Love Note LOVE Art Tutorial {Repost}

With Valentines Day fast approaching, I wanted to repost one of my most popular tutorials
My sweet Hubby used to write me "Today, I love you because" notes and hide them for me every day
I kept them in a drawer until I realized that I wanted to have all of that sweetness on display

You could also do this project with your wedding vows, love song lyrics, poems, or whatever texts make you think of your love.

LOVE Canvas Wall Art

Supplies

4 - 8" x 8" canvases

(or bigger if you're really feelin the love)

Lots of love notes, or other lovey texts

Red acrylic paint and a paint brush

Modge Podge
Optional: L, O, V, E letter stencils

This was a pretty easy craft
Because we know I struggle with the difficult ones

First, I recommend laying out your love notes and letters to make sure you're not cutting off any text that you want to save

Then, apply a layer of modge podge on the notes

And stick them on.  Let dry for an hour or two.

And apply a coat of modge podge on top.
And let it dry for a few hours too.

You can have the texts wrap around the canvas
But I didn't have enough of them that wrapped right
So I decided to paint my edges of two of my canvases red, so they would pop.

*I did this project over several days and have somehow lost/deleted the photos from the next few steps.  But it's a pretty easy stencil project, so I think you should be able to handle it*

Once you're dry, trace the letters on top of the love notes
And then paint to fill it in
Or just go ahead and paint them if you're good enough to freehand it

Mine were a little messy, but I felt like it was appropriate with the messy *stack* of love notes underneath

Give your paint plenty of time to dry
{it took mine at least a few days, because I really layered it on}

Hang them up on the wall
And look at them every day
To remember how lucky you are to have such an amazing husband!

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