I wanted to create a sign to remind me (and the family) to be “Thankful” for all our blessings.
I used some scrap MDF ( Medium-density board) left over from other projects and had my dad set up the router table for me. The router bit creates a nice decorative edge around the outside of the plaque. A router is a really easy to use tool. There are tons of different bits available that will create different designs. My parents made their own molding in their home! In fact I used a piece of left over molding of theirs on the shelving my oldest son’s closet make-over.
I like to lay out my designs in Word. It’s easy for my to play around with different fonts and colors. I’m a visual person and often need to see what the end will look like before I begin. Anyone else like that?
The font on the “Be” is Aquarelle and I used Chocolatebox for the “Thankful”.
While working on my “Thankful” project and waiting for the vinyl to cut, I went pursing through the latest post by you lovely ladies and stumbled onto Miss Mustard Seed’s blog. There she just posted a video showing her lovely glittered creations. Well, I was inspired!!!
I didn’t have any glitter as lovely as Miss Mustard Seed but I did have a beautiful tinsel copper embossing powder from my old rubber stamping days. Using the vinyl as a stencil, I applied a light layer of school glue, dusted with the embossing powder, and applied heat with my embossing heat tool.
I couldn’t be more “Thankful” the way it turned out!
Carrie