Thumb Print Flower for Mom

My brother and I made this for our mom for Mother's Day but it would also make a good present for Mom's birthday! :) Sorry I don't have pictures of the how-to. I did this awhile ago, before I started this blog.

What You'll Need:
- acrylic paint
- brushes - including a fine tip brush for the lettering
- letter stencils
- scrapbook paper with a slight texture
- frame
- pencil
- ruler

Step One:
My frame is 12in x 12in but matted down to 8in x 8in so I measured out an 8x8 box on my paper with pencil to paint in.

Step Two:
I painted a small circle off center in the box. Because I didn't have any circle templates with me, I made the edges fuzzy so you can't tell that it's a bit irregular. Then I picked an acrylic paint color (yellow) and painted it on my thumb. I recommend testing out your thumb stamp on a piece of scratch paper so you can adjust how much paint you apply to it if you need to.

Step Three:
I then started stamping my thumb around the circle. You'll need to reapply paint to your thumb with the brush after each stamp to keep the prints consistent. After completing one row I began the next with my thumb in between the previous prints. Once the flower was the size I wanted and dried, my brother did the same with his thumb in orange.

Step Four:
After the flower is completely dry, I used the stencils to write out "Home is where your Mom is." I used the ruler and pencil to mark out each line to make sure the letters were level. I first used a pencil to stencil out the letters incase I made a mistake (which I did). Then I went over it with brown paint using a fine tip brush.

Step Five:
Once everything was completely dry, I erased any visible pencil marks leftover. Then I put it in the frame and we gave it to Mom. She loved it! :)

Stay Inspired! :)