Happy Friday Everyone!!
I hope all of you have had a great week!! I know I have!!
I spent my day yesterday working on a fun project that was actually inspired by this tutorial at The Lettered Cottage and this piece that I found on pinterest. It was easy to do & I love the way it turned out!! It’s going to be part of my summer mantel that I am currently working on, so you are getting a little sneak peek if you will….
Because he is soo handy, I recruited my dad to build my frame. I wanted the wall art to be 15″x15″. He used 1×2’s that I had left-over from my board & batten laundry room makeover to construct the frame…..
Kevin & Layla used something called “fill-it strips” to create the slats on the frame, but my dad just cut the strips out himself from some left-over beadboard he had laying around….
Here is a view of the back so you can see what I’m talking about…
I gave the slats & the frame a light coat of brown paint so that when I distressed it later, the brown would peek through a bit….
I then gave it two coats of a cream colored paint, hit the edges with some sand paper to give it that distressed look & then went over it lightly with an antiquing medium…
This is what it looked like when I was done.
Here are a few close-ups so you can see the distressing…
I came up with the sayings that I wanted, cut them out with my cricut machine using a chocolate brown cardstock, & then mod podged them to the slats…
I have no pictures of this process…sorry!!
Anyway, when I was finished I did what I do after every blog project…
Take it outside for a photoshoot!!
Then I brought it back in, to get some pictures of it on my soon-to-be summer mantel…
I will actually be hanging it, but for these pics I just decided to lean it against the wall…
Well, what do you think?!
Do you LOVE it?!
I DO!!
The best part about this project…
I had everything that I needed to make it with the exception of the brown cardstock for the letters…
I think I spent $1.00 on the paper!
Where can you find wall-art for a buck?!
Especially a piece as big as this that makes such a big impact to the room!
Hope that you enjoyed this little tutorial & I hope I’ve inspired you to make one of your own!!
Have a great weekend!!
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I was wondering if you would sell me just the letters from your machine. I don’t have one but love this and want to make it. Please let me know. Thanks. brookedoguth@hotmail.com
Sorry I just posted that comment but my email is brookefoguth@hotmail.com. Please let me know if that is something you could so and how much it would be. Thank you so much
What cartridge did you use and what size font is it? I love it!
I used the George & Basic Shapes cricut cartridge.
The size is 1.25″
Would you post the brand/name of paint colors used?
Thanks so much!
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Great DIY with a great message. I found you when my daughter “pinned” this project. I can’t wait to “copy” you 🙂
Hello.. I love this so much.. I am not familiar with the cricut machine?? Did you type this and print it all out?
Hi again.. I am Mary I just asked you a few ?’s My email is maryheriford@ymail.com thank you…
This is just AWESOME! I would like to make this for my home but I have a question about Mod Podge. Whenever I attempt to do it I get all sorts of air bubbles. Any tips on how to avoid the paper from bubbling & crinkling? Thank you so mcuh!
Beautiful project and saying!
This is beautiful! I’ll be featuring it on Craft Gossip this afternoon 🙂
Hey! Where did you find your antiquing medium? Can that be found at a home improvement store, where paint can be purchased, or would you purchase at a craft store? Thanks!
Hey Emily! You can find the antiquing medium at most craft stores! It should be in with the regular craft paints.
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