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Dawn: Posted on Wednesday, February 13, 2013 12:25 AM
I've been quite busy in the workshop and here is one of my favorite projects of late. It started with a little trip to Hobby Lobby to visit the 60-90% off aisle. I found this fun little wooden owl, but as you can SEE... it had a missing part! Guess both eyes didn't make it through the Christmas holidays. Yikes! This sweet little owl was marked down 80% off... I wasn't quite sure what I was going to do with it, but owls are all the rave these days, so I grabbed her up! The eyes were an easy fix...I popped the good eye off and then Mod Podge two new ones using scrapbook paper cut out to look similar to the original one. I also distressed her a tad. This project was for a teacher's classroom, so I opted to glue the owl onto a painted canvas (this one is 18x24 inches in size) and then used my Cricut to cut the lettering... So...what happened to the "eye"...well, here you "see" it on another project. It was turned into a flower for a sweet canvas for a special girlie girl in my life... Good luck with your "Scratch -n-Dent" purchases. Be creative...think differently...think fun! :) Inspired, Dawn
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Dawn: Posted on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 10:18 AM
Thank goodness that I have friends and clients that are always looking for ways to challenge me with new projects. One of my latest projects was to paint a 2ft x 3ft canvas to be hung over the bed of two precious sisters. So, today I thought I would show you my step by step plan in case you ever wanted to take on this same challenge. Step 1...Have your inspirational piece close by. For this project, the mom had given me the pillow case and curtain tie back to look at for colors, so I had that handy to take a look at often. Step 2: After giving the canvas an overall coat of paint, I also dry brushed a lighter color of paint over the base coat...this sorta gives the painting a "shabby chic" look that is perfect for girls. After drying...I tape off a few stripes to coordinate with the inspiration piece. Step 3...Paint circles (or whatever you want to enhance the painting.) Cut out your letters. I used my Cricut machine, but you could also paint these on at this point. I just don't paint letters well on canvas...at least I don't think so! I could have used patterned paper, but I chose a simple brown and then drew lines on them using a white paint pen. So many options with the lettering! Step 4...Lay it out and then adhere everything using Mod Podge and give the whole canvas a couple of coats. Then you are ready to embellish the canvas. I used rhinestones and feathers, buttons and ribbons... You can use a glue gun or E6000 (which is what I use often because they pop off often with a low heat glue gun.) Step 5...Admire your handiwork and take a look to see if you are satisfied. I felt it needed a little something more, so I painted peace signs to coordinate along with the pillow covering. Lastly...hang it and enjoy it! :) Inspired, Dawn
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