Winter Snowflakes Canvas

(This post is part of my Frosty Festivities Blog Event)

I've seen spray painted canvases on various blogs, and I've been waiting for the opportunity to do one of my own! 

My resulting white canvas looks lovely and frosty on my living room wall:

Here it is from start to finish:

Step 1: I had an old 8" square box canvas, that I had once sponge painted with green and yellow squares, but I didn't like it very much anymore:

Step 2: I spray painted it with matt white spray paint, and while it was still wet I gently pressed a piece of kitchen paper on to it, to take off some of the paint that was too thick, and to leave a pattern:

Step 3: I left it to dry for a couple of hours, then repeated Step 2. And then after a couple of hours I did it again. If you've started with a white canvas you won't need so many layers! After these three coats of paint, the canvas looked like this:

Step 4: Once it was dry, I then hot glued on a selection of chipboard alphas and snowflakes. It was a great chance to use up some odd alphas!:

Step 5: I sprayed on one more layer of paint, quite thickly this time, and again pressed some kitchen paper on, but only around the chipboard elements, not on top of them.

I like that because it looks cold and frosty, it makes my wall and room feel even more cosy in contrast!

Be Inspired:

• Make some winter wall art
• Use the contrast of striking white against cosy red
• Mix up some alphas but paint or alter them so they match in colour

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I'll be back soon with the last post of the day! x

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