I found a beautiful stencil that can turn any project into a work of art.
I plan to use it to make gifts for all the ladies on my list! I am going to be painting a chrysanthemum with stamps.
The other day, I was browsing Amazon for gift ideas for the upcoming holidays.
Did you know that you can create wish lists for everyone on your list? This is a game-changer!
I keep all my wish lists private because I am planning to give them as birthday and Christmas presents to my friends and family.
Whenever someone mentions liking something or wanting something, I add it to their list, which is titled with their name. It’s genius!
Anyways, while I was scrolling through Amazon, I found a stunning tote bag with flower stamps on it.
Although it was pretty, it was not worth the hefty price tag of $199.
I realized that I could do better and personalize each piece for the individual receiving it. Yay!”
I used a variety of blues and greens for my dish towel, but you can use any colors you like. In fact I am wanting to try pinks and oranges next!
Squeeze some of your paint on a piece of parchment paper or wax paper.
You want a paper that will not soak up the paint well.
I chose a light gray for this.
I wanted it to show enough to apply my blues and greens to, but not enough to show through the colors I chose.
Use your brayer to move the paint around on the paper.
Take the brayer and apply it to your stamp.
Make sure to only apply it to the raised edges and not down into the cervices because this will create a messy image.
Place your stamp paint side down onto your fabric.
Apply pressure using your clean brayer evenly on the fabric.
Let this dry somewhat. It doesn’t have to be completely dry because you will be applying your color over the top.
Next, loosely paint your flower. It looks more like a watercolor painting if you paint somewhat outside the lines.
Let this paint dry completely.
I tried to put a pattern together, but I am not quite happy with it. Good thing this is only a dish towel and not an expensive tote bag! 😉
Once your paint is completely dry, re-stamp your design using a dark color.
I chose black for this because I wanted my flowers and leaves to really POP.
I really love how each flower turned out! This is SO pretty,
Y’all! I might go back in and fill in the whole dish towel.
Once my design was fully dry, I washed and dried it using my regular machine cycle.
I figured that if this was going to be used as a dish towel, it better get used to being thrown in the washer and the dryer! Ha!
It turned out great! Washing it made the paint much softer and not so “scratchy.”
I really hope you enjoyed this painting a chrysanthemum with stamps project! Let me know in the comments below! 😀
