Guest Post: Inspired by Valerie Boy. Today we have our first guest post from a cute and famous blog, theletter4!
They are my idols because they have been on the Martha Stewart show... always a dream. I'll let them tell a little more about themselves below but here is a link and a few photos from their inspiration, Valerie Boy. I'm so honored to introduce myself here on Hello Hydranga!!! We are The Letter 4. Pencil stamps in Crafts for decorating and home decor, parties and events. My Mod Podge Art.
I know, I know…It has taken me forever to finally post my Mod Podge art project that I’ve been talking about for months.
Well, folks, I finally have it finished, on the wall, and photographed! Like Suzanne, I used 12 x 12 canvases. I painted the sides a dark brown, then used Mod Podge to glue scrapbook paper to the front of the canvases. Acrylic Paint Transfer. Supplies needed: Acrylic dabbers, photocopy of an image, water spritzer bottle, paintbrush, card stock, craft sheet and heat tool (optional) Take the lid off the dabbers and brush the paint onto the card stock, ensure you get a good coverage Take your photocopied image ( remember that you will get a reverse of the image, so don't use bold words), flip it over and place it in the acrylic.
Lightly press it down making sure it's smooth and not wrinkled Leave to air dry for at least 15 minutes and then if you wish give it a blast with the heat tool Only move onto this step when you are sure your paint is completely dryTake your water filled spritzer bottle, spray the back of the paper no more than two squirts, you don't want it too wet. How-To and DIY / canvas map wall decor {tutorial} >> This is exactly what I was going to do with a few maps I have! Awesome! Bird and Text Collage Wall Art. [ Close Privacy Policy ] Privacy Policy / Your California Privacy Rights Revised and posted as of March 4, 2013 Prime Publishing, LLC ("Company," "we" or "us") reserves the right to revise this Privacy Policy at any time simply by posting such revision, so we encourage you to review it periodically.
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How to make a painting in three (or more) easy steps. « Drawn From the Fire. 1.
Draw some circles. Place them kind of randomly, but kind of in a linear fashion. Whatever. 2. Squeeze three colours onto your plastic lid. Wine cork stamps « home sweet homemade. The other night I was sifting through the greeting cards I’ve received through the year to use the pretty fronts for making Christmas tree ornaments.
Soon I had a pile of discarded plain backs. Whatever could I do with these to avoid the dreaded recycling bin? Hmm. Papercut Fingerprints. How To Tuesday: Double Word Score. Other couples exchange cards.
Other couples give flowers. Other couples share chocolates. We're not other couples. Being avid readers and generally big fans of the English language, my sweetie, Lee and I like to play Words With Friends. We're pretty evenly matched and the games get rather interesting. Supermarket saturdays welcomes Jellybeans. Today seems to be the official beginning to fall. It is warmer than most autumn days today but the increasing number of crimson leaves are making it quite clear that fall is here. As is the plentiful harvest of apples at the farmers market. Every week our local farmers seem to have more and more to offer and for that I am grateful.
New York. As I said on Thursday, I'm back from New York! I fell in love with Lee Ufan's "From Point to Line" series of work, that were being shown as part of the Korean artist and philosopher's showcase at the Guggenheim Museum. A peaceful, beautiful exhibition. We spent a few hours in Coney Island's Amusement Park. It's a peninsula and beach in southern Brooklyn, best known as the site of old fashioned amusement parks.
It was fun to soak up the sun on the beach, dip in the surprisingly warm ocean water, and look at New York from a different perspective. Find out about 10 Fun DIY For Kids. Pixelated Watercolor. Amanda Wright, a designer of "stylish-y quirky" greeting cards and paper goods at Wit and Whistle in North Carolina, has shared a tutorial on her blog that shows how she created this very cool, pixelated painting.
I'm crazy about it... both the soothing colors and the concept, not to mention I can relate to what she said about doing the actual watercoloring: "I gravitate toward time consuming, monotonous tasks (especially when they provide a beautiful end result), so I thoroughly enjoyed the process. " You really need to see what inspired the painting to completely appreciate it, so yes, I'm foregoing my Fab-Friday-one pic-only mantra.
Amanda was editing photos from a trip to Iceland and mistakenly scaled down an image to just fifteen pixels wide. Truly a lucky accident, she liked what she saw and grabbed her watercolors. ***Reminder: The Paper Mojo Giveaway for two pounds of decorative and handmade papers ends Monday, the 17th. Elsewhere: A New Art Technique to Try, Decor DIYs & A New Gig. 27 Oct.
Canvas Silhouette Updates. TUTORIAL: Coffee Stirrer DIY Wall Art - makeanddogirl.com. Last week, I posted a preview of the simple, inexpensive wall art my mom and I created.
Now I’m excited to show you how you can make a one-of-a-kind coffee stirrer masterpieces too! I’m big on projects that anyone can do. And this is one of those projects. If you can smear paint on wood and use scissors, you can make this easy art. Iron Craft Challenge #1 – Paper Cut Map. Our first challenge for the second year of Iron Craft was to make something with paper. I channeled my inner Dr. Russ and did a paper cut map of the city of Amsterdam. We recently had the bathrooms redone in our house. I was looking through Etsy for some art for the downstairs one and came across these amazing paper cut maps by Lekker Haas Paper. DIY Grid Painting. If you frequent Big Box Detox you will know that I am always looking for affordable art options. When I found this super thin painter’s tape in our basement (left by the previous owner) I thought it would be perfect for a DIY art project and the grid painting was born! To complete this project here is what you need… To start, tape off your blank canvas in a grid.
Next step: tape the other directions.