Materials:
*Painters Canvas
*1 roll of painters tape (splurge on a name brand tape that will stick well
*1 can of spray paint
*Scissors
*An exacto knife or razorblade are helpful when trimming the painters tape from the cardstock but NOT essential
*I used a piece of lace fabric on this canvas design but if you're doing your own design you won't need it
I made this canvas for our baby daughter's room. I got the idea to spray paint a canvas from pinterest and then thought of what I wanted on the canvas. I bought a canvas at Michael's with a 40% off coupon and used cardstock paper (or you could use a manila file folder) to draw the different pieces that I needed for the design. It's helpful to draw your design ideas on a piece of scratch paper first and color in the areas that you are planning on being painted to make sure your idea will work out. I drew the designs I needed on pieces of cardstock and then CAREFULLY cut out the pieces and covered them in painters tape. Make sure to overlap the tape so it will peel off in one whole piece. Then, cut the extra painters tape off around each of your design pieces. I used the extra wide painters tape to make sure that the tape would peel off of the cardstock paper fairly easily. For the stars on my design I simply covered a small piece of cardstock in painters tape and then used a hole punch to cut out the pieces I needed. Then I carefully peeled the painters tape off of the holes that I punched out. For this canvas, I arranged some of the stars to resemble the Libra constellation because that is when our daughter is expected to arrive. Initially, the bottom of the canvas that is the ocean was plain white but it looked too plain to me so I put a piece of lace fabric over the bottom portion and made sure that it was pulled tight to the canvas. I did this by pulling it tightly around to the back of the canvas and used the painters tape to secure the fabric. Don't be shy with the tape!!! After your design pieces are peeled off of the cardstock then secure them in their desired position onto your canvas. Use your fingernail or something to gently scrape over the tape to make sure that it sticks to your canvas. Don't press too hard because you can stretch or rip the canvas. When you have every piece of your design secured on your canvas then you're ready to paint! I painted over the canvas but make sure you evenly coat it will spray paint. I did one coat, let it dry and then did another coat. Wait until the paint has totally dried before you peel the painters tape off. I used tweezers to peel the tape off.
