Inspirational Paper Flower Frame

I was inspired to make something with paper flowers after a class we had down at the Coastal Bohemian Studio. 

Our teacher Michele, made these beautiful pieces as a sample for the class and I just couldn't  get those vibrant petals out of my head.

As we were planning classes for the upcoming month I suggested she create a paper flower wreath class. However, I will be missing it so I decided I would start making some flowers and make my own wreath.

I was sitting around making plans to go buy a wreath frame /form when I remembered I had a wooden frame I could use instead.

 Hot glue the flowers to the wreath filling in all the space around the wood.

Here's how I made the flowers.

Fold several small pieces of paper and cut out the petals

 Layer the petals onto one another using a hot glue gun. 

Once dried I used watercolors to swipe on some color. 

To add some dimension to the flowers, I gently scrunched the flower. 

I also cut single petals and attached them with hot glue . 

 There are so many petal shapes to use so make sure to experiment.

I created a 5 petal flower and then created several 5 petal layers stacked for a full flower effect.

And some 4 petal layered blooms.

For the inspirational quote, I upcycled a piece from an old planner to make a tag. 

 Cut the corners to create the tag and punch a hole at the top to hang.

 I had this decorative twine from a candle that I used to hang the tag. I added a bit of color by rolling it around on an ink pad.

 I stamped around the tag to give it some more charm.

Using card stock, I stamped the quote in archival ink so that I could watercolor over the words to give it a pop of color.

A little twirl of twine and some lace and a clip of an old book page created a nice layered background for the quote.

It's a very sweet and SpringY piece.

I hope you enjoyed this colorful bit of Springtime fun.

If so leave a comment below.

With love and gratitude,

Michele

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Inspirational floral quote tag

For the inspirational quote tag, I upcycled a piece from an old planner to make a tag. 

 Cut the corners to create the tag and punch a hole at the top to hang.

 I had this decorative twine from a candle that I used to hang the tag. I added a bit of color by rolling it around on an ink pad.

 I stamped a few butterflies around the tag to give it some more charm.

Using card stock, I stamped the quote in archival ink so that I could watercolor over the words to give it a pop of color.

A little twirl of twine and some lace and a clip of an old book page created a nice layered background for the quote.

It's a very sweet and Springy piece.

 I used it inside my paper flower wreath /frame.

Happy to be celebrating the Spring with you all. Thanks for reading along . Please leave a little love in the comments below.

With love and gratitude,

Michele

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Funtastic Friday #222

This week I posted an Easter Egg project from my friend Kat, as a guest blog. Check it out here for all the easy details. Be sure and leave Kat some love in the comments.

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My art jounaling adventure. A peek inside my art journal. #artjournaling #mixedmedia #gottaart #arttherapy

We give an art journaling class down at the Coastal Bohemian studio and it's taught by several of our teachers.  I love that I found art jounaling a number of years back and I love that my art journal is a safe place to play and get away from the overwhelming moments.

In the video above, I give you a glimpse inside my personal art journal. It's not meant to impress you . It's meant to show you that the art is therapeutic and not something you should be afraid of doing. 
I bring this up because often times I hear our clients fears. Many of them show up to our classes after having followed our page for years. Why so long? FEAR. Seriously, people are afraid to make mistakes and be laughed at or even fail. 

In the four years I have been doing this I can honestly say that if we get them in the door, they usually leave floating on a super cloud of creativity. 
That's what art journaling does for people. 
The combination of creating and art supplies and ideas flowing makes for a very magical class.

On a very challenging day I drove myself down to the studio in a frenzy, desperate and in need of a fix, an art fix that is. I knew there were no classes and that I would have the quiet space to myself to create. An hour or so later this happened.

It's funny some days how things come to light.
It started with the stamped image of the mermaid. It was a gift left for me by another teacher.  
When I lifted my head and took a long look at what I had created I realized that I was the mermaid and that I was surrounded by love, urging me to keep going, just keep swimming, that my faith was strong and that faith was rising to the top and that I was not going to get hooked into the chaos. See the empty hook that I'm ignoring?. It was a very direct message for me at that time in my life and it's a perfect reminder each time I see it of how I managed to stay strong and clear headed and not get hooked in to things.

Some days that's art journaling. 

I hope you take some time to explore art journaling and fight the fear sooner than later.

Thanks for playing along.
Tell me about your art fears in the comments below. I think we can all benefit from the shared courage of each other. 





With love and gratitude,


Michele

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