This patriotic sunflower project is such a fun way to combine summer florals with red, white, and blue style. Instead of painting a traditional sunflower, we’re turning the petals into an American flag-inspired design, then finishing the center with sparkling blue glass and resin. It’s perfect for summer decor, Memorial Day, the 4th of July, Veterans Day, or any patriotic art display.

Step 1: Paint the Background

Start by painting the canvas with Oyster White. This gives the background a soft off-white tone instead of stark white, which makes it easier to see the white petals later. Cover the full canvas with a thin coat, then dry it with a heat gun. Let the surface cool before tracing or painting on top of it.

Step 2: Trace or Sketch the Sunflower

Use the center of a sunflower tracer to place the middle of the flower. Then sketch larger sunflower petals around the center. The goal is to create petals large enough to hold the flag-inspired design, so don’t make them too tiny or d...

This strawberry daiquiri snow cone project is such a fun summer mixed media piece. Using an 8x10 canvas, acrylic paint, glass, and resin, you’ll create a colorful snow cone with a juicy orange slice and a dimensional glass topping that looks sparkly, icy, and delicious!

Step 1: Trace the Snow Cone Design

Start by placing your snow cone tracer on the 8x10 canvas. Slide transfer paper underneath the tracer and carefully trace the cone shape and the icy snow cone top. You do not need to trace the orange slice at this point because that will be positioned and painted later. Before moving on, lift one edge of the paper and check that your design transferred clearly.

Step 2: Paint the Background

Use white acrylic paint and Indian Turquoise to create a soft, blended background. Begin by painting one side of the canvas white around the snow cone shape. While the white paint is still wet, dip into a small amount of Indian Turquoise and blend it around the outside edge of the snow cone.

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This patriotic heart project is a meaningful mixed-media piece that combines acrylic paint, glass, and resin on a simple white canvas board. The heart is painted loosely like an American flag, then finished with a raised glass cross in the center and crushed blue glass for sparkle and texture.

Step 1: Prepare and Trace the Canvas

Start with a hard canvas board that has already been painted white. Once the white paint is dry, place your heart tracer on the canvas and transfer the design using graphite paper. This gives you a guide for painting the flag-style heart and helps keep the overall shape balanced.

You do not need to worry about the heart being perfect. This project is meant to look loose, handmade, and expressive.

Step 2: Paint the Blue Section

Begin by painting the blue section of the flag heart. Use your blue acrylic paint and fill in the upper right portion of the heart. Cover your tracer lines as you paint so they do not show through later.

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This bright sunflower project is full of color, texture, and sparkle. We’re painting a loose, whimsical sunflower on a Mermaid Blue background, then adding crushed glass, seed beads, acrylic bubbles, and resin for a dimensional mixed media finish.

This glass cactus art project is such a fun way to create desert-inspired wall decor using canvas, crushed glass, and resin. Instead of painting the cactus underneath, this piece is built almost entirely with glass, which gives it beautiful texture, sparkle, and dimension. It’s a great project for anyone who loves cactus decor, succulent-inspired art, or mixed media glass and resin projects!

Step 1: Prep the Canvas Background

Start with a 9x12 thick canvas. Paint the entire canvas with a layer of white acrylic paint, then add a small amount of soft gray paint along the bottom edge. This creates just enough shading for the cactus to visually “sit” on something instead of floating on a blank white background. Keep the gray subtle and blended so it doesn’t compete with the glass cactus.

Step 2: Sketch the Cactus Shape

Lightly sketch your cactus onto the canvas using a watercolor pencil. Keep the lines very soft because this project does not have painted cactus color underneath the g...

These sweet little bee canvases are simple, cheerful, and such a fun way to create a small handmade decor set. Each piece starts with a 4x4 canvas, a soft yellow-and-white background, hand-lettered words, a little bee trail, and a glass bee embellishment sealed with resin. They’re perfect for spring decor, tiered trays, shelf styling, gifts, or just a happy little reminder to be kind, be humble, and be happy!

