Burlap Canvas Art

 Yesterday I showed you how I made a  super easy stenciled burlap wall art.

Today's  burlap canvas is super easy, as well!

Once again, here are the supplies I purchase for both projects.

SUPPLIES NEEDED FOR THIS PROJECT

large wood letter

spray paint 

11" x 14" burlap canvas

hot glue and glue gun

popsicle sticks

1 1/2" wide ribbon

narrow ribbon (1/4)

(If you don't like the bow, just leave it off.)

(you could also Mod Podge some cute craft paper to the letter instead of painting it)

HERE'S HOW TO MAKE THE PAINTED LETTER BURLAP CANVAS:

 Spray paint the ampersand with the Krylon ColorMaster paint.

The label says it dries in 10 minutes or less and it did. 

Spray several coats, letting it dry between coats.

Sand the edges once the ampersand dried thoroughly.

These little eye hooks were in my stash and I screwed them into the top corners.

But, you could  hot glued the smaller 1/4" hanging ribbon directly to the canvas, instead.

The next step is to tie the bow on.

I used 40" of the wide, striped ribbon, tied a knot in the center, then tied a bow.

I attached a 1/4" ribbon to the eyehooks as a hanging ribbon

The canvas hangs from the 1/4" wide ribbon. 

Hot glue the 1/4" "hanging" ribbon to the striped ribbon at the knot. 

Also hot glue the striped ribbon to the 1/4" ribbon about 2/3rds down.

Finally,  hot glue the ends of the striped ribbon to the burlap canvas.

Once the ribbon is attached, "dry fit" the painted ampersand on the canvas. 

Place it exactly where you want it to go and place popsicle sticks around it so you know where to place it once  you put hot glue on the back. 

Once the hot glue is on the back, place it on the canvas, remove the popsicle sticks and press it until the hot glue dries.

I told you it was super easy!

I hope y'all will come out and see me at Michaels on Sunday from 1 to 4. If you can't visit me in Charlotte, be sure to visit the Michaels store near you. 

Pam

An InLinkz Link-up

How To Make A Stenciled Burlap Canvas & A Fun Event!

Before I get to the Stenciled Burlap Canvas, 

there's a very special event coming up this Sunday, February 16th from 1-4 pm.

It's the Michaels - Hometalk Pinterest Party at all Michaels stores across the US and Canada.

There will be featured bloggers at select locations HERE

I will be at the Michaels Store in South Charlotte at 7836 Rea Rd in the Stonecrest shopping center and I hope you will join me!

Check out the Pinterest inspired displays at your local Michaels store, buy your supplies, and meet us in the classroom to create your own pin-worthy project.

I'm sure y'all know about Michaels Stores, but do you know about Hometalk??? Hometalk is a home and garden social network. You can get inspired by wonderful projects, post your own project or ask a question and you don't have to have a blog. You have your own page and you can interact with others.

There's a giveaway at the event on Sunday too!

Follow Michaels on Hometalk to enter to win a $100 Michaels gift card!

Five winners will be announced on Hometalk's Facebook page on February 17th after the party. 

 Now here's the "How To"

I spent a couple of hours in Michaels picking out my supplies. 

Don't know about you, but I can't help picking up a few things whenever I'm there. 

Ribbons, markers and cake supplies are my downfall. Come to think of it, I like the aisle with the craft punches and stamps too. Here are a few things I picked up for the crafts I made.

The first project I made was super easy and is one that anyone can make. Michael's makes it really easy with their stretched burlap canvases. They are available in an array of different sizes. The one I picked had 3 canvases, so I made two and will demonstrate one on Sunday.

The first thing I did was to do a mock up of where I wanted the flowers to go. I used a Martha Stewart stencil and some cardstock. After stenciling, I cut out the flowers and placed them where I wanted them to go on the burlap canvas.

There wasn't a stem in the stencil kit, so I made my own using a piece of cardstock and some tape.

I removed the first mock up flower and taped down the stencil where I wanted it to go. Notice I taped all around the stencil so I wouldn't paint through the other flower stencils.

I'm not really proficient at stenciling, but I did figure out that paint on the foam dauber needed to be blotted on some paper before putting it to the stencil. 

Practice makes more perfect  applies in stenciling.

After painting the 3 flowers and stems and letting it dry, I cut 40" of ribbon. The actual color is closer to Radiant Orchid, which is Pantone's color of the year for 2014.

I tied a knot in the center of the cut ribbon, then tied a bow.

The bow has to be tied tightly.

Once the bow was tied, I hot glued the end to the back at the top corners of the canvas.

Voila! The finished project! The whole craft should take you 30 minutes or less.

Here's a list of the supplies I used for this project:
1 artists burlap canvas
Martha Stewart stencil
cellophane tape
wide satin ribbon
glue gun and stick
white craft paint
small foam paint daubers

Tomorrow I will show you how I made the super simple ampersand  sign on another burlap canvas. I'm sure you can guess, but just humor me!

Here's the classroom at the Michaels in Stonecrest. 

Isn't it cute???

I hope ya'll will come out and see me at Michaels on Sunday from 1 to 4. 

If you can't visit me in Charlotte, be sure to visit the Michaels store near you. 

You can see how I made the ampersand on the burlap canvas HERE

Pam

Disclosure: I've partnered with Hometalk and Michaels for this event, but the opinions and love for crafting are all mine!

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Christmas Mantel

 So happy to share with you the first Christmas mantel in our family room. It's the first because the mantel never got decorated because the tv and other electrical accoutrements were inside the niche and it didn't make sense to decorate in front of that...kinda like lipstick on a pig? lol!

The niche is very large and deep, so two poinsettias were perfect to fill up a lot of the space. Yesterday I showed you the burlap stockings I made.

The book-box and the poinsettias are the only accessories that I purchased. I shopped the house for everything else.

I love old books, don't you?

Remember the Blogger Block Party is  going on all week

Hope you have a great day!

Pam

Christmas Copycat

I hope you all had a fantastic weekend! Mr. Fanatic and I had a big surprise waiting for us at our house when we arrived home late Friday afternoon. Our oldest daughter, whom you all know lives in California, surprised us again with a visit! This time she brought her boyfriend with her and it was very nice to finally meet him. They are flying back to California tomorrow.

Well, ya'll know it's time to PARTY! The Christmas Block Party is this week!  Debbie is starting off the holiday festivities with a Copycat Challenge

My copycat isn't based on a single inspiration, but on a conglomeration of several. I'm sure you've seen some really cute burlap stockings out there on Pinterest.

I here's what I came up with:

You can see a peek of the mantel, but you will have to wait until tomorrow for the 2nd link party. This is my first Christmas mantel in our family room and I can't wait to show it to you.

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Pam