Canvas Art with Pencil Transfer Techinique & Winnie the Pooh Quote

So for a while now my Bestie has been asking me 

to make a plaque of some kind 

for her daughter's HS graduation with the adorable quote:

“If ever there is tomorrow, when we’re not

together, there is something you must always

remember. You are braver than you believe,

 stronger than you seem, and smarter than you

think, but the most important thing is, even

if we’re apart… I’ll always be with you”.

-Winnie the Pooh 

Typical procrastinator/ADD/perfectionist/staller 

that I am it took me a while 

to figure out the perfect way to do this.....

Being left to my own creative devises 

I had a color scheme, the quote 

& a pic of the dorm room comforter 

Like with any task in my life now, I started scouring through Pinterest to find inspiration

I used a pencil transfer technique 

that was so frikkin easy 

I just have to reshare and show you what i came up with

I tried a few transfer techniques out there

-wax paper;  mod podge 

But I just couldn't get it right

Then I found the newspaper transfer idea

 I changed it up a little to make my own, 

and it worked!!!!

I think I learned this somewhere along the way in 

an art class or in a scrapbooking class!  

It is not an original idea.

OK 

so, back to the project

PENCIL TRANSFER TECHNIQUE

So here is a pic of the comforter set 

Loved the vines design so we went with that

(her set is fushia/black, doesn't look it here)

First step I "colored" on the back of the pic

 with a pencil

it's tricky, tricky, tricky

(90's hip hop song reference, sorry)

Next I flipped the paper over and placed it on the canvas where i wanted the design to show up

Then using a ball point pen, pressing firmly 

to make sure the transfer of the pencil marks showed up,

 I traced the outline of the vines

see, you can see them

really difficult technique here, ha!

Then I went back with my old scrapbooking markers

(Marvy-Artist)

and colored in the vines

TA-DA!!!

Glittered Unicorns & rainbows sprouted in my craftroom!

you could easily use a sharpie

I had one on standby if Marvy didn't work!

And this is what it looked like when I was finished with it!

I think I just heard angels sing

I love it

I think it came out so cute & it was really fun to make!

Supplies:

 canvas  

acrylic paints

ribbons

ink

card stock 

pencil  

marvy pen

WOOOO HOOOOO!

Here is me & Bestie with the graduate on her special day!

Congrats, B!!!

Autograph Book for a Hockey Boy!

I made this Autograph Book for a little hockey fan!

So easy & so fun to do,

was out of my element making something that wasn't girly,

but i think it turned out cute!

Hope he gets some good sigs!

Powder Room Canvas Re-Do

This canvas was purchased a few years ago from Home Goods.

Forgot to take a before pic

but it just wasn't really what I wanted in the powder room.

I wanted to add more pink/feminine in there, wanted a monogram on it but wasn't sure where I was going with this.

So I started by just painting over the canvas with browns, creams & pinks, the messier the better, there was no plan here, I just went with it.

The flourish is an old Jim Holtz-Ideology Mask which I love love love

See where the flourish kind of ends?

I messed up some how so I needed something to cover it so.....

Then I cut out my monogram w/ my cricut on cardstock & chipboard then deco'd them together to give it a little dimension and added the primitive heart (to cover the mistake),

cut from an old paperback.

The quote i stamped with ink, cut the words out & inked some more...

inky & messy is the look I love

The quote says

"together is where your heart sings loudest"

love that

not sure where i got the quote...if you know, let me know!

Added a coat of Mod Podge & it was done

I love the way it turned out!

My Attempt at Subway Art

These are my sisters' Christmas gifts-

We were trying to scale back as much as possible & only give to the kids

But they always do so much for my girls so I wanted to give them something

meaningful & unique

This is my first attemp at my own unique style of

Subway Art

I used favorite song/artists for the quotes.

We all love music so much

This one is George Michael's "waiting for that day"

These started out as canvases that I purchased at Michaels-3 pack for $8.00 i think?

I painted it with acrylic paint.

I dont have any organized way of doing this I just go.......

For this one I used blue & white to get the weathered look

I cut lyrics out with my cricut & stamped some too

Covered it all with a coat of Mod Podge

This one is "all you need it love" by the Beatles!

Now looking back at this, I think I would have added more words to them

But I love the way they turned out

I love the pop of red I used with the green & the blue!

Let me know what you think!