DIY Map Triptych

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Roeshel

I’ve been wanting to re-create my own {affordable} version of the Pottery Barn Map Triptych for some time now. The Show Your State Pride Tour hosted by my sweet friend Becky at Infarrantly Creative is the perfect opportunity for me to stop thinking and start DIY’ing. If you’re popping over from visiting the state before me all the way across the US, California by Sarah M. Dorsey…welcome to Pennsylvania!

DIY {Pennsylvania} Map Triptych Tutorial

Materials:

PA state road map
3 pack of 12×16 canvas boards
1 can of Rustoleum spray paint (Satin/Walnut)
Martha Stewart Decoupage (Matte)
Twine/hemp (three 35 inch pieces)
6 screw eyes (7/8)

What I did:

1. Screw in 2 screw eyes onto the top edge of each canvas board. I measured in from the outer top edge about 1 inch of each canvas board.

2. Spray paint each board front, sides and screw eyes.

3. While the boards dried, I cut out my map into three pieces to fit onto each board. I did have to trim away the north western most tip to make it fit and left parts of New York attached to eastern PA to keep my pieces square, well…rectangular.

4. Iron paper pieces. I did a quick press on a high setting to smooth down the fold creases.

5. Attach paper maps to canvas boards using decoupage. Decoupage the front of the board, the back of the map. Smooth map into place on the board and brush the entire map and front of canvas board with decoupage. I did a second coat when the first was dry.

6. Fold twine in half and knot the ends. I also added a knot at the other end (just being decorative).

7. Place tied twine onto each screw eye and hang.

PB version $129:

inspiration source: Pottery Barn

My DIY Version under $25:

Savings of over $100! Woo hoo! AND it’s more personal to me with special meaning reflecting where I was born & raised, the state I love and reside in…Pennsylvania.

Stairwell/landing before & after makeover.

Do you live where you were born?

Next up on the tour is the super talented and fun Jaderbomb representing Louisiana.

Start the tour in Indiana with Infarrantly Creative. See the full State Pride Tour schedule to follow along.

Linking up to Tutorials & Tips at Home Stories A to Z.

Fall Chevron DIY

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Roeshel

Earlier this week, I shared my fall home tour. Did you happen to see the DIY chevron “Fall in Love” plaque on the mantel in my family room?

Tutorial:

Materials:

Scrap wood
FrogTape® Chevron Shape Tape
Paint (I used glossy Krylon cherry red spray paint, turquoise DecoArt Americana Desert Turquoise acrylic craft paint and a gold spray paint)
Fall stencil (I created/cut a fall vinyl stencil using my Silhouette. Leaf damask design from Silhouette America online store.)
Martha Stewart Crafts Wood Stain

Here’s what I did:

1. I sanded the edges of my scrap wood (left over from a shelf DIY).

2. I spray painted my wood plaque red and let dry for about an hour.

3. Starting at the top of my plaque, I applied the FrogTape® Chevron Shape Tape. Cut to size, remove half of the wax paper backing, place Shape Tape, remove other half of the wax paper backing and smooth into place.

4. and just kept adding rows by placing the zig zag design exactly as my first piece and just eye-balling the distance. To get a chevron pattern, line up the zig zag.

5. Using my thumbnail, I made sure the edges of the Shape Tape were secure.

6. Then painted my chevron using turquoise craft paint. I did three coats to completely cover the red paint underneath.

Tip: Elevate the wood using the tape container to paint sides.

7. I peeled away the Shape Tape after the third coat of craft paint while the paint was still wet and let it dry.

8. Once dry, I sanded the the entire plaque for a bit of distressing.

9. Then brushed on the wood stain, let it sit for a few minutes then wiped it off for an aged look.

10. Once everything was dry, I applied my vinyl stencil and taped the edges of my wood plaque with FrogTape® Multi-surface.

11. Then spray painted the design using gold spray paint.

12. Remove tape and vinyl stencil.

It perfectly coordinates with my red/aqua fall mantel display…

Sharing at the Fall Mantel Party, Fall Nesting Party and Home Stories A to Z.

*This is sponsored by FrogTape®. FrogTape provided by Shurtech. The opinions are completely my own based on my own experience.

DIY: Removable Decorative Window Frame

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Roeshel

DIY MAGIC WINDOW ART TUTORIAL

As a member of the Lowe’s Creative Ideas network, I’m participating in the September “window treatment” challenge. I was provided with a Lowe’s gift card to complete my project…addressing this bathroom window:

Our main floor bathroom has a window that sits high up (no one can see in and the view out is of the treetops). The window is not framed. I’ve tried a curtain on this window, but with it sitting so high above the toilet tank, it just doesn’t look right.

This project would be great for window privacy too!

Materials I used:

1×3 pine boards to create a frame
Flat corner brackets
Gorilla Wood Glue
Wood filler
White paint (leftover Valspar Signature in satin finish)
Picture frame hanging hardware
Screen (36″ wide)
FrogTape
Staples
Stencil
Craft paint
White vinyl table cloth
Vinyl decals

Removable decorative window frame:

I started with creating a frame for my window using the 1×3 boards, corner brackets, Gorilla Glue, wood filler and paint. It’s best to miter the joints, add glue to the joints and brackets (be sure that screws are not longer than depth of frame). Fill joint lines with wood filler and lightly sand once dry. Prime/paint frame.

