Hey Jude! Subway Art.

I am a little bit late getting this posted today!  For whatever reason, this week and last week have kicked my butt with homework.  All a day in the life of a returning college student/mom, I guess :)

WELCOME TO MADE BY ME FOR MONDAY!!!

This week I am sharing a project I made for a friend of mine.  She had a baby a while back and she named him, Jude.  Super cute, right?  Well, who can help but have The Beatles, "Hey Jude" song in their head when they hear that name :)

I found this frame and it reminded me of a record (Um, yes, I am old enough to know what a record is.  I know some of you aren't though!).  The shape seemed PERFECT since his name goes along with an old Beatles song.

This is what it looked like when I bought it:

Step ONE: Paint the frame with linen paint.

Step TWO: Add stain to the linen paint.  This is what will peek through the crackle.

Step THREE: Add a layer of Elmers glue to get the crackle finish.

Step FOUR: Add a layer of white paint on top of the Elmers.  Make sure the Elmers is tacky, but not dry.

Step FIVE: Create the "Subway Art" on my Cricut Design Studio.

These are the fonts I used.

Step SIX: Cut the Subway Art out.  It doesn't matter what color because they are just being used as a mask.

Step SEVEN: Add the letters on top of the dry crackled paint.

Step EIGHT: Paint over the top of the entire frame with black paint.

Step NINE: Remove the vinyl letters and then distress the edges with sandpaper.

See the "Crackle" showing through.  I LOVE that it looks aged!

FINISHED!  I hope she likes it!  Won't it look cute with a picture of Jude in the center of it???

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