Saturday, July 27, 2013

Christmas in July Blog Hop! Ornament Canvas

Merry Christmas in July!! You should have arrived here from http://betsymcreates.blogspot.com/ and I am the last stop on the hop! If you would like to start at the beginning, please go to http://scrapalette.blogspot.com/ I would like to start by thanking Scrapalatte (Paulette) for organizing this blog hop and letting me be a part of it. As you can see, it's been awhile since I have posted on my blog-two years in fact. Life has gotten in the way but I'm ready to get back to it and thought this blog hop would be a great way to do it!! When it comes to Christmas, I love projects that are simple with a big wow factor! That's why I love making these canvases. A little paint, paper, a cricut cartridge and modpodge and you've got a great custom piece of home decor for your own home or a great gift! I'm pretty traditional when it comes to decorating my living room. Lots of red, green and gold. But I'm also one of those crazy people who like to decorate every room as well (tree included!) In the last two years I have been blessed with a beautiful baby girl and of course she has to have a tree decorated in pink in her room!! I decided to make this canvas to match to hang up in her room this year. Completely untraditional colors but it's so much fun! I started with a 12x12 art canvas that I painted pink.
Then using my Imagine, I printed my own paper using the striped pattern from the Mr. Frosty Imagine pattern cartridge. (Love being able to do that!) Then, I used the CTMH Artiste cartridge to cut out the solid ornament at fit to page. I love the CTMH cartridges!! They are packed full of images for all year round!
I cut the same ornament with the shift key on to get the filgree cut using some bright green glitter paper.
After covering the canvas with modpodge I added the ornament cuts and went over them again with another coat of modpodge. Once it was dry, I added a bow with some coordinating Christmas ribbon I had in my stash.
I used clear modpodge because I had it on hand, but you could use glitter modpodge for some additional Christmas shimmer!! Wasn't that easy! I love how something so easy is going to look great in my daughters room this Christmas! You could easily do this project in colors to match your Christmas decor or for a gift! I hope you've enjoyed my "back in the saddle" project! Don't forget the prize for this week is a Christmas Solutions cartridge! Leave a comment below for a chance to win. Also I will be drawing from the comments left on my blog to receive a "Flaky Friends" stamp set from CTMH!! Thanks for stopping by and Merry Christmas!

24 comments:

  1. Loraine, I love my Imagine, too! Very cute project! Love the pattern you chose! Then adding glittered paper on top --- tooo cute! TFS! :-)

    Thanks for a chance to win that cute stamp set! :-)

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  2. LOVE!! What great room decor and so easy to repeat with different colors. (Very fun to have the pink touches!)

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  3. Great home decor piece! Love the colors!

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  4. Wowie! I can envision a whole wall in my foyer filled with your ornament canvases! :)

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  5. I want that cartridge so much. I love what you did with the filigree! It is so festive.
    jilliene designing

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  6. Love your canvas! I might have to try this. The CTMH carts are fabulous! I'm a new follower.

    http://happyscrapper64.blogspot.com/
    HappyScrapper64@bex.net

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  7. Your canvas is lovely! I would have thought applying Modge Podge over Imagine printed paper would make the ink run. Guess I will just have to try it! I love canvasses too!

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  8. last stop of the hop...but so worth "hopping" by. I love your project. thanks for the inspiration.

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  9. Very cute - and it will look lovely in your daughter's room!

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  10. Glad that you shared your project with us. I haven't tried the canvas art, but you made it look easy peasey so maybe I'll just give it a shot! Thanks also for the blog candy!!!

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  11. So cute! Love that you are decorating your daughter's room with it.

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  12. Adorable idea for your baby girl's room! I would love to try some canvas art!

    Tracy G

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  13. This is such a simple but wonderful project! I love my I!!

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  14. Great canvas. What a fun decoration. TFS.
    D~
    http://designsbydragonfly.blogspot.com
    (dmcardmaker)(AOL)

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  15. Your canvas art is wonderful and will look great in your daughters room. And a great idea for Christmas gifts! TFS

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  16. Fantastic idea for my granddaughter's dorm room for her first year at college!

    Thanks for suggesting the glitter ModPodge, as that will be a delightful sparkle!

    kastenc at sbcglobal dot net

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  17. Awesome canvas! Great gift idea, thanks!

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  18. What a great way to end a fun blog hop! This is a perfect idea for the holidays, I love the colors you chose. Merry and Bright!

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  19. Very cute and simple. Best part you can still make it even if you don't have the imagine :) Thanks so much

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  20. Very cute! Glad you could be apart of the hop!

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  21. Very pretty! I love my Imagine too.

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  22. Love your canvas -- and it's non-traditional colors!!

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  23. Love the papers you printed up for this cute ornament canvas!

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  24. What a pretty canvas for the holidays! TFS

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