Stenciled Rustic Photo Display

It’s the second Wednesday so that means it’s time for our Inspire My Creativity Link Party. The theme this month is Stencils. To be honest I haven’t done a lot of crafting with stencils so I was excited and a little worried about this theme but I love how this Rustic Photo Display turned out with a simple quote stencil.

Quick and Easy DIY Rustic stenciled Photo Display #diy #craft #woodcraft

Supplies

Piece of Wood ( Mine is about 10 1/2 x 8 x 1)
Sandpaper
White Paint ( I used acrylic craft paint)
Black Paint
Quote Stencil (This is the stencil I used)
Foam Brush
Twine
Little Clothes Pins (Get these and other craft items at the Dollar Store)
Sharpie
Staple Gun

Making the Photo Display

Step 1: Cut and Prep Wood

First, cut your wood to the size you want and sand it. I just did a light sanding because I wanted to be able to see some of the roughness on the edges from the wood being cut.

Step 2: Paint Wood

Paint the wood. I chose to only do one layer of white paint so I could still see the wood grain behind the paint. For a more solid white do a couple layers.

Step 3: Stencil

First chose where you want the stencil to go on photo display. I ended up choosing to put the quote at the bottom of the display so the photos would go above it.

I used a pencil to lightly mark the center of the board to make sure the quote didn’t look off. Use tape to secure the stencil so it doesn’t move and paint lightly to avoid paint bleeding through.

I did two layers of black paint and let them dry before removing the stencil.

Step 4: Touch up

When I removed the stencil there were a couple of spots that weren’t quite dark enough so I grabbed a black sharpie and touched up a couple of letters.

Step 5: Twine and Little Clothes Pins

The last step is to attach the twine to the board for you to hang your photos from. I wrapped the twine around the board twice and at each end, I made a loop so it was easier to staple to the back of the board.

After stapling the twine securely to the board flip it over and add a couple of little clothes pins and a photo or two.

Now the question is where are you going to use this fun rustic photo display?

This DIY post is part of the Inspire My Creativity Link Party! Be sure to check out all the talented co-hosts projects. Feel free to link up any of your craft and DIY projects that go along with this months theme of Stencils!