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Instructions:
It all started here, with this plain ole piece of wood. Nothing fancy, just a solid piece of perfect proportions.
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I started by quickly roughing the surface with a piece of sandpaper and applied a quick coat of white paint. Note that it took about 3 good coats to get a good coverage and boy did that white make a difference!
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My next step was wording. I do not have the gift of beautiful hand-lettering so I used some Chalk Couture samples I had laying around. I am NOT a CC designer but I do love their products. The fall design I used was from last years release I believe.
I used their ink to do this transfer only because I didn’t have the paste. In hindsight I think the paste would have prevented the black from bleeding a little. Again I am not a season Chalk Couture-ist.…I was just using what I had to get words on the board. Any stencil and paint would work great.
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I lightly and I mean LIGHTLY sanded the surface of the paint only after I knew it was good and dry. My thought here was that it would possibly help with the brush strokes being so visible.
And then I applied my stencil and ink.
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Once my design was ready I let it set overnight just to ensure it was good and dry.
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In the meantime the hubby was making my cuts for the trim of the sign. We used 1in. cedar from Lowe’s. I had him make 4 cuts because originally I had planned to frame out all the edges.
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I used Minwax Espresso to stain the wood to a perfect shade of brown.
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After allowing them time to dry to the touch, I attached the top and bottom trim using a nail gun.
This is where my mind switched from the simple 4 sided from to creating a handing canvas-type look.
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I fashioned a hanger out of two small screws and a piece of old rusty wire I had stashed from a recent trip to a “junker’s paradise”
![scrap wood sign up close with rusty wire](https://i0.wp.com/roostandrestore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/WOODEN-CANVAS-FALL-SIGN14.jpg?w=600&ssl=1)
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Are you ready for the reveal… she’s a beaut!
![happy fall yall scrap wood sign](https://i0.wp.com/roostandrestore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/WOODEN-CANVAS-FALL-SIGN9.jpg?w=600&ssl=1)
![green pumpkin with cotton stems and scrap wood sign](https://i0.wp.com/roostandrestore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/WODEN-CANVAS-FALL-SIGN13.jpg?w=600&ssl=1)
![scrap wood happy fall yall sign](https://i0.wp.com/roostandrestore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/WOODEN-CANVASFALL-SIGN10.jpg?w=600&ssl=1)
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