Make your own altered art canvases for almost nothing! I bought a bunch of canvases in a half price sale at the art store, everything else used here was in the stash! I made this for a friend who is having a baby to hang in her nursery.
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Altered Art Canvas
Cheap Art Rocks!
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Just like in my ATC workshop, this piece of art begins with lots of layering. Tear your text paper into random shapes, then glue to the pre-stretched canvas with a thin layer of Mod Podge. Make sure you smooth the paper carefully to prevent bubbles.
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Cut your desired main image from a magazine or other source. Here I used a photo of ranunculus flowers from a magazine. Once you have decided on the correct placement, use a glue stick to secure it to your canvas and press firmly.
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Apply a thin line of glue and secure a length of ribbon to one side of your page. Now we have a focal point (the flower) and also create a border on one edge.
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Embellish to your heart's content! Here's what I did here:
- added a shipping tag by removing the string and inking the edge. I wrote a message with fine point marker and secured the tag to the canvas with glue. then I added a brad and button to the top of the tag.
- Added heart cutouts in different shapes to the tag and corners. I cut them and inked the edges in green
- Added gold dots around the edges of images with dimensional paint for glitz
- Embossed a flourish in one corner with green
Now you have a finished, personalized piece of art ready to hang, customizable in any way to fit your style!
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Posted By:jojobeandesigns »
June 24, 2008 08:39
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Cat Morley
24 Jun 08:43
That looks very pretty!
queenfairypants
24 Jun 21:16
that is so cool.
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mamachka
13 Sep 23:50
Lovely!
Dorothy C.
22 May 08:43
What a nice idea for a nursery! In fact you could do this project using any theme you can imagine...
teenager's room, kitchen, entrance hall, bathroom...
thanks for posting!!
harrylaa
30 Aug 17:28
Cheap art certainly does rock!