Colorful Canvas Wall Art

I bought some 12x12 canvas packs at Big Lots before moving for the hubsters grad school.

I thought I would use them to modge podge decorative scrapbook paper on for a cute, cheap wall art.

While I was browsing paper selections at Micheals, I happened upon a cardstock lace pattern,

Similar to this one:

 I immediately knew exactly what I was going to do!

I painted the canvases bright solid colors to match my pillows and curtains.

Then I took the cardstock paper and placed it on top of one of the canvases

I used it as a stencil and painted black paint over it

(at first I tried spray painting the black, but then found I got cleaner lines if I just used a stencil brush and did it by hand)

It was exactly what I had envisioned!

I painted 5 canvases

5 different colors

with the same stencil

then hung them above my TV.

Here's an up close of one:

 

And the whole group:

I think they go well with my green TV stand! :)

(Yes, that is a picture of my family on the TV screen, I didn't put it there on purpose, it's the home screen on my husband's PS3 that he had on)

 This is the way I bring color into my rented, white walls house!

Being in this room makes me happy!

Do you need to add some color to your home?

Linking to:
Lil'Luna
Thrifty Decor Chick 
Tatertots and Jello 
I Heart Naptime 
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