Step 1: Paint the Mini Canvas Backgrounds

Start by adding a simple background to all three canvases. Paint each 4x4 canvas with white acrylic paint first, then add a little Golden Glow while the white is still wet. Blend the yellow loosely into the white so the background looks soft and sunny instead of solid yellow. You don’t need anything fancy here. A messy, abstract background works beautifully because the lettering and bee will be the main focus.

Use a heat gun or blow dryer to dry the canvases before adding your words. This helps keep your graphite lines clean and preve...

This sweet floral canvas is such a pretty handmade gift idea for Mother’s Day, birthdays, or just because. We’re taking a painted floral vase design and adding curved vase glass to the flowers so they become dimensional, shiny, and full of texture. We'll finish it off with resin to make it all pop!

Step 1: Choose Your Glass First

Before adding anything to the canvas, choose the glass colors you want for your flowers. In this project, the paint colors were chosen to match the glass, not the other way around. That makes the finished piece look more cohesive because the glass and painted flowers work together. The flowers used orange, purple, and pink curved vase glass, which gives the petals a really pretty raised look.

Step 2: Prep Your Glass Pieces

Use curved pieces from broken vases or candle votives for the flower petals. Since vase glass is not flat, it stands up beautifully on its edge and creates a dimensional flower effect. If any pieces have sharp points, smooth them with ...

If you love mixed media fish art, beach decor, coastal wall art, and glass resin crafts, this colorful fish canvas is a fun and beginner-friendly project to try. This bright glass fish painting with resin combines acrylic paint, crushed glass, glass chips, and glossy resin to create a dimensional underwater art piece full of texture and sparkle! 

Step 1: Paint the Canvas Background

Begin by applying two coats of Bahama Blue acrylic paint to the entire canvas. Let each coat dry completely before adding the next. This aqua blue background creates the perfect ocean-inspired base for your fish art and gives the finished project a bright coastal feel.

To give your background movement and personality, splatter paint across the canvas using Golden Yellow, Sour Apple, and White acrylic paint. Thin each color with a little water until it becomes loose and fluid. Use a large brush or toothbrush to flick tiny droplets over the surface. Dry between each color layer.

Step 2: Trace the Fish ...

If you want a small art piece that feels dramatic, moody, and a little magical, this eclipse project is such a fun one to make. It starts with a dark, stormy sky on an 8x8 canvas, adds a bold black eclipse with a gold leaf glow, and finishes with resin and a few tiny embellishments that make the whole thing feel special. 

Step 1: Paint the Background Dark Gray

Start by painting the edges of your canvas with Gray Storm so you do not end up with white sides on a dark piece. Then paint the entire front of the canvas in Gray Storm as your base coat. This first coat may look a little translucent over the white canvas, and that is okay. It is just giving you a foundation for the dark sky.

Dry it with a heat gun or blow dryer, then add a second coat of Gray Storm. On that second round, bring in a little Lamp Black around the outer edges and corners and blend it inward in soft circular motions, keeping the center area a little lighter and grayer so the eclipse will stand out. The goal is ...

Did you know April is Autism Awareness Month? This sweet little project was made as a special gift for a friend with a non-verbal autistic son. It starts with a simple puzzle piece design, adds a bright red heart, layers on cobalt blue glass, and finishes with resin for shine and depth. If you want to create a meaningful or awareness-themed mixed media piece, this is a beautiful one to make!

Step 1: Transfer the Puzzle Piece Template

Start by placing your graphite paper under the tracer and taping the template down so it does not shift while you trace. Use a stylus to go over the outer edge of the puzzle piece and the heart in the center. 

Step 2: Paint the Heart Red

Using a small flat brush, paint the heart with Americana Primary Red. Since the heart will be covered with red glass later, you do not have to stress over making it perfectly opaque. A slightly blotchy coat is fine here because the glass and resin will do a lot of the work in the finished piece. Still, make sure the ...