Decoupage on Canvas Sneakers.

At last!!

My studio is again neat and ready for a new project.

After Hobby-Ex my studio looked like an explosion in a haberdashery store. 

Today is our Blog-aversary! We are one year old!
So this is a gift for you, something many of you have been waiting for.

The Tekkie
(Canvas Shoe, Sneaker) Tutorial

 

You will need:

a pair of white cotton canvas shoes

hot strong coffee

diluted paint
water spray bottle

craft paint

paint brush golden long synthetic hair 

plastic dropper

serviette (paper napkin) picture
scissors
gel medium

foam stamps

rubber stamps

archival ink

diamante

glue for diamante

fabric liner 

Ribbon

1. Drop hot coffee in certain spots on the tekkie.
2. Let it dry. (hairdryer)
3. Spray the places you want to cover with craft paint with a bit of water mist.
4. Drop some diluted paint on an area and let it flow, spray more water if needed.
5. Let it dry.
6. Cut the pictures from the serviette. 
7. Remove the 2 or 3 back layers.
8. Do your layout on the tekkie.
9. With enough gel on the brush, start from the inside of the picture and work to the outside.
10. Go over the same area a few times until the gel has gone through the paper and onto the canvas.
11. If you see baubles, there is air underneath the paper. Spray a little water and rework the area.
12. Let it dry.
13. You are now ready for foam stamping with acrylic paint.
14. When that is dry, you can do some rubber stamping.
15. Finish the project off with some rabric liners and some diamante.
16. Replace the laces with ribbon that matches your colour sceme.
17. Spray with Scotchgaurd or paint with Dala Waterproofing Medium.
18. Clean with a damp sponge.

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Also for the anniversary, we deceided to give away an apron to alter.

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All you have to do is to leave a comment on the blog

about what you think you will do with your apron to Zush it up.

We will use the random number selector to choose the winning number.