Monday, August 24, 2009

Home Decor

Need a fun and beautiful home décor project? Here's just the thing! Use Zutter Art Canvas Covers with crackle paint, chalks, stencils and die cuts to create a one of a kind “WELCOME” wall hanging....

Gather your materials. You will need the following items to complete this project.

Tools:
Zutter Bind It All
Zutter Wire Cutters
Trimmer
Sizzix and large flower die
Flower Stencils

Supplies:
Four (4) Sets of Zutter 4x4 inch Art Canvas Covers
Two (2) Zutter 12 inch long, ¾ inch diameter Owires: Antique Silver
ClearSnap Color Box Liquid Chalks: Moss Green, Lime Pastel
Ranger Paint Dabber: Red Pepper, Yellow
Ranger Stickles: Christmas Red, Lime Green, Yellow
Ranger Distress Crackle Paint: Peeled Paint
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist: Pearl
Miscellaneous Red Ribbon
Maya Road Chipboard Letters
Adhesive, glue, dimensional tape

Before starting, remember: Measure twice, cut once.

Messily paint middle of seven Art Canvas Covers with crackle paint. Let dry. Cover remaining background showing through with Lime Pastel liquid chalk. Let dry.
Paint chipboard letters with yellow. Let dry. Cover with yellow stickles. Let dry.
Punch out seven large flowers from white card stock. Paint red with paint dabber. Let dry. Outline (don't be neat here, the idea is for a handmade look) flowers with red stickles. Let dry.
Stencil flower designs on canvases. Let dry. Outline (don't be neat here, the idea is for a handmade look) flowers with red stickles. Let dry. Add green stickles and let dry.
Punch top and bottom of each canvas with Bind It All. Bind seven canvases together.
Attach one flower to center of each canvas with dimensional tape. Glue chipboard letters over flower centers.
Add ribbon to top and bottom canvases, threading through punched holes to complete.



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4 comments:

Taffy said...

this is beautiful!! I love it! This will give me a reason to get the canvases!:) Thanks for sharing! :p

Pam Sivage said...

Neat way to use the canvases!

ellen s. said...

very cool!

deb famularo said...

Hmmm, now I want to go and buy this Zutter! Very cute!!!!! xOxO