Animal Planet

This week the CST members showcased all those fabulous creations inspired by wildlife around us in our "Animal Planet" theme contest!

Our winner is Flutter Brush with her Baby and the Bird Painting...

Make sure to check out the rest of Flutter Brush's shop for more beautiful fine art prints for children...

"S" is for...

Remember making those "Letter of the Week" books in kindergarten? Well CST members do! This week CST showcased our "S" creations and created our very own CST "S" Book in our "S" IS FOR... theme contest!

FlutterBrush won with her Winter Wonderland Print featuring...

"S" is for... snow! snowmen! sledding! sking! stocking caps! and shushing!

Check out FlutterBrush for more amazing fine art prints for children...

Flutterbrush is Out of this World!

Every week, We here at Cafemom Street Team have a "Theme Challenge". This challenge is a random topic, that our members submit items in their stores or sold items to compete in a group vote!

This Week our Theme was: OUTER SPACE
And let me tell you, it was a hard vote for me because there were so many wonderful items to chose from!
The Winner of this Weeks Theme, Outer Space was one of our friendliest members, FLUTTERBRUSH!

Kris entered the below print "Space Surfin' " and quickly rose to the top of the votes!

As I took a look around Kris's Shop to see what she had in there (this wasn't my first trip, I'll promise you that!) I found some things I absolutely fell in love with! Like this Oinker right here:

Its amazing how each of her illustrations tells a story! It isn't necessary to even have words or a book to go along... You can see all the detail and whimsy each one of her pieces and you begin to create the story in your mind....


And the last illustration of Kris's I will share is this Way TOO cute mousey spinning around in the spring blossoms! Its really awesome the way she did this illustration... It almost makes me dizzy, as if I too were spinning along with this adorable spring mouse!

I hope you will take the time to browse around Kris's Shop, Flutterbrush and enjoy all the tales of wonder in her illustrations! Each click is a new story!

Also, like I said earlier... There were lots and lots of entries in our theme contest. And I had a personal favorite entry.... And I'm going to give her a "honorable mention" simply because she deserves a spot on the blog!

This is Karin AKA Princess BatikBags!


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Making Flowers from Old Drink Cans!

Wild Flowers by FLUTTERBRUSH This is a really simple but delightful art project for almost any age, using recycled materials. These whimsical 3-D Aluminum Can Flowers can be hung on the wall or displayed in a vase with a wire stem. Younger kids may have trouble cutting the aluminum and hammering holes, but can get help from mom or dad. You might think that these cans would be sharp, but they are not. I've never gotten more than a scratch. The cans can be cut with scissors- even kid's scissors. I use an old pair that I don't care about. Of course, kids should always be supervised! Materials: 3 aluminum cans, different sizes (a tall can is nice to have) washed and dried old scissors acrylic paint and brushes phillips screwdriver hammer 3- 4" piece of wire for hanging Directions: 1. Cut the top off the cans: 2. Cut strips to bottom of cans- vary width and number, trim ends if you like: 3. Use hammer and screwdriver to make holes in the bottom of the can. (Put the can you are punching over a stack of newspapers so you don't damage your table.) You will need to punch at least two holes that line up and go through all 3 cans to thread the wire through and hold them together, but don't thread them till after they are painted. I also put decorative holes in the bottom to add interest and layers. Punching center decorative hole: Only the bottom can has the threading holes punched, the other two cans still need to be lined up and punched: 4. Paint each section and let dry. I always hold one over the other to see what they will look like. 5. Thread the wire through and twist on the back to make a loop for hanging. Touch up wire with paint. You can see the outside of the can is not painted. People are amazed when they find out what these are made of! Hang as is on the wall, or attach to long wire and put in a pot. ENJOY! Kris http//:www.FlutterBrush.etsy.com