Hi Everyone
So….. no Dasher. No Asian Artistry….. you can't be on jaydeestamping.com, right? Wrong! 🙂 I promised you something a little different today and the new challenge from the
PPA team to do anything other than a card, was the ideal excuse to show you what I've been doing in the decor department. And the submission for this week's challenge from the talented PPA team certainly isn't a card! 🙂
I absolutely love the Stampin' Up! Decor Elements and as I'm not too handy (or that talented) with a paintbrush, I decided that Decor Elements, was just what I needed to create my own canvas. We have just finished updating our bathroom and I wanted a couple of canvases that reflected the sage green color scheme and clean simple lines. We use Chocolate Brown bath mats, white towlels and the walls are sage green. The tile backsplash captures the various greens and highlights the glass sinks.
I saw the Long Stem Silhouette vinyl art in the Definitely Decorative catalog and decided those would fit the bill for art in the bathroom. I rushed off to our local Hobby Lobby. They were having a great deal (40% off) canvases on a set of two. I think the two cost me less than $10 together. I bought some acrylic paints and mixed up one in chocolate and one in a dark sagey green. I used a sponge to apply the acrylic paint to the canvas. I did three layers of paint and created a more "oil paint" feel to the canvas – I didn't want it glass smooth. Once they were dry, I applied the medium Chocolate Brown Long Stem Silhouette onto the green canvas, and the white ones onto the Chocolate Brown canvas. It really took me less than 10 minutes to apply both the vinyl art elements to the canvases. To finish them off, I used Tacky Tape to apply twill ribbon on the sides of the canvases and… voila…. two Jaydee original canvases!!! Everyone who has seen them has not believed they were vinyl art until I pointed that out.
The other great thing, I can take them with me wherever I go. They were quick, really easy and,(so I'm told) very effective – and it really made me feel good that I'd actually created my very own "canvas". No Monet I know… but it was all mine…. well….. with the help of SU and Vinyl Art. 🙂 The Chocolate brown one is in the toilet and the dark sage green one is placed between the sinks and the door to the toilet. So you can see both from certain angles. The colors pick up the colors in the bathroom.
It wasn't easy trying to get a pic that showed you both together, but here goes. In the pics, they don't look the same size, but the canvases are both the same size and I cut the vinyl art to exactly the same size for each canvas. 
You can see the twill tape on the sides of the green one. Really easy and covers the nails that are on the canvas. I'm planning to do a couple more for Christmas. I already ordered the Dasher Decor Element… you all know i LOVE Dasher and will be putting him on a canvas to hang downstairs for Christmas.
The elements are exceptionally easy to apply to any surface and I was very pleased with the way they turned out. You can check out and download the Decor Elements catalog on the right hand side of the right panel. I love them, and really encourage you to take a look at the catalog if you haven't already done so.
On the personal front…. I am back to normal today…. well…. some of my friends would say that is an impossibility 🙂 but I'm feeling good and looking forward to playing in my stamp room tonight.
I wish you a day filled with inspiration, and doing wonderful things with those that mean the most to you. A special thanks to those of you who visit me every day – and for those who have discovered my blog for the first time – welcome – and I hope you'll visit again.
Peace and hugs
Jaydee
4 Responses
This is a great idea! I have some vases left from the shelf life set to use – may try this in some fashion!
I have been thinking about trying something like this – your fab. projects are just the nudge I needed. Thanks for the great inspiration and for playing along with us at PPA!
Drop, dead, gorgeous
On behalf of the Pals Paper Arts design team, thank you for Playing @ PPA.
I agree with Denise! I am in the midst of redecorating, and I absolutely love these! These projects have inspired me to create with Decor Elements. Thanks for playing at PPA, and please join us again for next week’s challenge.