Custom Signs

 

 

Your signature style.

 

Personalized.

 

Custom.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Painting custom signs is a large part of my work.

 

Here is an example of a House Number Sign

 

that you might like to make too.

 

 

 

 

 

I used the "Dip and Drag" paint technique.

 

Ha, sounds so complicated...it's just cardstock

 

dipped in paint and scraped onto surface.

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can read more about that Here.

 

Then you can make a print of your number

 

and chalk the back surface

 

using your window as a light box.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transfer onto board from the front

 

with a pen or pencil.

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can see the light outline here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Base paint white.

 

Shade a little bit with camel.

 

Drop shadow black with a liner brush

 

on right sides and bottoms of numbers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are some other personalized Lake Signs:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some of these are large...about 3' x 4' or larger.

 

Larger scale for outdoor signs make such a nice visual.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a smaller sign for a front door:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And this is what I'm working on today -

 

She wanted the 12 Gifts of Marriage

 

made into word art.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I still used the scraping (dip and drag) paint style

 

for the background but instead of stripes

 

I applied it in squares with a variety of

 

horizontal and vertical pull.

 

Here's a close up of the layered paint:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Isn't that the best thing about being a DIY'er!

 

We can make it our own.

 

Just the way we like it.

 

What a fun and artful journey.

 

So glad to share it with you friends!

 

Deb

 

 

Link Parties:

Mop it Up Monday 

That DIY Party 

 Alderberry Hill

 Under the Table and Dreaming

Keeping it Simple 

Between Naps on the Porch

Boogieboard Cottage 

The Dedicated House 

Coastal Charm

Monday Funday Link Party

My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia 

Cozy Little House 

 Creatively Tuesday

Savvy Southern Style

DIY by Design 

The Style Sisters 

The Shady Porch 

Beyond the Picket Fence 

 Stone Gable

 House of Hepworths

 

The Shabby Creek Cottage
The 36th Avenue
I Gotta Create
French Country Cottage

Canvas Monogram - Make a Wedding Gift

Just think -

You could personalize wedding gifts

for your friends this summer!

Or-

make one for yourself.

Either way, this is a good punch of pattern and color

for your front door

or inside your home.

Start with a canvas Panel (about 2 or 3 dollars)

This one measures 16 X 20.

Start with painting the back semi-gloss black

for a nice finishing touch.

Paint the front of the canvas one solid color

or mix two tones.

I double loaded a brush using

lime green on one side of the brush and

darker sour apple green on the other.

When you look at the background pattern,

what shape do you see?

diamonds?

circles?

4 leaf design?

I suppose you could pick any of those shapes

to make your stencil.

I chose the 4 leaf pattern:

For my stencil

I started with a piece of cardstock paper.

Draw your shape

leaving good margins around your design.

I cover both sides of my cardstock with

wide packaging tape to sturdy it up

and make it reuseable.

Then using an exacto knife

on my cutting board, I cut out

the 4 leaf pattern.

This pattern shape

needs to be a 4 inch square so it

will fit nicely on the 16 X 20 canvas.

Then lay in the white paint

and repeat so that the edges of the

stencil repeat just touch.

Any rough edges can be cleaned up with paint

or wiped off if you catch it right away.

Baby wipes are a staple on my art table!

To give the white leaf pattern

a nicer finish,

take a 1" flat brush loaded with white paint

and pull it on it's side making a clean line.

Lightly sketch in where you want

your flourish pattern to go.

I made a large paper pattern

to trace around.

Then use a liner brush

loaded with grey and white to paint  the flourish design.

I add clear glaze to dip my brush in

to extend the paint and

get better flow.

Then make a large pattern

for the monogram letter.

Trace around and fill in.

Now for the grommets on top:

Using a 3/8" inch spade bit

drill two holes away from the edges

Clean up front and back edges

with an exacto knife.

Put top grommet extender through the front of the canvas.

Hold flat piece on back.

Using the grommet tool kit,

lay the front ring into the receiving flat disc.

Hammer the little silver driver

down from the back side.

You need to be firm with your hammer

and working on a hard surface

(a concrete floor is good).

Ta Da!

You're ready for the ribbon.

You can do it!

Wouldn't that make a great gift!

Have a great weekend,

Deb

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