Funky Little Canvas

Jan 3, 2013

This is the funky lit­tle can­vas I made for my niece Amanda, for Christ­mas. It is of her and her boyfriend Steve after a TCU game. They are the most adorable cou­ple and I really do hope he ends up being my nephew. Steve is sweet, smart and cute! Ok enough of that because I can hear Amanda say­ing, “BEASIE” all the way from Hous­ton. Not sure why she named me Beasie when she was a baby but she did and it stuck, so I’m Beasie.

Any­way, enough of all that and on to the can­vas. I did a photo trans­fer of their photo onto a 4 x 4 can­vas, then using Clau­dine Hell­muth Stu­dio paints and stamps I accented the sides of the can­vas. I pro­tected the image trans­fer with a coat­ing of Clau­dine Hell­muth Matte Multi Medium. Once all the paint­ing was com­pleted and dry I cov­ered the sides with Dis­tress Crackle Clear Rock Candy Paint. After this dried I went over the crackle paint with Vin­tage Photo Dis­tress Ink and wiped off the excess using a damp paper towel. I used Dia­mond Stick­les to accent the flower cen­ters just to give it some sparkle and added tex­ture to the canvas.

To com­plete the can­vas I cut thin strips of foil tape using my paper trim­mer then cut one edge with scal­lop scis­sors. I then took a sty­lus and added dots and lines along the scal­lops to add yet again a bit more tex­ture. I feel you can never have too much tex­ture. Amanda loved the can­vas and I was super happy to know she has it sit­ting proudly on her dresser. I love that girl so much.

I tell ya decid­ing to make all my Christ­mas gifts for my fam­ily this year was a much big­ger task than I had planned but I’m really glad I did as every­one really loved their gifts. I still have lots more to share so keep check­ing back.

Hugs!