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Poured Magnolia Leaves Garland

If you love acrylic paint pouring, you will love this modern yet elegant poured magnolia leaf garland craft. Add a marbled touch to your garland using FolkArt Pre-Mixed Pouring Paint. Use colors to match your Christmas decor for added charm to your space.

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At a Glance:

Project #15663 Skill Level: Intermediate
supplies

Plaid Supplies

FolkArt ® Dragonfly Glaze™ - Green-Gold-Red, 2 oz. - 44385

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FolkArt ® Dragonfly Glaze™ - Violet-Blue-Green, 2 oz. - 44383

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FolkArt ® Color Shift™ Acrylic Paint - Aqua Flash, 2 oz. - 5130

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FolkArt ® Color Shift™ Acrylic Paint - Blue Violet Flash, 2 oz. - 5133

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FolkArt ® Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints - Light Lavender, 2 oz. - 2955

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FolkArt ® Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints - Soft Apple, 2 oz. - 2949

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FolkArt ® Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints - Baby Pink, 2 oz. - 2940

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FolkArt ® Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints - Pale Yellow, 2 oz. - 2946

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FolkArt ® Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints - Patina, 2 oz. - 2951

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FolkArt ® Treasure Gold™ - Gold, 2 oz. - 3081

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Other Supplies

  • Found Magnolia Leaves
  • Natural Wood Garland
  • Stencil tape
  • Hot glue
  • Small plastic cups
  • Popsicle sticks

instructions

  1. Tape off leaves as shown. 
  2. Using double sided tape, tape all leaves to stretched canvas so that pouring is easy.
  3. Mix desired colors, follow directions on FolkArt Pouring Medium,
  4. Pour onto leaves and move canvas to mix and cover leaves. 
  5. Lay canvas flat and let leaves dry.
  6. Score edges of leaves and edge of tape with exacto knife and remove leaves from canvas and remove tape.
  7. Garland- Paint sections of wood balls as shown with desired colors.  Let dry.
  8. Paint over colors with Dragonfly Glaze to create iridescent finish.  Let dry.
  9. Using hot glue attach leaves to garland as shown.

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Cool colors are all the colors on the Green and Blue side of the color wheel. Yellow, Yellow/Green, Green, Blue/Green, Blue, Blue/Purple, Purple are all cool colors. All colors on the color wheel can be both warm and cool except Orange.
Transparent colors are thinned with medium or water to create a wash or a glaze of color that you can see through to the underlying surface.
Warm colors are all the colors on the yellow and red side of the color wheel. Yellow, Yellow/Orange, Orange, Red Orange, Red, Red/Purple, Purple are all warm colors. All colors on the color wheel can be both warm and cool except Orange.

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