Cut screen to fit inside the wooden frame with enough room to fold under borders and to staple to the back side of the frame.

Stencil a design on the screen and let dry. I used Cutting Edge Stencil’s Allium Gladiator Flower Stencil (it sort of looks like dandelions and butterflies). FrogTape was essential in working with the screen by holding it flat and in place. Once paint is dry, staple screen to back of frame.

You may think to stop here but when I hung the frame (in the daylight), the stenciled design wasn’t visible. It simply looked as if I only framed the window.

So I cut a piece of white vinyl table cloth to size (a bit bigger than the inner space of my frame with an extra inch around the borders to staple it into place) then I added vinyl decals to the white tablecloth. (I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out a bike and quote.) You could also try a light colored/patterned fabric or paint your own design on canvas…just remember that your stenciled screen will show when it’s dark outside.

I stapled the white tablecloth into place.

Simply hang on nails using the sawtooth picture hangers. Easily removable – as simple as taking a picture off the wall.

Before…

During the day, the bike and quote show up…

and at night, the stenciled screen shows up as well…

It’s easily removable for when I want to open/access the window and lets in a lot of light during the day. Yay! Love the result…window dressing, window frame and art. What do you think?

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*Disclaimer: As a member of the Lowe’s Creative Ideas Creators and Influencers network, I received a Lowe’s gift card to complete this project for a mini outdoor makeover challenge, however the tutorial images, instructions and opinions are my own.

Framed Pet Silhouettes

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Roeshel

I love silhouette shapes, don’t you? In need of some sort of framed art in our hallway, I decided to whip up some silhouettes of my pets to frame.

We have two pets in our home…Lalka, our ragdoll cat:

CocoRosie, our Italian greyhound:

Actual pictures of them are something I haven’t framed but black silhouettes on burlap are just about as sweet!

Materials I used:

Two 8×10 picture frames
Burlap
Silhouette textured adhesive cardstock from Happy Crafters

What I did:

1. I cut out two 8×10 pieces of burlap (and ironed them using my irons highest setting and spritzing the burlap with water (not steam) on both sides).

2. Using my Silhouette designer studio software, I purchased a cat and greyhound silhouette from the Silhouette store and created two designs for cutting, one of an 8 x 10 matte for my white adhesive card stock and a dog and cat measured to fit inside of the matte on black adhesive card stock. I also saved my designs to cut out more adhesive cat and dog shapes for making handmade cards (using the adhesive card stock is like making your own custom stickers and adhesive labels).

3. Then adjusted the settings according to the “adhesive card stock” option and sent to the Silhouette for cutting.

4. Then simply peeled away my designs and placed them on the burlap. Easy peasy! I like that the adhesive keeps my designs in place on the burlap.

5. Then framed and hung them up on the wall.

So cute!

Do you have pet art in your home? I love whimsical pet silhouettes. Remember my Italian Greyhound t-shirt?

Who knows what I’ll embellish next! I don’t have a pet accented throw pillow yet. It might be next on the list. 🙂

This post was sponsored. Happy Crafters provided the adhesive card stock. As always, opinion, experience and tutorial are my own. 🙂

(thin) DIY wall art

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Roeshel

We have a sliding door in our dining room…

It slides to the right to open. Which means, I can’t hang most things like framed art or a clock or mirror in that space if I want to slide the door open. Shown above…I can’t push that door any further than the mirror, otherwise, the door will knock it right off of the wall.

Earlier this week I shared a DIY foamboard project that I used as a fun gallery wall template/background…

Which made me think…foam board is lightweight AND thin and would work great in our dining room. Perfect wall art material fitting behind a sliding door.

This is how I also know that painting foam board isn’t such a great idea. It warps and bows but I’m still loving my project.

Using FrogTape, I taped off alternating stripes, making sure to press down the edges securely to activate the PaintBlock Technology (to keep the paint from seeping under the tape).

Then painted my stripes. (I think using a Sharpie or decorative tape would be a better option.)

I then removed my FrogTape. It did remove the paper backing in places which is what gives my finished project an aged, distressed look. Even though it didn’t go according to plan, I didn’t give up.

Using my Silhouette Cameo, I created vinyl decals (flatware silhouettes and the letters “D I N E”). Vinyl and transfer paper provided by Happy Crafters.

Then I used a glaze to ‘stain’ the bright white stripes and the areas where the paper pulled off with the FrogTape.

So where the paper pulled away gives it a distressed look:

My foamboard is bowed so I did try adding weight for a while with books. Fail. It didn’t help. But I hung it up anyway using command strips. Even with the warping, it’s still a great fit behind the sliding door…

With the sliding door open…

Not bad, right? Lesson learned: don’t paint foam board but I do love that it’s lightweight and thin so I’ll definitely be creating another DIY foam board project for this space. Perfect behind my sliding door.

*This post is brought to you by FrogTape. FrogTape provided by Shurtech. The opinions are completely my own based on my own experience. For more FrogTape projects ideas, check out the FrogTape Blog Squad.

*This is a sponsored post. Vinyl and transfer paper provided by Happy Crafters.

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