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Easy DIY St Patrick’s Day Sign

February 22, 2017 - By Emma 1 Comments

Today’s contributor is Emma from Crafting{E}! All posts written by Emma for Make It and Love It, can be found HERE.

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Hello Make It and Love It readers! I am so excited to be here today!

It’s Emma again from Crafting{E}. I have a super fun project for you guys today. It is a super easy painted “lucky” sign. It was so fun to make and I can’t wait to show you how to make it!

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First of all, let me assure you, I am definitely NOT an artist.

I love graphic design (on the computer), but painting and drawing are not something I am good at. If you feel intimidated by the thought of painting something like this, don’t worry! It’s WAY easier than it looks.

I love the way the metallic gold/bronze paint contrasts the bright rainbow colors. Perfect for St. Patrick’s Day, am I right?! As you can see, the sign is definitely not perfect and I made several mistakes, but I feel like it adds a lot of fun character to the sign.

I hand-wrote the “lucky” part, but if you don’t want to do that, you can easily print the word out in a cute font and trace it.

The other thing about making this sign is that it is seriously so therapeutic.

I enjoyed spending several hours a couple weekends ago painting this sign and it was seriously relaxing!

Now, onto the tutorial!

MATERIALS:

Canvas or a piece of wood
Acrylic paint (I used red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and gold/bronze)
Pencil and ruler
Paint brush

DIRECTIONS:

First, lightly sketch out the design of your sign in pencil. You can also use a ruler for the lines in the back.

Then, paint the word “lucky” with your bronze or gold paint. You may need a couple coats. Allow the word to dry.

Next, paint the red lines.

Paint the orange lines.

Paint the yellow lines.

Paint the Green and blue lines. Don’t worry if you get some paint on the “lucky” part because you can touch it up after.

Let the lines dry and then touch up the “lucky” part with more bronze/gold paint.

And that’s it! I hope you guys enjoyed this tutorial. Don’t forget to check out my website, Crafing{E} for more great projects. I hope you all have a great week!