Live~Laugh~Love: Canvas Art

I had a package of small canvasses that have been sitting around for a while.  I wanted to do something fun with them.  So I grabbed some paint, some scrapbook paper, some vinyl, some ribbon, and went to town.

The first thing I did was to paint each canvas and then cut a piece of scrapbook paper just slightly smaller than the canvas.  I did a little layering with the papers and inked the edges a bit.  Then I glued them onto the canvas.

I cut the words: Live, Laugh, Love out of vinyl on my Cricut.  I used the Storybook cartridge.

I decided to attach each canvas together by tying a piece of ribbon through holes that I punched with my Crop-A-Dile.  I also added an eyelet to each hole after it was punched.

 This is the end result:

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Hope to see you back on Wednesday for my Wandering Wednesday Blog Hop and on Thursday for my Thrilling Thursday Linky Party where you can link up YOUR creations :)

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Running Subway Art

I have been seeing Subway Art EVERYWHERE!!! It seems that it is the "in" thing right now and I really like  LOVE it!!!  I have always thought it was pretty cool stuff, so to see so much of it out in blogland is awesome!

My son's room had a spot that needed a little something, so I thought, why not make my own piece of Subway Art that reflected something that he was passionate about?  He is a runner.  He runs track.  He runs cross country.  And, if I do say so myself, he is pretty dang good at it!  :)  Anyway, he has running quotes that he likes and so I used those for my inspiration for my art piece.

I took a regular artist canvas and cut out vinyl lettering on my Cricut.  I used a variety of different cartridges for this project.  I designed the look I wanted using my Cricut Design Studio.  I LOVE IT!

Doing this project was a great way to use up all the different odd pieces and colors of vinyl I had :)

After I got the look I wanted, I took the canvas outside and gave it a good coat of black spray paint.

 I let it dry and then peeled off the vinyl letters.  Here is what my finished piece of art looks like.  I really LOVE it!!!  :)

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Flashback Friday. Altered Canvas.

What is flashback Friday??? It is when I take one of my older projects that I *heart* and show it on my bloggity blog. Today is an altered canvas that I made for my brother and his wife. It is SOOOO easy to do.

I just used an artist canvas, scrapbook paper, rub-ons, ink, and a couple embellishments and mod podged them onto the canvas. I let it dry and then added the picture. Voila! Instant & EASY art!!!

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