Canvas Christmas Tree

I had a pack of two canvas sitting in my closet and this week I decided to do something with them.
I got these at Hobby Lobby for 40% off! (I love the Hobby Lobby App!)

I cut this out with my silhouette and placed it on the canvas:

I have found that vinyl does not stick well to canvas, so I used this as a stencil and painted the quote on. I read online that the trick to painting is to use mod podge to glue the stencil down and then the paint won't bleed. So I went over the whole quote with mod podge:

Verdict: It worked incredibly well! I didn't have to worry about any of the letters or vinyl moving around.

Then I painted. I chose gold for the star and alternated red and green for the quote, then brown at the bottom. 

I think I did about 4 coats of paint. It takes a lot of paint to cover canvas.

Once it was dry I peeled the vinyl off and used this little nail tool to help me get the vinyl out of the o's, a's and e's:

Finished product!! It looks like a Christmas tree!! This is one of my favorite things I've made in awhile. I absolutely love how it turned out! I already don't want to put it away after Christmas is over, so it might stay out year round!!

til next time,
nik

Happy November!!

I love November. I love the changing leaves, I love the weather, I love Thanksgiving. I love a holiday that is about being thankful for things.

This week I worked on making a wreath for our front door. I have sat down to make a wreath at least three times and this time I finally gave up. Wreaths are not my thing. But making signs is my thing!

I painted this board brown:

Then I cut these out with my silhouette:

 And placed them on the board:

 Yay it looks good! After doing this I wondered if brushing mod podge over the top would make it look better. I like mod podge but EVERY TIME I use it I have this fear that it is not going to dry clear and end up looking like this:

(This is before it dried)

 Even though I have used it on multiple projects and it ALWAYS dries clear, that fear always comes back when I use it.

Finished product!!

The mod podge didn't actually make any difference at all. I can't wait to hang this on the front door!!

Happy November!!

til next time,
nik