For Mother’s day the dear Hubbs took me to Micheal’s. I got stopped in the painting isles (no surprise there!) So I devised a plan to do some painting and bought some “2 for” canvases for $2.99.  They are small only 5″ x7″. That is cheap enough and small enough to experiment with, right?

The next day began my plan. I decided on some napkins that I already had that would fit on the two small canvases. Then I began to “wing it”.

I knew I wanted layers of colors with my decoupage. I chose my color palette.

First on the painting step was to spray paint my canvases with Hammered Copper…yum! I love coppery looks on most anything!

Then I started to loosely paint some colors on my canvas and copied the birdcage part with a permanent marker. I really had no idea what I was doing. But I love the creative process and love to go with the flow…and keep it FUN!

Next I readied the napkin by tearing off the two white layers of napkin until I had the printed piece only.

Next I added pieces of the napkin to the canvas and began the decoupage process. Tear and paste with a paintbrush and let dry.

It is customary to put about three coats of Mod Podge and let each layer dry thoroughly in between coats.

I did tweak a bit here and there with paint, copper glaze and bits of decoupage napkin.

Lastly I coated with the spray Poly

Voila!

Remember, “if I can do it so can you!!” …..and……

xoxoxox Mary