Hooray, Hooray! It’s May Silhouette Challenge Day! (Sorry, I think I’m having a bit of a Dr. Seuss moment).
This month’s theme is… Flowers! If you remember last month’s challenge, well… I sorta jumped the gun, didn’t I? Whoops. But, I love flowers and floral prints, so for this month’s challenge, I used my Silhouette Sketch Pens to create a set of Peony Prints.
I haven’t played around much with my set of Silhouette Sketch Pens since I ordered them a few months ago, so this was the perfect opportunity to try them out and create a few pretty flower prints.
It is beyond easy to create a set of coordinating prints. I found out that you can even mirror your image in Silhouette Studio so you can create complementary sets!
I browsed through a lot of flower designs before I settled on this one by Donna Downey. I enlarged it slightly, to about 4.5″ x 4.5″, then hit “print”!
We’re adding some shelves to a blank wall in our family room, and I thought it’d be neat to create two complementary prints: one using purple ink on white paper, and one using white ink on purple paper. I sent my first sketch through my Silhouette Cameo, then swapped out the sketch pen and paper, mirrored the image, and printed again.
To fancy them up a bit, I got out some glitter and glue (Aleene’s Paper Glaze, if you’re curious) and started accenting different parts and petals on each flower print.
And there you go: a complementary set of peony prints, created with Silhouette Sketch Pens (and glitter)!
And now… even more flowery goodness brought to you by my other Silhouette-loving friends! My Silhouette Challenge buddies and I are all sharing projects on our blogs today. Check out more below for a wealth of Silhouette inspiration, and let your creativity blossom 😉
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What pretty prints! I love that you added the glitter glue on top – a fun little embellishment that really makes it yours!
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Thank you Kristy! A little glitter makes everything better, in my opinion!
Love these prints! Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you Rachel!
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Ooooo! Emily these are gorgeous! I love how sketch pens are so perfect for DIY art…and then the added glitter embellishments just take it up 10 more notches. (Also, I must get that glue stick with the point tip! I could see that coming in handy…. Where, pray tell, did you get it?)
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Thank you Lauren! I am loving how easy it is to whip up my own art! The glue I used is Aleene’s Paper Glaze, and I got it at my local craft store (probably Michaels).
Emily,
Peonies are one of my favorite flowers and yours are divine! I have sketch pens, but haven’t used them yet. You’ve inspired me to play and see if I can make something as pretty as you did.
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Thank you so much, Michele! The sketch pens are a lot of fun to play with! I’m sure you’ll create some beautiful ideas with them 🙂
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Wow, love this project! I haven’t tried sketch pens before but I just have to get some now, LOL. Thanks so much for the inspiration!
Becky @ My Paper Craze recently posted…Creative Spark Link Party #2
Thanks Becky! Definitely check out the sketch pens – they’re fun to work with! 🙂
These are very pretty. Especially with the glitter accents. Way cool! Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you Kate! A little glitter never hurt 😉
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These prints look great Emily! I have yet to use sketch pens. You make it look easy.
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Thanks Kelly! I think the sketch pens may be my favorite Silhouette tool.
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