Miniature Christmas Signage Tutorial

Howdy do all!  Today I'd like to share a simple tutorial on how to make vintage looking Christmas signs.  I've even included a free printable, which comes with a slight disclaimer and request of no resale please.  These are my own designs but do include three images that do not belong to me.  So let's just make them for fun, Okay Kids??

Yucky talk aside.  Here we go!

Here are a couple of pictures of what the signs I have created look like.  Please pardon the goo I use to temporarily hang stuff.  lol   Didn't realize you'd be able to see it so well. :)

 First you will need my free Miniature Christmas Sign PDF.  I had so much fun creating these.  They are slightly addictive to create.  I used a lot of background pictures that I took several years ago for a magazine I made for my father-in-law's dove hunt. The printable looks like this.

Print pdf onto white card stock.  Cut desired sign out right along the edges.  Using scrap pieces of balsa wood, large popsicle sticks, or even layered card board such as cereal boxes, trace the shape of each sign.  

I then use sassy water, which I learned from Jennifer's Miniatures that is water mixed with black craft paint, to go around the edges and back of the wood, basically any exposed area.  Allow to dry.

I keep my sassy water in an old pimento jar.  It's lovely!  See how the wood absorbs the water instantly making it look old and weathered. 

I also go around the edges of each cut out cardstock sign using my brown ink pad.  Once it is glued onto your sassy wood you don't want the white edges showing.

Once the wooden pieces have dried, use a thin layer of Elmer's Wood Glue and place your cardstock sign on the glue.  And you're done!  From here it's up to you to embellish!  I've used a thin layer of gloss Mod Podge, I've added a tiny bit of glitter, I've even gone over the edges more with the ink pad to age all the more.  Here's a few more pictures. 

Well this was fun.  Although it feels like it took me forever to type!  I plan to start sharing more on my blog.  I have really missed it.