"Prayer Changes Things" Sign

This is the first for me... Normally I see things that inspire me to try to make my own, but this time I was approached with a picture of an inspiration and asked to make. Here was my MIL's inspiration that she saw at a craft fair and wanted me to make for a relative...

 

 

Materials used:

9X16 wood board

wood cross ($3.99 @ Hobby Lobby )

small wood cross ($2.99 @ Hobby Lobby for a bag of 8- got 40% off)

Valspar spray paint in brown ($4.79 @ Lowes)

Anita's All Purpose Acrylic paint in Antique White ($1.99 @ Hobby Lobby)

Weldbond glue ($3.99 @ Hobby Lobby)

Minwax Fast Drying Polycrylic (Lowes)

Elmer's painters pen in Brown Brun Cafe (Hobby Lobby)

foam brush, art brush

Cricut with Type Candy Font cartridge

sander

 

*** Some of these items I had on hand so can't give you price, but roughly cost $20 and 2 hrs to make + drying time**

 

Step 1: I cut the wood to the 9X16 size (just a size I picked based on the size of the crosses) and sanded the edges. I then spray painted the wood with the Valspar spray paint in brown and let dry. Once dry (few minutes), I painted the front of the board with Anita's All Purpose Acrylic paint in Antique White and let dry. I did not paint a thick layer over the brown because I wanted the brown to come through.

 

 

Step 2: Next I painted the 2 crosses that I picked out with the art brush. Now don't get mad at me, but I cannot tell you the exact colors or type of paint I used. I love to use things I have lying around when I do crafts so... I had some acrylic sample paints that come in these little containers that are glued together (don't know exact term for these), but you can see in picture below. I let the crosses dry (few minutes) and then glued them together using the Weldbond glue.

 

 

Step 3: I glued the crosses onto the board using the Weldbond glue. 

 

 

Step 4: Now you can use whatever you want for your font, but I used my Cricut machine for this project. I got this new cartridge called Type Candy Font 50% off @ Michael's and was dying to use it! So I cut the letters in the Better with Chocolate font and placed them how I wanted them on the board.

 

 

Step 5: I traced the letters using the Elmer's painters pen in brown.

 

 

Step 6: Seal the wood with Minwax fast drying poly and let dry.

 

The finished product...

 

 

I like the finished product, but if I had more time, I think I would have gone back & added some detail to the crosses- don't know. Ended up adding a sawtooth hanger on the back so it could be hung on the wall. The people I made it for greatly appreciated it and actually got a smile during a hard time so that made it all worth it. Hopefully it will be a constant reminder for them and anyone else who reads it!

 

Till my next inspiration...