Thursday, July 12, 2012

I Love You, A Bushel And A Peck

I've seen several of these projects via Pinterest or on other blogs and recently got around to making a few cute little signs of my own. It helps that I had a ton of canvases laying around from a $2 mystery Michael's bag. (Score!) 


I cut up a few yarn magazines and I'd been sent, making sure the pictures were colorful. 


Then I decoupaged those pictures to the top of the canvases. 




Once the canvases were dried, I applied a saying using contact paper that I bought from the dollar store and cut out with my Silhouette machine. 



Then I painted over the entire canvas...



And peeled the contact paper up to show the colorful pictures underneath. 





My cousin, Maggie requested an orange sign that said, 'I Love You, A Bushel And A Peck.' I thought it was a cute saying so of course I made it for her.

 
To be honest, I think it would have turned out better if I'd have used a lighter picture as a background, or used a lighter paint for the top coat. 

I made a few other signs while I was at it. 



This saying is one that makes me think of Amazing Boyfriend Fiance!


I know a 13 year old that is going to LOVE having this in her room!

 I have ideas to make a few more of these, possibly using lighter pictures and darker paint colors. But these signs were a lot of fun to make.


I was featured!!!


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I'm sharing this project at the following link parties:

~ What's In The Gunny Sack @ The Gunny Sack ~ Make It Great Monday @ Etcetorize ~ The Cure For The Common Monday @ Lines Across My Face ~ Craft & Tell @ Cherished Bliss ~ Talent Tuesday @ Vintage Wanna Bee ~ Tutorials & Tips Link Party @ Homestories From A to Z ~ Take-A-Look Tuesday @ Sugar Bee Crafts ~ Tuesday Talent Show @ Chef-in-Training ~ Tiptoe Thru Tuesday @ Crayonfreckles and Tiaras & Bowties ~ Time To Shine @ A Diamond In The Stuff ~ Tell Me Tuesday @ Me & My Boys ~ Show Me What Ya Got @ Not Just A Housewife ~ Wow Me Wednesday @ Ginger Snap Crafts ~ Lil Luna Link Party @ Lil Luna ~ Your Whims Wednesday @ My Girlish Whims ~ Wicked Awesome Wednesday @ Handy Man Crafty Woman ~ Show & Share @ Southern Lovely, Vintage Gwen & My Lil' Pink Pocket ~ Creative Juice Thursday @ Momnivore's Dilemma ~ Transformation Thursday @ The Shabby Creek Cottage ~ Show Me Extraordinary @ The 36th Avenue ~ Spicy Link Up @ It's Just Called Spicy ~ T.G.I.F Linky Party @ Craft Junkie Too ~ Delicately Constructed Fridays @ Delicate Construction ~ Weekend Bloggy Link Up @ Serenity Now ~ Anything Goes Link Party @ Bacon Time ~ Weekend Wrap Up Party @ Tatertots & Jello ~ Creative Genius Link Party @ The Creative Paige ~ Free For All @ Young & Crafty ~ Strut Your Stuff Saturday Link Party @ Six Sisters' Stuff ~ Show & Tell @ Be Different Act Normal ~ Saturday Seven Party @ Positively Splendid ~ Sunday Show Off Link Party @ Twigg Studios ~ Think Pink Sundays @ Flamingo Toes ~ Sundae Scoop Link Party @ I {Heart} Naptime ~


9 comments:

  1. Just found your blog and I am in love! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this project!!!

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  2. Awesome idea and you did it so well!

    BTW the $2 canvas steal makes me so jealous. Why am I milesssssss away from Michael's :( :(

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  3. this is so awesome!! thanks for sharing!!

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  4. Wow! All of them turned out awesome! I even liked the first one you showed before the paint went on. So glad you linked up at Etcetorize this week!

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  5. All of those signs turned out so well! I will have to try this sometime. I'm pinning this for later:)

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  6. I'm new to the world of Cameo, and am glad that plain old contact paper works!

    I'll be sharing your Happy art piece next week at my features round-up. Thanks for linking up!

    I'm also pinning this...

    Have a great week.
    N

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  7. This is such a wonderful idea Bethany! Love the sayings you chose and how unique to use the magazine photos as your base! Thanks for sharing at tip toe thru tuesday!

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  8. I featured you over at the Creative Genius Link Party - thanks for sharing!

    http://thecreativepaige.com/2012/07/thats-genius-39.html

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