Distressed Typography Canvass Fine Art {Monthly Diy Challenge}

Thursday, November 7, 2019 Add Comment Edit

Not solely is today the mo Midweek of the calendar month too fourth dimension for March's Monthly DIY Challenge, but it also marks my daughter's eighth birthday. EIGHT! How inwards the earth did that hap hence fast? I'm non gonna larn all mushy too larn into how I experience nearly my babe turning eight, but I volition say, I definitely teared upward piece tucking her into bed final night. I made her hope that she'll nevertheless wanna snuggle alongside her mama fifty-fifty when she's eight. Thankfully, she promised too fifty-fifty agreed to nevertheless allow me kiss her inwards public, fifty-fifty inwards forepart of her friends. That's my girl!

Now that I'm feeling all sappy, let's switch gears to what this postal service is all about....March's Monthly DIY Challenge! This month's subject was "Blank White Canvas" too I exactly dear what my talented blogger friends created.

You all know I accept a dear for the pose out 4 (obviously!), hence of course of education that is the get-go affair that popped into my caput when this month's subject was decided.

HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL NEED:
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- Blank White Canvas
- Blue Painter's Tape
- Black Craft Paint
- Mod Podge
- Elmer's Adhesive Letter's
- Cece Caldwell Wax too Aging Dust
- Wax Brush
- Lattice Strips
- Minwax Jacobean Stain
- Brad Nailer
- Sandpaper
- Paint Brush too Ruler

I started past times making a border around the border of the my sheet using painter's tape.

I painted the border dark using arts and crafts pigment hence peeled off the record piece the pigment was nevertheless wet. If yous await closed yous tin give notice tell that my lines aren't perfect. I wasn't also concerned alongside the pigment haemorrhage since I planned on deplorable the sheet a chip anyway.

I used a ruler to freehand a pose out iv onto my sheet hence filled it inwards alongside the same dark arts and crafts pigment I used on the border. I hence glued downwards my Elmer's letter's using Mod Podge.

I know yous are likely sick of hearing me verbalise about Cece Caldwell wax too aging dust, but this materials is seriously amazing. It's a chip pricey, but I've used it on article of furniture every bit good every bit many DIY projects too I nevertheless accept at to the lowest degree one-half the tub left. For this project, I only went over the entire slice alongside wax hence aging dust. I allow it dry out for a chip hence sanded the edges too around my pigment lines.

I also decided to add together a woods border using sparse lattice strips. I cutting pieces downwards to size using my Miter Saw, stained them alongside Minwax Jacobean stain hence attached the woods to my sheet using a brad nailer.