Wrong! YOU can be this impressive, artsy person! Tell me how cute slash impressive these look?! They are so easy easy -- only about 20 minutes start to finish -- and free. That's right. Free! (As long as you have the materials already. But even if you don't, they're relatively inexpensive. Much less expensive than buying a pre-created piece of art!)
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| I'll do a DIY for my fairy lights soon!! :] |
Anyway, this DIY artwork is so easy, I'm telling you! And it looks pretty impressive when it is framed and hung on your wall. Let's get started!
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All you need is:
A computer
A printer + paper
1 piece of thick white cardstock/cardboard/art paper
Glittery nail polish (any color to match the colors in your room!)
Scissors
Painter's tape (or any removable, lightly sticky tape)
Medium sized picture frame
How-To:
Open up a word processing program on your computer, and create any text you want to turn into your artwork. I chose to use an ampersand for this tutorial, but as you can see I also did my initials, "j" and "k." You can also choose any font that you want!
Print out the characters of your choice. Make sure the size of the print-out is large or small enough to fit in the frame you are going to use! My ampersand ended up being 775 point font in Times New Roman.
What you're going to need to do is carefully cut out the actual character, leaving a stencil of the outline of the character. So try to make the lines as neat and straight as possible, with as few jagged edges as possible!
If there are any extra pieces on the inside of the characters that need to be cut out, do this super carefully as well! You need to keep the white parts completely in tact so you can tape these down with the stencil.
Lay the stencil pieces on the thick piece of paper or cardboard and adjust it until you're happy with the placement.
Tape the pieces down using painter's tape, or a kind of tape that isn't super sticky and won't harm the cardstock that your art is going on.
Using glittery nail polish, start painting the inside of the stencil! Be really careful around the edges, because you don't want too much of the color bleeding out underneath the stencil. It's not meant to be perfect though, so don't worry if it doesn't look completely neat! The homemade quality is what makes it unique.
I used a really cheap polish for this so I wasn't using a ton of a nice, expensive polish. The "Studio M" brand is from the grocery store Meijer (which is all over the midwest) and was only about $2 or so. The point of using this polish is that it's free, and can usually be found lying around you room somewhere. Don't go out and buy something super expensive just for this! If you can find an acrylic glitter paint cheaper than $2, use that instead! Anything glittery that dries completely dry will work!
Once the polish has dried completely, slowly and carefully peel off the outside stencil..
Then peel off the inside stencils. If the polish sort of stuck the stencil down to the paper and you have a hard time finding a place to grab, use a pair of tweezers to peel the smaller portions off. And really make sure the polish is dry when you do this, or else it'll end up smudging and bleeding.
How adorable is this?!
Cut the cardboard to the size of your frame, and place the glittery artwork wherever you feel looks the best within the frame.
And you're done!
I really love the way these turn out!! They take classic fonts and characters and add a little oomph with the glitter. Adorable! They look good on a wall, on a desk, on a nightstand.. wherever you want! And since you're the one making them, you can add personal touches and every piece is unique. They also make amazing gifts! They're super impressive and can make any space a little cuter :]
xojaybee
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