Canvas Crafting with The Color of FUN!
Hi readers! Happy Monday to you! We’re pleased to welcome Monday DT member Cheiron Brandon as a guest to the blog today! She’s using a new set from The Color of Fun collection to make a bright and cheery canvas : ) Enjoy!
Hi there! It’s Cheiron and I am so glad to be here at the Simon Says Stamp Blog today. I just love the little trees in the Explore Nature Stamp and Die set from the latest Simon Says Stamp release, the Color of Fun. I was playing with some of the new ink colors and stamping the trees and I thought they would be perfect on a mini canvas.
Today I’d like to walk you through the steps I used to create my canvas so you are able to make one of your own. I started with a 4 x 4 mini canvas and gave it a sky and some grass using my Dina Wakley paints in lime and turquoise.
I took a scrap piece of tissue paper and stamped one of the sentiments from the set onto it using Black Archival Ink.
I cut around the sentiment, then adhered it to the canvas using Ranger Matte Medium. BE CAREFUL on this step. I used a small paint brush to apply the medium and smooth my paper down. Make sure you do it gently, so the paper doesn’t tear.
While my sentiment dries, I stamped and die cut some of the adorable trees from the set. I used some of the new ink colors: Jellybean, Melon and Duckling. These new colors are just amazing.
Once you are done stamping and die cutting your trees, decide where you want to place them on the canvas and adhere them with foam tape. After I adhered them, I decided the sides of my canvas looked a bit bare- so I painted on them with the same paint colors I used for the main portion of the canvas. It’s as easy as that. These canvases are so fun to make. You can add as much or as little detail as you like and they are great to add little quotes or inspiration words to. I love the make these and give them as gifts.
Here is the finished mini canvas. I hope enjoyed learning how to make it and I sure hope you will try it out with some of the stamps you have!
LOVE the project! I have been loving the stamp set and they look fabulous in these colors. What a great home decor project.
Love the mini-canvas and the beautiful design. Great job, Cheiron.
Very inspirational piece of craft. Love the colors and design.
Very cute!
The mini canvas is a great idea!
Wonderful colors on the canvas creation.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Cute mini canvas!
What a cool and colorful canvas. This is so adorable and would look great as part of our gallery wall. Love it!
Such a lovely canvas, Love the bright colors.
I’m loving this Nature stamp set and your canvas piece is beautiful. Love the color combo and thanks for sharing your tutorial.
Very cute! I have fallen in love with making chunky canvases myself, and this is lovely inspiration
I really like mini-canvases and this is such a cute project with a great sentiment!
Cute little canvas piece. thanks for sharing
stamping sue
http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/
This mini canvas is so fun!! I am putting it on my “to try” list!!
So cute! I love the sentiment…hugs, Robin
Don’t you just love using mixed media! This is adorable!
Oh…these colors are smashing! What a sweet project. Thanks for sharing!
Small, quick project! Thanks for sharing!
Adorable little cavnas! Love the colors ♥
This mini-canvas is lovely and cute!!! The sentiment is great and I LOVE the way Cheiron added it onto the canvas! Thank you for the tutorial and for the inspiration!
This is so cute and looks like so much fun. Guess I’ll have to try this.
Love this sweet canvas!!!
fun canvas. thanks for sharing.
I loved this stamp set when it was released. Thanks for showing another great way to use it!
I love seeing stuff like this! Keep up the good work!
Great little canvas! Love it! Thank you
Super cute!
This is so good! What a brilliant idea! Love it. Xx
I love these tiny canvases. Simple, but oh so pretty. Great colors.
This is such a bright and cheery project! Thanks for sharing.
I love this little canvas and I learned a new trick – stamping on tissue paper and applying it to a background with Matte Medium. Thanks for sharing!
I fell in love with this stamp set when I first saw it and this canvas project is perfect for these adorable trees. Great job!
Beautiful! I plan to do a couple of mixed media pieces myself–this is so inspiring!
What a CUTE mini canvas!! Love it:)
I love this little canvas! Great project!
So sweet ! and quick and easy to create … would be great little gifts for a bridal shower, etc.
LOVE this and the Colors!! =)
Love the mini canvas scene you have created! AND…love the SSS Jellybean ink color!
This is so sweet! I love the colors!!
such a pretty mini canvas.
Just love the beautiful canvas art. Getting around to trying one for myself soon I hope. Beautiful work and colors.
Very pretty project, I love the colors
I love those stamp colours!
This canvas is really fun, it makes want to go home and paint!
I love the colors
Love the bright colors!
This is such a pretty project! I’ve done similar but tried to stamp on the canvas and it was too slippery. The tissue paper is a great idea–thanks for sharing!
Love these cheerful colors!
Beautiful project, love the colours :)
Love it! Love the bold colors, coupled with the nature theme. Thank you for the inspiration =)