On Island Time Sign Makeover

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Develop your possess “On Island Time” indicator simply with scrapbook paper and easily transferred lettering with paint!

Hey friends!
I hope you are acquiring a amazing week. We have been traveling and visiting spouse and children (and mates) in the fantastic condition of South Carolina. (some in the Charleston location and some in the upstate)
If you abide by together over on Instagram, you could have seen a tiny of the trip. Enjoyable, enjoyable!

On Island Time Indication

Currently I’m again sharing this sweet tiny sign…

blue sign before makeover

Since it is by now a indicator and has a pleasant hanging wire on the back again, I figured I’d maintain it a indicator.
Properly, type of.

You can hang it or sit it on a shelf, either way.

Right here is what it appears to be like like now…

on island time blue and green sign

Just a minor various, huh? lol

Effectively, guess what? Yep…I pulled out a further sheet of that very long-shed scrapbook paper I had stashed absent and utilized it.

blue and green beach scrapbook paper

You can see above that I established a crease by pressing together the edges of the board for cutting.

See below?

backside of scrapbook paper

Then I used a slender layer of my Decoupage Gel …

blue sign with decoupage gel applied

…and connected the scrapbook paper.

Once it was dry, I took a piece of sandpaper and rubbed the edges to get a pleasant thoroughly clean line like you see beneath.

edge of sign smooth

I love that tiny trick! Functions so nicely. (on material decoupage far too)

Then I printed (in reverse) out the words “on island time…” and organized them on the signal exactly where I required them.

printed lettering cut out and laid on sign to transfer

I rubbed about them with the pencil to transfer the ink from the inkjet.

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You can see how nicely this performs beneath.

ink transferred to sign

Then all you have to do is use a little artist’s brush to paint more than the lettering. (something like this brush works extremely properly)

I used white paint for the letters.

lettering painted in with white paint

I went back above places that had been much too skinny and then decided to increase shadowing.

white lettering with gray shadows

I like to print out the terms with a “shadow” and it shows you almost everywhere you have to have to include it.

painting the shadows on the letters and printed shadowed paper

Doesn’t that just make the letters pop??

up close of shadowed letters

And lastly, I scorching glued a little one starfish to the entrance to complete it up.

front view of on island time sign with starfish

Fantastic for that seaside-themed property or cottage by the sea. 🙂

beachy sign with seashells and white vase and flowers

Another quite very simple 1! Loving all the decoupage I’ve been executing recently.
It is been so substantially entertaining to completely transform these outdated, tired parts!

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