How to Make Cherry Blossom Lights - StumbleUpon. The East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse. Art House Co-op. Art Spaces/Places. ✥ Z Gallerie Subway Art Knock Off ✥ I've been longing for some subway art for awhile.
I didn't want to do a stencil or paint project because I wanted it to look legit! I wanted to basically have this Z Gallerie piece that costs hundreds, but of course I'd like to pay umm, nothing 40 bucks. One day I came across this tutorial from A Thoughtful Place. Courtney has done a smart remake for this well loved project. She uses Microsoft Publisher to create a template which she has made into a poster and then attaches it to a canvas. I thought to myself, self, you can do that. So I did. I found it to be just as easy as the regular word program. First, you want to format your text box into the same dimensions as your canvas will be. Second, content, decide what you're writing on your canvas.
Third, pick your fonts. Fourth, layout, I tried to keep the overall visual flow the same as my inspiration-specifically the L.A. canvas. Fifth, matching the black background using shading effects. OK, you're done with your poster! Pallet Art Silhouette. Typewriter Letters. *** Because someone asked..yes!
I have one in my Etsy if you would like...smiles~*** Oh have I got a good one for you today {I hope}. What I want most out of this blog is to connect with you girls. My prayer is that you leave every post with a giggle,touched heart,new found friendship or INSPIRATION! And girls...do I have some for you! I first started with some good ole' inspiration. Now I know some of you worry about getting it just perfect,letters and all...
I used a thin piece of board for mine because I didn't want to hang anything too heavy. I painted it an ivory color. Paint your circles in black. For those of you that are like me and need some extra help....print your font on paper and use as a guide. You can use trace paper or I tend to just trace over the font and use a little bit of pressure. You are now ready to paint in your letters. Now for those neat little accent lines around your letters..I used a lid from a thermos. Just dip in in a saucer of paint and press down. Typewriter Letters. How to Block Print. A guest post by Ania of Paper Cut Works.
Block printing is the exact opposite of paper cutting, a new adventure for my “x-acto knife-wired” brain & hand. You begin by transferring a soft-pencil sketch onto the block, then using a chisel to carefully carve out the portions of the design you’d leave intact in a papercut. To stay true to my papercutting roots however I began with creating a stencil of a heart and then transferring it onto the linoleum.
A drawing of the design does not create the same lines as an x-acto knife and I wanted to make sure to keep this piece in my original family of anatomy-inspired hearts. Since this was my first attempt working with this century+ old technique I had to stop in the middle of the process several times just to think through the steps and make sure I’m not ruining my print! Linoleum sheets are fairly soft and easy to navigate, an interesting change from paper! And here it is.