Masked Daisy Embellishment

My daughter Alicia turned 17 last month. Time flies the older our kids get, and I wanted to freeze this moment in time with a layout of my bee-autiful girl.

Jac's gorgeous artwork on this 8.5x11 Daisy Print in the Oopsie Daisy kit was the inspiration behind my layout.

1. Trace the large daisy using the masking stencil.

Add more details to the flower using a pencil.

2. Use a craft knife to trim out the small sections between the petals.

3. Cut out the daisy with scissors and add color with Gelatos and your white wax pencil picker upper. 

Did you know the wax pencil picker upper tool can double as a crayon? 

4. Spray the Gelatos with a bit of water to activate the color.

5. Fold the petals along the pencil lines to add dimension. Color the petals of the daisy using Topaz ink.

6. Use a fine tip black pen to add detail lines and dots to the center of the daisy.

 7. Punch 4 small daisies and add details using instructions above.

Add details in the center of only one daisy cluster.  

Stack daisies together and adhere.

8. Create the layout using Oopsie Daisy plain papers and based on Tiare Smith's Sketch from her January Pajama Party.

9. Create a title using the fabric Thickers included in this month's kit. Adhere to an acrylic block and add color with Topaz ink. This made inking a breeze!

10. Stamp the honey bee and "Beeeeeee happy!" sentiment from the Border and Backgrounds UM sheet with Black ink. Add detail to the wings with a white gel pen, and paint gold Gelatos onto the bee with a waterbrush.

11. Attach the striped grosgrain ribbon to the layout, and it is complete!

What other interesting ways have you used your Masking Stencils?

Here's to a wonderful week!

Julie