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 ...

If you have some scrap wood lying around, this is the perfect rustic art piece to create for the Easter season! Today we’re turning a simple, scrappy fence post into a beautiful glass cross wall art piece using paint, glass chips, and resin. It’s rustic, colorful, meaningful, and honestly… way easier than it looks. This is a perfect beginner-friendly mixed media project, and it’s a great way to use up glass scraps or try something new with resin art.

Step 1: Prep Your Wood Surface

Start by sanding your wood to smooth out any rough edges or splinters. Since wood is porous, sealing it first is an important step you don’t want to skip. Apply two coats of a clear sealer, allowing each coat to dry completely before moving on.

This step helps prevent your paint and resin from soaking unevenly into the wood, giving you a more polished and durable final piece.

Step 2: Create a Rustic Whitewashed Background

Once your board is prepped, it’s time to add that soft, weathered background. Usi...

If you love hydrangeas and textured mixed media art, this project is such a fun one to create. This piece combines a softly textured background, a painted metal flower bucket, layered leaves, and chunky glass hydrangea blooms. For this project, I worked on an 11x14 canvas and built the piece in layers. The result is a hydrangea arrangement that feels full, bright, and beautifully dimensional!

Step 1: Paint the Background

Start with your 11x14 canvas and brush on a thin coat of white acrylic paint. This is not meant to be a fully finished base coat. It simply softens the brightness of the raw canvas and helps mute the gray background color that comes next. While that white is still slightly wet, brush in a soft light gray over the canvas. Blend it out so you end up with a subtle gray-and-white base rather than a flat, solid coat of gray. Once the canvas is covered, dry it completely with a heat gun or blow dryer. 

Use painter’s tape to mask off the bottom section of the canvas w...

If you’re in the mood for something whimsical, springy, and just plain adorable, this Easter bunny gnome project is such a fun one to make. In this tutorial, you’ll paint a sweet little gnome with bunny ears, a fluffy beard, and either a beaded cross or a dotted Easter egg, then finish it off with resin for that glossy, polished look. 

One of the best things about this project is how easy it is to customize. You can switch up the hat color, choose whether your gnome holds a cross or an Easter egg, and decide how much sparkle you want to add with beads and embellishments. The basic process stays the same, so once you make one, you may just want to make a whole lineup of bunny gnomes!

Step 1: Trace the Bunny Gnome Design

Start by tracing your bunny gnome onto the canvas. Make sure the outline is light but still visible enough for painting. If you are using a tracer and graphite paper, transfer the design before you begin painting so all of your features are placed correctly.

The...

If you’re in the mood to create something soft, pretty, and full of movement, this hummingbird project is such a fun one to make! This project is a great example of how painted details and glass can work together beautifully. You do not need to overpaint every single detail, because the glass does a lot of the visual work in the finished piece. That makes this a really approachable mixed media project, even if birds feel a little intimidating at first!

Step 1: Paint the Background and Sketch

Paint your background with a light green in the bottom portion of the canvas and some blue and white on the top portion of the canvas to create a grass and sky compositon. Let dry.

Begin by lightly sketching your hummingbird onto the canvas with watercolor pencils. You could also use a tracer. The sketch does not need to be overly detailed, but it should give you the general shape of the head, body, wings, tail, and beak placement. Add a simple flower near the bottom of the canvas as well. Thi...