This is one of the cards I'm making for the Dare to get Dirty Challenges
on http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/
I couldn't find a flower stamp that I liked in my stash, so I drew one myself...
easy peasy....here's how:
Step one: mark where you want the base of the flowers to be with pencil ( ...make it very light you'll erase it later)
Step two:
with a light green brush marker...I used pear pizzaz by Stampin' Up
hold the brush horizontal to the paper , touch it down the whole length of the brush
and flick it up..lifting as you do...try it on scrap paper a few times till ya get the feel of it.
step three:
using a shade darker marker add more leaves right over the light ones
....make them shorter and angle them a little more.
with the other end ...the writer end.... make stems, three or four..
.make them different lengths.
step four:
choose two flower colors... I used rose red and pretty in pink...
at the end of each stem, make a dot with the darker color...
this is the flower center,so make it whatever size you want .
now you're ready to make a petal...
place the tip of the brush next to the dot you just made ...
press the brush down...wha-la, press it down just a little and you've got a tiny petal...
press it down it's whole length and you get a bigger petal!
Add as many petals around your center as you want.
don't try turning your wrist... turn the paper... it's easier and looks better!
step five:
grab the lighter green marker and make a leaf...
same technique as the petals ..except place the tip of the brush
away from the stem and press back toward the stem.
step six:
stamp your greeting along the same visual line as the base of the leaves
step seven:
I like to scatter little dots around the flowers...but you don't have to...
then using a ruller draw lines around your card
and...your done!
I hope you give this a try.
Here's pictures of the other cards I've made for the challenges:
till next time,
Doni