Stenciled Canvas

Written by: Cathy Carroll

I have totally been hit with the stenciling bug.
I find myself looking for things to stencil.

I also have Spring fever - there is no hope for me.
By combining the stenciling bug and the Spring fever I was able to come up with
this cute little stenciled canvas.

The other day I was at Wal-Mart in the craft department looking for some inspiration

to come up with something to craft for Spring.

I found this flower stencil and thought it was Springy 

but,

had no idea what I was going to do with it.

It was less than $3 I think and it has three pages of flower stencils

ranging from large about 4 inches in diameter 

down to small about 1 1/2 inches in diameter.

Still having no ideas what I was going to do I went to the garage and started 

picking up anything that needed a coat of white paint.

The frame in the front there had a picture in it when I bought it at the thrift store.

The picture was glued around the edges to a stretched canvas mat - SCORE....

It was in perfect condition.

So I decided to use my new stencil and make some art on this canvas.

Quite simple to do.

Just tape the stencil you want to use to the canvas and paint.

I used craft paint and a regular artist brush.

using only a little paint on the brush, dab in the stencil area.

And before long you will have a really cute piece of art.

The bird is the stencil I used for the china plate I stenciled.  

I just added it in amongst the flowers.

I also added a few highlights to the stencil so it wouldn't look so flat.

I love how it turned out.

So Springy and cute .

I think it will be perfect hanging in the little area over my kitchen sink.

I spent today stenciling a number of those items on the table above 

and

a few that aren't there.  

So, I am sure you will be seeing this little stencil turning up again.

How about you have you been hit with Spring fever yet?

What are you doing to get ready for it?

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