Brush Marker Flowers

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:

whew....I'm on a roll!    LOL

till next time,
Doni