Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Red, White and Blue

It is DIY day at A Soft Place to Land hosted by Kimba. Here is my project. The large letters I bought from Michael's. I'm sure everyone knows where one of those stores are. Then I picked out my favorite red, white and blue scrapbooking papers. Bought at a number of different places. Then I painted the edges of the letters with my favorite blue paint. Next I sit the letters upside down on the back of the papers and traced. Twice for the S and the A on different papers. Next I cut into 1 or 2 pieces on the 2 alike letters at the same time. And then you piece back together until you are happy with the look. Next Modge Podge them on the letters and decorate with ribbons or anything you would like. I did ink the edges of the paper before decoupaging them. Had hubby hang them above a very high window. I really wanted them to look as though they were sitting on the ledge but he had his own opinion on that. But heh that's ok, because I did not want to climb up there myself.

6 comments:

jninecostumes said...

This is clever. I can see doing a child's name or a holiday wish with them in different papers as well. Thanks for sharing.

blushing rose said...

That is AWESOME. You are amazing & have a very creative eye.

Terry's hubby was in an accident. Please pray for them @ terrytreasures.blogspot.com.

Have a lovely autumn week. TTFN ~Marydon

Old Time Cindy said...

Love it!
Cindy

gail@My Repurposed Life said...

it looks great! that would work for so much more than just USA
thanks for sharing!
gail

BlueCastle said...

That's a good idea! I love how you did this, it looks great. I have to have my husband help with my projects too, and there are just some times when it doesn't turn out exactly as I visualized it either. :)

Michelle said...

Quick and easy and sooo cute! Thats a great project, stop by for a visit soon!
Michelle