FALL Garden Flag

Hi everyone...Dawn here. I have to admit...here in AZ I think a lot of us look forward to Fall to escape the blazing heat...especially those in Phoenix I'm sure. I live in Northern AZ and we are about 10 degrees cooler.  I was just driving near Williams AZ and there are literally thousands of wild daisies blooming everywhere not to mention all the crows.  I took a hint from nature and created this Fall garden flag with sunflowers. 

I started off with a Linnie Blooms Garden flag. I used ink and a blending tool to make the pumpkins. You can use paint too but I wanted the canvas to remain flat without having to stop and iron it. 

                    I used a Sharpie marker to draw the lines and dot the pumpkins.

 I used the Linnie Blooms sunflowers...inked them orange and the sprayed them...along with the pumpkins...with Tattered Angels coral reef color. I LOVE how it added so much to them. The added some lines and dots with the Sharpie and a black button.

 I Stickled EVERYTHING...I love Stickles to add sparkle. I used the Diamond Stickles.  I used some floral wire to make the little squiggle things pumpkins have. And Linnie Blooms green ribbon added a little greenery along with Linnie Blooms leaves.

Oh I love my little sweet black crow...he turned out cute and sparkly. I used Linnie Blooms bird and a small leaf for his wing. 

 Close up of my blingy sunflowers.  For the FALL letters I stamped on some extra canvas I had and then cut out the letters...glued them on and added more bling. 

I also used some Lindy's spray in Tibetan Poppy Teal to the background blue...It activated the distress ink and gave it a watercolor look. 

My husband added the stick into the "pocket" and the wire to hang it.  I added an extra stick and the peach color Linnie Blooms ribbon.

Have a great day...and think FALL! 

God Bless,

~Dawn

Flower Jar Decor

Plain glass jars with lids have SO much potential for decorating!  Whether you fill them with spices, sweet treats or even baking mixes, you can create that warm home look to your kitchen.  Or, make several and give them as gifts or sell them for fundraisers!

Let Linnie Blooms Canvas shapes add just the right mix of texture, color and flamboyance to even the simplest of jars.  Let the decorating begin....

You will need:

Linnie Blooms: Canvas Shapes: Sunflower (1), Petal Shapes (1 large, 1 small), Leaves (2)
                          Shabby Trim (green)

Darice: Glass Jar with Lid

Kreinik Iron-On Ribbon (1/8" ribbon) 3M Green 6356

Impression Obsession Rubber Stamps: Lord's Prayer D7778

Clearsnap: Colorbox Archival Dye ink pad (Wicked Black)
                  Stephanie Barnard Sprays (Artichoke, Banana, Tangerine, Guava)

Beacon Adhesives: Gem-Tac Permanent Adhesive, Fabri-Tac Permanent Adhesive

Westcott: Titanium Scissors

Misc: Buttons, spray bottle with water, empty baby wipe container (or other plastic container with lid), paper towels, iron, Teflon coated ironing mat

Instructions:

Place paper towel inside container.  Place all three flowers on towel and spray with Banana. Blot and remove sunflower. Spray Tangerine on remaining flowers. Spray Guava on small flower. Blot and remove. Replace wet towel with clean towel. Place leaves on towel and spray very sparingly with Artichoke; spray with water; blot. Repeat,steps, if desired, on wrong side, replacing towels as needed.


Blot and place all pieces flat on clean paper towel. Place clean paper towel on top. Iron on low dry setting until dry.

Place stamp rubber side up; apply Wicked Black.

Stamp phrase on flowers and leaves; dry.

Cut petals, as shown. Attach canvas layers with Fabri-Tac. Glue button layers with Gem-Tac. Set aside to dry.

Iron the Iron-On ribbon across the center of the Shabby Trim, using the Teflon coated mat and an iron on a low, dry setting, as shown.

Wrap ribbon around the jar; trim and glue in place with Gem-Tac, as shown. Place jar on its side and glue on buttons in center of ribbon trim; dry completely.

Glue flower onto jar lid with Gem-Tac; dry completely

(Note: Pre-spray the canvas shapes with water for a lighter, less intense color. Let dry and then overspray to create a more speckled look. Experiment...try different looks...get messy and have fun!)

Add Beauty to Your Desktop

hello and good morning.
 Mayoori here , sharing a paint brush stand ( you can use it for pens etc) that I made using canvas-treat-bag .and linnie bloom die cut flowerront

FRONT side

Back side

process

 I started with applying some Gesso to the canvas , leaving the sides so that some cnavas shows.

then applies some modelling paste using the stencil to give some texture

 then wit a brush applied distress strain and spraing some water let the color flow

Applied some very thin black acrylic color

for the flower 

then sew the flower from the center and pulled it to give some wrinkles to it. took another flower and applied purple stain to it. then finally hotglued both the flowers and  a button.

Then hot glued the shabby ribbon ( recycyled from an old sari) ,and finally did some stamping. 

Hope you will like it. thanks for stopping by. If inspired , do leave your comments.

Something Faithful for Your Monday

I finally had a chance to play with Linnie Blooms newest product -- Canvas Script Words.  These are now for sale in the online shop and you get all three words for $3.99.

Aren't they pretty?  For an idea of their size, they are shown here on a 12x12 sheet of paper.  So these will work great on layouts, canvases and more!  Here is what I made with one of them:

I started with a 13x13 Linnie Blooms Canvas Pillow, filled it with a lining of wax paper to protect the back.  I then attached the burlap strip.  NOTE:  Do NOT color your word until it is affixed to your project.  Next, I colored three Linnie Blooms Canvas Sunflowers with a mixture of acrylic paint and water.  The back one is a shade of green, the middle is white and the top flower is blue.  I attached the flower group with my hot glue gun.  Next, I attached the words with the hot glue.  Once everything was in place I took a very small paintbrush and a mixture of acrylic blue paint and water to color the words.  TIP:  Use your heat gun to clean up any showing hot glue strands.  

That's it!  Super easy and a great way to add your own decor to your home!  

Have a GREAT Monday!