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HOW TO ADD WORD ART TO A PICTURE IN PAINT FULL

The best part is the chalk is water dissolvable, so a quick wipe with water washes it away. It can be used to transfer designs to wood, fabric, paper. It is kind of what the name says…chalk on paper.

Use a pen and chacopaper to transfer the letters.

I usually eyeball placement and then measure and tweak. The quilting ruler was great for this too, but any ruler will do. Center the phrase vertically and horizontally.

Use painters tape to attach paper to your canvas.

If you do not paint your canvas, you will never be able to match the canvas for touchups. This step is important to make it easier to clean up mistakes later. You can use other light background colors too. I warmed mine up with a coat of creamy white acrylic paint. I wanted a white background, but canvases are usually a little dirty and the gessoed white is pretty stark. Line up your words with the center line as a guide. You want the fold to be the exact center of the word. Do not match the edges of the paper but rather the edge of the first and last letter in the word.

I wanted my words centered and aligned vertically.

I used a quilting ruler (love these for everything except quilting) to measure 1 inch to trim from the top and bottom. Once all my words were taped together, I trimmed the excess off the top and bottom.I used a line on my cutting mat as a guide to line up the bottom edges of my paper making sure each word was straight. Since my letters were so large and printed one per page, each letter was in the exact same spot on each page. Line up your letters and tape each word together.I first trimmed mine within 1/4 inch of the letter on each side. Trim the excess paper around your letters.Then I typed in Word in the same font size and printed. This helped me determine I wanted my letters to be 5″ tall. I typed out my phrase and sized it the way I wanted. Tip: I used PhotoShop Elements first and created a canvas the same size as my real canvas.

Print on multiple sheets of paper in grayscale. Make the font color a light grey or use an outline (no need to waste ink). In a word editing program type out your saying and size appropriately for your canvas. Here is a complete tutorial to make your own: This project was really easy and turned out just as I had imagined. It is a gentle reminder to live, laugh, and love everyday. Displayed in the half bath we actually see it every time we walk in through the mudroom. Also fitting that it now hangs next to the cross-stitch of the Cape Hatteras lighthouse where we got married. When I thought about the perfect saying to use in my art it was a no brainer. The plaque now hangs in my laundry/craft room above the window. We said no to that request and she did not buy the house (I am sure there were reasons other than the $10 sign…I hope). In our last home, one buyer actually asked for it in the contract.

It was damaged in our first move and now it looks aged with one of the ornaments broken. Several years ago I found a plaque with the saying for under $10 at Target. We hang that ornament on our Christmas tree every year. My best friend and bridesmaid coincidentally wrapped up our wedding gift with a cute little ornament that says “live, laugh, love”. The beach house we rented for our wedding had a plaque in it with this phrase. “Live, Laugh, Love” is something you see printed on everything, but for us it has special meaning. I decided to make my own art using a simple phrase I love. The blue was just screaming for a complimentary red or pink color. I have wanted to add a dash of pink to the striped half bathroom since the day I painted the first coat on those blue and white stripes.

HOW TO ADD WORD ART TO A PICTURE IN PAINT FULL

But I was itching for a little girly color splash in my house full of boys. I painted something pink! For those of you that know me…pink in my home decor is unheard of (it’s all teal and lime around here).