I'm sharing this tutorial on the Off The Rails Scrapbooking Blog today.
I have this vintage mailbox
and when we lived at our old house it hung in the hallway at the top of the
stairs. I usually put a flower
arrangement in it that changed with each season along with some type of little
banner across it. When we moved to the new
house I found the perfect spot for it.
It hangs in our modern farm house bathroom right above the claw foot
tub. I thought it would be fun to use it
as a mailbox, where my husband and I could leave each other love notes or words
of encouragement. If I do say so myself
it has been one of my better ideas. I
love leaving him a weekly message of some kind and truly look forward to
finding my messages from him. When I
received this card from Randy, I knew I wanted to use it on a canvas to
capture the cuteness!
So that's the reason for
creating this canvas and this is the process ...
1) I painted the canvas with a light coat of
white Gesso.
2) Next I applied a coat of Delta "Passion" Acrylic Paint.
3) I then randomly applied Tim Holtz "Brushed
Pewter" Distress Paint.
4) I used Mod Podge and
applied some printed tissue paper to the canvas.
5) For the next step I covered the entire canvas
with a light coat of the white Gesso and then wiped it off with a baby wipe.
6) I started randomly applying a variety of different mist and letting
them run down the canvas (Heidi Swapp White Color Shine, Tim Holtz Hickory
Smoke Distress Spray Stain, Tattered Angels Boardwalk Mist and Shimmerz
Sapphire Spritz).
7) Wanting to add some texture to the canvas, I
tinted some Modeling Paste with Tattered Angels Pewter Paint. I then haphazardly applied the paste to the
canvas using a stencil.
8) I adhered the front of the greeting card and
the saying to the canvas with Mod Podge.
Adding the cluster of flowers completed the canvas.
[ I love seeing how many
layers I can add and still have a canvas work for me. When I'm done, I find it interesting to see
what I have chosen to conceal and reveal.]
