The Works Canvas and Easel Snowman Shelf Decoration

Another set of canvas and easel Christmas decorations for you today ……..

……. made using £1 easel and canvas sets from The Works.

I started by putting a strip of snowy sky patterned paper across the top of the canvases.  The "Stars Shining" paper pad is going to be really useful for my Christmas crafting this year, unfortunately I just can’t remember where I got it from, sorry!

I then used Aleene’s True Snow to add a bit of texture and dimension to the canvas.

While this was drying I added Ranger Glossy Accents on the 3D card snowman embellishments, again for extra dimension and texture.

The wooden Christmas sentiments (Hobbycraft £1 Christmas 2020) were not quite the right colour so I change them to red with a Sharpie pen followed by a layer of Glossy Accents.

It seems sacrilege, but although the wooden tree embellishments were the right size I wasn’t too keen to add glitter to the canvas (goodness only knows why?), so I simply turned them over and coloured them, this time with a green Sharpie (with varying results, I also don’t know why) plus more Glossy Accents.

When all the components were dry it was time to put them all together.

I edged the canvas with tiny faux stitches using a black fine liner pen.

I also added three plastic snowflakes (Aliexpress) to help fill the empty corners and spaces.

To keep the snowy theme going I also added Aleene’s, with another snowflake, on the easel bar.

On the prototype I coloured the easel with a red Sharpie pen, but this proved to be too time consuming and fiddly and looking at the pictures doesn’t really add that much to the finished decoration.

I’m really happy with how these have turned out, I can see them fitting in on a shelf amongst the Christmas cards ……….

I love the idea of sending them out instead of a card this year, something to keep rather than throw away at the end of the holiday.  Think they will mail as a large letter, a bit more expensive but I think worth it.

I am sure, judging from my box of Christmas embellishments left over from last year, in particular, there could well be whole variation on this basic idea.

For those of you looking for cheap easel sets, I have also found these 7cm square in the art and craft section of Home Bargains, they cost an incredible 69p each, a lot less than a card to buy!