Holiday: Shavuot
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Watercolor Mosaic Strawberries To Cut Out For Crafting
One of the cutest things I’ve made lately, and so very simple……introducing watercolor mosaic strawberries, to whip up in basket’s full, just in time for the Jewish holiday of Shavuot! These watercolor strawberries require only the simplest supplies, and the results are so fun. Use them on garlands, as cake toppers, as napkin rings or…
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Mixed Media Watercolor Collage Gift Tags Craft
Looking for a fun craft that you could work on during tiny pockets of time, or do with a bunch of kids or friends? How about something that can be used in so many ways and be easily stored to be pulled out when needed. Love art journaling and the idea of putting things in…
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Watercolor Flowers And Shapes Cut-Outs For Collage
Watercolor cut-outs, know in some art journaling circles as “fodder” are just so much fun, whether created intentionally, or in this case the result of some watercolor art journal pages that didn’t quite pass the finish line! In the past I’ve created watercolor cut-out poppies and other flowers and leaves, and now with the inclusion…
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Jewish Holiday Recycling Crafts For Kids
With Purim in just a week, and Passover to follow, now is the time to start thinking about a top to bottom yearly cleaning and organizing of our homes. While you may be tempted to toss it all, I recommend looking at your “garbage” with a eco-friendly eye on creativity, and as a way of…
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Watercolor Hyacinth Cut-Outs Look Amazing Anytime Of Year
It is true, here in the Northern Hemisphere we don’t usually think about hyacinths right about now, but in Australia now is the time! And truthfully, hyacinths are such amazing flowers, whether planted (which one should start thinking about now) or forced (which could start happening around November) so why not give it a try…
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Watercolor Flowers And Leaves Painted Within A Circle, To Use In An Art Journal Or Just Because!
Take my word for it, once you paint one watercolor floral or leaf pattern within a circle, you won’t want to stop! In my case, as I’m thinking that these will be glued into an art journal that I’m making as a gift, I used mixed media paper which is much lighter weight than watercolor…
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Watercolor Iris Cutouts With Stems
After creating some pink watercolor flowers on gold wire stems, I just loved the results too much not to give it a try with another kind of flower, and irises came to mind. I’d like to give it another try while actually looking at some reference, but this initial attempt was just fine and…
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Watercolor Flowers With Wire Stems For Shavuos Crafting
I have been enjoying painting watercolor flowers lately, which means that there are successes as well as pieces that might have some successes and some failures on the same page. But actually that is a good thing because then you can cut out those lovely flowers from the rest of the not so great page,…
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Watercolor Flowers In Pattern Can Be Lovely Art!
I have been using watercolors as my painting material lately, and finally got around to checking out a floral watercolor class by Yao Chung that I’ve been wanting to try for years on the instructional website creative bug, which I quite recommend. So I dove in and created this all-over floral pattern which is basically…
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Simple Watercolor Trumpet Vine Flowers To Cut Out!
These simple watercolor trumpet vine flowers to cut out are just as sweet as can be, what would you use them for? Using watercolor to make simple florals that you can then cut out to use for scrapbooking, art journaling or crafting is just so much fun, quick to set up and requires minimal supplies.…
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One Stroke Watercolor Flower Petals and Leaves
Watercolor is a wonderful medium to explore as it requires minimal materials, can be done with little set up and the results can be quite beautiful. One can use large puddles of color and big brushes, or go for something more delicate……you can layer colors or create blotchy backgrounds in one go. There really are…
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Watercolor Floral And Botanical Cut-Outs For Art Journals
This year as I count the 7 week Omer period, on the Jewish calendar, I’ve decided to work on two things as I create a brand new art journal dedicated to this important period of time. Can you guess what they are? Well one, yes of course is watercolor botanicals meaning leaves and florals, and…