Day 5 of 30 days of Art

Day 5 of 30 Days of art Yay!
so, I tend to play with random crap that most people throw away and today Is no different. I used meat trays; the stuff your super market wraps the meat in.

I cut off the sides so I could have a flat surface to work on. then I took a dull pencil and drew out my design; here I chose an Owl, isn't he sweet? after I finished drawing the owl and was happy with the design (you only get as many go's as you have trays) Luckily one was enough. then I added the paints quickly so to keep it from drying. place your paper over it and use a brayer or a cup and roll out the print.

..print as many as you'd like the design never changes but you can change the colors as often as you like. this works great on T-shirts too!

Today's ATC is a collage of random goodness I gathered. the background is designer paper from Tim Holtz and so is the film strip ribbon ...just love all of his stuff!

Real Men Like Flowers

This one’s for the Guys

Want to make a brag book about your true love but want to keep it masculine? Well, here is my answer to that; I hand cut and created these awesome guyish flowers to adorn your layouts or mini-books or even as gift embellishments, the possibilities are endless.

Each has a pearl center (black or white) and made out of 3 craft designer papers a script, a map, and dictionary paper.

These large flowers come in a set of 3 and measure 2 ¾ inches across a sure bet to stand out on any project.

These medium flowers measure 2 inches across come in a set of six

These small flowers come in a set of 9 measuring an inch across

if you are interested in purchaceing any of my flowers check out my etsy shop or email me.

HandMade Flowers

I spent the better part of this weekend making paper flowers. Why? Well, I would like to do a tutorial on youtube and thought I’d better get it right first and of course why not? Paper flowers last forever and handmade is so much more precious than store bought; don’t you think?  So here is a quick step by step

First cut out 5 petal flower you’ll need 5 of these. You can cut them by hand or use a punch or even if you’re lucky enough to have a die cutting machine use that.

Next , take one of the layers and use an end of a marker or something else that’s round and curl the petals around it.

Then glue the layers together making sure to offset each layer t make a fuller flower. The last layer is the bud you can make a tighter bud or looser depending on how much you curled them around the marker.

At this point you’ll want to cup the flower in your palm to add form to it.

Finish by taking the end of a paint brush and curl the petals do this to each layer for a more realistic look.

You can spray your flowers with several mediums to get the color you like best like water colors, lindys, or ranger mist and/or dies. It’s better to color your flowers before you glue them. The results are wonderful and make great embellishments for any project.