Scrap Escape: Skull Shaker Canvas Mixed Media

Create Your Own Spooky Home Decor for Halloween

Today I am showcasing how cool shakers can be when added to a canvas. It's simple to make your own home decor mixed media piece.

While this looks complex and difficult, I think the hardest part was letting the pieces dry.

Scroll down and I'll tell you how easy this was to make using Creative Embellishments shakers and chipboard designs, and Buttons Galore shaker mix.

Here are the chipboard pieces I used for this 8x8 canvas board.

Creative Embellishments - Skull Shaker

Creative Embellishments - Gears 1 in - Set of 12

Creative Embellishments - Steampunk Skulls

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Creative Embellishments - Skull Shaker

Creative Embellishments - Gears 1 in - Set of 12

Creative Embellishments - Steampunk Skulls

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The Chipboard Treatment

The chipboard pieces, including all the layers of the shaker, were painted with vanilla colored acrylic paint using a dry natural sea sponge. I like using a dry sea sponge to dab paint onto the chipboard for a sort of dappled , uneven effect. I didn't want complete coverage from a paintbrush.

After the vanilla acrylic paint dried, I added a little silver paint to the gears and the steampunk skull. Nothing fancy - just touches here and there.

Let's Talk Shaker Mix

The shaker mix selected is from Buttons Galore/28 Lilac Lane, called Marshmallow Sequin Mix. This particular mix was chosen because it was the most impressive in person for the skull. Unfortunately it's not too prevalent in the images, because of the tone on tone (white on white).

Finishing The Canvas Board

The canvas board used is a simple 8inx8in white canvas board. Nothing fancy was done - just spray mist and then heat dry with my heat gun.

Once the canvas was thoroughly dry, I attached the shaker and the additional chipboard gears and Steampunk Skulls and placed the canvas into a picture frame with the glass removed.

The last finishing touches were to glue some black cheese cloth to the picture frame and accent the canvas with various sequins from

Buttons Galore - Haunted House Sequin Tin. This mix is a blend of black, purple and silver sequins - which added a subtle but intriguing pop of color to the finished canvas.