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!
Great project! ;-)
This project just looks like it would be so fun to do; you could make one for each season.
This project is so cute! And I have these little canvas blocks at home already.
Love this project! And absolutely adore the stamp set!
Makes me want to get creative
I want to try painting. Cool.
I’m a big fan of mix media on canvas..It is always fun to work with different products and the results are unique. This project is also unique and beautiful
I am impressed by how little the background of the sentiment shows on the finished project. It hardly looks added on!
Very cool…love those colors!
What a cute canvas project!
Love love love this canvas! Great tree images and fun background
I love doing mixed medi canvas and I have a few little ones around. This gives an idea of what to create on them.
These are so cute
wicked fun cheiron!!! :)
Fabulous project! I just love those trees.
Love this little canvas. I think I will get a few and try this myself. Great job and TFS
Adorable! This is a must try! :-D
Awesome canvas. Thanks for sharing. Michelle t
Very cute project.
How sweet! Love the quote.
Lovely canvas–that stamp set really lends itself to this kind of project.
What a fun little piece of art.
This is a wonderful project! I love to see stamping projects other than cards.
Gorgeous!
such a colorful project – turquoise and lime are my favorites. . . .also love this stamp set. . . .thanks for the directions
This is an adorable gift that I’m sure anyone would love to receive.
awesome canvas… love the colors!
Looks like you had a
lot of fun making this!
Pretty cool.
Carla from Utah
What a darling little project – thanks so much for the inspiration!!
I love this job!
Love it. The inks are do pretty. And I love the quote.
So cute!
Love these fabulous paints and ‘getting inky’…great post and love that Cheiron was the guest this week! She’s fantastic!!
What a pretty canvas!! I love the vibrant colors.
Oh, wow! Thanks for the fab tutorial!
Sweet and retro…love the project and stamp set.
great project
Oh! Such a simple and such impressive! Good work!
What a fun piece of art. I’m looking forward to a few minutes of peace and quiet so I can read and absorb the tutorial.
Love this project! I can’t wait to try it! I really like the look of stamping on tissue and then adhering it to the canvas!
So fun to do a bright and pretty canvas instead of a card for a change!! Rally love it!
Eek, how cute! The colours are fabulous and looks so clean and simple.
What a fun little canvas! I so want to try this!!
Fab canvas! Love all the summery colors. You did an excellent excellent job! Thank you for the great tutorial :)
Cool project !!!
I like painting! And this canvas so colourful!
Great project, love the technique!
The canvas is really cute. And I love those colors. So tropical and summery. Thanks for the project. Great fun.
What a darling little canvas! Thanks for the lesson.
This is so cute & I love the beautiful new SSS colors!