my Silhouette wall art

Well I tried it out & it mostly worked, Vincis (my pomeranian) turned out a bit odd, I think I will end up re-doing his after he gets a hair cut. Overall I love them. 

I first found these on Cristina Willams Blog(via craftgawker), she has a great tutorial & if you have kids make them of your babies. I made them of my babies.

You will need-

12x12 Canvas board(4 pack at Hobby lobby was $7.99)

Vinyl

Acrylic Paint

Sponge brush or roller

Gesso(canvas prep)-I'm sure you can do without the gesso, it just makes the canvas smoother & whiter

Side profile picture

First I prepped my canvases with Gesso, but if you skip this i'm sure it will be fine.

Second you will need to blow your picture up in photoshop to a 12x12 & if you want you can cut the image out in photoshop. Try to make the image life size to the person or animal. 

I then took them on a zip disk to my local print shop R.Y.M & had them printed on 12x12 paper.

If you don't have photoshop just have them blow them up for you at the print shop. 

Here are mine, as you can see, Vinci & Kitt Catt were to furry to be cut out in photoshop, but Mystro was easy.

Next step is cut them out.

This is Mystros cut out & flipped over.

Then Trace it on the back of your Vinyl & remember Turn your silhouette opposite to what direction you want the subject to face. 

Then cut it out again 

Place the sticker/Vinyl silhouette on your canvas(make sure to press it down good.)

PAINT

Let it dry & paint another coat.

Let it dry & then peel vinyl off.

Then walla

You are done. (:

Kitt Catt

Mystro

Vinci

 Mystros looks black in these pictures, but it's really dark brown, the lighting is just way awesome.

Love em

Canvas Silhouette 

I found this on Cristina Willams Blog(via craftgawker) 

I want to make these soon of my two dogs & cat. I can't wait!

Remember those canvas silhouettes of my kids I made last year? The plan was to update them once a year to keep track of how the kids are changing. I love how Charlotte went from a little no-neck baldy to a wild-haired darlin' in just one year's time.

Here's a list of supplies you'll need:

• 12" x 12" Canvas
• Acrylic Paint (I used red, white and aqua)
• Oracal Vinyl (any color)
• Foam Brush

Here's the step-by-step:

1. Paint the canvas white. 

2. Take photos of your subject(s) in profile. 

3. Use Photoshop or any photo-editing program to re-size the photos to fit the canvas.

4. Print the photos on regular paper

5. Trace a "cut-line" around the profile with a Sharpie.

6. Cut along the black line

Then I used the templates I made from the photos to trace onto the back of a vinyl sheet (see above & below). 

The extra step of tracing onto vinyl really saved me a lot of stress when it came to painting the profiles onto the canvas. Last year, I used a label sheet; but the label shifted around a bit when I started painting, and didn't leave the fine details as defined as I wanted them. The vinyl is the perfect solution. It stuck firmly to the canvas, didn't allow paint underneath, and removed cleanly when I was done painting.

Next, simply stick the vinyl cut-out to the center of the canvas. Paint over it with your desired paint color and a foam brush (or a foam roller, if you don't like brush-strokes). Two or three coats of paint may be necessary. After the paint dries, remove the vinyl and your silhouette is done!

Pardon all the smudges on my kids silhouettes. They found the finished products on the table one morning, and carried them around the house all day. Now I'm off to touch-up the dirty spots, and then these silhouettes will grace our entryway for the next year.

P.S. If you need a little more in-depth info, check out last year's tutorial.