I'm still on a canvas kick (loving it!), so I decided to try something different and came up with this Fall color blocked custom canvas/wall hanging:
It's pretty simple to create one in whatever color combo you'd like, to match your home decor or the season ... here's how:
I started with a piece of Ellen's Craft-a-Board and cut it into a 6-inch square and then rounded the corners, using Crop-a-Dile's Corner Chomper. Alternately, you could use a shaped piece of chipboard, such as this pretty Melissa Frances 7" x 9" Label Backdrop. Next, I took Ranger's Sticky Back Natural Canvas ATCs and color washed them with Ranger's Adirondack Color Wash in Sailboat Blue and Wild Plum:
You'll want to be sure to use this product away from anything you don't want colored, as it could wreck havoc with your carpet or furniture! I used an old shipping box to contain the spray, but Ellen has this nifty Color Catcher that works great with color sprays:
After letting the canvas pieces dry, I lightly sanded each piece, to remove a little of the color and let the natural canvas texture show through (the left piece of canvas below has not been sanded yet, while the right piece has):
Then I just peeled off the sticky-back liner paper and started placing the pieces of colored canvas in a random color-blocked pattern onto my piece of Craft-a-Board. Using Tim Holtz Non-Stick Micro Serrated Scissors, trim off any excess canvas hanging over the edges of the Craft-a-Board.
Next, I stamped a random pattern of flowers onto the canvas, using Hero Arts Layered Flowers, with black and white pigment inks. I also sanded the edges of the Craft-a-Board/canvas, to fray it a bit ... I like how it made the canvas look a little like blue jeans!
To finish my piece, I also colored some white Sticky Back Canvas with Lettuce and Butterscotch Adirondack Color Wash and die cut it with Tim Holtz's Tattered Florals die (I left the backing on these pieces, as well as the sentiment tag, to give them stability). I used Copic E35 marker to lightly color the edges of the Butterscotch flowers and define the petals, then I layered the flowers together with a large brass brad.
The Hero Arts sentiment was stamped onto another piece of the Natural Sticky Back Canvas ATC and hand cut into a tag shape. You could also add a favorite photo to this piece, and it becomes a wonderful scrap page or scrappy wall art!
I hope you'll try making your own canvas piece -- get creative and choose some different die shapes and seasonal colors!
~ Sharon
Stamps: Hero Arts ClearDesign-Layered Flowers & Made With Love,
Paper: Ranger Sticky Back Natural Canvas ATCs & 8.50" x 11" Studio Sticky Back Canvas (white),
Ink: Ranger Tim Holtz Adirondack Color Wash-Sailboat Blue, Wild Plum, Lettuce & Butterscotch, Archival Ink-Jet Black, Adirondack Pigment Ink Pad-Snow Cap;
Copic Marker: E35,
Dies: Sizzix Tim Holtz Bigz Die-Tattered Florals,
Accessories: Essentials by Ellen Craft-a-Board OR Melissa Frances 7" x 9" Label Backdrop, Sanding Blocks; Crop-a-Dile Corner Chomper; Tonic Tim Holtz Non-Stick Micro Serrated Scissors;
Other: Brass brads
