Saturday, October 1, 2011

.puff paint on canvas.

Saw this idea on pintrest. Thought it would be easy....nay nay


I made the mistake of just reading the comment that someone put underneath as there "describe pin". So it wasn't from the actual source. The comment read..." Elmer's glue on canvas then paint all one color." Im thinking...sweet...super easy.

So I go buy my supplies at our local craft store...walmart(: and get to it!

I printed off a sweet design.

Cut it out and then glued it onto the canvas. I figured if I was painting over it you wouldn't see that I glued paper onto the canvas.


Lookin' cool, im getting excited...little do I know.

So i start tracing it with Elmers glue. First I realize how long it is going to take to dry. So im blow drying it, and retracing it with glue to build it up.

and I am thinking to myself...gee this is not working...so I decide to try and track down the original source.

Pinterest lesson learned.

ALWAYS look up the original source.

The girl who original did it uses puff paint. Makes so much more sense.

So...I went back to the craft store, and bought some puff paint.

(yah the lighting sucks, you get the idea)

A little better...however I also read on her blog that she transfers the design onto the canvas. Well well.

Anyway, I let it dry. Then I worked on painting it. I decided against painting it just one color because I wanted it to pop. So I played around with it until I came up with this.


Its gold, purple, and grey. Hard to see the purple but hey.


Not to bad. Try it! I am going to do another one.

5 comments:

  1. I love this. I've been looking for inspiration to create a headboard for my bed... and I think you may have just given it to me!

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  2. awesome! I've seen some really great ideas on pinterest for headboards. I love it when people take old doors and windows and use them. Or a really large canvas.

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  3. This is seriously really cool! And stylish! I want to try!

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