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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Once Upon A Time-Wall Art

I used stretcher boards for this project.  They are SUPER cheap.  They are meant to be used to stretch a canvas, but they worked really well for this project.  The size I used were 40 inches tall by 16 inches wide.

The frame ended up costing me less than $10.  I put them together and then filled the corners with Spackle.  After the Spackle dried, I painted the frame with some paint that has sand in it.  LOVE it!

Then I took patterned paper and covered 12X12 sheets of chipboard with it.  Making sure to match up the patterns on the paper since it took several 12X12 sheets of chipboard to fit in the frame.  I punched holes diagonally across from each other on the edges of the paper covered chipboard and then tied one continuous length of colored hemp in a criss-cross pattern on the paper.  Then I stapled these to the back of the frame.

For extra support, I stapled a few pieces of balsa wood across the back of the frame.  One on the top.  One in the middle, and on across the bottom.

After that, I cut out the Once Upon a Time title in vinyl with my Cricut.  I used the Storybook Cartridge for this one.

Then I matted  several sepia toned wallet photos.  I used ribbon and clips to attach the photos on the string.  I added a couple of embellishments and VOILA!  I had my priceless work of art.

This is a great way to showcase some of your favorite family photos all in one spot.  I get comments about it all the time when people see it. 

Have fun creating!!!  :)

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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Photo Display

I was in my local craft store and they were having a 50% off sale. I am a sucker for clearance stuff. I don't know why, but when I see a clearance sticker, I am immediately drawn to it :)

I found this metal garden thing-a-ma-bob and it was only $9.00. I knew that there was something I could make with it. So, I bought it!
Since my craft room is decorated in red, black, and white, I knew that the green just wasn't going to work. So, first I spray painted it red and then I put a black glaze over the top of it.
Here it is at that point. Since I am more of a floral girl and not much of a leaf person, I decided that I wanted to do something about those leaves.
I liked the leaves, but I didn't love them.
So, I came up with an idea to make some durable plastic flowers to glue over some of the leaves. Want to know how I made the flowers??? CLICK HERE :) I did a separate blog post on those :)
My flowers. I just love how they turned out. There are SO MANY things you could use them on!
Hanging in my craft room, but not quite finished. At first I was thinking that I would hang some of my craft supplies on this (which would work GREAT!), but then I decided to use it to hang photos, quotes, and memorabilia on.
I used clips to hang the stuff, but since it is metal, I can also go back and use magnets to hang more items on it.

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