I finally jumped on the trendy subway art bandwagon and had fun creating this canvas for our Halloween decor this year! It will look great in our entryway once I finish up a few other projects that I have been working on!
---First I painted a blank canvas with acrylic paint and let it dry.
---Then, using the Lyrical Letters & Paper Doll cricut cartridges, I created stencils with contact paper and applied them to the canvas.
---Then the fun began! I picked out some coordinating acrylic paint colors and began covering up the stencils.
---When the paint dried, I peeled off the contact paper, sprayed the canvas with a clear coat of spray paint and it was finished!
I'm sure it would have been a lot easier to just create a canvas print with a download-able printable that so many have shared on their blogs lately, but this was fun to make and personalized.
Thanks for looking!
Scrappy Gifts says
So cool! Thanks for sharing the tutorial!
Suzy www.savedbysuzy.blogspot.com says
I adore subway art and this is super cute and creative. Great job!
Carrie says
love that you thought outside the box with the colors. fabulous job! {and thanks for linking up your projects to Refresh Your Nest Fridays over at my blog!}
Jamie says
That is beautiful!! I love the un-typical Halloween colors you chose. So pretty!
Michelle says
It turned out great! Love the little skeleton! Thanks for linking up with DIY under $5!
Mandy says
Brandy, this is so cute! I keep thinking about make some subway art and just haven't done it yet. Maybe I'll do one in time for Thanksgiving. Maybe a "thankful" one.
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Diapers and Divas says
We just jumped on the subway art band wagon and are about to do it again. Love the holiday themed version! Really cute and really love that you used the Cricut to make it! We love ours!
Stopping by from The Lettered Cottage. Happy Fall!
Cecile Koop says
cute! Makes me want a cricut a little bit more then before.
Miss Teresa says
Adorable take on Subway Art. I did a couple for my girls a while back. Fun!
Lindy@Itsy Bitsy Paper says
Love! I'd love for you to link up to my Wickedly Creative Halloween Ideas Link Party!
http://www.itsybitsypaperblog.com
Katie says
Love your Halloween subway art!!! Great job.
Natalia Lynn says
I love this! What a super cute idea. I would love to make one!
Kirsten @ Mushki Loves says
Love it! You did a great job!
C Scarbrough says
I love Halloween and I love this idea! What a great decoration idea!
Corie
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Cara says
Very cute! I might need to add this cartridge to my collection, lol! Stop over for a visit sometime...
http://homespunkitchen.blogspot.com/
The Cando's says
Cute Blog and such great ideas thecandos will be checking back often!
Iuliana says
I so love this!!! I wish I had a Cricut too.
Funny story about that: I noticed one of my friends got a Cricut and I commented on her blog how excited I was that she has a cIrcuit (yes...for the longest time I thought it was called Circuit). She didn't say anything, because she probably felt bad for me the european, but when I heard her say it in person, I was giggling in my mind, saying: Haha...she called it a CrIcut.
Oh the embarrassed when I actually found out that I was wrong.
I totally digressed here. Cute blog!
Heather says
I think it turned out so cute! And I love that you used your Cricut. I have gotten so tired of all the Silouette projects in Blogland...nice to see the Cricut getting some love. I love mine!