Lake Word Art - in Color

Here's some Lake Love

Expression in Word Art:

You might remember an earlier post

when I talked about making subway art

in greys and blacks.

But I wanted to try the prints

with a background color.

The main difference between the black and the colors

is the poster finish

and the cost.

When making the black and grey art,

the print comes with a matte finish

and is around $3.

The colored posters are a shinier finish

even when ordered in matte

and they cost around $13

(unless you can find them on sale which I did

at Zazzle for about $8)

Then there are shipping costs as well.

It is fun to experiment in Photoshop

with different colored backgrounds.

You can see on the red that I added a lot of shading.

Here is the original design in Photoshop

and then the finished sanded look:



I built the box frame with 1/4" MDF

and wood trim .

Paint the edges

a darker shade of your poster color.

I used Mod Podge this time to glue the poster on.

The colored paper is heavier so you can use a heavier glue.

Remove any stickers

from the back of the poster.

Here you can see the poster edge

before

and

after

sanding:

Then use a finer grit sandpaper

for the front poster surface.

The colored poster only needs

a very light sanding to distress..

These can be customized for any lake

Hope you found some inspiration today!

Thanks for visiting, Deb

**update**

be sure to really press paper repeatedly.

Although these first projects didn't get air pockets,

some have.

To resolve that, I used a pin to put a hole in front,

wiggle around and put some glue under.

After dry, then sand lightly.

There is another tip on "Plaid's" site

that says to spray both sides of paper and let dry.

(evidently all of the shrinkage will occur before application)

read here.

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