Pottery Barn Santa Christmas Glitter Canvas Knockoff
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Last year, I attended a Christmas party at a friend's house and became instantly mesmerized by a giant Santa Claus canvas hanging over her mantle. She is an art teacher and told me she copied it from Pottery Barn. I loved it, so I followed her lead and made my own Pottery Barn knock-off Santa glitter canvas.
A quick Google search will show you that there are quite a few versions of the knock-off Pottery Barn Santa floating around the internet. To make mine, I found a Santa image I liked and printed it to the size of my canvas. In this case, that was 24"x24".
After giving my canvas a good basecoat of white paint, I let it dry thoroughly and then transferred the image. I used carbon tracing paper and a pencil to trace the image on my printout, transferring the design to the canvas.
I taped the printout to the top edge of the canvas so that it wouldn't shift while I was tracing. This also allowed me to carefully lift it and check underneath while I was tracing, to be sure I got everything.
I'm told that the original Pottery Barn version was done in silver metallic, but I decided to make my red glitter, for a bolder look that matched my decor. To get good solid coverage on the glitter later, I started with a basecoat in a regular red acrylic paint. This step is VERY IMPORTANT. If you don't start with a red basecoat, the white canvas will show through the glitter and you won't get the rich, solid, glitter color you really want.
Once my paint dried, it was time for some glitter! I used Craft Twinkles, a glitter paint with nice large flakes.
You definitely want to apply the glitter in a really thick coat. Rather than brushing it on, I found it was easier for large areas to just squirt it directly onto the canvas, and then just use my paintbrush to push the gel-like glitter paint into place. It doesn't run, so don't worry about it oozing everywhere. For the smaller, detailed areas, I added a writer tip to the jar and squirted it onto the canvas in thin lines.
This paint will level itself out as it dries, and leave you with a gorgeous, flat coat of glitter. I ended up using three full bottles of red Craft Twinkles on a 24"x24" canvas.
I am thrilled with the result! If you want to do this large-scale and on canvas, just wait for a sale at either Michaels or Hobby Lobby. The paint and glitter didn't cost much, making this a very inexpensive, yet impactful, addition to my Christmas decor.
Want some more Christmas DIY inspiration? Please keep following along to see our other blogger friends' projects!
- Christin's DIY Christmas Wood Signs
- Jenna’s Christmas Tree Wood and Yarn
- Lindsey’s Christmas Countdown
- Amy's Dried Fruit Wreath
- Morgan’s Magnolia Wreath
9 comments so far:
This is so cute. I bet the idea would even work for the Nativity as well. Thank you for the idea and getting my creativity thoughts rolling!!!
Would you mind sharing the PB Santa pattern or sharing the link where you got it? I have been wanting one for years but could not afford it.
Thank you so much,
Teresa
Teresa, just do a Google image search for "Pottery Barn Santa canvas" and you'll find plenty of images you can use!
I Love this but I can't figure out how to print a template to trace.. I opened the image in MS office but can only print the image the size of legal paper no matter how much I increase the size. Would you have any suggestions?
Irish, try looking at the printer options when you print. Some printers will allow you to print in "poster" style, which will break up the image into several pages, which you can then tape together to create a giant template.
Question, I am new to do projects like this. I am not understanding how exactly you transfer the image onto the canvas?
Nina, you'll need to find an image you like, then print it at a large enough size to cover your canvas. Most printers have a setting that will let you print "poster" style, which means the image will be so large that it takes several pages to print. Then just tape those pages together and trace the design (put transfer paper between the pattern and canvas).
I love this! And so simple!
Christin, thank you!