Cut-Out Canvas Art

       1. [If you want your canvas to be any color but white, paint it now so that it can dry while you create the design template]. Create a diamond template. Mine was 3” across and 4” tall.

2. Trace the diamond onto the BACK of a stretch canvas. Try to be as precise as possible when lining up each diamond so that the spacing is the same between each one.

3. Draw in the cut out pieces onto your template. It will make it easier to distinguish between each line if you use a different colored pen for this step.

4. Cut out the diamond in the center and the 2 corner pieces.

5. [If you’ve painted your canvas, make sure it is dry before continuing.] In each diamond on the canvas, trace the center diamond and the corner pieces with the pen you didn’t use for the original diamond (I did not do this and it made it more difficult to keep track of where to cut.)

6. Repeat for all the diamonds.

7. On the back of the canvas, use your exacto knife and cut out the corner pieces and the center diamond in each larger diamond. This step is probably the most time consuming, but totally worth it!

Flip it over when you’re finished cutting!