Snap art to make signs how to#

Have Home Depot or Lowe’s cut the boards for you.

The result is a very subtly textured background that I love! (You can see what I mean about the haphazard brush strokes in the video at the end of this post.) Step 3: While your canvas is drying, cut your wood for your DIY signs.īut how do you cut your wood frame without power tools, you ask. I tried to leave the paint thicker in some spots to give the DIY signs some texture, and I made sure to use a variety of paint strokes, rather than just an up and down, uniform stroke. So I haphazardly painted the canvas white using regular old white acrylic paint… the kind that you can buy at the craft store for less than $1 for a 2 ounce little bottle. Plus, the paint acts as a barrier between the canvas so the permanent marker doesn’t bleed. I know… it seems like a waste of time to actually paint a white canvas white, but I wanted the background for my sign to look hand-painted and to have a bit of character.

I find them to be much juicier and longer-lasting than the Sharpies, and they come in a 2 or 4 pack for just $1. I’ve tried to make multiple signs with both Sharpie brand markers AND Dollar Tree markers, and the Dollar Tree markers win by a landslide!

Snap art to make signs how to#

If you watched the video in my post on how to make DIY scroll signs on paper, then you know that I LOVE the Dollar Tree permanent markers!

The paper comes in a pack of 200 sheets, and you can get multiple signs out of just one sheet of paper, so it’s a great value!Īnd don’t worry about having a ton of carbon paper left over… my kids love to use it to trace drawings from coloring books… or you can use it to create other DIY signs like this totally awesome DIY scroll sign! Black Permanent Marker I used this carbon paper and stylus pack (affiliate) to create these DIY signs on canvas.

This is exactly how it prints out, without you having to make any fancy changes in the printer settings:ĬLICK HERE TO SEE ALL OF MY DIY SIGN TEMPLATES! Carbon Paper and (optional) Stylus The template looks like this, with part of the sign on each sheet of 8.5″ x 11″ paper… It’s basically just a print out on regular paper of the design for my DIY signs. I used an easy DIY sign template to create my sign… We used plain old white acrylic paint and it worked great! DIY Sign Template You will need at least 2 of the rubber-tipped spring clamps. I HIGHLY recommend the spring-loaded clamps for this project! We only had one spring clamp when we made our canvas sign, so we had to use the twisty type clamps and they were MUCH more difficult to clamp onto the canvas frame. We used this wood glue (affiliate) and it worked like a charm! Highly Recommended! 3″ Spring-loaded clamps We used a 150 grit sandpaper and sanded by hand. The thing about using cheap wood for DIY sign frames is that “cheap” usually means “rough” in terms of lumber, so you will definitely need to sand it down some first. Here are the sign making supplies you’ll need to recreate my DIY “Home” sign:īoth the wood stakes and the 1″ x 2″ strip boards work really well for making DIY sign frames, so the choice is yours. I know it seems like these DIY signs on canvas require a lot of supplies, but most of these things you probably have laying around your house.Īnd one thing that you DON’T need to make these adorable and easy signs is power tools! So you can absolutely channel your inner Martha Stewart without asking your husband to drag out the table saw. Here’s how to use a paper sign template to make DIY framed canvas signs… How to make DIY Signs on Canvas: Step 1: Gather your supplies to make signs. *This post contains affiliate links, which means I earn a small commission if you click one of these links and make a purchase, at no additional cost to you. All of these DIY sign babies are special in their own ways, but they were ALL born from one main sign-making method…Īnd all of the sign templates that I used were printed right from my home printer on regular old printer paper… so I didn’t have to make a special trip to the print store for a large scale print out.Īnd I didn’t have to visit the craft store and dole out $300 for a Cricut machine.