Tutorial: Christmas Framed Fabric Art

It's the last day of November and I'm celebrating the Christmas season by making adorable holiday decorations for our new home!!  I've been using those awesome Tulip Shimmer Sheets & Paints I received a couple weeks ago and I'm loving them!!  If you missed the haul video, you can check it out HERE.

I haven't used fabric paints for over 15 years so I was so excited when I received the Tulip Shimmer Sheets & Paints!!  Unfortunately, I'm not a very "fashion forward" kind of person so I knew clothes and even shoes were out of the question.  With Christmas fast approaching, I decided to make some holiday decorations!!

Today I'm going to share how I made these super cute framed fabric-painted decorations for our new home!!

I found this clip art image online and was instantly inspired!!  I love how these ornaments are kind of "wonky" and not perfect!!

Even though the tutorial is long, this project is really easy and actually pretty quick to make!! Trust me, you're going to love this project and you should definitely give it a try!!

Here we go....

SUPPLIES

Unfinished Wood Frame(s)

Chipboard or Grey-board

Canvas Fabric

Fabric or Tacky Glue

Cardstock (or Paper)

Pattern (optional)

Craft Knife (or scissors)

Paint Brush(es)

Foam Pouncing Sponge

Tulip Fashion Glitter & Bond adhesive

Tulip Fashion Glitter Shimmer Transfer Sheets

Tulip Fashion Fabric Markers

Tulip Metallics Dimensional Fabric Paint

Acrylic Paints

Sealant or Decoupage Medium

Water

Step 1: CREATE CANVAS BACKGROUND

Trace the back-piece from the frame onto a piece of chipboard (or grey-board from a cereal box) and cut it out.

Trace the frame's back-piece onto the wrong side of your canvas fabric and then cut it out too.

Using your fabric or tacky glue, attach the canvas piece to the chipboard piece.

Note: After gluing the canvas on the chipboard, it started to curl up a bit, so I just put it under a heavy book until it dried flat.

Step 2: ADD GLITTER ORNAMENT SHAPES

Click the photo above or click HERE for the shapes I used in this tutorial.

Either print the pattern or draw your own ornament shapes onto cardstock paper.

Using a craft knife, cut out the shape you want to use and tape it in place on your canvas background.

Pounce the Tulip Glitter Bond onto the canvas with your foam pouncing sponge.  Make sure you get sufficient coverage so your glitter will stick really well.

Sprinkle Tulip Fashion Glitter onto the canvas until you get a good layer covering the area.

Note: I left my paper on while adding the glitter because I didn't want a bunch of excess glitter getting all over my canvas fabric.  It worked well!!

Remove your cardstock paper template and tap the excess glitter onto a scrap piece of paper.  You can then add this glitter back to the bottle to use again later.

Step 3: EMBELLISH ORNAMENTS

Cut out the template for the ornament topper.  Using a pen, trace it onto the back of the Tulip Shimmer Sheet and then carefully cut it out.

Place the ornament topper slightly above your glitter ornament shape.

(Thank you to Brook for being the hand model for this tutorial!! hehehehe)

Cover with a thin fabric (muslin worked great) and iron on a low heat setting.

Note: Don't iron over your glittered ornament shape.  I found that doing so changed the appearance of the glitter in the ironed spots.

Using a coordinating color Tulip Fabric Marker, draw a line around your glittered ornament shape.  I drew my line approximately 1/4"-1/3" away from the ornament shape.

For my red ornament I used a red fabric marker for the line so it would match the glittered section.  Also add a black loop to to the ornament topper.

Note: If you like the boldness of the fabric marker line, you can skip the next step.  However, I found that it took away from the impact of the actual ornament.

Lightly trace over the fabric marker lines with Tulip Metallics Dimensional Fabric Paint in White.  You should still be able to see the color of the fabric marker despite the layer of fabric paint.

Using a small paintbrush, add a thin layer of Tulip Metallics Dimensional Fabric Paint in White between the outside line and the glittered ornament shape.  I like this part because it makes it look like the ornament is shining!!

Step 4: PAINT WOOD FRAME

Mix together paint, water, & glitter in a small cup or bowl.  I used these proportions:

5 parts acrylic paint

1 part silver (or gold) acrylic paint

1-2 parts water

A few sprinkles of Tulip Fashion Glitter

After you mix the paint, water, & glitter really well, try a test spot on the back to make sure you're happy with mixture.

Paint the frame and let dry.  Once completely dry, seal using a wood sealant or decoupage medium and let dry again.

