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Flower and Cards

Mum's the Word

by: Beth Wickwire

Every fall I place a big pot of mums on my front step. Instead of tossing the bent blossoms, we use them as paintbrushes. The purposeful stamping and swabbing gives us a head start on holiday gifts, not to mention some striking monoprints we frame for our own walls.

Cover your work surface with newspaper; pour about 1/3 cup of paint onto a plastic plate.

Dip flower facedown in paint, making sure the petals and especially the center get evenly, but not heavily, coated; too much paint yields a gloppy print.

Try a test run: Firmly press the flower facedown onto the newspaper and lift it back up, re-dipping it into the paint as needed. To make a print like the one shown, dip the mum in a second paint color, then press it over the first print. If you're satisfied, apply the same technique to the front of the note card. (A single daisy mum can be used more than once; the larger chrysanthemums tend to fall apart after a single print.)

If you like, use the brush to paint the flower's stem and press onto the card near the bloom print, or paint the stem freehand.

Let dry completely, about an hour.

Acrylic paints ($6 for a set of 6 Palmer Prism Acrylics, dickblick.com)

Disposable plastic plates

Daisy mums or larger chrysanthemums, or both

Blank note cards (set of 50 linen cards similar to those shown here, $9, lcipaper.com)

Fine paintbrush (optional)

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