Tuesday, April 29, 2014

DIY Canvas Truck Art


My son is a little bit obsessed with trucks at the moment.  So, I decided to make him a picture of a truck for his bedroom.  This was also an excuse to try out my new toy that I mentioned in my last post.  I bought myself a Silhouette Cameo machine.  I had wanted some kind of a tool that would cut various shapes and images for a long time now.  My sister-in-law recommended that I check out the Silhouette, and after doing some research on the machine I just had to have it!  My husband is rolling his eyes right now I am sure, but that's okay!  Look at the cool stuff I can make with this machine!  And all at the touch of a button!  It's awesome.  This was ridiculously easy to make and I love the way it turned out!  Plus, I can change it up whenever my son decides to have a new obsession...which I am sure will happen any day now.

Here's how I made it:  I bought two 5x7" white canvases from Michaels, taped off an inch on one of the edges of each of the canvases, and painted each section navy blue.  I cut out the truck from my silhouette and used 2 sided glue tape that I have for scrapbooking to stick them to the canvas.  Then I simply decided how far apart I wanted the two pieces to hang from each other and stuck two nails in the wall.  Done!  I love how easy this was and the graphic look of it.  

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