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Welcome Signs for front doors are very popular right now and this adorable upcycled welcome sign is perfect on my door! I’m joining some of my favorite crafters for the 9th edition of Creative Crafts – Recycled Crafts Edition to create upcycled crafts. I made this sign from a sign that I recently took down from my craft room.

Materials:

An old sign
Welcome cut out that I cut on my Glowforge and then painted black
9″ x 12″ craft cut of Kunin Felt® Classicfelt: (1) Peacock, (1) Apple Green
Acrylic Paint
E6000 glue
Paint Brush
Scissors

How I made it:

I started by painting my sign. I picked this bright yellow paint from DecoArt. Bright colors are just making me so happy lately! Before painting, I pulled the wire up front the front so that I didn’t paint the little curls in the ends. I ended up having to do three coats of paint to get it covered to my liking.

Next, I made felt flowers. There are plenty of options for making felt flowers but these are the ones I picked. The first one I cut a circle from the blue felt and then cut it to create a spiral. I then wrapped it from the center outward, gluing it in place as I went. The second flower I cut a long strip of the blue felt, folded it in half and glued it on the ends and along the edges. Using my scissors, I cut short slits in the folded side, making sure not to cut all the way to the edge of the glued side. I then rolled it up, gluing it as I rolled. I cut leaves from the green felt.

Once everything was ready, it was time to glue everything into place using the E6000. You can use any glue, but E6000 is my favorite glue!

Once the glue was dry, it was ready to hang up on my front door! I love how it turned out! I hope you do too!

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This post is sponsored by DecoArt but all ideas and opinions are my own.

Have your tried paint pouring yet? Have you been scared to try it? DecoArt has a line of Fluid Art Ready-To-Pour Acrylic paints that are made just for paint pouring and they are super easy to use. They have 26 individual vivid colors and seven variety packs. These paints do not require additional pouring mediums. Now available at Michael’s!

For this blog post, we were asked to use a 3-D object to do our paint pouring. I picked a birdhouse and I’m kind of in love with how it turned out!

Materials needed:

DecoArt Fluid Art Ready-To-Pour Acrylic Paint Pack (this is the Tropical pack)
3-D object (I used a wooden birdhouse from Michael’s)
Pan and Rack to pour over. I covered my pan in aluminum foil for easy cleanup.
Craft Paper to roll up to place into the birdhouse hole.
Scissors
gloves are optional!

How I did it:

Remove the acrylics from their pack and lightly shake each bottle to get them ready. Do not over shake them or else it may create lots of bubbles.

Roll the piece of craft paper up so that it’s springy. Place the rolled up paper in the birdhouse hole so that the paint doesn’t run into the hole and into the birdhouse.

Since this birdhouse had a roof ledge, I turned the house on it’s side and poured paint under the ledge. I poured quite a bit so that it would run down the house sides once it was upright again.

Once I had enough paint under the ledge, I started pouring it on the sides allowing it to drip.

Once the sides were covered, I poured the paint over the top and let it drip. I kept adding layers, allowing it to just run off the roof of the house. TIP: Applying too much paint can cause crazing, so a thinner finish is desired.

Then it was time to just let it drip and dry. Allow for the paint to dry for at least 24 hours. It may require more depending on how thick the paint is.

Once the paint is dry, use scissors to cut the paper and remove it from the house. TIP: I took the tip of the scissors and slid it around the hole to cut the paint away from the paper. This kept it from pulling the paint away from the house when I took the paper out.