Another Christmas Tree decoration today using the tiny, 50p, 5cm x 5cm Daler and Rowney canvas from Poundland, but to be honest, I am not happy with either version.
I also have to limit myself to one canvas per idea until I can get to Poundland, (goodness only knows when, now we are in lockdown again) to buy a few more, if they still have them, so that if an idea is successful I can make a few more of each design. The canvas’s have a lot of potential for so many occasions and when put against other cheap multipack canvases I have bought in the past there is no comparison in quality i.e the depth, canvas material and the fact that they are glued rather than stapled together.
I started by painting the back and inside of the canvas white, before adding a snow scene background using scraps of blue patterned paper and white glitter card.
When the paint was dry I then covered the back and sides with Aleene’s True Snow, sprinkling with ultra fine iridescent glitter while it was still wet.
The little, flat back snowman came from China, and was so much cheaper than buying in the UK. The bristle brush tree came from a pack from The Works. I trimmed the back of it so that it would lie flat against the canvas when stuck down in the wet snow along with its red bead base (swopped from the original base which was much bigger), adding a holly confetti leaf with red, flat back pearls in the corner……. but by this stage I could see that it didn’t look right.
I then substituted the bristle brush tree with a flat, painted wooden one, adding a layer of Ranger Glossy Accents and some white Glossy Enamel Accents but things were going from bad to worse …….
….. and the addition of tiny polystyrene snowballs at the bottom of the aperture didn’t help much either, it just looked bitty, thrown together and nothing gelled. It’s the embellishments, too many glaringly different materials, wood, plastic, polystyrene and bristle, and the snowman should be at the front rather than the tree, which just looks flat and plonked there, but then the proportion would be all wrong!!!
So, it’s back to the drawing board to sort it all out, but seeing as I’ve got all my 2020 Christmas crafts done and dusted, I know I have at least another ten months to get it right. Happy days!