Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there, especially my Mum!
I made my Mum a neat card this year out of a ton of mixed materials I had lying around my studio. I wanted to share how I made it in case anyone is feeling crafty and wanted a bit of a tutorial/idea for a snazzy little card.
I used a ton of stuff for this, but this list can easily be modified.
Materials:
9x12" Watercolor Paper (cut in half)
Book pages
Watercolor Pencils
Watercolor Paint
Scrapbook Embellishments
Beads
Sewing Pins
Stencil and Glue
First, I traced 3 different sized butterfly shapes onto book pages. This "Paul Simon" line just had to make it's way into the project because serendipity and all. I gave the watercolor paper an aged look by using yellow and brown watercolors and then rubbing it with a paper towel to rough up the paper.
I used various watercolor pencils to color the three butterflies. My Mum likes pink and green, so that is the color scheme I chose. I then hot glued (I could not find any of my glue sticks) the square scrapbook cutout onto the top half of the card to use as a frame for the butterfly, followed by a ribbon with a cute little embellishment underneath.
Then, I glued the 3 butterfly cutouts one by one inside the little green frame cutout. I bent the wings up to give them a cool 3D effect. I used my favorite pink glitter gel pens to write out MOM with a stencil, because my handwriting is crap.
After, I hot glued five gold beads (from a broken bracelet) down the butterflies body and I used bent sewing pins as antennae. I'm all about reusing and recycling here. Now these items have a beautiful new home that isn't a landfill.
Since my writing is awful, I found a cute quote on a piece of vellum that was with my scrapbook supplies. I glued that down on the inside of the card...but still had to write in there a little bit.
I even had a green envelope that was just the right size for this card. Be sure to slide it in there easily. I really love how this card came out. I spent a lot of time and effort making it, so I know my Mum will cherish it more than any store bought cards. She is a sucker for sentimental stuff.
Happy Mother's Day Mum! You are the most amazing mom that could ever be and I love you more than words and art could ever express. <3
Love Always,
Crystal
As an arts and crafts enthusiast and artist, I've always been interested in trying out liquid chalk markers. They seem like such a neat medium and they can be used on pretty much any non-porous surface if you want to erase it, and on any porous surfaces if you want your work to be permanent. I got this great set of 20 colors from LINKYO. It comes with brights, pastels, even metallics. All the colors you need to create some neat art.
The package has the instructions on how to prime each marker before use, by pumping the marker. The double sided tips have both a chiseled and round end, so you can swap them around to suit your needs. The package came with two replacement tips in case you lose or damage any.
In my case, I damaged the first marker I used. You need to be VERY careful capping these markers, the inside of the caps are made in a way that if you don't slip them on just right you will split your tip. I didn't have any problem with the flow of the markers, and they only had a faint smell, the metallics were a bit stronger smelling.
Let me talk about the surfaces I was able to write on. My writing looks terrible but I had just primed all 20 markers, so my hand was a bit tired. Once the markers are initially primed, you only have to pump them once or twice when they start to dry up.
Dry Erase White Board - The markers worked pretty well on the whiteboard. Some colors showed up better then others, and some were a bit harder to erase, even using a wet paper towel, and then a dry one to clean up. I needed to use some elbow grease.
Mirror - I loved how this worked on mirror. I wrote a quote that my boyfriend always says on my bedroom mirror, and I left it there. It's cleaner than writing notes in lipstick. It erased easily from the mirror.
Paper - They worked well on paper, I would use these for large writing in scrapbooks or on cards and invitations. Most of the colors were nice and vibrant.
Glass - I loved how the chalk markers looked on glass, but it will wipe off if you rub it hard enough. If you want it to be permanent, be careful.
Canvas Panels - This was actually done on a whim. I colored a bit of a canvas with the chalk marker and it looked amazing! I'm actually going to do a whole series of panels now.
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I thought these Chalk Markers were really cool. They are a great value compared to the ones I have seen in craft stores. I give them 4 out of 5 stars. The only thing I would change would be the caps, because they are kind of a pain to line up. I would recommend these to anyone that loves DIY and art projects.
I received this product for free in exchange for my honest, unbiased opinion.
~Crystal Vicious
