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CREATIVE CORNER: Because art is good for you
Inspire and be inspired
Creative Corner group is gone but that doesn't mean we should mute that creativity! Time to get inspired by each other. This thread is just for fun and expression, be it craft or drawing or photography, from a snap of your colouring-in to your take on a Degas painting, a wild exploration of your soul or just a stick figure you drew on the bus, you can share it here.
Your work as well as your tips, tricks, tutorials, tasks, fun little DIY's, and anything that fuels your creative side are all welcome!
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It's that time of year again, and you can make your own Xmas Cards - specially if you have young children & can use their hand and foot prints as the basis of the cards!! Get them to help make them!!
This link as heaps of ideas - that you might be able to use during the year as well, as creative ideas for the kids!! Have fun!!
https://kitchenfunwithmy3sons.com/the-best-hand-and-footprint-art-ideas/
THIS is REALLY COOL .... Lovely Xmas Tree card using watercolours & SALT!
https://www.facebook.com/reel/2033385610684369- Crochet to keep my mind occupied ……..
Here's a fun way to make a couple of Xmas Decorations .... get the kids & the grandkids to make them too!!!
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1532133187998310With lots of other cute tips too:
https://www.facebook.com/TutaCuteArt/reels/Love this arpie, time to get the nieces together!
Whack up any pics of the finished products! 😃
And such an easy way to run the thread thru the glue bottle .... just tape up the holes & it then becomes a 'regular' glue bottle again ..... but you can still use the holes again for other decorative ideas!!! 😉
arpie. That looks like fun. Obviously a natural dye like ochre and henna I wonder if the are other colourful leaves or petals that would work the same or similar. Not that I have the time to investigate.
You can make your own Xmas Cards, too!!
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1391466532610558Definitely ... check out her videos on Youtube for other ideas re plants & flowers ... She's used various coloured Coleus leaves to good effect, too ...
https://www.youtube.com/@hammerflower/videos
If using them to make cards, you need to use a heavy weight Watercolour Paper that artists use.
This one uses a variety of flowers on TShirts like Violoas - the ones with purple on them came up better than the 'plain' coloured ones.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGNMrdIvgdIHere's another artist .... it is also called Flower Pounding
https://thehousethatlarsbuilt.com/2025/08/diy-flower-pounding-on-fabric.html/or Tataki Zome in Japan - some great tips here!
https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/stories/tataki-zome-how-make-prints-natureThese are cool ....
https://artsyblossom.com/tatakizome/
Now THIS looks totally 'doable' ..... cranky_granny Annie_C iserbrown Anne65 Locksley ... check out the lovely top, done by hammering Fern Leaves onto a long sleeved top! Check out her other stuff too!
You can use this method for making decorations on cards & calendars (needs to be Watercolour paper) as well as clothing .... This top is GORGEOUS!You don't have to be 'arty' to create art - check this painting out - it is GORGEOUS & I reckon even I could do it (and I have difficulty even drawing a straight line!!)
Give it a go - turn them into Xmas Presents for the family - just get some along with some paints ... Mont Martre is a popular brand ..... often local 'cheap shops' stock their brand! GIVE IT A GO!!!!
Show us the results!! 😃
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1647598042890030arpie that looks awesome but might still be beyond my creative skillset! 😆😆
LOL. We could compare notes ......
Here's a really cool Dragonfly idea to make with your young kids or Grand Kids .... using a kitchen whisk!! It is VERY colourful!
It would look cool, hanging in the kitchen window!Check it out here:
https://www.itsalwaysautumn.com/easy-whisk-dragonfly-craft.html- I better get some to wear full time. Just picking up random stuff is a pain if its sitting flat on a surface.
- you can normally buy from newsagents still if you need these ladies rubber finger caps or officeworks
- I used to use those back when I was doing accounts payable & receivable, @AllyJay!! I used to have to go thru MOUNTAINS of paperwork! How I wish I'd kept a few!! ;)
