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Greetings! Chris here, and I am excited to share this Colorful Autumn Mixed Media Canvas I created with my Simple Stories Simple Vintage Country Harvest Kit from FotoBella! The colors in this line are just so beautiful -Stunning Yellows, bright Oranges, blues and greens! There is just so much to love in this line! As soon as I saw this kit I wanted to make a Mixed Media canvas. The idea took a few days to “cook” in my brain but here is the result. So let’s get started.
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Supplies
Simple Stories - Country Harvest Kit Simple Stories Simple Vintage Country Harvest - 12x12 Collector''s Essential Kit; SS Simple Vintage Country Harvest - Washi Tape; Simple Stories Simple Vintage Country Harvest - Layered Stickers; SS Simple Vintage Country Harvest - Foam Stickers; Simple Stories Simple Vintage Country Harvest - Chipboard Frames; SS Simple Vintage Country Harvest - Decorative Brads; Simple Stories Simple Vintage Country Harvest - Chipboard Clusters; SS Simple Vintage Country Harvest - 12x12 Basics Kit
Jute, background stamps, ink, paint. 8 x 10 canvas board, burlap scraps, paper doily, flowers
How to create your Colorful Autumn Mixed Media Canvas
Start by painting your 8 x 10 canvas board brown and let dry.
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Now to let you in on a little secret, I just grabbed the brown paint I had laying on my table and wasn’t “sold” on the dried color. For the next step, to distress it up a bit grab a background stamp and stamp the edges with black ink. Once again I grabbed the first stamp I found laying on my desk and started stamping. Thinking I should really clean off my desk, maybe?
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Cut a 7 x 9 inch piece of Nature’s Wonder paper and distress the edges of paper.
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Adhere your distressed paper to your canvas.
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Punch holes in each corner of canvas and string jute around your canvas.
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Adhere Country Harvest Chipboard frame upside down onto canvas. (yes! UPSIDE DOWN ... we wont the from look but don’t need the fall leaves or sentiment. )
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Add scraps of frayed burlap to your canvas. I only glue center to let the burlap lift for a little extra dimension.
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Cut 4 x 6 Element from Simple Stories Simple Vintage Country Harvest - 12x12 Collector''s Essential Kit and mat on Brown from Basic Paper Kit. Now, add to your canvas using dimensional adhesives on the edges as shown.
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Add sticker tag, Harvest leaf bit from your Simple Stories Simple Vintage Country Harvest - 12x12 Collector''s Essential Kit and a butterfly Foam sticker onto your frame.
Next, add “wonders of autumn” sticker to your matted Autumn Element.
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Add doily to edge of canvas and add “COLORFUL” Foam sticker from the Simple Stories Simple Vintage Country Harvest - Foam Stickers. I did a dimensional adhesive under the C and O and L so that the entire word was at one level.
![simple stories, fotobella, mixed media, canvas](https://images.storychief.com/account_3554/IMG_0819_a08b7546e775ac2a38e19b0e6ce3b343_800.jpg)
Finishing your Colorful Autumn Mixed Media Canvas
Add harvest brad, layered pumpkin sticker, a few flowers, and of course a jute bow to finish off your Colorful Autumn Mixed Media Canvas.
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I hope you are inspired to try this kit and to create your own Mixed Media Canvas.