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As a Christmas gift I created a wall decoration for my sister using MDF wooden letters from Say It With Letters that say “Family of 6”. The letters are great just painted but I wanted to give them an aged, old-world feel. I painted each letter, added lace, painted the lace, and then used Smooch Spritz to antique each letter. The Smooch Spritz gives a metallic sheen to the letters, giving them a rich patina effect as if they were aged metal. Here's how I accomplished this look:
First I painted each letter with basic matte acrylic paint. I used tan, copper, sage green, and kelly green paint.
On some of the letters I adhered lace to the fronts for added texture and painted directly over the lace.
While the paint was partially dry I sprayed each letter with Smooch Spritz in Wood Grain, Green Olive, Spun Sugar, and Caramel Latte.
I sprayed the letters with lace on them with Smooch Spritz as well.
After the letters were sprayed, I dabbed off the excess ink with a paper towel. This resulted in a mottled but still metallic finish, like weathered metal.
After the letters were dry, I added Prima flowers, and some buttons I bought in Los Angeles in the Garment District. A couple pieces of 3×4 chipboard on the number “6” create frames for photos of my sister's family.
Hope this inspires you to take your Smooch Spritzing off the page/card and onto the wall!
Happy Spritzing!
OHMYGOODNESS! This is SUCH a fabulous project. The wall ensemble is just stunning! Great job!
And happy holidays to you and yours!
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this is great!!! Love it!
Love it, that is such a wonderful project! Thanks for sharing!
Love the project.
Joan
This is a great project! Thanks for the inspiration! Anne, yourmainestamper
Love all the texture. So awesome.
This is really cute Jennifer!
Family of 6… am I missing something?
I like what you did with the letters. It gives me an idea what I can do to decorate the letter I bought some time ago to decorate my scrapping area.
This is a wonderful idea for filling up a wall. I can see it as a place where everyone in the family can contribute to it.
Your sister will love this tribute to her family. I like the different effects you get with the smooch on the wood and lace.
jen, thanks for sharing the detail on this project. \i have yet to place a wall message in my creative space and this will defintely influence my decision.
ava
cottagerca
Beautiful project outside of a scrapbook page.
very creative!
You have giving me so many ideas on how I can use the smooch. Have a wonderful Christmas…..
great way to decorate those letters
this is truly fabulous…now I need to start collecting letters for my own creation:)
What a great wall display. Thanks for sharing with us all.
Angel
How cool is that! tfs have a wonderful holiday!
Barbara
that is such a cute idea!!!
tfs
kathy
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Love all the texture! Thank you for sharing with us.
WOW this is just incredible!! I love the lace on the letters. You are simply amazing Cheryl!!
Simply gorgeous!!! I love it. I love how you used lace and painted right over it. I just adore how every letter comes together.
syeda
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This is beautiful! I love all the colors and details.