Crayon wall art!

Well if you have been inspired to make some crayon art work now is the time to do so!!! Crayons are on sale for back to school so you can pick up 3 boxes for what you would normally spend on just 1 box.




Start with a plain canvas. Any size will do! Next grab your glue gun and start gluing on your crayons.




We laid out all the crayons of the shade of crayons we were working with and made a pattern. (you would not have to do this but one of my daughters is a "type A" personality, so trust me when I say, we had to do this step. (it also let's you visually check to make sure that you have enough crayons purchased)




Next we found a silhouette on line that we liked, and printed it out. You might have to print a few different sizes out in order to ensure that your image is the correct scale that you want.




We used graphite paper to transfer the image to the back of some black vinyl that I already had. Contact paper would work as well. Once the Image has been traced onto the back of the vinyl/contact paper grab your scissors and start cutting it out.
I then held up the image to the canvas (with backing still on!! To eyeball the area that I wanted to tape off). Note: you must use a good painters tape like Frog tape, not masking tape. Again I repeat myself not masking tape- it will not stop the dripping wax.




(note masking tape was used in this picture. Learn from my mistakes). I then grabbed my Embossing heat gun and turned it on, and started to melt those crayons. I focused on the tip of the crayons that were pointed down. I would follow some of the dripping wax down the canvas with the heat gun to various degrees down the canvas.




Then remove the protective tape & peel the backing of the homemade sticker image & apply to the open area on the canvas. (both the dancer & girl with umbrella was a Pinterest try the only source I can find to give credit to is @danielle Milner, if this is incorrect I apologize. Please let me know & I can always update the info, thank you)




(the above wall art was a Pinterest try pinned from the following website: http://benfranklincraftsmonroe.blogspot.com.br/2012/03/how-to-melted-crayon-spring-bouquet.html?m=1)
Amy

One direction addiction or better known as 1D

My girls have come down with one direction addiction. Or what I refer to as the 1D Fever. My girls spotted some decorated shoes that were selling for $100.00 per a shoe. (that would be approx $300.00 for me to buy each girl a pair- that was not going to happen!!!) So what's a girl to do. Get busy being creative!

I went shopping & found "knock off" shoes for approx $8.00 a pair at Walmart. I gathered the rest of my crafty supplies that I needed from there as well.


Note: I found the "fabric paint" in Walmart by the ribbons, & sewing section, not by the craft area.



I came home and taped off my design, section by section. The painting took awhile because each section needed to dry before I taped & painted the next color.



As you can see it was very important to let each section dry completely before applying tape to the painted area!!

Below I used tape to mark a straight line for stenciling.



The Stencils I used can be found at Walmart in the craft section.


I used blue glitter to sprinkle on the section of "wet" blue paint, before it dried. To help adhere the glitter to the shoes.

Last but not least, the last step was I used spray Mod Podge, to spray the completed project with 4 coats. This helps protect the paint job, as well as a bonding agent that keeps the glitter on the shoes themselves.

I estimated that I spent around $20.00-$25.00 dollars in craft supplies. The shoes themselves were $8.00. I made three pairs, so each pair of shoes ended up costing me approximately $17.00 a pair to make. Below are some pictures of my completed project.






(P.S. here's a picture of the $100.00 pair)




To be fair they did use Tom's that sell for approx $50.00, however I did not trust myself to paint on fifty dollar shoes.

I think they turned out pretty great, if I say so myself. What do you think?


Amy