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Glass Chip Cross ✝️

cross easter Mar 31, 2026

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...

Gnome Bunnies 🐰

easter gnome Mar 18, 2026

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...

Button Bunny 🐇

bunny easter Mar 04, 2026

Today we’re making the CUTEST little bunny (aka Babs) on an 8x10 canvas with a playful pink-and-blue background, button flowers, curly vitrigraph stems, and glass and resin sparkle. This is one of those projects that’s whimsical on purpose, and no perfection is required.

Step 1: Trace the Bunny

Start by placing your bunny tracer on the blank canvas and shifting it until the spacing feels balanced, leaving room for two button flowers on one side and one on the other. Tape the tracer down so it can’t wiggle while you trace. Slide your graphite paper underneath and trace the bunny’s head, body, and both ear shapes, including the inner ear sections, but skip tracing the tail because you’ll be creating that with glass later.

Step 2: Paint the Loose, Blended Background (Blue to Pink)

Start by putting white down first on one side of the canvas, working loosely around the bunny outline. Blend Mermaid Blue into that white near the edge, then fade it inward by picking up more whi

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Bunny with Egg 🐰

bunny easter Feb 25, 2026

This adorable little bunny is dressed up for Easter with a colorful polka-dot egg, dimensional bubbles, and a sparkly glass tail. He’s painted on a thick 5x7 canvas, which makes him the perfect little shelf sitter. This project is playful, beginner-friendly, and a wonderful way to experiment with paint, pen work, glass, and resin all in one piece. Let’s walk through it together.

Step 1: Paint the Background

Begin by covering your entire canvas with white acrylic paint using a 1" flat brush. Once the surface is coated, lightly dip just the tips of your brush into Mermaid Blue and loosely blend it across the canvas using soft X-strokes. Dry the canvas completely before moving on to the next step.

Step 2: Transfer the Bunny Design

Once the background is dry and cool to the touch, place your transfer paper underneath the bunny tracer and trace the design onto the canvas. You can skip tracing the whiskers and tail since those can easily be freehanded later. Be sure your canvas is fu...

Plaster Cross ✝️

antique cross easter Feb 18, 2026

Today we’re creating a beautiful textured cross shelf-sitter featuring layered acrylic paint, metallic gold accents, modeling paste (or Venetian plaster), antiquing glaze, and a glossy resin finish. This project is simple, affordable, and completely customizable. No two crosses will ever look the same, and that variation is what makes them so special!

Step 1: Prep & Stain Your Wood

Start with your wood block and apply a dark walnut gel stain if you want a rich base tone. Work in small sections by brushing the stain on with a chip brush and wiping it off immediately with an old t-shirt or cloth. This keeps the finish even and prevents blotching. Once fully dry, cut your board into blocks if needed. The stained wood peeking through later layers adds warmth and character to the finished piece.

Step 2: Add Your Base Color (Palette Knife Technique)

Using a palette knife, apply your main color directly onto the wood surface. For this example, I’m using Ash gray, but the same process ap...

Bunny Cross 🐇

bunny cross easter spring Apr 16, 2025

This mixed-media Bunny Cross canvas brings together painting, glass, and resin to create a beautiful spring scene filled with charm and sparkle! Follow along as we transform an 8x10 canvas into an Easter art piece featuring a fluffy bunny, hand-painted eggs, and a shimmering purple glass cross nestled in a bed of grass and florals.

Start with a layer of white paint across your entire canvas. Blend in soft colors: Buttercream Yellow in a circular “halo” at the center, Wisteria Purple on each side, and Hauser Light Green at the bottom for grass. Keep it light and dreamy! Use a heat tool to dry the background thoroughly.

Grab your tracer, tape it to your canvas, place graphite paper underneath, and trace the bunny with a stylus. Trace it slightly off-center so you have room for the cross. Paint the bunny white, then add gentle gray shading along the edges and in the ears to give depth. Layer two coats if needed for full coverage. Dry...

