Instructions

1. Watch the video. Follow along with the video for a step by step walkthrough for making your own ornaments.
2. Make the Canvas Backers. Trace the back of each canvas onto your cardstock or manila folder using a thin Sharpie. Cut just inside the traced line—you want these to fit perfectly on the back of the canvas, without overhanging.
3. Paint the canvases Flip each canvas over. Paint the canvas backs all the way to the wooden edge using your metallic paint. Then flip the canvases back to the front and paint the surface and all four sides.
4. Paint the backers. To keep the ornament looking finished from all angles, paint the cardstock squares you cut earlier using the same colors you used on the canvas fronts.
5. Prep the printable image. Using your free printable images (you can download mine here), center each painted square over a design you like. Trace around it with your Sharpie, then cut the image slightly smaller than the square—it should fit neatly inside the wooden frame without poking out. Use a glue stick to adhere each image to a painted cardstock square.
6. Create the busted canvas look. Carefully use a pen blade or razor to make 6 slits in the center of the back-painted canvas. You’re essentially creating a star shape with 3 long lines or 6 shorter ones radiating out from the center.
7. Assemble the ornaments. Flip each canvas over and add two dabs of hot glue at the top. Press in a loop of twine to make a hanger. Apply a line of hot glue around the wooden back frame. Quickly press the printed cardstock square (image side down) onto the glue so the image shows through the slit opening.
8. Make the busted front. Flip the canvas to the front and gently fold back each triangle flap. Use a pen or small paintbrush handle to help roll the corners back into a nice curve. Secure each flap with a dot of hot glue.