Tuesday, February 12, 2008

L-O-V-E Spells Love




I had this IDEA in my head yesterday, and so I ran up to my favorite store "MICHAELS" and got:
  • 4 Wooden Letters
  • 4 12x12 Scrapbook Paper
  • Ribbon
  • Cute Accessories

I also ordered 3 Sepia toned pics of Bryan and I from Walgreens.

I already had everything else to make this:

  • White Acrylic Paint
  • Three Pieces of Chip Board
  • Mod Podge

Basically, I just applied mod podge to the front of the letters and placed the full sheet of scrapbook paper on top of the letters. I used a brayer to make it really flat. After it was somewhat dry, I trimmed away the excess paper from the letter. Then I used a sanding block to ruffen up the edges to make it look a little worn.

For each of the pictures, I used mod podge to attach them to the chipboard. And... I used the same technic of sanding the edges of the pictures.

After that, I pretty much just played around with where I wanted my pictures and accessories to go on my letters. And that was it! It was a fun and simple craft + it looks nice in our bedroom!

5 comments:

  1. How funny... I just went to the store and bought the exact same letters!! You did a super cute job with them!!

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  2. So cute! I might just have to copy & make something cute for my own house:) I love all your ideas!

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  3. You are just too creative! I finally made something with mod podge last night, but it's certainly not as elaborate as yours. I'll have to post a picture of it in the next day or two. And your letters turned out amazing.

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  4. This is cool Maria. I love your blog.

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  5. Awesome! I will be following these directions for future mod-podging experiments :) thanks!

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