Okay, so when I found this on Pinterest,
Source: vinyldesignsbycj.com via Leanne on Pinterest
I knew exactly what I would be making for my Baby girl’s Valentines Gift. You’ve already seen what I made for my other 2 kids here, but since Elissa is too small for us to know her personality, she needed something a little extra special… so I made this,
"Owl Always Love You"
Isn’t it freakin’ cute?! I think so!! Here’s how I made it:
found a board in my stash, gave it a coat of brown, and a coat of yellow (Martha Stewarts Cornbread)...
...made my words on picnik.com, printed it out....
.. did some light sanding, and used "Distress Ink" over the whole board to give it a distressed look, cuz I was feeling kinda lazy and didn't feel like doing so much sanding!...
And this is when I couldn’t find the camera, and I feel so bad! I hope you can understand what I did next. I first googled different owls, and as owls are huge right now in decor, a few different choices were easy to find.
I picked one I thought would be easiest to copy. I drew the owl out on brown craft paper, free hand.
I then cut out each part of the owl, example, the wings, the body, the eyes etc, and used those as templates for the fabric.
I still have tons of fabric left over from when I decorated my baby girl’s room, I traced the brown paper templates onto the fabrics, and cut them out.
...placed everything on the board to see where it fit best...
...cut out the words, and placed them on to fit...
I had already coloured the back of the words in pencil, and when the words were placed on, I traced them with a pen, tranferring the words onto the board. I painted them in black. (To see my transfer method in a different example, see here)
...and piece by piece, I modge podged each layer of the picture on...
... I finished off the board with 3 top layers of Modge Podge, and ta-da!
"Owl Always Love You"
Let me know what you think! I’d love to hear from you!
xo, Leanne
I’m partying here!
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OH OH OH….I want one!!
love it!
Thanks!!
Found your adorable blog via the Linky Blog Hop! I’m following you, now! Hope you can come visit my blog at http://www.eccentricleopard.com/ Thanks!
Thanks Tera! And welcome! Visited your blog, and following back!
SO SO CUTE!
Thank you Michelle!! )
Love your blog! So nice to be able to follow you on the new Linky tool. Stop by and follow back so we can stay connected. Jeanine
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Absolutely adorable! And such a special gift for your daughter. I also love owls and all of the owl things out there lately… and have even done my own owl drawing recently too. I was instantly drawn to your sign and just love that yellow!
I checked out your blog Andrea, and your picture of the owl is stunning! I love the yellow too, at this time of year I really crave color! Thanks so much for commenting!
So cute! She will love it for years to come!
thank you amanda!!
This turned out SO darling!! I love how you put it all together! I’m such a sucker for owls! Thanks for sharing at oopsey daisy!
Thank you Alison! I know, I’ve been crazy about owls lately! Thanks for hosting the party!
I LOVED this project, Leanne!!!
I wish you would do a workshop on HOW to make signs!!!!
I need new techniques BAD-DLY (LOL)
All I know is to paint with ASCP!!!!
Today I am going to transfer an image form the Graphics Fairy onto a table. God help me!!!
AGain, thank you so much for following me!!!
Maybe one day I will!! I’m still learning myself!!
I’m looking forward to the day I can work with ASCP! Maybe we need to get together one day and swap knowledge!!
Good luck with the transfer, I’ve been looking for the perfect graphic and the perfect piece of furniture to try that with!!
And thanks for following me back!
Hugs!
Great work, Leanne!
Thank you so much Baljit!! And thanks for checking out my blog! I hope you are having a great summer!