I am excited to announce my second giveaway, one of my very own customizable, handmade letter paintings.
These are my most recent art experiments, and listing on my Etsy shop. These 6″x6″ canvases are covered with patterned paper, then sealed with encaustic wax. To top off the interesting background I paint letters using oil paint. These little paintings are the perfect way to decorate a blank wall,聽 sit on a shelf or mantle. or pair with another work of art!
These mini works of art are easy to make and only require a handful of materials. It’s a good afternoon project and way to decorate your home! If you love them, but don’t want to make your own, buy one of mine or enter to win one below!
SUPPLIES:
- 6″x6″ wood panel (or any size wood panel, I prefer the small square, 1 1/2 inches deep)
- Scrapbook paper
- Hot glue gun
- Encaustic medium
- Hot plate (with temperature gauge)
- Glass or metal dishes (to melt the wax in on the heat plate)
- Heat gun
- Oil paint
- Paint brush
- Mineral spirits
HOW TO:
Step one… Cut or rip your scrapbook paper into strips and glue it onto the wood pane using a hot glue gunl. I typically rip the paper because I like the rough edge it creates
Step two… Place the encaustic medium in a glass or metal container on top of the hot plate. Do not allow the wax to heat beyond 200 degrees, if it reaches temperatures beyond this it can release toxic fumes. Make sure you are in a well ventilated area!
Step three… pour the melted wax on the panel, or paint it on with a paint brush. If you use a paint brush keep in mind the wax will ruin it, I have a few brushes I use聽exclusively聽for encaustic.
Step four… Use the heat gun to evenly spread the wax, and make it thin enough to be able to see the paper beneath it.
Step five… Paint your letter, number, or symbol using oil paint! You can purchase cardboard cut outs of lettersto trace around at places such as Hobby Lobby.
Step six… Hang on your wall and enjoy!
Hang a letter to reflect each member of your family, or add ampersands, plus signs, and hearts to his and hers letters. These letter paintings are so much fun to make, and are made with a lot of love a little bit of glue. I currently have them listed at my shop for $15.oo per letter.
For my February giveaway I am offering one of my letter paintings. The winner gets to choose the background color and letter, or symbol, of their choice. The customized painting will be shipped to your doorstep free of charge!
In order to participate all you have to do is comment on this post! Next Sunday the winner will be selected at random using the And the Winner Is plugin.
I wish each one of you good luck, I look forward to choosing the winner in one short week! Thanks for participating in my giveaway and supporting my blog!
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this is such a neat idea! love your stuff 馃榾
We’re planning a wedding and having one of these with the first letter of our new last name would be awesome to hang up with the wedding pictures!
Oh these are soo cute!
Karen Foster
KarenatMommysMoments at gmail dot com.
This would be amazing to win! This is beautiful.
These are beautiful!
very pretty! would love to win!
Love these!
How creative!
love your work! msmunster@yahoo.com
Thanks for the chance
I’d love to enter – these look wonderful!
Beautiful, would love one!
Going to have to try this. Thank you. rierie11booger (@) yahoo.com
What a neat idea! Please count me in for a win! 馃槈
danaan at gmx dot at.
Thanks for the giveaway, your artwork is really unique!
I Love it! Very creative. I think it would look great in “M”. I hope I win! Thanks for the chance!
I really like these. It is something I would like.
sthastie at gmail.
These are awesome.
fastkat at gmail dot com
Would love to be entered! Really neat idea:)
cute!
My email address is ames52782@aol.com
I want a letter W. xo
I would love to win this! brittanif at gmail dot com.
I love your work, especially Abstract in Green.
These are super fun!! I love that you can customize the color to suit your needs! thanks for the chance to win one:)
I really like these. 馃檪
Thanks for the giveaway! 馃檪 I would like a letter “K”. Allie @ Fiesta Cat Yarn Co. fiesta cat yarn at yahoo.com.
beautiful!
Very creative
yay… great job.. I want to win I want to win 馃檪
lovely! fingers crossed…
Those look so neat! I’m definitely going to try making one if I don’t win.:)
i love this! it is so gorgeous! i would love to win one!
Great giveaway! I love these!
sagegiveaway@yahoo.com
These are so super cute and creative! I would LOVE one 馃檪
such a great idea! And these look amazing! khbride at yahoo dot com.
SO cute… would love one!
I would love the opportunity to win! Your art is beautiful. 馃檪 nicola.dandrea@hotmail.com.au
Wow these are phenomenal! Thank you so much for sharing this post and company. I have a perfect idea of what I would do with this@.
Those are so unique!
Those look so unique!
Your work “Rocks” and I would love an “R” piece of artwork!
Your work is gorgeous…love it.
Wow… this is a great idea! I’d love to win this, or have time to make it myself!
This looks awesome. I think I should make it too 馃檪 I love craft!
I like this! A perfect unique gift idea!
I would love to win! Here’s hoping!
Would love to win! We have many things around our house with an emblazoned “Z”, and this would be a great addition!
Great giveaway! Love this!
how cute! love the customized letter crossing my fingerssss
These look fabulous! Thanks for the giveaway!
Would love to win!
So adorable!!!! You are so talented!!
These are beautiful! Thanks for the giveaway!
These are awesome and I would love to win one!
WOW iD LOVE THIS PRIZE. THANK YOU FOR THIS GIVEAWAY.
These are super cute! Would <3 to win!!
they are beautiful!
Would love to win! Absolutely beautiful!
Love it!
these are a lovely idea I would choose the letter c if I won.
These are really unique, I would love to own one. Wish I was this crafty.
These are so cute! I would love one for my daughter, her birthday is at the end of the month 馃檪 world_as_one(at)live(dot)com.
Would love to win. Thanks so much. tracy977atyahoodotcom
Lovely! Thanks for the chance.
This is a really cool idea, thanks for the chance at winning!
love this a lot
what a wonderful idea i hope i win one of them, yours are beautiful! Thanks for the chance
I really like these! Hope I win it for my mantle!
ubrewme@yahoo.com
awesome would love this.
Thanks for the chance!
Very pretty and unique! I love them! rfarrow at pineland dot net.
I think this the perfect way to tie in many different shades of the same color for a colorized room wall decoration. I think I will have to make some soon with each of my children’s initials on the.
Those are really impressive!
neat. Thanks for the giveaway and the instructions.
Thanks for the creative giveaway.
these are very cool.
these are very pretty!
Oh how perfect for the babies room–Great job–thanks for the giveaway.
what a cute idea! this is one to save…………love the look. .