How to cut paper for the inside of your handmade cards. White inserts are great for dark color card bases.
Embroidering greeting cards is a great craft for all ages and skill levels. Express your creativity easily and inexpensively.
These nine new watercolor techniques for kids will bring new life to painting in watercolor for kids. Learn to paint watercolors in a whole new way!
Instead of throwing away your old holiday cards here are some creative ways to repurpose old cards and use them in craft projects
Watercolor Christmas cards are a beautiful and personal way to spread holiday cheer. These unique cards are perfect for sending to loved ones, decorating
If you're just getting into watercolors or you've been painting for a while, sometimes it's fun to just experiment with techniques that you don't normally use when painting. I usually only paint using the basic watercolor techniques (see #1-#3) , but some of these are really fun to play around with,
Scrapbooking, card making, die cutting, stamping
Gelli printing with stencils is an easy way to create beautiful and unique textures for your art journal and creative projects. If you are new to the gel plate, gelli printing with stencils is an easy way to get comfortable with the medium. I discovered gel printing many years ago, but my first experience with
52 different mixed media techniques to alter cards! Explore and experimant with different materials and make your own altered playing cards
Discover the art of paper embroidery with our guide and step-by-step tutorial for creating beautiful embroidered paper vase sleeves.
I had been thinking about making these fabric greeting cards for a while now and a couple of weeks ago found some of these cards in my local craft store. The cards are made for 4×6 photos. You…
I’m going to show you how to make a fun resist background using wax paper and spray inks. This technique does require a little bit extra set up, however. Ironing is involved so you might need a board or whatever you use to iron on.
Michelle Wooderson challenges you to a 31-day painting commitment. This art project is easier — and smaller — than you think.
Today's card is all about the DSP. The Wildly Flowering is a favorite. If you like beautiful floral, then it may be your favorite as well.
Card making, 10 must have tips for beginners.
This video provides tips and techniques for drawing with your sewing machine. Watch and learn how to incorporate free motion drawing into your next project.
Learn how to use watercolor pencils. These easy techniques are perfect for beginners who are new to using watercolor pencils.
The chalkboard stamping style has been popular for awhile, it’s usual done with white embossing powder on black cardstock but here’s a clever twist on that idea, actually stamping with …
Ideas for card messages for seniors and the elderly for Grandparents Day, Valentine's Day, Birthdays, Christmas, or cheerful messages for any day of the year.
Everyone's familiar with watercolor paintings, but did you know you can create similar art with pencils? In this guide to watercolor pencils, I'll give you an overview of this medium and show you how to get started. What are Watercolor Pencils? Watercolor pencils look just like regular colored pencils.
Galaxy Jars DIY, easy way to create a galaxy in a jar and all its wonder in your hands, use tutorial to make Nebula necklaces and other sensory calming jars
52 different mixed media techniques to alter cards! Explore and experimant with different materials and make your own altered playing cards
Here are 3 card ideas to use up your leftover paper scraps. In this video I show you how to make each card along with some other helpful tips.
One of the first posts I pinned to my " Painting Inspirations, Tutorials, and Projects " Pinterest board was an abstract watercolor tutorial...
So before I begin, I HAVE to give a shoutout to Lauren at Dali's Moustache for the amazing lesson! To begin this project, I review with my students what we learned about color mixing during their last rotation with me (primary color + primary color = secondary color). Next we create a piece of painted paper (9"x12") using yellow and blue tempera paint (yellow+blue=green). Instead of mixing their colors on a palette they just paint each primary color directly on their paper and mix their paints that way. I LOVE the variety of greens they can make this way! :) Then using a variety of tools (plastic spoons, popsicle sticks, etc.), students "draw" patterns and shapes into their paint. Once completed we put these up on the drying rack. After school I pulled out their painted papers and cut them down into strips (1.5"x6.5"). I also created looms for weaving using green construction paper (9" x 6.5"). When they came in the next day, we used our painted paper strips and weaved them into the looms. This became the body for our gators. :) The next day we started adding more detail to our alligators by adding a head (cut from a 6"x4.5" piece of green construction paper), a tail (also from a 6"x4.5" piece of green construction paper), 4 feet, eyes, and teeth. Then on the final day, students had additional time to finish up adding all their details and had the opportunity to use gold paint to add some detail/decoration to their alligators. Overall I think they turned out great! I was surprised however how difficult weaving was for some of my kids! Guess I need to practice this skill with my kinders so when they get to 1st grade they already have some basic experience with it. UPDATE: With my next group of 1st graders I had them number the strips (the warp) on their looms 1-5. Then when I was demonstrating how to weave I explained their strip (the weft) needed to go "under 1, over 2, under 3, over 4, under 5".. then with the next strip we did the opposite - "over 1, under 2, over 3, under 4, over 5". THIS HELPED GREATLY! I had a MUCH higher success rate with my students this week since I added the numbering. If you're interested in other animal weaving projects, check out my store! Also available in my Teachers Pay Teachers store!
25 different clever and fun ideas to use craft punches in projects. Think outside the box and use craft punches in newand surprising ways!
Getting ideas for sympathy cards is sometime difficult. And having to come up with an idea for a sympathy card when you actually need it can be daunting. Well this month's card swap is designed to help you with that. Every month, I host a card swap. This is where crafters from all over the…
What makes gel printing so much fun? Is it the magical way the layers build up? Is it the excitement of seeing what patterns stuff from around the house can make? Is it that no two prints are exactly alike? Yes to all of those and so many many more reasons! I’ve put together a free […]
Elementary art sub idea "Boat on a River of Pattern"
Join in with this easy watercolour painting lesson for children to explore five simple watercolour techniques. This is an easy STEAM lesson that combines art and science. It encourages children to explore process art, and to think like a creative scientist and a scientific creative. It’s the perfect beginner lesson in watercolours for children. […]
Here are the best of the Artful Parent's watercolor projects. These ideas are fun and easy and include salty watercolors, watercolor resist methods, and printing. Watercolor Paints for Kids As for the watercolor paints themselves, we primarily use liquid watercolors (which we love, love, love) and watercolor paint palettes. But we also use a few other versions of watercolors including homemade! Liquid watercolor paints Paints palettes of dried watercolor paint Watercolor crayons Watercolor pencils DIY Paint-with-Water Pages Homemade watercolor paint Watercolor paints are one of our family’s favorite art materials. We’ve used them for everything from straight painting, to printing,
We have been experimenting a lot with watercolors lately. Something about seeing the colors mix and blend together is incredibly satisfying! I also love that there are so many watercolor painting ideas for kids out there that are easy and also look stunning. That's a win-win! If you have a little artist on your hands,
Alcohol Ink Technik von Octopus Fluids: Wie du mit Outlines, Whispy Layers und Drops einen Jellyfish im Ozean malen kannst.
