I have been doing a sort of scraproom makeover (or reshuffle) over the past few months... I push stuff this and that way till it works. I have also added in a few extra drawers... reorganised some stash and made space so that I can have my cutting machines available all the time (maybe then I will use them more!).
As part of my planning, I was pinning loads of ideas on pinterest and not really doing much with them. Well I did collect the toilet rolls and tuna tins for two projects, but haven't made them yet. Another project I pinned, was to make a new word for my wall... I really like this
one and used it for my starting point.
As I really wanted to make it my own and didn't have the letters as above, I knew I would have to make another plan. That's just what I did last week while on my long weekend break and now this is what my scraproom looks like with my new word up on the wall.
In more detail, here is how I went about creating my new word art:
1. Firstly I kept some old milk box cartons till I had enough for all the letters.
2. Using Coreldraw I typed out my word, chose the fonts I wanted and resized them. Once I was happy,I reveresed some of the letters and then printed a letter per A4 page.
3. I then stuck the letters to the back of the cardboard and cut them out.
When it came to decorating them, I treated each letter differently... as follows
I covered all the letters,except the A, in gesso first to give me a good starting point.
I started with the C and the last E... I applied some embossing paste which I tinted teal, through a stencil to part of each letter. For the C I added strips of some Couture Creations Vintage Christmas paper and then a few ribbons. I finished both letters off with some coffee stain stamps, plus a layered flower on the E.
Next up was the T... this letter I left fairly plain... covered it in full with a sheet of dotty paper, added a strip of stripes and then some buttons. Once I started the coffee stain stamp on the other letters I decided to add some here too... just subtly finished it off.
Next up was the R... this letter I wanted to pick up the reddish colour of the dots and strips, so started with a base of red stain then used orange distress ink to apply a chevron pattern over the while letter. I added in some white word stickers and then using some dimensional glaze stuck on a few blue beads to add interest.
The next fun letter was the second E... this one I turned blue with a demin stain and then while still slightly wet went over it with a pale blue distress paint... it ended up with a funky pattern. Well I didn't stop playing there... I then applied walnut ink to a Couture Creations pinstripe embossing folder and used it to stamp a plaid pattern all over the letter... first stamped the one way and then turned the folder and stamped the other direction... pretty funky. Once it was all dry, I stuck on a layered flower.
The last letter that I did was the A... this one I applied a mixed media/art journalling technique that I learnt a few weeks back from
Jowilna... such fun to be able to apply techniques to different mediums. To begin I stuck various bits of ribbon to my plain letter with gel medium. Once that was dry, I gesso-ed over it all and allowed to dry. Next up, I applied paint and distress stain in three colours in various parts of the letter. Once it was all dry I stamped a bit on the edges with an alphabet stamp.
I then put all my letters together and took a pic while it was drying... and again after it was up on the wall... pretty chuffed how it all turned out.
So there you have it... making art from an idea off the internet.... why not give it a go too?
