon Dimensional Stickers

BOTTLES

10mm Square Glass Bottle with Lid

12x8 Amber Glass Rectangular Beads

12x8mm Green Glass Rectangular Beads

Mini Clear Resin Whiskey Bottle

Miniature Gin Bottle

Amber Resin Potions Bottle

Tiny Round Bottles

Even Tinier Bottles

PAINTS & INK

Metal Patinas – Antique Window

Metal Patinas – Weathered Copper

Metal Patinas – Treasured Heirloom

Alcohol Inks – Purple Twilight

Alcohol Inks - Indigo

Alcohol Inks – Wild Plum & Red Pepper

NEW 3D Tent Collage Sheets & Digital Image Set - Plus a Video Tutorial

Step right up to check out my new 3D Tent Collage Sheets and Digital Image Set available on Etsy (see links below).  On offer are Halloween, circus, gypsy and carnival tents.  These tents work great for your art project or decorations for a party.  For those of you building a Halloween Carnival, imagine adding a few tents to your carnival display.

COLLAGE SHEETS

One collage sheet features a Circus Tent.  Click on the image below to purchase the sheet.

Printing the sheet twice gives you all of the pieces needed to construct the tent.

The other collage sheet features a Halloween Tent.  Click on the image below to purchase the sheet.

Printing the sheet twice gives you all of the pieces needed to construct the tent.

If you missed it, click here for a tutorial on how to work with collage sheets in a PDF format.  This includes cutting and pasting individual images and resizing images.

3D TENTS DIGITAL FILE SET

Digital image sets are a great option in that they allow you to easily resize individual images.  You can also print only the images you need.  The image set includes:

• All of the images on the Circus sheet plus a larger version of the circus tent
• All of the images on the Halloween sheet plus a larger version f the Halloween tent
• A large gypsy tent (pictured below)
• A large Carnival tent (you’ll see this one in the video tutorial)

Click on the image below to purchase the image set.

 GYPSY TENT

TENT TUTORIAL

In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to assemble the 3D paper tents and give you all kinds of ideas on how to use the pieces.  I’ll show you how to create a different opening for the tents, ideas on how to use just the tops of the tents and how to use the tent pieces as a pattern to create tents with other designs.

Video Tutorial - Madam Rue’s Fortune Telling Machine Designed for Alpha Stamps

The inspiration for this piece was the mechanical gypsy fortune telling machines that you might encounter at fairs, carnivals and amusement parks of the past.

I think this was my favorite gypsy project for Alpha Stamps and I’m hoping you will enjoy making one for yourself.  The name “Madam Rue” is another reference to the Madam Rue from the song “Love Potion #9” (I also used her as inspiration for the altered bottle and the gypsy caravan I posted earlier).

The basic construction of this piece is a blank Altoid’s tin (in the center) and arched chipboard pennants in the front and back.  The overall size of the piece is 7 ½” tall by 2 ¾” wide. 

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In the tutorial I’ll cover the tools you’ll need and the Alpha Stamps products I used to create this piece.  As you are watching the video you don’t need to worry about taking notes as there is a companion PDF document that you can download and or print that contains the supply lists, measurements, pictures and the detail instructions from the video.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE COMPANION PDF DOCUMENT

Alpha Stamps Products Used in This Piece

Mini Arched Chipboard Pennants

Blank Altoid’s Tin

Brass Box Feet

Raw Brass Box Feet Cones

Iridescent Star Mix

Thin Ornate Filigree

Metallic Stickers – Bows & Vines

Gold Zig Zag Dresden Borders

Small Brass Arrows for Spinning

Weekend Market 6 x 6 Paper Pad

Gypsy Coin Mix

Raw Brass Feet Cones or Filigree Cone Bead Caps

Beads

Chains
Vintage Photo Distress Ink

COLLAGE SHEETS

Gypsy Fortune Teller #1

Game Spinners

Gypsy Beauty

Palmistry

Red Labels

Fortunes
Most of the products I used are on sale as well as many other gypsy themed items.

Here Are Other Images I Used That You Are Welcome to Download and Use in Your Art

To download an image, click on the image to expand it, right-click and select Save As.

This is the last of the gypsy themed pieces for a while.  I’ve switched gears to Halloween and am having lots of fun getting ready for the Pretty Potions and Poisons Apothecary event.  But before that event starts in September, I’m going to treat you to some Steampunk themed art and art inspired by Edgar Allen Poe.

Gypsy Necklace Designed For Alpha Stamps

I don’t often make jewelry but when I received the crescent moon connector and the round filigree from Alpha Stamps I thought they needed to be made into a necklace.  I used Liquid Pearls and Ranger Alcohol Ink on parts of the round filigree piece to give it the look of cloisonne.  After finishing the piece and looking at it for awhile I decide to add more beads where the chain connects to the filigree.

My friend Julia loaned me her pretty neck to model my necklace.

Alpha Stamps Products Used in This Piece

Small Round Corrugated Metal Beads

6mm Filigree Beads

Large Crescent Moon Connector

47mm Antique Gold Filigree

8mm Looped Bead Caps

Fancy Star Bead Cap

Fortune Telling Game Designed For Alpha Stamps

The challenge from Alpha Stamps for this piece was to come up with artwork that used dominoes and tiny dice.  I thought about doing a domino book or a piece of jewelry but eventually decided to create a Fortune Telling Game.

The overall height of the piece is 6 ½” high and by 3 ¼” wide.  I built the area holding the dominoes from chipboard.

On one side of the domino is a picture of a tarot card that I colorized using colored pencils and gold paint.  On the opposite side of the domino is the fortune.  The dice acts as the pull.

Alpha Stamps Products Used in This Piece

Enchanted 6x6 Paper Pad

Palmistry Collage Sheet – The hand

Italian Tarot Cards Collage Sheet – Used on the dominos

Gypsy Beauty Collage Sheet – The gypsy

Fortunes Collage Sheet – Used on the dominos

Acrylic Dominoes – Pre-Drilled

Acrylic Dice – Pre-Drilled

Corrugated Brass Pears – The feet

Man in the Moon – Raw Brass

Gypsy Tambourine Designed for Alpha Stamps

The tambourine is 4 ½” wide.  I started with a lid from a package of Laughing Cow cheese wedges.

I glued a double strip of cardstock around the edge.  To accommodate the symbols (which are made from brass coins) I cut rectangular openings in the cardstock.  To make the symbols I punched holes in the brass coins and slid them on needles.  I used needles because they are stiff.  I glued the needles between the layers of cardstock.

I wrapped the sides with seam binding tape and glued coin and beaded fringe to the sides.

If you shake the tambourine it jingles!

Alpha Stamps Products Used in This Piece

Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves Collage Sheet

Gypsy Beauty Collage Sheet

Weekend Market 6 x 6 Paper Pad

Seam Binding - Cream

Seam Binding – Grey Blue

Seam Binding - Tans

Crystal Beaded Trim

Coin Fringe