"Lighted Halloween Triptych Made From Resale Shop Canvases"
by
Vicki Rogers
I wanted to make a few Halloween decorations this year, but I hadn't planned on starting so early. I guess my three thrift store canvases I bought for a few dollars a while back cast their spell on me! Ha Ha. I thought they would make a cute Halloween triptych.
I decided on a spooky night sky theme with flying witches, shining moon and stars. I painted them with black metallic craft paint and after it had dried I attached the four hinges.
I taped the lights to the back and poked holes through the canvases with an ice pick for the lights to shine through.
I found free witch clip art, sized them down and printed them in black and white on glitter stock paper and cut them out. I cut a moon out of glitter foam and glued and decoupaged them all on. After it had dried I applied texture here and there on the canvases for clouds and depth.
The next day I mixed midnight blue and a little black metallic paint and used an old stiff brush to add the color to the texture and around the canvases.
After it dried I went over it again here and there with gray metallic paint.
I used a fan brush and silver metallic paint and painted over all the areas to highlight it all.
This idea could be done for so many themes or made for something to be displayed all the time, like botanicals or something, without the lights. :) A few pic's with the light on and off. I love Halloween and I'm looking forward to making a couple more crafts in the near future! Happy Halloween early, crafting friends!
Okay, these pic's look the same, lol.
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Very cool and great job.
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