..even though
technically it was crafted in the summertime when I was home from work, with no routine & nothing pressing to do. Unlike now...
sigh.
I kept seeing subway art all over the internet & thought why can't I make fall inspired subway art to compliment my fall mantel?
With that idea, I got to work. Now don't look at this as any great technical tutorial. That is
so not my bag. I am no pro here, I just did what I did & came out with a fairly decent project, following this excellent tutorial at
lilblueboo.
I know the pic is horrible, but I bought a canvas at Michaels, some clear adhesive contact paper & spray adhesive at Target & spray paint from Lowes.
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I typed words into the computer, played around with different fonts & sizes, and printed them out. (I am so
not computer savvy.)
I sent my hubby to have a copy made of my printout in an 18 X 24 size. (the same size as my canvas.)
I then cut up each word, coated it with spray adhesive & stuck it to the contact paper.
Then came the fun part. Cutting out
each &
every letter.
It took ages laying them out on the canvas and once I had it to my liking, I peeled the contact paper backing & stuck the letters to the canvas. Now some people have used a ruler to guide them, but not me, I'm a rebel & I just eyeballed it.
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Of course,
insert trouble here. Nothing ever goes completely right for me. My contact paper was not sticking quite as well as it should have. Not even when using a brayer.
I then had to take each individual letter off, spray it with spray adhesive & stick it back to the canvas. (Heaven help me, I wanted to scream!)
Once that was done, I then made hubby hit it with the brown spray paint. Let it dry completely & then hit it again.
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Oh, and then I took a paint brush with white paint on it & splattered it all over the canvas trying to give it a worn look.
Then I panicked.I got scared that I just ruined the whole thing, so I had hubby spray painted over it. You know what? I love how that turned out. It kind of made the canvas imperfect & that's a-ok with me.
After letting it dry a good long time, I finally got to unpeel the lettering & this is what I had:
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Pretty nifty, huh?
Like I said, it's not perfect, but I love how it turned out anyway. I'll have to get some pics of it to show you how it looks with my mantel decor. (too dark & gloomy to take pics today.)
Are you thinking of making anything for fall this year? Do tell...let's chat.
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