Mutimedia *Blooming Art*

Hello, Hello. I hope you are all having a great week so far.  I have some fun things to tell you about before we get to our tutorial. 
In July I am going to spend some time with my family up North. (Utah, Idaho areas).  While I am gone I have a great week of guest bloggers set up for you.




  The posts are all about fun things to do, eat, make for the summer!  I'm really excited about this line up, I know you are all going to love it! And as a special treat on July 13th we are going to have a big, huge, GIANT BIRTHDAY BASH!!!   

 My birthday is in July and I missed my Blog Birthday in March {yeah, I'm a little slow} so I thought I would combine them into one big day.  
I'm really excited about this event.  We are going to have a bunch of giveaways all in the same day. From some of your {and mine} favorite bloggers and from some of our favorite places. {more details to come}I have a couple of more slots open.  So if you are interested in joining in the fun let me know in the comments or send me an e-mail at sevenalive7 (at) gmail (dot) com.
Alright enough business lets get to the craft for today.  My good friend Terry has had a series going on her blog called the Wheel of Life.  It has been a great series and has made me look at different parts of my life in a different light.One of the areas she talked about was your Home Environment.  I do like our home however there are always things I would like to add.  She had this photo of a painting by Two Girls Being Crafty. 

 It was the insperation for this Multimedia art. 

 I have to say I kind of love it!  
Wanna know how to make one?  Good.First, I took white, purple, and dusty rose acrylic paint and swirled it all over my canvas.  I didn't take a photo of it because I didn't like the way it turned out.  So then I painted over that with white spray paint.Then I took gray acrylic paint and a tooth pick and made the stems. 

 Then I made a couple of ric-rac roses.  {I have a full tutorial on that here.}  And pulled out my buttons and cabochons.

Stack up the buttons and cabochons on each other, and figure out your placement. {this was the longest step for me}

Glue them all onto each other and onto the canvas with hot glue.
After I glued everything down, I got out the finest grain sand paper I had.  I started sanding until I could see the pink and purple showing though. 



 

 Then figure out a saying you want.  I put "bloom into who you are", I don't know who said it or if I heard it before.  I wanted something that would let my girls know that it is okay for them to be themselves. {It is going in their room} Also, if you notice none of the flowers are the same, however pretty in their own way.
I used black stickers to add my saying after I finished sanding off as much white as I wanted.To keep my letters straight and evenly spaced I use tape.

When you get your letters on you might want to spray over them with a clear varnish. Then you are done. 

 

 Here are a few of my favorite "flowers" up close.

 

 

 And one more finished painting.  

 What do you think?   

Thanks for stoppin' by and hangin' out.

I will be linking up to these fantastic parties.