As You Wish

I painted a 7x14 canvas with grey acrylic paint I had on hand. Let Dry.

I picked a font in Word, it was called "Impact" and I made it font size 230. This would fit well with my dimensions. I printed the letters onto 80lb cardstock and cut them out.

I placed them on the canvas, where I wanted them, and painted over the edges with grey paint. To help the other colour from seeping in, and to hold the letter in place so it would not move around. Hands get a little messy doing this:-)

I quickly dried the canvas in front of a fan for a few minutes, then I mixed my other colour...I used a lighter blue and a brighter turquoise to make a new shade of turquoise.

Paint over everything.

While paint is still wet, very carefully remove the letters. I used a very sharp exacto style knife to get under an edge and raise it up for removal. Be careful not to cut or poke through the canvas.

the letters, removed

Let dry.

I roughed up the canvas and paint with a piece of sandpaper (unknown grit, from garage). It was really, actually, not a very fine grit, but pretty rough. I was light with my touch so as not to remove too much paint, but just enough to scuff it up and make it worn.

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All done. Now where to place it?

I really really love it!!

Birthday, Quick

My stash of kid/boy themed bday cards was depleted, and I needed one for today! This was a really quick and easy one!

Wedding Card

Here's one from the summer I forgot to post...be inspired!

Banner card

A cute way to use up some designer paper scraps!

Manhattan Flower

This simple card uses cardstock, the Manhattan Flower embossing folder (for the Big Shot) and Whisper White Craft ink. The result is GORGEOUS yet simple cards. I have left mine blank for now and stamp on the sentiment when needed (birthday, thank you, thinking of you, etc)

Pink one

yellow, gorgeous!

A New Mini - Video

A mini album I created. As always, I am completely in love with it. It holds 18 pictures and folds open "frontwards and backwards"

The simple front

Opening frontwards

The start of the backwards section

Opening backwards

The middle

The back

I actually would like to go back prior to 2009 and make albums of our pictures from then - more inspiration to come!

Mini Album

You know me and my obsession with mini-albums, right?! It all started with the double slider album, and then I created all kinds of little ones...then a flip version...and now I've created another. J'adore! They look so cute on the bookshelf and are nice and easy to pull out and show people.

The front

Pull on ribbon tabs and bring up a double sided (removable) insert with more pics!

Not showing all the sides of the inserts, but you get the picture:-)

The back

Everytime I make one of these I say, CUTEST EVER! And then I love the next one I make even more! I have created another mini album - Can't wait to show you how it works! It will be all decorated soon!