Heart Specimen Art

I have been in love with the artwork above over at Craftaholics Anonymous.  I decided that I could make one too.  I tried it with all solid papers, because that’s what I had on hand and it looked dumb.  Then I talked my sister into letting me go through her paper stash, and tried again.  And I love how it turned out!  My husband said that it looks very feminine.  I think that’s good for Valentines Day décor, don’t you think? :)

I haven’t usually been into holiday décor (other than Christmas and Halloween), but I think that’s because up until now I’ve been a busy student…since I was 5.  And now that I’m not, I can deck the house in holiday décor!  Hooray.  I cut the hearts out with my silhouette, and then used mod podge to glue the hearts to the canvas.  Oh…and How did I get my canvas to look like that?  It was so fun!  I took a foam brush and dipped on side of the tip in red acrylic paint, and the other side of the tip in pink acrylic paint.  Then I brushed back and forth so some places got red with pink on top, etc.  I was going to cover the whole canvas, but I ended up liking some white in there too.  (If that didn’t make sense, I can make a mini-tute on paper.)  Very easy, very quick, and very satisfying.  My type of project.

Thanks for reading!  Have a great day.

~Lynette~