Bunny Eyes 🐰

bunny easter spring Apr 02, 2025

If you’ve been itching to create something playful and springy, the Bunny Eyes project might be just what your creative heart needs! This 8x10 canvas artwork combines simple painting, seed beads, and the cutest sticker glasses – all finished off with resin.

Grab your tracer, tape it to your canvas, place graphite paper underneath, and trace your bunny with a stylus. Leave off the eyes and mouth for now.

Load up your plate with white and just a touch of gray paint (I used Slate Gray, but you can mix white and black too). Start painting your bunny! White can be tricky on white canvas, so the gray helps define shapes like the ears and face. Use an angled brush and blend in tiny hints of gray for shading and movement.

Next, use shades like Poodleskirt Pink, Dragonfruit Pink, and white to paint the inside of the ears and nose. Blend lighter toward the center and darker on the outer edges for a little dimension. Paint the nose with Poodleskirt Pink, adding white to the top and Dragonfr...

Buttons Carrot 🥕

easter spring Mar 13, 2024

In this tutorial, we'll be creating a charming 4x12 spring-themed carrot art piece adorned with adorable orange buttons. I found a fantastic variety pack of buttons on Amazon, offering an array of sizes, shades, and designs, perfect for adding character to our creation. Join me as we paint our carrot canvas, embellish it with buttons and green vitrigraph, and seal it with a coat of resin. This project is beginner-friendly, making it an ideal choice for those just starting their journey into glass and resin art!

Start by painting your canvas with black acrylic paint. Grab your tracer, tape it to your canvas, place white graphite paper underneath, and trace your carrot onto your canvas with a stylus.

Paint your carrot with Spiced Pumpkin orange paint. Dry with a heat tool and paint a second coat. I'll also use a liner brush to paint the top leafy part with Hauser Medium Green. Start at the top of your carrot and just switch up with your brush. Dry with a heat tool.

Add a thin lay...

Easter Bunny 🐰

bunny easter Apr 05, 2023

I'm using a 4x12 canvas to create an adorable Easter Bunny! I'm painting this one with a black background and long ears filled with pink seed beads. This one is simple, cute, and easy for your Easter and spring decor. Plus, you only need a handful of supplies to make this original art piece!

Grab your tracer, tape it to the canvas, place graphite paper underneath, and transfer your bunny with a stylus onto the canvas.

Next, paint the edges and background of your canvas with black paint. Let dry or dry with a heat gun.

I'll paint my bunny with Anita's White and I'll use Bleached Sand for some shading and highlighting. I'll also use Poodleskirt Pink to lightly paint the ears, nose, and cheeks. I'll also paint her eyes with some black paint, and a tiny dot of white paint.

Grab your graphic pen and we'll add some cute details, like eyelashes and whiskers. I'll also add some outlining around her face and ears. I have a DecoColor Metallic Gold marker too that I'll use to outline ...

Dogwood Cross ✝️

cross easter Mar 29, 2023

I'm creating a beautiful Dogwood Cross on an 8x10 canvas with a pearl paint background. I'll be making my cross out of purple glass strips and then I'll be adding a Dogwood flower in the center with pieces from a glass vase. We'll finish it off with some seed beads, Starfire glass, bubbles, and resin!

First, I am going to paint my background with Metallic White paint. I am adding two coats of this, and drying it with a heat gun each time.

Then, I'm going to take my purple glass strips and form my cross. I'm going to lay them flat and stack them, gluing them to my canvas with tacky glue. I'll add some Starfire glass around my cross. Finally, I'm adding green seed beads to the center.

Next, we will add resin. We're going to elevate our canvas using blocks. Mix 1 ounce of resin and stir gently for three minutes. Then, drizzle over your glass. Pour the remainder of the resin onto your canvas and spread it using your gloved fingers or brush.

Then, I'm taking the Dogwood flower peta...

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