TA-DA!
I had been perusing various craft blogs and had seen a lot of "subway art" signs that people had made, when suddenly this design popped into my head. The inspiration comes from the hymn "Love at Home". I don't have step-by-step pictures of how I created this, but it was pretty easy. Mr. W and I bought a sheet of MDF from the hardware store and had them cut it to a 1-foot square. I painted the background and then freehand-painted the house and heart. The text was the most time-consuming part, but it went better than I thought it would. I found a font that I liked and typed up the words, enlarging them to the size I wanted, then printed them off (I used the text "outline" option to save on ink). I traced the letters on the back side of the paper as darkly as I could with a pencil, then arranged the words on the board and traced over the top of them, which transferred the pencil lead from the back side of the paper to the board. I used a really thin paintbrush to fill in the letters, then once it was dry, I sprayed the whole thing with a clear sealant. It only took me a couple of hours, including drying times, and was inexpensive, too; the MDF was only a couple of bucks and the paints were on sale. For the first time ever, I can be proud of a tole painting project! :)
1 comment:
way cute!!
- Michelle @ Bunch of Craft
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