Sunday, October 3, 2010

Baby Name Board

I'm not an artist. I think there is a real difference between someone who can craft, and create things, and an artist. Being an artist takes some real talent. So when I saw this post over at Little Blue Boo I put it in my "Dream" folder. Ashley is a true artist! I absolutely love the way the layering on her pieces looks. She has made a bunch of these, and they are all different, unique, and just perfect!  You can see some of her other ones by clicking here, here, and here

So, a friend of mine was having a baby shower and I thought I would just attempt to create something like this. I kept saying to myself that if I messed up it was OK. I could just sand it down and use it for another project, right? Right. So, with Ashley's projects as inspiration I started working on my piece for Miss Kallie Joann. I used different elements from her pieces that I absolutely loved. I started with a wood plaque and spray painted it white. I added some vinyl letters that I cut using my Silhouette. I spray painted the whole thing with Valspar's Tulip Pink and peeled off the letters when it was dry.
I then painted each letter with a fine tip brush. I used all acrylic paints.
 I used Ashley's advice and bought a medium point and fine point black paint pen. I outlined everything with the medium point paint pen.
 I then added different elements to each letter. For the stitching, I used a fine point black paint pen.
 I used a stencil in two of the corners. I outlined them with a pencil, and then filled them in with the paint pen.
 For the centers of my flowers I added stitching to my button holes and hot glued the buttons on.
 To add more dimension, I used a paint brush that the tip had come off of and added dots to different parts of the letters.
 I free handed the little saying with my fine point paint pen.
 I love how it turned out. I think for my first one, it worked out pretty well.
 Most importantly, Kallie's Mommy loved it!!
UndertheTableandDreaming

4 comments:

  1. It's adorable!! What a great gift.
    Anything personalized will be treasured for sure! ;)

    Hope you had a great weekend!
    KareyEllen
    KareyEllenDesigns.blogspot.com

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  2. Adorable!!!! It turned out great!

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  3. Kallie's mommy did ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!! We picked out it's spot in the nursery this afternoon! Now, I need to order one in dark red, tan and navy for KALEB! You never cease to amaze me~

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  4. it came out more than pretty well! that is awesome!!!!

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