Repurposed Print

 I created the art in the above photo & I have added a tutorial but I wanted to share what inspired me & drum roll.........  here it is. The link is attatched if you want to check out A Beautiful Mess.

    So a few months back i was on the hunt for a colourful canvas, I get something in my head & I JUST HAVE TO DO IT! I searched high & low & couldn't find a thing & then.....cha ching ! A 50% off sale at Goodwill. I scooped this baby up for $5.00

<----------  This wasn't anything I was looking for, it didn't have bright colours, it was neither cheerful nor happy looking, I think I got caught up in the moment or maybe it just jumped into my cart, yeah that's it !!

I bought these letters from Staples, later did another project with smaller letters bought from the dollar store & they worked just as well.

I used a ruler on the left side so that I would have an even margin, but I eye balled the horizontal lines.

What the heck?

The package only had one 'H', so I had to modify my 'B'

   Once the letters were down & I was happy with my layout, I gave the letters a little extra rub to ensure the paint didnt leak in under them.                                                     

I mixed my acrylics (from the dollar store) with some water, I didn't want the background  looking solid.

First coated the entire canvas with the lighter 'tan' colour, I wanted it a little opaque.

Then I dry brushed the darker colour 'burnt umber' wherever I wanted a little bit of a distressed look.

   When everything was almost all dry I grabbed my handy dandy tweezers, the same kind you would use on your eye brows or to remove a sliver & then I started peeling off the letters.
                           Look what happened , UGH !

    LEAKAGE !!
  I kept peeling away hoping for the best but foreseeing a 'FAIL'

   Not only did the paint bleed under the letters but when I was removing the letters I was also taking off some of the original print, there was some type of super sonic adhesive on those letters.

   I decided to use my trusty Sharpie & add shadow lines to the letters, it gave them a somewhat 3 dimensional look. and now I'm happy with the way it turned out,
Mr Sharpie you haven't let me down yet.

          I sprayed the whole thing with Krylon, Acrylic Crystal Clear GLOSS.

                                                      Ta Da !!!   I love it 

 After making the 'Do All Things With Love' piece I found a super colourful print at Salvation Army .99, so I made another.......  .99       woohoo!!

BE HAPPY, oh I AM !