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#GENDER REVEAL PAINT CANVAS HOW TO#
#GENDER REVEAL PAINT CANVAS MOD#

#GENDER REVEAL PAINT CANVAS MOD#

To ensure the paint doesn’t bleed under the stickers, simply paint a thin coat of Mod Podge on the edges. This it kind of tough because the canvas is flexible and textured. Finally, rub the letters very firmly onto the canvas (I used a popsicle stick) and peel off the transfer paper, leaving only the vinyl letters on the canvas.Īfter you have your letter stickers on the canvas, do your best to rub down all the edges.Note: I had to remove the painters tape first because the 2nd line of the saying would have stuck to the tape instead of the canvas. Fifth, remove the rest of the vinyl backing and smooth the remainder of the saying down on the canvas.The transfer paper will stick to the canvas too, keeping everything in place.

Line up the top line on the painters tape, pressing it down onto the canvas. Because the canvas is so big, this makes the sticker easier to work with so it doesn’t get stuck to itself.

Fourth, remove the vinyl backing only from the top line of the saying.

My tape is 6″ from the top of the canvas.

Third, put a piece of painters tape across the canvas to help you line up the saying and keep it straight.

If you don’t have a Silhouette cutting machine, you can easily use pre-cut letter-stickers from the craft store instead. Weed out all the unwanted background vinyl (keeping only the letters) and transfer the saying onto vinyl transfer paper.

Second, use a Silhouette Cameo to cut the letters out of vinyl.

First, use Silhouette Studio to lay out the saying to fit your canvas (mine is 18″ x 24″).

After a couple hours of experimenting with various ideas, I went back to a method I know works well. I even tried hand painting on the waterproofing spray, but the letters weren’t very clear. That worked okay, but I couldn’t get my vinyl stencil off without pulling the wax off too. I tried carefully dripping melted candle wax. So I tried ironing wax paper over the vinyl outlined letters. My husband suggested wax because it is impervious to water. The paint didn’t stick at all to the entire center of the canvas.Īfter this fail (boy am I glad I practiced first), I tried a bunch of other options. I did try spraying it with paint, and it was very waterproof. It wasn’t that the spray bled a little under the edges. Well, as the picture on the right shows, the spray went right through the vinyl like it didn’t even exist. Then, I sprayed it with the waterproofing spray. I carefully pressed down all my edges, so the only exposed canvas was the letters. Then, I transferred the large vinyl sticker to the canvas and taped-off the edges with painters tape to make sure everything was covered (see the pic on the left).

I cut out a fun saying for my girls out of vinyl, using my Silhouette Cameo. To make sure everything would run smoothly at the party, I created a practice canvas to test my idea. This would make the words seem to magically appear. Then, as they painted the canvas, the watered-down acrylic paint wouldn’t stick to the words. My plan to create the magically appearing words was to use outdoor waterproofing fabric spray, just for the letters. But before I tell you how I made the canvas work, let me tell you how I failed. So my sister picked out a special saying that would go great in a boy or girl nursery: “You Are Loved Always.” I had this idea that I wanted the words to magically appear as my sister and her family painted the canvas. That’s kind of a weird decoration to hang in a nursery. We didn’t want it to say “It’s a Boy” or “It’s a Girl,” though. Gender reveal canvases are pretty common. After tossing around some ideas together, we decided on a canvas that could hang above the baby’s crib-a very special decoration for the nursery. When my sister asked me to throw her a gender reveal party, I knew the reveal had to be something she could keep as a memory. There are lots of fun gender reveal ideas on Pinterest, but most of them are designed to be thrown away when you’re done.

#GENDER REVEAL PAINT CANVAS HOW TO#

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