How To: Canvas Signs

I saw this absolutely adorable sign on Pinterest and I thought to myself, I could totally do that. I decided that instead of doing it on wood, I was going to do it on canvas, because it is lighter, and I live in an apartment (No big holes in the walls).

First I went to wal-mart and picked up a 16x20 canvas. It came in a pack of two for $10. I also picked up a bottle of gray, black, and white acrylic paint and sponge brushes. It doesn't take much, so I got the 50 cent bottles.

I painted my canvas gray, and then black. Really sorry, but I forgot to take a picture of the gray layer. I did this because I like the distressed look a little bit, and wanted to be able to rough the edges up a bit.

While the paint was drying, I used my cameo to cut a stencil for my lettering. It took a couple of tries, and a lot of placing and taping. once my whole stencil was taped together I put it on top of my, now dry, canvas. I chose to tape it down so that I knew it wasn't going to move around at all.

Once it was all taped down, I used my white paint, to go over the stencil. When everything was all dry, I pulled the stencil up. It worked fairly well, and I only had to touch up the spaces that needed filling. These were the centers of letters like "O" and "A" Once that was done and all dry, I hung it up with some frames bordering it. This is what I ended up with. Love it!