Handmade Paper Craft Flowers

Brighten up dark winter days with paper craft flowers that dazzle!

First, I created a geometric flower template in three sizes in Adobe Illustrator. This program makes it super easy to line up or center shapes.

Next, I cut out the flower shapes on different handmade papers that I bought at art and craft stores. I painted and stamped patterns in acrylic ink on some of the papers to add a dark blue color. Then I layered a bunch of cut-out flowers from small-medium-large. The flower layers are sandwiched between two, one-inch wooden beads to hold the flower together. Each flower is taped and glued to a wooden dowel and placed in a pot.

Hello from Alaska

I recently visited my family in Gustavus, Alaska. The sky cleared to unveil all of Alaska's treasures. We took an 8-hour boat tour through Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve that began in spring weather, driving deeper and deeper up the bay that ended in the belly of winter, where the water was filled with icebergs. We passed countless snowy peaks, sea otters, whales, porpoises, sea lions, and wild mountain goats. The boat ride covered approximately the same square miles as the state of Connecticut, with mountain peaks rising high above the sea.
"Nature always wears the colors of the spirit."—Ralph Waldo Emerson

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To the Edge of Our Galaxy

I was inspired by the James Webb telescope launch to make this art. The telescope was designed to unfold like origami and travel to the outer edge of our galaxy. It is hard to imagine how far away that is. But I wonder what is out there.

https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/Gallery/JWST.html

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/16/1036600340/nasa-is-launching-a-new-telescope-that-could-offer-some-cosmic-eye-candy

https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/the-long-awaited-james-webb-space-telescope-has-a-big-to-do-list

October is magical!

The leaves are changing color. Animals scurry to prep for winter. Pumpkins are carved and lighted. October is magical! http://aliciaschwab.com #scbwiARTober #kidlitart #art #design #artistsoninstagram #inspiration #amillustrating #portfolio #digitalcreators #drawtober #work #digitalart #DigitalArtist #multimedia

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