Creative Guest: Subway Art Tutorial by Jesse Kate Designs

Love everything DIY? Me, too! That's why I'm a busy mom that loves to
express my creativity as the owner of Jesse Kate Designs, site manager of
SWAKembroidery.com, team member of YouCanMakeThis.com, and now co-host
of theDIYdish.com!

Today I am happy to guest post at Ucreate in representing my own, more personal
blog, JesseKate Designs! I am going to share with you a project that I just
finished recently and something you've probably already seen similar items to that
can be found in some of the latest magazines. That is, taking the look of what
some may coin as, "subway art." There are a variety of ways to do this, and so
I'm going to show you how I did mine and hopefully be able to pass onto you the
idea that it really is easy to make and THE PROCESS of creating it is truly
enjoyable.

Materials:

Black foam board (I found mine at Michael's)
chosen words printed out from computer in white font with black background
spray adhesive
paper cutter or scissors
clear, acrylic spray

Let's get started!

1. Type words into your word processing program. I chose to use the Arial Black font,
in a variety of sizes. Choose words, phrases, or even numbers that are meaningful to you and your family.
I chose my font color to be white, then used the "highlight" feature in my Word program to have the
filled block of the word be black.

2. Using a paper cutter or scissors, carefully cut out the word/phrase blocks so that none of the
white paper shows.

3. Set out all of the words and phrases onto your foam board. This will help give you a better idea
of where everything will fall on the layout, and allows you to rearrange as often as you'd like before
gluing. This will also help let you know if you need to type some more words! :)

4. When you feel like you're ready to adhere the paper to the foam board, simply take each word or
phrase and turn over. Lightly spray using a spray adhesive. Be sure to cover your work area as the spray
can get a little messy! Then move the word back and place on board.


5. Smooth out words, making sure that all sides and corners are securely fastened to the foam board.

6. Continue this process until the board is complete! Finish with a quick covering of clear acrylic spray.

Now you have a trendy, yet meaningful piece of work that can proudly be displayed in your home! My children love to look at and giggle with delight when they see certain phrases that we often use in our home. The process of creating this was truly a delight as I thought about the things in life that were most important to me!

Good luck on creating your own family subway art!