The Heart of Spring

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As part of the Summer Nerd Games Arts & Crafts Club, we’re supposed to decorate a cool heart template that was provided by @LovelyMiss along with embroidery floss. Being contrary, I wanted to use something other than floss.

With summer blazing away and making my brain melt, I’ve been a bit nostalgic for the cooler temps and fragile flowers of spring. Thus, this little ornament was born:

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I used tissue paper, alcohol markers, napkins, and glue to create it and finished the back with some twine and scrapbook paper.

Progress pics
I colored the tissue paper with several green alcohol markers to add color variation.

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Then tore them into little rectangles, folded them a few times, and used a wooden skewer to shove them into place.

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When all the grass was in place, I smeared glue on the back to secure them.

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For the flowers, I cut small circles from a white napkin and used alcohol marker to color them. Then I twisted them and glued them in place.

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A little more green alcohol marker helped color the background. With a bit of twine as a hanger and scrapbook paper to make things neat, I was done.

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Oh this is sooooo cute!!

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How cool is this?! I’ve seen these hearts in the store near the needlework supplies, but would never have thought to do something like this.

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Above and beyond. I am also in awe of how neat the back looks. Its so pretty and unique!

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I like that a lot. Partially because you rebelled… and partially because it gives me ideas… But it also just looks great.

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Holy cannoli! This is SO COOL! I have a distant memory of doing a similar technique when I was a kid to decorate a parade float. We used squares of tissue paper to cover a chicken wire (?) armature and I remember it looked really neat!

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What a clever way to use this base! It’s definitely brining the cooler spring vibes.

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Lovely.

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Thank you, @Bunny1kenobi, @wittychild, @gozer, @MamaRhi, @Mountains_and_Clouds, @TheMistressT, and @MistressJennie!

@Mountains_and_Clouds- the parade float comparison feels apt! It gives me homecoming parade float vibes now that you said that!

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It might be fun to do another but just fillling in the little holes with a pattern. Now you’ve got my brain cells leaping all ovet the place :joy:.

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:fire: It’s a scorcher! This project is on fire! :fire: Congratulations on being featured this week! :tada:

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I love how you went rogue on this! And, your process was amazing- coloring the tissue to get various shades of green was brilliant and took it to the next level. I‘m impressed with how neatly you shoved them in, too!

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Thank you!

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Thank you! Shoving them in well was mostly due to having a decent size wooden skewer :joy:.

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Looks so realistic! The flowers look like pressed/dried botanicals. I like your tissue paper process.

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Thank you!

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What a fun use of your heart. This reminds me of those living walls - very creative!

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Thank you!

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