How did I do that ... Coffee stain for your canvas

I am slowly building up my collection of mists but I didn't have the right colour to use on my Prima canvas so I decided to improvise! I often use strong black coffee to age lace or ribbon so I thought it might work well on the canvas, here is what I did...

You will need..
Some cups of black coffee made to different strengths, I ended up using 4 different strenghts to create my background.
An old clean cloth.
An old spray bottle, I have simply thoroughly cleaned out an empty bathroom cleaner spray.


Rachael




Transfer the weakest coffee into the spray bottle and apply your first layer of coffee, I used the cloth to take off the excess coffee and also softened off the edges.



Dry the canvas between each layer of coffee, you could use a heat gun but as I was working in the kitchen without my heat mat I went with the hair dryer, it worked really well and was very quick.



Keep adding layers of coffee in increasing strengths still using the spray bottle.



To add the smaller areas of more intense colour I used a paint brush to apply the coffee.



This was great fun to do and the finished canvas smells gorgeous!


Rachael