Paper Flowers

I was thinking of what to do for a spring themed page I wanted to incorporate on my SmashBook, and I decided that I wanted to paint some flowers with my acrylic paints. I realized a little late that I didn't really have any white paper (I've been meaning to buy some but I forget!) so I took a piece of double sided cardstock paper and began to work.

Materials used for this project: Double sided cardstock paper by Pebbles, stapler, tape, acrylic paint (white, yellow, purple, and green), paint brushes, scissors.

I gathered my supplies and put a piece of newspaper on my desk to protect it. I started by painting the background in white so that I could have a clean canvas, and then I draw the shape of the flowers. I did 4 purple flowers and a yellow one. I also painted green along one side to create the stem and drew some leaves.

The flowers drying after I painted them

After that, I outlined the flowers and leafs and cut them out. To assemble the whole thing I placed the flowers on the stem and stapled them. Then I sort of scattered the leafs along the stem and here's the finished product:

The finished product

In the end, I decided to layer two of the smaller flowers together as well as the yellow and purple flowers. I will definitely use this for my spring theme page.

See you next time,

Selene Ledezma