<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f92852bb-ba06-428b-a62c-e0168cf52f54/84261398-54CF-4657-B373-FAF68FF6A80A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.diyideas.com/community/diystar_monicajessup.html?sssdmh=dm17.382198&esrc=nwdiy49_09&email=1972814958" href="http://www.diyideas.com/community/diystar_monicajessup.html?sssdmh=dm17.382198&esrc=nwdiy49_09&email=1972814958" style="font-size: 11px;">www.diyideas.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.diyideas.com/community/diystar_monicajessup.html?sssdmh=dm17.382198&esrc=nwdiy49_09&email=1972814958"><P class="bodycopy">Once the primer dried, Monica chose a background color and painted two coats on the vinyl. While the paint dried between coats, she cut shapes out of paper for the design. Starting with the largest shapes on the bottom, Monica decoupaged each layer of shapes onto the mat.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.diyideas.com/community/diystar_monicajessup.html?sssdmh=dm17.382198&esrc=nwdiy49_09&email=1972814958"><P class="bodycopy">Monica used five coats of polyurethane to seal the floor cloth. “The last coat should include one tablespoon of a nonskid additive to give the floor cloth texture. This also can be used on the back,” she says. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.diyideas.com/community/diystar_monicajessup.html?sssdmh=dm17.382198&esrc=nwdiy49_09&email=1972814958"><P class="bodycopy"><STRONG>Tip from the creator: </STRONG>The final result doesn’t have to be used on the floor! “I’ve made these out of posters that I love and hung them on the w<SPAN class="bodycopy">all. They’re a great art alternative,” Monica says.</SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.diyideas.com/community/diystar_monicajessup.html?sssdmh=dm17.382198&esrc=nwdiy49_09&email=1972814958"><P class="bodycopy">To see more of Monica’s floor cloths, <STRONG><U><A href="http://my.diyideas.com/home/gallery/diy/PublicGalleryPhoto.html?plckPhotoID=d3e51446-8ece-4abc-9f4d-90cb1c1028f8&plckGalleryID=1c724a0d-6143-409b-ba7b-801be8c4828b">click here!</A></U></STRONG> </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/84261398-54CF-4657-B373-FAF68FF6A80A/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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