Monday 28 March 2011

Daisy Doodles - Spring


Good Morning everyone!!! I hope you are all enjoying the delights of Spring. All the Daffodils & Blossoms are blooming here in Essex & there is colour everywhere :-) So what better challenge to have over at Daisy Doodles than Spring. We want to see loads of colour this week.

I have created something different this week for my project. I thought I would have a go at altering a wooden shape. I have made this for my Mum for Mother's Day.


I bought a house shaped wooden blank & over a week I added pale yellow paint to it. Every few layers I then sanded the paint back to keep it smooth. After quite a few layers I then printed out SunBeem onto some thin printer paper using a Best setting. I then turned the paper over & drew over the image from behind. This caused the ink to imprint onto the paint. I then drew over the image that was imprinted on the blank with pencil & started colouring the image in. I used Promarkers as my base layer then went over with the Brush end of my Copics.
Once I had done this I decided that the paint was a little too plain so I decided to add the red stripes. After masking the areas I used 2 layers of paint. Unfortunately the paint bled under the masking tape so I edged them with peel offs. I then added these cute bumblebees. xx Clare x

Challenges I have entered.......
Theme.......Bring On Spring.......SWTD
Theme.......Back to Nature.......Cardmadfairy's Digi Days
Theme.......For a Special Lady.......Allsorts
Theme.......Mother's Day.......Pear Tree Designs
Theme.......For A Special Lady/Mother's Day.......CYDA
Theme.......Springtime.......By The Cute & Girly

Wooden Blank : The Craft Barn
Acrylic Paint : Pale Yellow, Red
Image : SunBeem by Daisy Doodles
Bees & Peel Offs : From Stash

Pens Used :
Promarkers : Apricot, Cinnamon, Cocoa, Cool Grey 5, Dusky Pink, Gold, Mustard, Olive Green, Terracotta
Copics : 100, E37, G17, Y17, YR02,

11 comments:

Flutterby Trina said...

How very cute, I love the house shape! Thanks for joining us at Pear Tree Designs this week for our 'Mothers Day Challenge', Good luck!

x

Rhonda said...

Your Mom is going to LOVE this!!!!

brenda said...

A gorgeous card Clare, full of all things Spring.

Thank you for sharing with us at Allsorts this week.

B x

Lisa Jane said...

what a great idea.. love that sunflower
Thanks for joining us at Sarah hurley this week
Lisa x

Anonymous said...

Very cute. I love the house. Thanks for joining us at Stamping With The Dragon.
Hugs,
Beth

Lou Mac said...

What a fab project, I love the bright colours you have used and those bees are super cute!!

Thanks for joining us over at Pear Tree Designs in our 'Birthday' challenge - good luck.

Lou Mac. xo

Love crafts forever said...

So adorable project. Thanks for playing with us at Stampin with the Dragon.
Hugs Nataliya.

Debs said...

Fab project - your Mum is sure to love it!
Thanks for sharing it with us at Allsorts this week.
Good luck.
Debs xx

Sarah said...

Such a gorgeous project Clare! Thank you for joining us at Craft Your Days Away for our Mother's Day/ for a Special Lady challenge, good luck xxx

Susie said...

Great project, love the colours! Thanks for joining us at Pear Tree designs this week and good luck xx

Karla said...

Wow! Such a good idea for a project! Good luck at PTD this week! x