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    Home » Holidays » Valentine's Day

    Valentine's Day Art Decoupaged on Canvas

    BY: Jane PUBLISHED: 5 Feb, '17 UPDATED: 5 Feb, '17 12 Comments

    It's been almost a month since I took down the Christmas decorations in the kitchen, and the large chalkboard in there has been bare and empty. And since I'm not very good at creating chalkboard art, I went a different route and created some Valentine's Day art decoupaged on canvas! 

    Valentine's day art decoupaged on canvas | cottage at the crossroads

    And although it has the word LOVE on it, I think I can leave it up as an early spring decoration as well. Ah, we all could use and show a little extra LOVE right now, couldn't we? 

    Decorative ceramic plate

    My inspiration for my piece of art decoupaged on canvas was the little decorative plate that I found at Hobby Lobby a few weeks ago. I loved the beautiful roses and the colors used on it, and the more I looked at it, I wondered if I could create something similar to hang on the large chalkboard. 

    Canvas with the word love sketched on it

    So I found an old canvas that I had sketched something else on it and gave it a fresh coat of white acrylic paint. After it dried, I hand sketched the word LOVE on the canvas. I didn't quite get the spacing correct on the first try so I redid it but didn't bother to erase! 

    The word love painted on a canvas

    I painted the word LOVE with chalkboard paint simply because that was the only black paint I had on hand. But the chalkboard paint actually replicated the look of my inspiration piece fairly well. 

    Floral garland

    Imagine my surprise when I came upon this gorgeous floral garland at Jo-Ann's last week with roses in the same colors as on my inspiration plate! The banner was so long that I cut off the excess and had plenty of roses to use in my project! (Plus, the garland was 60% off at my local store!)

    Paper roses decoupaged on a canvas

    After cutting them out, I brushed a little Mod Podge on the back of each rose and adhered them to the canvas. I waited several hours and made sure they were dry before I applied a thin layer of Mod Podge to the entire surface.

    Rose decoupaged on canvas

    The next day I decided to add a little embellishment to the piece by brushing a little green paint around the leaves which helped to disguise the white paper left around the original cut out. 

    Roses decoupaged on canvas

    I painted on a few pieces of greenery and added the little dots of paint. 

    Valentine's day art decoupaged on canvas

    I just had a little fun adding and daubing the paint colors around the roses and the letters! 

    Valentine's day art decoupaged on canvas

    I didn't worry too much about messing up because I knew it could all be fixed with some white paint! 

    Roses decoupaged on canvas

    If you look in the top left, you can see that I even extended a leaf that was cut off in the original design. Can you spot it?

    Valentine's day decoupage art hanging on a chalkboard

    Here it is hanging on the chalkboard in our kitchen! 

    Greenery surrounding chalkboard

    The faux greenery that's hanging around the chalkboard has leaves similar to a rose! Didn't plan that at all because I had the greenery hanging here this past autumn! 

    Art decoupaged on canvas

    I propped my inspiration plate here on the ledge of the chalkboard. You can see how small it is! 

    Valentine's day art decoupaged on canvas

    I just love how my Valentine's Day art decoupaged on canvas turned out! I'm thinking this would be a great way to use the artwork on old Valentine's Day cards for anyone of any age! 

    Have I mentioned how much I love our readers? For your convenience, I'm including a supply list of materials that I used for this project. (Some of these are affiliate links from which I earn a small fee if you decide to purchase with no extra cost to you!) 

    • one 16x20 art canvas
    • white acrylic craft paint
    • art brushes
    • chalkboard paint
    • Mod Podge
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    1. Stacey

      February 22, 2017 at 6:13 pm

      Jane, I absolutely love this! It's romantic and pretty. Great idea.

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    2. Pam

      February 08, 2017 at 12:26 pm

      My chalkboard is bare right now, so you've taught me to do something different on it. Thanks. Love your new creation.

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    3. Sandy

      February 06, 2017 at 10:05 pm

      It is all adorable and very springy too. Don't you love it when things come together like that?

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    4. patti @ pandora's box

      February 06, 2017 at 3:28 pm

      Cute idea, and you can carry this idea into each season, too! Very clever!

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    5. Jean Windham

      February 06, 2017 at 2:58 pm

      This is so cute Jane. I especially like the garland. Nice touch. Jean

      Reply
    6. Nancy

      February 06, 2017 at 12:17 pm

      I love it! How clever!

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    7. Dolly

      February 06, 2017 at 11:34 am

      Very pretty talented lady!

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    8. Kris @ Junk Chic Cottage

      February 06, 2017 at 11:12 am

      Very Sweet Jane. Gotta love Mod Podge!
      Happy Monday. Have a wonderful week.
      Hugs,
      Kris

      Reply
    9. Carol Roddy

      February 06, 2017 at 10:32 am

      BEAUTIFUL!!! I've been searching for something for an office wall, I think you've inspired me to create something!! Is the frame something you repurposed? Could you explain what you did to that as well?
      Thanks for sharing :0)

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    10. AnnMarie

      February 06, 2017 at 10:16 am

      I love it! How creative you are putting all the pieces together. I would leave that up year round!

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    11. Libby Wilkie

      February 06, 2017 at 9:54 am

      Very nice!!! Amazing what Mod Podge can do, isn't it? Love those roses and the colors!

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    12. Jan

      February 06, 2017 at 8:38 am

      Awesome - Beautiful Thanks!

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