Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Glue and Canvas Art

     I had a cute idea that I wanted to try for Spring Fling and I'm really excited to show you how it turned out! First you will need:

Elmer's Glue
Canvas
Craft Paint
Black Sponge Brushes

     There are a million pictures that go along with this craft. I apologize in advance.  I want to make sure you see each step and understand what I did. I hope you don't mind. The pictures are also darker than I would like because it has been so cloudy! Boy, I have made this post sound really great, huh?!? ;) Don't worry, it will be! :)

First, I found a cute clip art picture of a bird and printed it out. I thought about making a stencil but then I thought it might be easy to draw. (I know it won't be that way for everyone and my suggestion IS to make a stencil or maybe even use a transparency.)


Here is my drawing...

Now, take your Elmers Glue and trace your outline...


And then flood it in...


Here is a birdcage clip art I found online...


Here is my drawing...


And the glued up version :) ...


And then I drew a word and traced it with the glue...


I let them dry overnight just to make sure.
Now its time to paint!
Here are the colors of paint I used...
(Sunny Yellow, Light Peony mixed with Bright Pink, and Calypso Sky) 


I painted them up and then hot glued some raffia to the back for hanging...


And here they are all cute and hanging!






 Im kinda excited about how they turned out! I think I want to spray some glossy clear coat on top. They dried a little too matte for my liking.

**side note: i know im a little strange, but the yellow bird kinda reminds me of a marshmallow peep. ;) **

You can do ANYTHING here! The only limitation is your imagination. :)


Linking to:











this blessed nest











16 comments:

Unknown said...

Seriously-this turned out sooooo great! How Kahhh-youuuuuu-tah! ohhh sister- I love love love love them.

nest of posies said...

look at you!

this is an adorable project. you could do this for any event...holiday. at least you make it look so easy to do it that often.

i agree the yellow bird looks like a peep.

soory so late in stopping by. having no wi-fi is cramping my blogging style with the twins. hopefully this weekend i'll get it fixed.

thanks so much for linking up with the SPRING FLING!
have a super weekend.

xo
kellie

Hyphen Interiors said...

So cute!

Decor To Adore said...

Adorable. Creative. Genius.

I am having a spring craft linky party and giveaway on my blog this Friday. I would love for you to showcase this wonderful project.

Details are on my blog today.

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