Tissue Paper Flower Gift Wrapping Tutorial

I can not express enough how much I love kraft paper. Because of its neutral colour, it is easy to use it either in a very modern or vintage looking style. You have seen me using kraft paper for my Christmas gifts and here I used it again to wrap my gift, then decorated it with cute tissue paper flowers. These flowers would look really nice for the Valentine's day gift decoration and will add an elegant and personal touch to that chocolate box. 

To make the flowers you will need:
1- tissue paper
2- scissors
3- Some sort of adhesive : I used scotch tape, but you can use hot glue or tacky glue.

Step 1- Cut 5 triangles of 2"x 2 1/2" 

Flower Doodle - "IMPULSE"

This doodle is done on a page of a book that was sitting on my shelves for quite a while now. 

"Impulse" was printed on the page as it was the name of a section of the book that I read a few years back. That book got passed on to a few friends and they read it too, so now it is quite worn out and the pages are almost falling off! After thinking that It is time for it to be sent to the recycling, I decided to use the pages for my doodles instead. I figured cause I am not thinking of ruining a good piece of paper, my drawings and doodles can get looser, plus I like that the pages are not white. 

As always, I was really disappointed with the drawing at the beginning but as it progressed love grew.

ttys XO

Free Cupcake Topper Template 2

Hey all :)

Now that I'm trying to get rid of that last few pounds of postpartum belly fat, cupcakes are hunting me everyday. Among all the treats and sweets out there, none is as hunting as cupcakes!!with those yummy looking frostings and cute sprinkles on top!

Many of you liked my previous template posted and I have got another one for you :)

Watercolour Negative Painting Technique

Negative or Positive?

So far, most of my paintings have been positive, but I guess its time to be a bit more negative ;) 

The negative painting gives quite an interesting feeling to the end piece. Painting outside the lines lets the brain to be playful and function different from a positive approach. 

Step 1 - painting outside the lines ( Negative )

Final painting - Positive and Negative 

I am absolutely in love with this technique ❤  

Hugs,

Miriam

Mixed Media Journal - Page 1 update

As promised, here is the update to my previously posted journal page:

All the painting is done by watercolour and the dark lines are inked by a fine point Sharpie marker. 

I was trying to find a fun name for this page, how about " silly bubbly"! ....what do you think?