On Island Time Sign Makeover

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Develop your very own “On Island Time” signal just with scrapbook paper and easily transferred lettering with paint!

Hey mates!
I hope you are possessing a wonderful week. We have been traveling and browsing household (and buddies) in the superb condition of South Carolina. (some in the Charleston region and some in the upstate)
If you stick to alongside in excess of on Instagram, you may possibly have observed a minimal of the journey. Enjoyable, entertaining!

On Island Time Signal

Now I’m again sharing this sweet minor sign…

blue sign before makeover

Given that it’s now a signal and has a wonderful hanging wire on the back again, I figured I’d hold it a signal.
Well, kind of.

You can hang it or sit it on a shelf, both way.

Below is what it appears to be like like now…

on island time blue and green sign

Just a tiny various, huh? lol

Nicely, guess what? Yep…I pulled out yet another sheet of that extensive-dropped scrapbook paper I had stashed away and made use of it.

blue and green beach scrapbook paper

You can see earlier mentioned that I created a crease by pressing along the edges of the board for reducing.

See under?

backside of scrapbook paper

Then I used a slim layer of my Decoupage Gel …

blue sign with decoupage gel applied

…and attached the scrapbook paper.

The moment it was dry, I took a piece of sandpaper and rubbed the edges to get a nice clean line like you see under.

edge of sign smooth

I really like that small trick! Operates so well. (on cloth decoupage as well)

Then I printed (in reverse) out the words and phrases “on island time…” and organized them on the signal where by I wished them.

printed lettering cut out and laid on sign to transfer

I rubbed above them with the pencil to transfer the ink from the inkjet.

Want to see additional about this transfer strategy and some others? Verify out this submit listed here >>> How To Transfer Graphics

You can see how very well this is effective beneath.

ink transferred to sign

Then all you have to do is use a smaller artist’s brush to paint above the lettering. (one thing like this brush works really nicely)

I made use of white paint for the letters.

lettering painted in with white paint

I went back in excess of regions that have been as well thin and then decided to incorporate shadowing.

white lettering with gray shadows

I like to print out the text with a “shadow” and it displays you in all places you will need to incorporate it.

painting the shadows on the letters and printed shadowed paper

Does not that just make the letters pop??

up close of shadowed letters

Last of all, I scorching glued a toddler starfish to the front to finish it up.

front view of on island time sign with starfish

Perfect for that beach front-themed dwelling or cottage by the sea. 🙂

beachy sign with seashells and white vase and flowers

An additional really uncomplicated 1! Loving all the decoupage I have been executing lately.
It is been so considerably pleasurable to rework these aged, exhausted items!

PIN it to preserve it!

Create your own "On Island Time" sign simply with scrapbook paper and easily transferred lettering with paint! artsychicksrule.com