Cutlery Vinyl Wall Art TUTORIAL {Dezign With a Z decal review}

Cutlery Vinyl Wall Art Tutorial

{using a rad decal from Dezign With a Z}

It's no secret that I kinda have a "thing" for vinyl projects.

So when Dezign With a Z contacted me about reviewing one of their projects, the wheels began to turn in the crafty section of my brain.

I headed over to the shop, and before I knew it I had been browsing for over an hour trying to narrow down my favorites from dozens and dozens of really awesome designs.

But, I had this picture in my mind of a project I wanted to complete for my eating area, and when I stumbled across this decal I knew it would be perfect:

Once I painted and applied the decal, I distressed the wood to give it the "look" I wanted. You can find this fun cutlery decal here.

Here is a step by step tutorial for my

Vinyl Cutlery Wall Art

Supplies:

Cutlery Vinyl 11 x 20 inches

Wood approx: 24 x 13 x 1 inches

White acrylic paint

Black acrylic paint

sand paper

paint brush

First, paint your entire top side and edges white. I didn't paint the backside.

Let is dry.

Now paint the edges one coat of black. Let it dry. Don't worry about painting the edges neatly--no one will see them anyway.

Once the black paint is dry, repaint the entire board white, so that the black edges are no longer visible.

Once again, I didn't worry to much about how neatly I painted, because I was going for a more distressed look.

NOTE: Be sure to let the paint dry completely or else the vinyl will remove the paint {and won't stick} when you try to apply it--I may or may not have learned this from personal experience.

Now remove the backing from your vinyl decal.

Carefully follow the instructions included in your order and place the vinyl centered on the wooden board.

Use a credit card to rub the vinyl onto the board.

Then very slowly and carefully lift the adhesive from the board.  If any of the vinyl starts to come up as you are lifting, just put the adhesive back down and use your credit card to rub it back in place.

And here is the "pre-distressed" board.

Now take the sand paper and distress the edges of the board to your hearts content.

I even sanded on the face of the board to smooth out some of the uneven paint.

And that's all there is to it--really simple, right?!

Dezign With a Z has a smorgasbord of fabulous designs your must check out.

Some of my favorites are:

I think this London phone booth is incredible!

How great would that look on a wooden board!

My lap top wants this.

These clouds are perfect for Baby W's room.  

And I think this chalkboard decal is so great--especially when teaching your little ones to write.

So a big thank you to Dezign With a Z, for feeding my vinyl addiction, with one of my new favorite decals of all time!

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