Who says watercoloring is limited to layouts and cards? Ashley Horton (Blog: Ashley Horton | Instagram: @ashleyhorton75 | Pinterest: @ahorton | Twitter: @ashleymh1675) takes her creativity to a new level creating a beautiful work of wall art and she has a step-by-step photo tutorial so you can create something just like it to decorate your home!
Supplies: Finders Keepers (340234) – Today Thickers, Finders Keepers (340243) – Printed Cardstock and Acetate Shapes with Gold Foil, Documentary (340199) – Snapshots Thickers, Documentary (340207) – Wood Buttons, Documentary (340204) – Die Cut Cardstock Shapes, Dear Lizzy (370086) – Woodland Thickers
2. Before adding the watercolors to your background paper, use the Silhouette Cameo sketch pens to draw a large heart on your cardstock or watercolor paper. If you don't have a Cameo, you can trace a printed heart shape or free hand your own heart shape.
3. After you have the heart shape drawn, start adding the watercolors to your background. I used a rainbow color scheme and a wide brush for the watercolors.
4. Once the watercolor paint is dry, use a paper piercer to punch holes around the heart shape. I spaced the holes at around 1/4" apart.
6. After you have finished stitching around the edge of the heart, create a string art look, stitching from one hole to another on the heart shape. I used 6 different embroidery floss colors to create the string art effect.
Anita Bownds
Oh my totally love it.. 🙂
barbara macaskill
This is totally awesome!! I can remember doing string art on Saturday nights while we watched Hee Haw on tv. Those truly were the good old days! I miss the simplicity of those days when people actually cared about each other and the television shows were wholesome and fun! Thanks for the walk down memory lane! I needed that today! 🙂