Step 5: FRAME PAINTED CANVAS

Add your painted canvas fabric to your frame and you're....

FINISHED!!

This was such a fun project and I really love how it turned out!!  My hubby is happy to have new Christmas decorations too!!

I found the Tulip Shimmer Sheets, Paints, & Glitter very easy to use so be sure to try them out yourself!!  Don't forget to visit them online...

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If you want to see other projects using the Tulip Shimmer line of products, there's whole bunch of great tutorials at the end of this post!!  They're awesome and you're going to love the different ways people have used these supplies!!

I wrote this post as part of a paid campaign with Tulip and Blueprint Social. The opinions in this post are my own.

Thanks for reading!! Until next time...

Tutorial: Block Print Burlap Ornaments

This tutorial is going to show you how to make these really neat Block Print Burlap Ornaments!!  I love the block printing technique in this project and will be using it a lot more now that I've learned how to do it!!  Enjoy...

Step 1: GATHER SUPPLIES

Tracing paper

Craft foam

Acrylic paint

Burlap

Fabric

Wood slats or sticks

1/8" Ribbon

Glue

Pencil

Scissors

Step 2: MAKE STAMP

Trace Image

Print an image from your computer.

Heavily trace the image onto tracing paper with your pencil.

Transfer Image

Place the traced image face down on the craft foam.

Hold in place and rub over the image with your finger tip to transfer it to the foam

Cut out Stamp

Carefully cut out your image.

Step 4: STAMP ON BURLAP

Stick Foam on Block

Attach your cut out foam shape to an acrylic block, piece of wood, or other "block".

Add Paint

Coat the foam with a heavy coat of acrylic paint.

Stamp on Burlap

Stamp image onto burlap.

Step 5: MAKE FRAME

Cut Wood Pieces

Cut wooden slats or sticks into 3"-4" pieces.

Paint Wood Pieces

If using wooden slats, you'll need to paint them a dark, natural shade of brown.

Make Frame

Glue wood pieces into a square frame shape.

Step 7: ATTACH FABRIC & BURLAP

Cut out Fabric

Trace frame onto fabric.

Cut out.

Attach Burlap to Fabric

Glue burlap image onto fabric.

Attach Fabric to Frame

Glue the edges of the fabric to the frame.

Step 8: ADD HANGER

Glue a ribbon loop to the top as a hanger.

FINISHED!!

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I just wanted to include a little note today to apologize for my absence.  I've been dealing with a flare up of my medical conditions and haven't been on the computer hardly at all.  Obviously there is no way I can make up the tutorials by today, but I'll post as many Christmas craft project tutorials as possible before Christmas!!  I have a couple more almost ready right now.  Thanks for understanding and for sticking around anyway!!

Thanks for reading!! Until next time...

Tutorial: Wooden Slat Tree Ornament

This tutorial will show how to make this mini "plank" tree ornament!!  This was so much fun to make and there are sooo many ways you can decorate this little tree!!

I actually attempted the Elmer's Glue crackle technique multiple times on this poor tree, but didn't have any success. I hope to figure it out and include it in a future tutorial though!! 

Inspiration

My inspiration for this project was this Planked, Rustic Christmas Tree over at Every Creative Endeavor.  I loved the rough  appearance of this tree and wanted to make an ornament version of it!!

Step 1: Gather Supplies

- Bass wood slats in various widths and thicknesses

- Wooden star

- Glue

- Acrylic craft paint

- 1/8" Satin ribbon

- Craft knife

Step 2: MAKE TREE BASE

Using your craft knife, cut a 4"-5" piece of bass wood for the trunk of the tree.

Cut a 1"-2" section of wood for the base.

Glue the star to the top and the base to the bottom of your "trunk".

Step 3: MAKE TREE

Plan Tree

Lay out various sizes of bass wood slats on top of your "trunk" as shown above.

Mark where you want to cut each piece using a pencil.

Cut Slats

Using your craft knife, cut each slat where you had marked.

Add "Branches"

Glue your wooden slats in place in order to make the branches of the tree.

Step 4: PAINT TREE

Paint Base Coat

Paint dark shades of the colors you eventually want your tree to be.

Paint Top Coat

Add a thin layer of lighter paint so the base coat peeks through.

Distress Paint

Using your preferred method, distress your tree.

Note: I just rubbed some Java Walnut Ink on mine.

Step 5: ADD RIBBON HANGER

Make a loop with your ribbon.

Glue ends to the back of your star.

FINISHED!!

Thanks for reading!!  Until next time...