Dickens’ Acre (simple sign with Silhouette template)

I hope you all had a great Holiday weekend! We have finally cooled off, in fact it was  about 40 degrees cooler on Monday than it was on Saturday. I’m loving it! 
I would like to take a moment to say that I am thinking about my friends that have dealt with Irene and Lee, and also my friends in Texas dealing with the horrible heat and fires. I hope life gets back to normal for you all really soon!

My friend wanted a sign for her back porch.  I used my Silhouette to make a template (stencil) out of contact paper.


She (my friend) gave me a board that she wanted me to use. I painted it the same blue as my kitchen floor. If you look closely in these pictures you’ll see how well it matches.




I used these bright colored paints from DecoArt, and some sample paint from Glidden.  Mrs. Dickens also wanted some grass, but I felt the grass would be too small for the Silhouette to cut out. I decided to freehand the grass.  I purposely gave the trees some texture by swirling the paint, and I used the tip of my brush to give the sun some “rays”.

Fast forward—I got too busy and forgot to take in progress pictures.     I added the grass and gave the sign several coats of outdoor poly.




This is where it hangs over at Dickens’ Acre!





I can’t help myself, I love making signs!  

Stop by tomorrow for a review and a fantastic giveaway!

gail