Hello again, I told you I'd be back. Here's another simple Christmas Decoration for your viewing and crafting pleasure. I wanted to make a Christmas sign, and after browsing around the internet for some inspiration I came across this:
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| Inspiration from Online |
The saying is from, as you know, Home Alone. Me and the wife thought it was funny and looks great. On to the build!
I started by sketching up the letters in Photoshop. We also wanted to add a little something to it. I went with a moose and some trees for the footer.
Put all of this together in Photoshop and then sent it over to a program called '
Inkscape' which converts black and white JPEGs into SVG files for the
Sizzix program I have for the
eClips paper cutter.
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| Converting to SVG in Inkscape |
After creating the SVG file I opened it up in eCal - the program that exports images to the Sizzix eClips for cutting. I then re-sized the image to fit the board I was going to paint.
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| Pictured opened up in eCal software |
This is a quick video of printing on the eClipse from eCal. Below this is a view of my set-up in the office.
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| My Office |
After cutting out the stencil onto vinyl, I transferred the image, using transfer paper, to the board for painting. I painted the board white before stenciling and let dry.
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| Sign plank before painting |
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| Cut out from eClipse |
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| Vinyl applied to the board |
After applying the vinyl and removing the transfer paper I used Acrylic red and green to paint the letters and image.
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| Stenciling |
Once the paint dried and I removed the Vinyl I lightly sanded the sign and applied Antique Glaze to give it an old slightly worn look.
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| Sign Painted |
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| Sanded and Antique Glaze applied |
And here it is! The finished sign hanging on the wall. Tell me what you think. This project is a little more difficult just because i used the eClipse which costs a pretty penny and not everyone has one laying around. Other than that, just create a stencil and break out the paints. Until next time -
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