Thursday, August 20, 2015

August Flowers

How I wish that I would have all the crafting supplies at my fingertips that I could ever wish for! Don't you?  I imagine that being a lot of fun.
But then again, it might just be a pain to remember everything you have and look for them.

So I decided to see how precious little I could get away with. Just for fun, for a challenge. Work with a kind of "make-do" attitude.


First I sanded some cardstock and painted this with "linen" acrylic. Then I chose my products: one stencil, three colors and some small colored scraps in those colors. I took two geometric stamps (circles, chevron) and a book page. (And then I felt like I had much too much product already. Where did the downsizing go??)
And finally I chose three challenges.
Let's see.

I stamped the backgrounds through the punchinella in pink and yellow, then added stamping with green ink and the chevron stamp.

Bloom where you are planted
Next I took the circles stamp (Rubberdance Art) and the book page, stamped all sizes, then repeated this onto some yellow and pink scraps. I cut them out and set aside.

Create the world you want to see

Using the chevron stamp and green ink I stamped onto the green paper, then drew freehand stems and leaves and cut them out.
I assembled my cards, and as a finishing touch added some sentiments or affirmations.

Flowers dancing together

entering into:
Mix it Monthly: Mixed Media Flowers
Lost Coast Portal to Creativity: #15 Circles
RubberDance Art: August challenge

11 comments:

  1. Thanks for the tutorial, love how you made your circles flowers. Great quote too. Thanks for linking up to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity :)

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  2. Hello from Mix it Monthly
    Your cards turned out beautifully!
    You really made the most of your supplies.
    oxo

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  3. Your flowers are simply beautiful! You are a master in using your supplies! All three are a jewel on its own! http://mix-it-monthly.blogspot.de

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  4. Kyselit blogissani. Lisäsin tähän juttuun sen englantilaisen taide- ja askartelukaupan linkin heidän nettisivulleen.

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  5. Beautiful! I really like how you made the flowers - thank you for using some stamps of mine and for entering our August challenge!

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  6. What a fabulous and fun time you had creating your "make do" projects! Thanks for playing with us at http://lostcoastportaltocreativity.blogspot.com

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  7. Great work! Thank you for entering the Rubber Dance Challenge! Hugs, Susanne.

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  8. These are wonderful works ~ So happy ~ love them all!

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  9. Lovey these beautiful mixed media flowers!

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  10. Wonderful project! Thank you for joining our challenge at Rubber Dance Stamps!

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