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Flower 'painting'

Another Pinterest find! I followed the instructions from this blog

I loved the way her colors popped on the black background, but I had a different idea to match my decor. I took some pictures along the way to show the step by step process.

You will need:
A couple of scrapbook paper pages. ( I had 5 but I did not use them all)
Scissors
Elmer's glue
Mod podge
Foam paintbrush
Canvas
Acrylic paint ( if you're painting your canvas)

I found two packs of 16x20 canvases for $9.99 BOGO at Michaels. I guess I'll have to find some other projects for the 3 remaining canvases!



Cut a 1-2 inch strip of your scrapbook paper.

Cut a rectangle piece off of that strip.
Now cut from one corner to the other angling out to cut a leaf.
I laid out the petals on the canvas to get an idea of what I wanted. It mainly just helped me get the correct amount of petals. I waited until the next day to finish, so it ended up looking quite different. By then I'd decided I wanted to put them tighter together with smaller petals like the one I was going by, but I think I'd have liked my original layout better.
Anyway..
I used two coats of acrylic paint on the canvas. I took a picture with it halfway painted on the second coat so you can see the difference. Make sure to allow the paint to dry between coats.


Use the Elmer's glue to glue each petal to the canvas. Once this is dry, apply two coats of mod podge.

Allow to dry, and hang up your gorgeous creation! My husband said he wished I'd made it larger!

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