I’m excited about today’s Washi Tape Craft because it’s not only a fun and easy wall decor project, but I have teamed up with Michaels to let you know about their Craft it Forward project!
In honor of Random Acts of Kindness, Michaels is randomly giving away $100,000 worth of gift cards in their stores on February 17, 2013!
They hope to inspire others to “craft it forward”. I had a blast making my washi tape wall art and giving them away.
We hope you will join in and pass along some kindness! Plus, head to Michaels on February 17th, you might get a gift card! How fun is that?
Be sure to scroll down or click here for a Random Act of Kindness $50 Giveaway!
How to Make Washi Tape Wall Art
This is such an easy and pretty craft! I am always in need of something to fill a space on a wall in my home. Knowing this was a craft I was to giveaway, I chose wall art. After deciding on a few friends who I knew would like to be surprised with some DIY art, I headed to Michaels to let my creativity flow! I wanted to do something with canvas and really happy with the way it turned out!
What you will need:
- Canvas (These were on sale at Michaels when I was shopping. Score!)
- Acrylic Paint – I chose Martha Stewart’s Metallic Paint in shades of gold and silver.
- Wooden Letters
- Washi Tape – I used several patterns from Michaels and a few from Pebbles
- Paint Brush
- Hot Glue
- Mod Podge
Before I started crafting, I painting swatches on a test canvas to make sure the paint looked good with my tape patterns.
After painting your canvas, let it dry and move onto the wooden letters. I didn’t paint the letters, but just started adding tape. It was really easy. The hardest part was deciding what patterns to use!
Mod Podge will seal the tape and make sure it doesn’t peel off. I used Super Gloss Mod Podge because I liked the shine it gave the tape.
After the canvas is dry, hot glue the wooden letters to the canvas. You can frame the canvas or add tape around the sides. Then you’re all done!
I hot glued a cute party favor bag to the back of the canvas along with a note and gift card to Micheals, then delivered these to my friends encouraging them to Craft it Forward!
My friends loved their new art! It was a fun day of crafty kindness:-)
I hope this encouraged you to practice kindness and pass it on! Michaels would love for you to share your stories online. Find more craft ideas here and here.
Random Act of Kindness Giveaway
I want to give one lucky reader a $50 Michaels Gift card to make a “Craft it Forward” project too! Along with the $50 gift card, the winner will also get two $5 gift cards to pass along with their crafts.
THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED. Congrats to Crystal for winning.
How to enter:
Leave a comment below letting me know what craft you would make for a Random Act of Kindness.
For an extra entries:
(You must leave an additional comment for each of the following you did below.)
- Follow Amy on Pinterest & pin this–>
(Leave a comment with your Pinterest profile URL. Entries will be double checked)
- Tweet about this giveaway:
Tweet #RAOKDIY
- I will pin each of the wall art photos below to THIS PINTEREST BOARD. Visit that board and leave a comment on your favorite design! (You don’t have to add a comment to this post as long as you comment on Pinterest. Repin if you like it too.)
Giveaway ends on Thursday February, 21, 2013 at midnight CST. Winner will be emailed and announced here and on the Living Locurto Facebook Page. Must be a US Citizen and 18 years or older.
About Amy Locurto
I would like to make the Washi Tape Wall Art for the Random Act of Kindness with hearts on it.
What a great Idea! I love printables, so that would be my random craft of kindness.
I LOVE making cards so I would make a small set of cards and include different sentiments such as Happy Birthday, Thinking of You, etc that they can easily attach. This way the person I give them to can personalize the card
I would love to make this project !! What a great idea ! I have several girlfriends that would love to see their initals made into art. Great idea !! Thank you for a chance to win..
I would make a small picture for the wall for my mil who is moving into assisted living.
I would craft some sort of decor items for my kid’s school’s prom this year. The leadership team and asb works really hard to come up with awesome prom ideas on a tiny budget & this would be a nice way to reward them for all of their hard work!
Love the S! Can’t wait to try this!
Following on Pinterest http://pinterest.com/vikkilp/
tweeted
https://twitter.com/BitingMyHand/status/303562569153662976
following on Pinterest
http://pinterest.com/ludicrousmama/
I would make a small quilt for our preschool teacher, since she does a “quilt” unit each year and has to just show photos
I like to print photos of my friend’s children and add magnet paper to them so they can instantly enjoy the picture on their file cabinet, refrigerator, etc.
Here is my pin
http://pinterest.com/pin/1548181094174804/
I made the sweetest little jelly jar pin cushion…thank you Naomi for getting me started:)
Pinned it! http://pinterest.com/pin/98094098105995652/
I would make a collage of birds and scripture for someone at church. I led a women’s retreat for them last weekend and they showed me such love and appreciation.
Also I would make some “Craft it Forward ” cards to spread the word.
I tweeted, facebooked, and pinned. I really like that C for two reasons. One being those colors look so good together and the other it is the initial of my last name.
I tweeted – https://mobile.twitter.com/DeeFlora/status/302988974555791361
I would pin cushions.
I would make a letter each for my girls to hang in their rooms. This is such a wonderful idea and I love washi tape.
Oh I just LOVE the Washi Tape Wall Art. LOVE the “S” letter because our last name starts with “S.”