Colored Pencil Cow...MOO!

I decided rather than a craft, I would do a quick art project. We did this my sophomore year of high school, and I have been dying to try it again!

1)Find a fun picture you want to recreate and print it off. (I printed mine out with almost no ink. It was ok because you just need the general shape. I looked at the picture on my computer for the colors)
2) Graph the picture off VERY LIGHTLY with pencil. Make sure you remember which side you started graphing off on when you start to draw the lines. I did each of mine the width of the ruler. (It's ok to have an odd square on the far side from where the squares don't measure out perfectly with the picture)
3) Measure your picture. On another sheet of paper, draw a box the size of the picture. Graph it off the same way you did your picture. Make sure you start from the same side you started from on your picture.
4) In pencil, sketch in each individual box from the picture to the paper you graphed off.
(Breaking it up into boxes helps draw the picture proportionally because you only have to worry about 1 inch at a time rather than the entire picture)
5) Fill in with colored pencil - But erase the boxes you drew with pencil as you go along - They will show up under the color pencil otherwise

Fun tips
     -going over colors with the white colored pencil helps blend the colors
     -layering colors helps it looked more filled in
     -go for a more solid background color so it's not distracting
     -erasers do work pretty well, even with colored pencils
     -if there is white space, still fill it in with the white colored pencil
     -HAVE FUN!!!!!

Moo
Susie :)

Polka Spots and Yellow Roses

I got the most lovely flowers from a special someone a few weeks ago. My mom taught me this trick to saving beautiful flowers that people give you - drying them out. I took two of the prettiest roses out of the bouquet and hung them upside down with a rubber band (on the hook on the back of my door). They took about 3 days to dry completely. But then I realized...I have no vase to put them in :(

So Susie started out to make a cute vase for the dry roses.

Walmart List:
     -yellow tissue paper, a fun print tissue paper
     -mod podge and brushes
     -black puff paint
     -cheap glass vase

I simply tore up the yellow tissue paper and mod-podged it onto the glass vase. After it dried, I cut out and applied a strip of the polka spotted tissue paper around the middle of the vase. When all of that was dry, I used the black puff paint to do some detailing and write my initial (Susie's real initial is T :P ) haha. Anyways, it was super easy and fun! Try it out!!!

Happy crafting!
Love,
Susie :)

God is the center of our lives - Fun Tracing Project

A kind friend reminded me the other day that all of our talents come from God, to be used for His glory. It inspired me to take a craft that has been all over pinterest, and turn it around for God's glory. It turned out to be really rewarding and fun at the same time!

1) I started out with some tracing paper. On normal paper, I drew a template for a flower pedal. I traced it onto the tracing paper around a circle. I used the same template pedal so that all of the pedals would be the same exact size.

2) Inside of the outline of the pedal, I wrote an attribute for God (Righteous, Victorious, pretty much all the words from "Lord, You're Holy" haha)

3) I traced inside the words with a sharpie (Do NOT outline the pedals - the words make the shape for you! That's the cool part :) )

4) Once I was done with the second row of pedals, I scanned the picture to my computer. I then printed it on cardstock that I  had previously painted and splattered with watercolors (I'm sure it would be really pretty to print it on scrapbook paper instead).

5) HERE IS THE FINISHED PRODUCT!!!

What a lovely reminder of who God is every time I see it on my wall!
Try it out!!!

Love always,
Susie