Magazine Artwork

Published on by Our Humble Abode

The first time I saw the Skinny Cow ads was when Young House Love turned it into art for their nursery.  I fell in love with it right away, and the colors were perfect for our boys’ room.  So, I Googled around to find more ads.  I found one print ad and a few more designs used on the Skinny Cow website. 

I love that the dachshund is being held up by a balloon to share with the giraffe. 

Aren’t the monkeys from this coupon cute, too?

I couldn’t find other printed designs, so I went to You Tube and found two commercials. 

I paused on the frames I liked and did a print screen and saved the image to my computer.  Then, I opened the images in Photoshop to make alterations as I liked.  After an hour or so of playing around, I had five new 5 inch by 7 inch art pieces to frame. 

I had to recreate the koala and monkey images to place them on a solid background.

 I didn’t have to do much to the other images, except remove the ice cream and text for the actual ad.  I bought five ugly faux wood $3.00 frames from Wal-Mart and gave them a quick coat of gloss white spray paint.

I love how the group of five looks in the room, adding a dose of whimsy and a pop of color.  Not bad for $15.00.  Have you turned any magazine pages into artwork?

18 thoughts on “Magazine Artwork”

  2. Oh WOW! I love these! They are all so cute…I can’t choose my fave!
    Will you sell these in your shop…pretty please??
    Thanks 🙂

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  3. Love it! I scanned some artwork from an old Roy Roger’s book for a retro cowgirl themed room. I used those cheap plastic box frames, with some scrapbooking paper around it and they turned out pretty cute. And I felt ok putting those lightweight frames over the crib.

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    1. Hi Stephanie,

      I did use Photoshop. It’s fantastic, but if you can’t afford the full version, you can get Photoshop elements.

      Thanks!
      Amanda

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  9. I saw your link over on Young House Love’s Baby Center post and I just want to say that I absolutely LOVE what you did! I’ve been wanting to use the dachshund / giraffe ad for a long time (and have saved it for awhile) and when I saw it on Young House Love and your blog – I’m now convinced that it would make a great art piece.

    I haven’t seen many of the other Skinny Cow ads but they are so cute! And I love what you’ve done with a few of them (most notably the monkey print). Thanks for the inspiration. I have Photoshop but have yet to figure out how to use it to do fun stuff like this… looks like I’ll have a new hobby!

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    1. Hi Kim,

      First off, thank you so much for stopping by and leaving your kind words! I say go for it! When it’s something as simple and cheap as an art piece, don’t hesitate if you love it. Definitely play around with Photoshop-it’s fantastic!

      Thanks!
      Amanda

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  11. Hi found and adore your website. Would you be willing to share these photos so we can print them off and also make artwork? This would look sooo great in my little boy’s nursery!!!

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