Step 1

Plan layout based on desired size. Print out template to desired size. Cut out design section by section and trace onto cardboard.

Step 2

Cut out cardboard shapes using an exacto knife.

Step 3

Hot glue shapes onto your base piece of cardboard, building up layers. Work from background to the foreground- with largest floral shapes and cloud shapes glued to hang off the edges.

Step 4

Pick your color palette. I chose to use many colors and color block areas and patterns- saving most detailed painting for the foremost flower patterns.

Step 5

Have fun with textures (like dotting areas with hot glue to create patterns or painting lines to imply grass).

Step 6

I painted the sky with a mixture of Orange, White, Purple, and Berry Red. Dotting in stars using a wooden skewer with White and the coral mixture (White plus Orange).

Step 7

The clouds I painted with a blended mixture using Berry Red and Orange

Step 8

Mountain shapes were painted with different mixtures of blues and purples. Have fun with this mixing!

Step 9

Different mounds were painted with colors like Brick, Red Maple, Yellow, Lucky Green, Moss Green, and Deep Forest.

Step 10

I painted the flowers with a base of White and allowed to dry before adding colors

Step 11

Paint the flowers with more detail to emphasize them being in the foreground.

FINISHED PRODUCT