Hmmmm, I am beginning to think that I should have bought a few more of these tiny, 50p, 5cm x 5cms Daler and Rowney canvases from Poundland while I had the opportunity. I put eight white and two black ones in my basket, but now I’m experimenting with them I can really see their potential. Never mind, it’s always something to look out for when I am out and about.
Having said that, I had a bit of a disaster with one of the black ones when trying out a Halloween idea.
For some reason the green Dovecraft 3D Enamel Effects didn’t take too kindly to the back of the frame after I had coloured it black, in fact the green colour all but disappeared and the enamel wouldn’t set (see below) and to be honest looked most unsavoury!!!!!
…… and I thought it was going sooooo well! However, it was also pretty obvious that by using black as the main colour for the frame the black bats disappeared, so it was back to the drawing board …….
…… opting for a white canvas and colouring it over with an orange Sharpie pen ……
……. before putting a scrap of green patterned paper in the back, with a wooden pumpkin embellishment, also coloured orange. A few tiny stars and clusters of three black dots, plus a little faux stitching round the aperture ……..
…… it was now time to try, with fingers and toes tightly crossed the green enamel effects again.
It worked ……. with a mdf skeleton and bats (eBay) duly coloured and then glued on, along with a few tiny stars here and there.
The final touch was made by adding “trick or treat” on the back of the frame using black peel-off letters (Hobbycraft £1) with a few more stars (excuse the wet glue!), plus a screw eye hook to hang it by.
Really chuffed and loving the potential of the canvases so much …… but did you spot my deliberate mistake? ……. Doh!!!!
