Wood Canvas Art

So I made it to the next round in One Month to Win it people! Whoooo!! Super excited over here. The next round is styrofoam (which I had a hard time with, but it's part of the challenge right?!).

Are you wondering what project was mine? It was the Wood Canvas Art:

 I initially had a couple pallets that I was going to take apart and make a "canvas" out of. Have any of you actually tried to take one apart?!? Well lets say after 30 minutes of banging and maybe some curse words, I got nowhere and decided for plan B:

 My husband built me this out of a piece of board he picked up at Lowes. He gets bonus points for this one!

 I first took the staining medium and mixed it with the brown.

 I wiped it on and rubbed it in the board. I added a couple shades of brown.

 I then added a little bit of turquoise and silver to age it:

 I then drew on the silhouette of the chandelier:

 I then filled it in with a dark brown paint:

 On the bottom I added our wedding date in roman numerals:

 I then stenciled on this love quote I had pinned on pinterest:

 Finally I sanded her down a bit, paying close attention to the edges of the boards:

There she is all finished. I am going to hang this in our master bedroom over a dresser (that I am currently looking for).

Also, please forgive my lask of posting this week. Morning sickness and tiredness has taken over my life this week. Hopefully I willl feel up to doing more next week!


Michelle


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