Wall Art 2

Hello there my friends.

Remember the project of the wall art for my office? No? Well CLICK HERE to remember before continue reading because this is a continuation... Then come back...

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Well... so this is one of the other projects for my office. It's a simple message I really like and try to apply to my life everyday: Attitude is Everything. And I really think it is! Or at least, it is a crucial part of everything. Same situations can happen to different people, and the attitude towards them is key to the results... key to how the processes evolve... key to what others think of you, or learn from you... or how you impact them, or how you will feel afterwards...

So I used a patterned paper from a Basic Grey collection as background, and cut the message with Cricut machine (several cartridges).

I am sorry for this bad photo with the reflection in the glass but you've got the idea of how it looks in the frame.

Here's a picture of the three frames ready to take to my office...

I made a fourth one!... Still have not framed it because I broke the glass :( But I wanted to share with you this abstract one...

This is my hand... I painted the palm of my hand with pink acrylic paint (what a mess!), and placed it in the chosen cardstock (which is from the Pearl collection of American Crafts)...

I also made my husband do the same... with blue paint. As you can see he was a little bit less "aggressive" with the paint and the mess... but you can get is another hand... And this is really what I wanted: abstract images to communicate my message...

Then I made my dog do the same... This time I used an ink pad from Memento... and don't worry, he is so obedient and calm that it was very easy to stamp his paw and rapidly clean it... so he could be part of this artwork... actually the most important part for my message... you'll see... keep reading.

I used some embellishments and elements with same colors and theme of "my message"... bone (dogs), fulfillment or success (star), happiness (bright colors, flourishes), love (heart), etc...

I painted a heart with white acrylic paint... and hand wrote my message. It says: "Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole".

I stamped several abstract images, and sprayed mist for the final touches of my composition. Stressed the edges and painted... also placed in top of a sack cloth to make it more rustic and imperfect.

Here's the full view!

Here's another picture without flash so you can appreciate details with different illumination.

I will buy a new frame and am ready to decorate my office with these frames... I am sure this personal touch will make me feel even better at work.

I hope you liked them... Please let me know by leaving a message to this post. :)

Artwall... Wall Art

Hola a todos...

Hope you are enjoying and scrapping your life to the full potential!!!!

Today I want to show you a project that I have still not finished but I am excited to share... so why wait?

You know I recently moved to a new office... but I have not put anything in the walls yet. The photos and framed articles I had in the old office were not appropriate for the new one (too big, branded, old...)... So I decided to do my own wall art for my new office.

It's not a big deal... I know most of you do it all the time... but well, this is mine! hahahahaha...

I didn't want to spend money on this, so I used these very same frames from the office. These had photos displayed in the hallway and were going to be destroyed. I just got 4... and later I thought I should have got some more...

So I've already made 2 of the projects (my plan is to do 3 or 4)... and I decided to share with you now...

This is the first one... It's totally made with cutted images from Cricut. It's very simple...and this is what I like about it. Lots of differents flower shapes, in vibrant colors. I used papers from a TAC collection I bought several years ago, and still have some scraps and elements...

The cardstock in the background has texture and a pearlescent look. Beautiful!

I placed "parenthesis" shapes to simulate stems. Outside in the mat, I placed some other little flowers with the theme and stamped the sentiment "Live, Laugh, Love". The stamp is from Inkadinkado.

When I finished it, I thought it was maybe too girly for the office... but at the same time it's a nice message and, what's the problem being girly, right? Anyway, I have not hang it in the office yet... let's see what happens.

I decided to have them all finished before I take them to the office, so when I hang them on the walls I can see how they all look together.

I made a second one... It happened the same thing when I finished... I was like... this is not what I had in mind for the office... but I like it... So I am going to show you anyway.

The idea was to do something with the sentiment: Wherever you go, go with all your heart. I have this stamp from Unity, and I really like this message/quote. I also wanted to use mixed materials... I wanted to paint, to cut, to draw, make my own things... you know... I wanted to express myself in this one... so this is the result...

My big heart has wings... it goes a lot of places! It's purple because I like that color and this is how I made it... I painted a piece of canvas with the purple ink. I cut it into little pieces and glued them in a carstock square. When arranged as I wanted, I drawed a heart in the back side and cut the shape. I love the result. The wings are from Fancy Pants chipboard shapes.

I love my flying heart...

Then I used washy tapes and stickers to have a fantasy corner... with the ballerina representing the girl I'll always be... I handwrote the word "dream" to remind me to not stop dreaming.

I also placed chipboard elements, and strips of papers bent and painted to create some dimensions... and handwrote the word "heart" in the corner as well. At the bottom of the artwork I also used some washy tape. It's supposed to be Christmas washy tape, but I do this a lot... I do not use it for what it's supposed or meant to be... I love doing that!!! Rebel?

The base of the project is painted and stamped with different colors and images for background... Here I just wanted to express freely.

Then I stamped the sentiment in the mat frame, and drawed a little heart along.

The bycicle is important because goes perfectly with my message... "wherever you go, go with all your heart"... it represents I'm "going" any place... and the heart is with me all the time. It's a girly bike from Dear Lizzy products (American Crafts), and I added in the basket some cut flowers from a patterned paper.

I really hope you liked my projects... I enjoyed a lot doing them.

When I have the other one or two to complete the series for the office walls... I will share them with you.

Thank you for your comments. I enjoy so much reading them... :)