I am obsessed with calendars- I carry one with me everywhere I go, I have one in the kitchen, one in my studio and often one in each room. This year I decided to make my calendars instead of buying them and I decided to make my calendar look like a little piece of messy art!
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There are tons of free calendar templates online and I found one with the whole year on one page- perfect for my kitchen calendar!
I started by printing it out on
Claudine Hellmuth's Sticky Back Canvas.
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Trim to size and set aside.
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Paint a stretched canvas (I chose to recycle one that I already have and painted over it for a fresh start!)
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drip....
drip some more...
scratch...
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swipe...
layer messy colors...
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stencil...
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free write...
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and glob thick paint to create a layered and messy canvas.
Stick the calendar to the wet paint (or glue or utilize the back of the Sticky Back Canvas by sticking it onto the surface.)
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The end result is a colorful and messy calendar!
p.s. Don't forget you have until Wednesday to enter to win a free online class- see post below!!!
23 comments:
Great idea!
pulling out my supplies as i post this! You, ma'am are genius!
This is brilliant.
I can't wait to give this a try.
Thanks so much for the wonderful tutorial.
great tute....tfs..
That is so pretty and colorful- I love it! Thanks so much for this, I'll be linking.
I LOVE IT!
great idea, love the technique and wow you can do so much with this one!!
Great calendar! great idea! 12 months fantastic!
Ciao ciao
Roberta
Okay, so NOW I need to make a calendar!! LOL ! This was absolutely great!
Cindy
LOVE this!! just Tweeted!!
Gorgeous! I could definitely look at this all year :)
OMG, i love this tute! I love your simple directions and I looooove the calendar.
All I can say is WOW!! I am so inspired now to make my own! I have to have one by the pc. Love all your layers, colors and words!
Thank You :D
Oh I really like this. When I get home tonight I am going to start digging through old canvas' that have been stashed and repaint them to hold a calendar. I can imagine these hanging in my office. Beautiful colors against the ugly grey walls. Woohoo! Thanks for the inspiration.
what fun! thank you for the colorful tutorial!
Awsome ! Thanks for sharing your process :)
just love this
rally cool
this is FABULOUS! TRULY .....
This is so great. I think I will make one for my work office since it is a tiny little space with beige walls. The color would be great!
I created my own messy calendar last night. You can see the post on my blog. Thank you Alisa for this fabulous project. Hugs.
I know it's almost April, but I just found this tutorial, and set to creating one for myself. I love it! And, I had so much fun creating it -- that's the important thing, isn't it? I've been inspired to re-read your book, too. I'll take it to bed with me tonight!
Thanks for a fun, quick, fun (did I say that already???) tutorial!
Damn, indeed nice topic. Where will I find this RSS?
Brandy Stone
bug detector spy
You should add a print of this calender to your Society 6 shop! :D
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