Wall Candy

When dreaming of owning a home I knew that I wanted to create my own artwork to hang on the walls. Pieces that would represent who we are as a family and who I am as an artist. Well, I have been in my home now for a little over six months and have been able to create one work for the wall. It is more of an arts and crafts project, so I thought I would share how to create it.

What you will need:

Four art canvases (any size you want, but they should all be the same size)








Mod Podge (any finish you like, such as matte) & A brush










Scrapbook paper (all sharing common colors, patterns, subject matter, and/or theme)






And some black paint, as well as some yellow-brown paint (optional)

To begin you will want to paint the outside edges, as well as a small amount on the front, with your black paint. This will help your final piece look clean and gallery-like.



Once you have done this to all four canvases and allowed them to dry lay them out on a table or floor so that they form a square. This is for the purpose of helping you to lay out the paper to your liking. Then take your paper and cut it into different shaped rectangles. You may want to cut one and lay it on your canvas where you think you want it, and then continue cutting piece by piece so that you get varying shapes and are able to cut sizes as you may need them.


















One look that helps tie your four canvases together is by taking a picture-like paper and cutting it half, and then putting one half on one canvas and the other just opposite of it on the canvas beside it. You could also cut it into fourths and put each piece on the inside corner of each canvas.


When you have your canvases covered and in a look you like you can begin pasting them. Then, piece by piece, paint the mod podge onto the backside of the paper and press onto your canvas starting at one corner and rubbing to the other side to make sure you don't get any air bubbles. Make sure you alternate how your papers overlap so that they don't all overlap in the same direction.


Once all of your paper pieces have been pasted onto your canvas, and are dry, you will then paint over the top of everything with the mod podge. If you want an antiqued looking finish add some yellow-brown paint to your mod podge and shake it up before this step.

When your project has dried completely it is ready to be hung! Leave about an inch or two between the canvases for the best look.