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KIAENOV2014- CHristmas Canvas

I decided to make this Christmas Canvas for my kept kit. This is for the Holiday decoration part and the kept kit project for KIAE November 2014. I painted the canvas and then arranged the elements. The Happy Holiday circle is from the kit, the holly leaves on the left hand side of the poinsettias, the circle of holly leaves behind the middle poinsettia, and the birds on the tag are all from my kept kit. The poinsettias are cut from a Tim Holtz die out of watercolor paper died red. I used gold paint on all the elements in one way or another.

I painted the canvas with gesso, then red paint, and then strips of green, white, and black. I thought it was a little too bright so I put a thin coat of gesso over the colors. I used a stencil and Viva gold special effect paint to make the little squares all over the canvas. Then it was too light so I put stips of the same colors using a plastic card. The ribbon was some left over Christmas ribbon which had gold in it and looks nice.


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howdyheidi   [Nov 06, 2014 at 10:05 AM]
What a lovely holiday decoration! I love the painting int he background and the tag and flowers arranged on the ribbon looks just right for your "present."
Nora S   [Nov 06, 2014 at 10:37 AM]
Beautiful! Love this!
Conniecrafter   [Nov 06, 2014 at 10:51 AM]
your decoration is so pretty, neat background, love the birds and your flowers are so pretty!
Looser   [Nov 06, 2014 at 12:26 PM]
Well done, Sadie! A great deck for your halls!
djc   [Nov 06, 2014 at 01:12 PM]
Sadie, I love this. What a fabulous decoration for your home.
djc   [Nov 06, 2014 at 01:12 PM]
Sadie, I love this. What a fabulous decoration for your home. TFS. Daria
lovepug2   [Nov 07, 2014 at 04:03 PM]
This is fantastic! I love the background you created. I love anything with red birds on it. TFS, this makes me wanna make one!
Iring   [Nov 07, 2014 at 05:27 PM]
This is a beautiful canvas! I love the background you created! Thanks for describing all the steps!
yellowcherrios   [Nov 12, 2014 at 10:36 AM]
This is gorgeous! I love the feel of the entire piece. So rustic, yet fresh with the blue added. Very inspiring! TFS!

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