No matter how simple, no matter how complex, a greeting made for another always holds a special place in my heart. Quarantine calls for a shortage of paint supply, but sometimes, you’ve got to make what you have work.
You will need an A4 or similar formatted paper. Canson paper or a thick grained paper would be ideal for its construction. A ruler, well sharpened pencil and compass for the graphics and not to mention paints. Ideally, acrylics work best for me but since Quarantine times call for making do with what you have, I’ve used water colours. Lastly and perhaps most importantly, the petal. Now the petal could be previously dried and pressed or fresh, but I prefer the presses version. It adds a bit of character, and makes for a great keepsake.
Next, you need to fold the paper horizontally into half.
Next, I measure the petal to figure out the size of the circle I want to make in my card. I usually start off with the kind of message I want to give on the cover and that dictates the design of my card. Here, I want the petal in the centre of the circle.
Draw a line for the line
I usually choose two sizes of brushes while painting. I just feel it helps in giving more definition and control.
I am thinking with red, olive works nice. So I’ll choose the light green and ocre colour to create olive.
With the olive, keeping within the green tones would be a good idea. It truly depends on who you’re making a greeting for. Younger people like more bolder colours but since this is for an older generation, I felt the colours needed to be subdued. Go on and stick that petal where you want it!
Excuse the picture quality!
Since the background is dark green, the message is bound to get lost in there. Hence, a little golden streak might just make it P O P!
And there you have it, a greeting that would be one of a kind forever. A No resales, no two people ever get the same kind of love.
So make this time count and be your own hallmark!
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