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Monday, May 25, 2015

Yard sale treasures

The other day we went to a yard sale that was in my in law neighborhood where we found large decorative frame for one dollar. I wasn't sure what to make out of it yet but I knew that it would just be too good to pass despite the ugly color of the frame and funny flowery print. (Unfortunately Ive not made a photo of what it looked like, but it wasn't very pretty and I wouldn't get anyone to hang it in their house thats for sure). 

So we were debating if we should make it a chalkboard (about a year back my husband really wanted one and I told him that he isn't gonna get one because it would be all the time in mess....) or something else. I decided to go with chalkboard after all and started working on it. I painted the frame with Waverly Inspirations agave chalk paint made by Plaid, that I found in walmart.


 It came out really well. I also bought vinyl that I thought was pretty and if the chalkboard wouldn't work I could use instead.

Well at that point I realized that I don't actually have any black chalkboard paint at home, which I thought I did so I decided to go with the vinyl instead. I added some picture wires at the back and attached photos with pegs and this is what we ended up with....

Sunday, May 24, 2015

Texture on canvas

This time I used 5x5 canvases. I used pink, teal and navy blue and green colors and blended them together on textured background.

Monday, May 11, 2015

Small canvas art

The other day we went to michaels and bought awesome deep canvas packs. One of them was 4"x4" and there is 9 of them in one pack. They were all on 60% deal so they came to something over 7$ for all of them. I wasnt quite sure what to do with them at the time, but then I got home and found a wood filling paste....There is a lot you can do with the that. I used stencils I made with cricut and a little bit of paint and this is what came out...

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Elmo Birthday Banner

Last year I made a birthday banner for our son's party and I really liked how it came out. This year I really didn't want to do anything like that but then my hubby got me the cricut and I also looked the ones they sell and decided that I have plenty of paper and Sesame street cartridges so I just have to make the decoration again.

I love how they came out. I used 8x8 colored textured cardstock with 5x5 square on the top. Letters are also textured with polka dot embossing folder. To make it toke about 2 hours.