Studio Monday with Nina-Marie: DIY Summer Inspiration Boards
Hello everyone, it’s Nina-Marie here with you today! I don’t know about you, but DIY projects are so much fun to create! By stretching your imagination a bit, you can find new and exciting ways to use your supplies in unique ways.
In this week’s Studio Monday tutorial, I will show you how to take some simple, stretched canvases to make pretty inspiration boards! These colorful decor pieces can be used to pin up photographic memories and inspiring ephemera, or add uplifting quotes for some motivational spark!
With a just about any paint medium, you can decorate these canvases in any color that fits your style. I’ve used Tonic Studios Shimmer Powders, Dina Wakley acrylics and Prima Metallique acrylics. Before working on these canvases, I recommend applying a coating of gesso to either create a good surface for your paints, or to add some texture. Further texturizing effects can be added with the Jane Davenport Mermaid Texture brushes!
You can further enhance your canvases with stenciling too! In the video I’ll share two fun ways to stencil onto the canvases in a way that does not inhibit you from using them as pinboards.
Once you’ve added the colors and textures you love onto your canvases, then comes the next step; embellishing! There are many ways you can embellish these DIY pinboards; from die cut shapes and glitter, to sequins or perhaps even some sentiments! These are great for using up leftover bits and pieces you may have laying around from previous projects (such as the letters on all of my canvases, which were leftover cutouts from the Simon Says Stamp, Everett’s Solid Letters set and Altenew’s Fine Alphabet die set).
Using a few push-pins, you can easily add, and later interchange, photos you have snapped and want to cherish! The size of these canvases are especially perfect for displaying those pictures from your phone!
Finally, all that’s left is to display your pinboards!
However you end up using these creative canvases, I hope today’s video will inspire you to get a one or two of your own and decorate them in a way that makes you happy! Remember that the styles and colors I used in this tutorial are things that inspire me. I encourage you to look at the techniques, ideas and tips that I feature in the video as guideance for adding mediums to the canvases. Then translate those ideas into YOUR personal style!
Thanks so much for visiting with me today! I hope you enjoyed!
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Wow! That’s gorgeous!
Super fun and festive pin boards. What a great idea!
Fantastic inspiration! I might happen to have some canvases here laying around! LOL. Love your fun art!
Oh my, I will have to try this very soon. It looks so pretty and like fun to make. Thanks!
Like the Summer background colors.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
These are so fun! I love how you colored the canvases :)
What fabulous keepsakes!
Very fun canvas projects! Love the colors!
This is a very cool idea!
These are just amazing…gorgeous colors!
So very pretty!!
What an awesome idea! And I love how colorful your works of art always are.
Gorgeous projects! Love the colors.
Thanks for sharing…
Awesome project. Love it.
Thanks for sharing.
Super fun and fabulous! Love these boards ♥
What a fantastic idea!! I can’t wait to try this. So clever Nina.
Awesome pin boards! Thanks for the video!
This would be great for a starry night scene.
Omgosh!!! I love these!!!
These are just beautiful!
I love this idea. These pin boards are so pretty and the possibilities are endless. I hope to make one for each of my grandchildren.
So cute and fun! Love the vibrant colours!
These are lovely. They do give you inspiration to give it a try. Thanks for sharing!
Wow, these rainbow projects look so very bright.
Wow!!! Awesome pin boards!!! Amazing backgrounds!!!
Such a wonderful idea! Gorgeous colors!
Lovely project and great ideas!
Super projects! Thanks for the inspiration!
What a great idea. Love these colorful canvases.
Gorgeous cheerful and happy projects, I really think they’d make a fabulous decoration!
These boards are beautiful!
Well this is fun. Thanks for sharing these with us! And I love the pics of you with May and Jen.
Gorgeous projects. Thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
What a fun idea ! These are great … gonna share with girls from youth group !!
Great way to use canvases to display quotes or pictures.
Absolutely stunning!
These are really Beautiful!! What great keepsakes!!!
I like that the photos can be changed. The colors showing through from the back is great, too. Great job.
The colors look wonderful. I think that I need to make one of these so I can display photos of the grand babies and to remember our sweet pets..
The colors are fabulous as is the project TFS
So much great inspiration! Thanks for the video.
Love these pretty and fun boards, great color combos!
Beautiful boards. I love this idea. Thank you for the great video on tips for making these boards.
Stunning! Love the gorgeous colors!
Love the look of those boards. I have a few around my craft area and these look like great ideas to be creative with. Thanks for the great pictures and video.
I love the Inspiration Boards! This is so creative!
I like this idea! Very pretty!
Awesome and Super Outstanding job!!!!!
These are really awesome Nina. I think I might makes these for my great nieces for Xmas, they would love them!
Quick and pretty little piece of artwork. I already follow by email.