Canvas and paper October 24, 2010
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I tried to transfer a patterned paper onto a piece of sticky-back canvas and what do you know? It works!
That’s so cool. What you do is this: take a piece of sticky-back canvas and a piece of patterned paper the same size. Get rid of the backing on the canvas and lay it on the table the sticky side up. Glue the patterned paper on it the image side down and burnish well. Spray some water on it and start rubbing with your finger until the paper starts to come off. Keep going, adding some water as necessary until all the paper is gone. Take some matte multi-medium with your finger and rub it on to get rid off all the rest of the paper bits. Let dry. Done. Now your favourite patterned paper is fabric and it can be sewn onto your clothing or anywhere you like. I need to sew a new bag, just for this.
Last scraps October 22, 2010
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I’ve had a piece of painted and stamped canvas on my desk forever and I was getting sick of it getting in my way. I painted it originally for these dudes, but I also used it to make this necklace, and this, and this bracelet too, and then there’s this bracelet as well. So, it’s kind of nice to see the back of that piece of canvas. This is what I made with the last scraps.
I might pop these in the envelopes with Christmas cards, but the Punisher is mine!
Drawer no. 4 December 4, 2009
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Time to open drawer no. 4
The beads are made of canvas leftovers. They have been rolled around a cocktail stick and glued using gel medium. Bits of chain, some glass beads, and the necklace was finished. I also made a matching bracelet.
Canvas necklace July 11, 2009
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I had four leftover canvas pieces after making this bracelet. So I made a matching necklace. The white shirt is also something I just whipped up. Knitting is not something I usually like doing in the summer but since it has been rather wintry I have been knitting like a woman possessed.
Cheap as chips May 12, 2009
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Another cheap as chips piece. I had some more leftover pieces from this so I made another bracelet.
Waste not, want not February 20, 2009
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Had some leftover pieces of canvas after making the monsters. I cut them into little squares and glued them back to back. Painted the edges with silver paint and coated both sides with gel medium. After punching holes in the corners all there was left to do was hanging the squares on a bracelet with jump rings.
Scary time February 14, 2009
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I have wanted to make these monsters for ages and finally I got round to it. My desk might look like a bomb went off on it but that has nothing to do with me. That desk has a life of it’s own. I am not messy and I can prove it: I was trying to be extra-super-duper messy with this canvas and failed miserably. I am incapable of being messy. Anyway, these canvas monsters are not cute and cuddly, they are lean and mean! Right?
My first time November 28, 2007
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This is my first ever canvas. I suffered from a very serious case of blank canvas syndrome at first but after several weeks of just staring at the white canvas I took the plunge. I painted the canvas with acrylic paints. Here is what it looked like after painting. The canvas is 20 x 20 cm.
After this stage I got the multicoloured canvas syndrome. Took me weeks before I could carry on. Don’t know what is so difficult about this because it is so much fun. I continued in the end with stamped images stamped on silk paper which I adhered with acrylic binder. The rest is done with gel pens and metallic inks. Oh, and the Sun has got a metal crown.
This is going to go on the wall in my craft room. I am mad about all things celestial so it’s quite appropriate. I just added a category called canvas so that must mean I’ll be doing more of these 
