{"id":5344,"date":"2012-06-16T06:00:59","date_gmt":"2012-06-16T11:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scrapbook-adhesives.com\/blog\/?p=5344"},"modified":"2024-01-22T16:55:39","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T22:55:39","slug":"lake-time-canvas-with-e-z-dots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scrapbook-adhesives.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/16\/lake-time-canvas-with-e-z-dots\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Time Canvas with E-Z Dots"},"content":{"rendered":"

Its summer time at the lake, and it’s almost Fathers Day too! I wanted to make something for my dad to decorate the lake house. I love text and signs, so I put the two together to make this “ON Lake Time” sign.<\/p>\n

This project is unique because although I used E-Z Dots\u00ae Repositionable adhesive to create the sign, but there are no E-Z Dots\u00ae on the finished product!<\/p>\n

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This piece is a 10 x 10″ primed canvas. I painted a layer of light blue paint, the thinned it out with water to make the base. Next I typed, printed and hand cut the letters.\u00a0 Die cut letters or a digital die cut machine would work too!<\/p>\n

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I applied E-Z Dots\u00ae Repositionable Adhesive to the back side of each letter.<\/p>\n

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Next I arranged the letters on the canvas, I used blocks of pink cardstock to make sure things were even and centered. I used E-Z Dots\u00ae to hold the pink cardstock in place too!<\/p>\n

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Once the letters were aligned, I simply removed the pink cardstock. I used a scrap of paper as a mask, with E-Z Dots\u00ae along the folded edge, so that the mask didn’t move.<\/p>\n

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I airbrushed with 4 colors of Copic Markers, from the bottom up to the mask with the lightest at the bottom.<\/p>\n

Next, move the paper mask to cover the bottom section, and airbrush the top with the 3 lightest colors. I cut a cloud mask from paper, added E-Z Dots\u00ae to the edges and moved it around to create the sky.<\/p>\n

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I also made a mask of waves to use on the bottom section. Then I peeled off the paper letters, rubbed away any E-Z Dots\u00ae from the canvas. I rubbed sandpaper lightly over the surface for a more distressed look. Then I sprayed with clear Glimmer Mist (but should have left the letters on for that, as some of the paint from the first layer bled).<\/p>\n

I finished the sides with blue ribbon from my stash, which I attached that with Crafty Power Tape.<\/p>\n

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Now you can see there are no E-Z Dots\u00ae on the finished project!\u00a0 I used them to hold down the masks while I created. Without E-Z Dots\u00ae, the papers would have moved, lifted and make a mess.<\/p>\n

And it’s off to the lake we go!<\/p>\n

Supplies used:<\/p>\n