Top a Christmas tree with a steampunk crow for a modern take on the holiday season.

SUPPLIES

• water container
• palette or plastic plate
• paper towels
• scissors
• 3/4" flat brush
• #8 round brush
• cosmetic sponge
• canvas
• assorted scrapbook paper
• scrapbook paper
• image

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Use a 3/4" flat brush to paint the entire canvas in Pyrrole Red.

2. From the red scrapbook papers, cut out 2" x 2" squares with scissors. (The squares do not have to be perfect.) Use a 3/4" flat brush to adhere the squares to the canvas (seven across and nine down) with Matte Medium.

3. Use the pattern to cut out four triangle shapes out of white-patterned scrapbook paper. Paint the triangles Green Gold and let dry. When dry, put the triangles together into a tree shape using Matte Medium on a 3/4" flat brush.

4. Use a 3/4" flat brush to adhere the Christmas tree to the canvas with Matte Medium.

5. Use scissors to cut out the elements (clocks, roses, etc.) from the Recollections Steampunk Botanica paper pad and adhere to the Christmas tree using a 3/4" flat brush with Matte Medium. Use a #8 round brush to outline the tree in Carbon Black.

6. Use scissors to cut out the crow image and adhere it to the top of the Christmas tree with Matte Medium. Using a #8 round brush, outline the crow in Carbon Black.

7. Randomly stencil clocks from the Americana Timeless Treasures Stencil onto the canvas using a cosmetic sponge in Carbon Black.

8. From the Americana Metallic Type Decou-Page Papers, cut out "Merry Christmas" and adhere using a 3/4" flat brush and Matte Medium. Mix about 10% Carbon Black with 90% Texture Sand Paste on the palette or plastic plate. Use a #8 round brush to loosely paint around the clocks and "Merry Christmas". Use a #8 round brush and paint over the Carbon Black/Texture Sand Paste areas in Quinacridone Gold and blend for a rusted look.

9. Use a 3/4" flat brush to loosely frame the perimeter of the canvas in Quinacridone Violet.

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