Make it Monday Madness....

Ok...so I was looking at my to do list this morning and decided I needed to create something fun before I embarked on the ughhhhh of my list....

So here it is...I mentioned previously how I love METAL!!! I've been collecting it in various forms for years. One of my favorite styles in art class...way back when....in High School....had to dig deep for those memories.... hehehehe!!! was none other that Copper Tooling... Well Ten Seconds Studios has simplified this technique....AND I LOVE IT. I think I've said that before. I am they type of person who likes to create my own stuff.....

Here is my first try at Metal Flowers. I used Quickuts Adhesive Backed Metal. I forgot to do this step, it would be to your advantage to peel off the protective covering and stick the metal to a piece of newsprint. Then I ran the metal through my Cuttlebug using Dotted Swiss. Next, I applied a few brush strokes of Claudine Hellmuth's Studio Gesso. After that I applied several brush strokes of landscape green, yellow pastel, sky blue and charcoal black from Claudine's AMAZING Studio Line! When the paint had dried I traced two different size circles on the newsprint side and cut out the images. I then made small snips around the outside edges...creating the petals. I manhandled the petals to create a 3-D effect. I attached the two pieces together with a fuzzy brad and tahhh dahhhh a way cool flower.

After creating this flower, I toyed with the idea of using the AMAZING Studio 490 stamps. I've made beautiful funky flowers out of Grungeboard....how about out of METAL. Once again I used the Quickuts Adhesive Backed Metal. I stuck the metal to newsprint. Stamped the small and large "Funky Flowers" on the newsprint and cut out. I then smoothed out the metal....now I needed some color.....AHHHHHH....bring on Rangers Alcohol Ink.

I squirted out puddles of Ink onto my craft sheet and used an H2O brush to paint on the flowers. Ohhhhhhhh....loved the way it worked on the flowers...for the leaves and stem I covered them with Lettuce than spread out Meadow on my craft mat and dabbed the flowers and stems into the ink....loved the look....put it all together and once again........Beautiful Metal Funky Flowers!! Lastly, I attached the flower to my Ten Seconds Studio "Art" book I had made previously!