Winter Light Up Canvas Art

8 Materials
$2
30 Minutes
Easy
I have made several of these light up canvas art pieces and I'll be doing a new one for an upcoming Hometalk Live show. I am posting the journey towards my Live show, and after the Live show I'll post the final product here. It has been a process and journey to figure out just how to make the idea in my head come to life on the canvas. I'm sure that has happened to all of you as well right? You'll see the whole process here, you can laugh and cry with me :)

First I painted my canvas (8 x 10) with Dixie Belle Paint Midnight.  I love this paint - 1 coat does the trick and you have so much left!  I let that dry completely.
Next I painted some branches with Mod Podge and sprinkled them with Buffalo Snow.  This was to simulate the look of the trees outside right after a fresh snow has fallen.
I used a punch to poke holes in the canvas.
I hot glued the branches onto the canvas.
I used Mod Podge so that the black does not shine though the snow.


I used some Dixie Belle Fluff do make snowflakes onto the canvas.
I took the canvas outside and gave it a shot of Glitter Blast Spraypaint, and sprinkled on some more Buffalo Snow
I pushed a set of 10 battery operated LED lights through the holes of the canvas.
I turned the art on, but I just didn't love it.  I knew this was just a prototype but I wanted it to be better.  So I slept on it, and went back to it the next day.
I pulled off all the branches and re-hot glued them on in a tree shape which is more of the idea I saw in my head.
I turned the lights back on, and YES this was more of the idea I was looking for.  I have some upgrades and additional touches I'll be doing to the next piece on my Live show.


I’ll be making this on Hometalk’s Facebook Live DIY – November 26th at 7pm EST. I can't wait, I have some new touches to add. Please join me! I'll post the finished product here after the show.
Here is the finished project after the Live show!
This is the gift I made for Hometalk to say thank you for all their support, and to celebrate 1 year of Live DIY shows!


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Suggested materials:
  • Canvas   (Hobby Lobby)
  • Dixie Belle Paint
  • Branches
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