Button Canvas Art: the Easiest You’ll Ever Make!

If you are looking for an original project for your wall that’s easy to make, this aqua button canvas art will do the trick. The special touch is the glitter heart.

Skills Required: Beginner. You’ll be painting a border on canvas, Mod Podging to seal, then adding your buttons. It’s a relatively easy project.

Most of you know I love buttons. So to celebrate “My Aqua Valentine,” I decided to do another button canvas – in none other than . . . turquoise.

Wouldn’t this button canvas art make some fun wall art or a mantel display? As you can see down in the lower left, there is a blingy little heart:

If you are traditional Valentine’s Day person, you can do this in pink or red, but of course I encourage a shade of blue since that is the theme. Here’s how to make this canvas idea.

Button Canvas Wall Art

Gather These Supplies

• 10″ x 10″ blank canvas
• FolkArt acrylic paint – Titanium White, Turquoise
• FolkArt Extreme Glitter – Aqua
• Mod Podge Matte
• Buttons – lots of them in the colors of your choice
• Wood heart piece
• Craft glue
• Stencil tape
• Paintbrush and/or foam spouncer
• Ruler
• Pencil
• Craft knife

Paint the canvas white. A canvas typically comes un-prepped, so you are preparing the surface by painting it. Let it dry.

I wanted a border around the edge of my canvas, so I used a ruler, pencil, and stencil tape to make one. The border was 1/4″ inside the rim of the canvas, and it was 1/4″ wide.

Use a pencil to mark where the tape should go, then tape just on the outside of the pencil marks. That way, when you paint, you cover the pencil marks.

I overlapped the tape at each intersection.

Then I used my craft knife to trim away the excess stencil tape. Be sure not to cut through the canvas.

Use a spouncer or paint brush to paint your border. Give several coats and peel up the stencil tape while still wet. Then let the paint dry.

Seal the canvas with a coat of Mod Podge. Let dry.

Use buttons to lay out your wreath pattern. This takes some time, but it’s fun.

Glue each button down separately. If you have shaky fingers like I do, then tweezers help you pick out the tiny buttons and then put them back in (with a dab of glue).

Paint your wooden heart with a coat of Turquoise. Let it dry and then paint three coats of Extreme Glitter over the top. Glue your heart to a spot on the wreath.

Let everything dry before displaying your button canvas art. I’m loving all the aqua and turquoise in my life right now.

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Button Canvas Art

Learn how to make this button canvas art the easy way! Add a simple painted border and then make a circle of buttons. Such cute wall art.

Prep Time20 minutes mins

Active Time1 hour hr

Total Time1 hour hr 20 minutes mins

Yield: 1 canvas

Cost: $5

Equipment

• Paintbrush or spouncers
• Ruler
• Pencil
• Craft knife

Materials

• 1 Canvas(es) 10" x 10" square
• Acrylic paint white and turquoise
• FolkArt Extreme Glitter Aqua, optional
• Mod Podge Matte
• Buttons
• Wood heart piece optional
• Craft glue
• Stencil tape

Instructions

• Paint or prime canvas white – or with the color of your choice. Let dry.
• Use a ruler, pencil, and stencil tape to make one. The border was 1/4" inside the rim of the canvas, and it was 1/4" wide.
• Use a pencil to mark where the tape should go, then tape just on the outside of the pencil marks. When you paint they will be covered.
• Use the craft knife to trim the stencil tape for the border, being sure not to puncture the canvas.
• Use a spouncer or paint brush to paint your border. Give several coats and peel up the stencil tape while still wet. Then let the paint dry.
• Seal the canvas with a coat of Mod Podge. Let dry.
• Use buttons to lay out a circular wreath pattern, then glue down with craft glue and let dry.
• If desired, paint a wooden heart with paint and let dry. Add Extreme Glitter to the heart and let dry, then glue to the canvas.

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