I'll Have a Blue Snowflake Christmas (Tie Dye Coffee Filter Snowflakes) · Craftwhack

I know. The championship of this post is blench-worthy, only sometimes you lot need to just tolerate me to get to the good art projects. I've been wanting to tool around with java filter snowflakes for a while, and I had all sorts of cracking ideas on how to add together beautiful colors to them, but it turns out there'south only one perfect mode to add color to coffee filters.

LIQUID WATERCOLORS.

This stuff is gold. I really never thought I would be using this equally much as I do, only I adore it. It's so saturated and wonderful, so if yous have not snapped some upwards yet, do so here, and I'll link to some more ideas at the cease of the postal service, considering you lot'll immediately want to use it on everything.

Here's what I tried on the coffee filters first:

• Washable markers on coffee filters, spray with h2o to bleed them
• Dip washable markers in water and color snowflakes
• Sharpies on filters, spray with alcohol
• Watercolor pigment on filters

All with extremely MEH results. Hither'due south how the liquid watercolor looks on the filters:

Did you hear angels sing? It'south and so cute. And I decided to get the ombre route then they would be actress-pretty. You will either want to pay shut attending to my directions, or experiment yourself for what results you like best, because depending on how you use these, y'all'll get very different looks when the paint dries on the filters. Hither's exactly whet I did later lots of trial and error.

Directions

1. Lay out lots of newsprint or paper or a big piece of kraft newspaper from a roll, to dry the snowflakes on.
2. Pour out some undiluted bluish paint into one cup, and some paint diluted with water into another cup. I didn't mensurate the water- maybe about the same corporeality of water as paint.
3. Fold your coffee filters in one-half 4 times.
4. Dip the pointed terminate in the straight blue, then dip the other terminate in the watered-downward blue.
5. Lay your snowflake aside while you dip several.
6. Unfold each snowflake and let them dry flat on the paper.
7. When they are dry out, fold them support and cut your shapes into them to make cute snowflakes. You can vary the sizes of the flakes if yous cut off the edges of the folded filters.
8. Unfold and behold the blue snowflake magic!

I was tempted to add together glitter glue to these, but refrained. Have at it if you are then moved.

Extra Tips and Info

This is messy business. Wear an apron or your designated art-making clothes. Besides, your fingers will be blue for a couple of days; you lot can try wearing disposable gloves, but I take a feeling you won't be able to unfold the wet, slippery snowflakes with gloves on and yous'll wad them upwards in a fit of crafting rage and whip them at your wall. thereby leaving bluish splotches everywhere.

Experiment with how long to dip the folded filters in the pigment. You'll run into that the paint gets sucked upward and spreads really fast.

If y'all allow your filters dry out while they are nevertheless folded, something weird happens with the pigment and information technology gets a majestic tint to part of it. Information technology's pretty, merely I wanted all blue.

Apply dainty sharp scissors, preferably with a small cutting indicate. I love these for small newspaper cut.

Entirely optional if you're in a hurry, only give yourself lots of fourth dimension to play around – in that location are so many directions you can go in with this technique. Here are some things to endeavour:

• Add in unlike colors to make crazy, wild, riotous psychedelic snowflakes like Blubbering Dabble Do did.
• Splatter or drip the paints onto the filters outset (use a pocket-size eyedropper or paintbrush)(This will be extra-messy.)
• Dip just the very edge of the snowflake very rapidly for a minimal amount of color.
• Cut up your filters into shapes and make a collage instead of making snowflakes. This would look pretty collaged onto an art panel and sealed with Modernistic Podge.

More Ideas For Liquid Watercolors

Watercolor process art

Dyed pasta mosaics

Mixed Media Collage

Bubble prints that you can turn into mini books

What practise you think?

Joanne Gonzales has a passion for getting creative. Whether she is making personalized DIY gifts or taking part in larger arts and crafts projects, she puts her all into making new and beautiful things.

She lives with a group of close friends and believes in the natural mode of life. Joanne has congenital an outdoor craft gallery that overlooks the countryside in her hometown, which is where all of her creations come up to life.

Art started off as a hobby, merely over time Joanne has mastered her skills and sold some of her favorite pieces. She works full time as a florist and has done for many years. It helps keep her artistic juices flowing and she hopes to ane day open up her own florist shop with a twist.

moorecappencond.blogspot.com

Source: https://craftwhack.com/ill-have-a-blue-snowflake-christmas-tie-dye-coffee-filter-snowflakes/

Share this post