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  • Beeswax Altered Canvas

    Beeswax Altered Canvas

    I was having fun working with Beeswax today so I thought I would do a tutorial as I was playing around ~
    I just love the look of Beeswax and have been working on some altered canvases ~

    ~ Altered Beeswax Canvas Tutorial ~

    First you decide what paper pieces you would like to use and then you adhere them to your canvas ~ I use Modge Podge ~

    Then to give it an aged look take any brown tone ink and just randomly sponge ~ Make sure and do the edges too ~

    When you have all of the paper items that you would like on your canvas it is time to paint over it all with your melted beeswax ~ I melted mine in a tiny crock pot and paint it on with a cheap brush because the brush will be ruined ~ the beeswax gives it a really neat look ~ I did not wax over my lace this time but you can do that if you want ~

    The next step is to add embellishments ~ I love tea dyed and crinkled seam binding so I added it along with some roses and vintage buttons ~ these are hot glued on ~

    That is it !! So easy and fun !

    If you want to purchase the finished canvas you can get it here ~

    This is another one that I just finished ~

  • E -Tutorials

    E -Tutorials

    I have always loved to take craft classes ~ they are always so much fun !!
    But... sometimes it is hard to get to them because of the time they are offered or various other reasons ~ so I have been thrilled to find wonderful E-tutorials of beautiful projects ~

    These are 2 ladies that I have purchased tutorials from and can tell you that the projects are great and the instructions are so good and very easy to follow ~ best of all is that you can do them on your time frame and see the pictures and directions as many times as you want ~

    The first place that I just adore is Dawn at "Lessons from the Nest" ~
    A few of the lessons she has to offer are silver sugar bowl pincushions, a fairy in a jar artwork, altered compostion books and many more ~

    Margo at Robojunker.com has just started offering E-tutorials and she has soldered jars, china swags and wreaths and more ~

    Make sure and check out both of these fun sites !!

    Have fun crafting !!