why buy when you can DIY?: DIY canvas flower tutorial

have an old poster frame / canvas, spray paint, scrapbook paper and mod podge?! well if you do (or want to buy) you can make this adorable flower wall art!

supplies:

scissors

scrapbook paper

post frame or canvas

mod podge

spray paint

tutorial:

i first started with an old poster frame i had just laying around because i didn't like the picture that was in it anymore. i took it apart and used what was originally the backing of the frame for my new canvas. i spray painted with pink spray paint (took several different light, somewhat even coats)

**if you are using a canvas that you bought (under $10 at michael's *use a 40% off coupon to get it for cheaper*) you can leave it white, or spray paint the same way.**

i then raided my scrapbook paper collection and found some paper that all went well together.

with one odd size paper that i had in my collection, i made some templates that i could use to trace the "petals"

i made sure to do them in lots of different sizes so i could have smaller "petals" as well as larger ones.

after cutting the templates, i just went to work on cutting out the "petals" out of all the paper that i had picked out. this took the longest time, but nothing that a good episode of TV and a glass of wine cant help with :) after i got quite a few cut out, i started arranging them on my spray painted back.

this is the final layout, before using the mod podge to stick everything down

i used the mod podge to stick the "petals" down and i just used my fingers to smear it onto the paper, but you could use a paint brush (i just didn't have one i wanted to get mod podge on)