Using scrapbook paper, I made this piece of artwork. Needs a little twinking, but I am pretty darn happy with it. It was made for a specific room so the colors are a little out there!
My husband picked up a 5-1/2" x 6' board for me and then cut the six squares. I sanded all edges and then painted them a light gray color. After they dried I found some scrapbook papers that kinda worked together. This is perhaps the hardest thing for me - coming out of the box trying to blend papers. The papers were then cut to size and glued to the wood squares using a little "thick and tacky" glue watered down with a tad of water. You have to watch out for bubbles and make sure the edges stay down. Keep checking while they dry.
Once they were all dry, I applied a little sepia colored stamp pad ink to all of the edges to give them an "old" look.
I found a thin 1/4" board in the basement that I used for the background. After cutting it to size I painted the edges and a couple inches on the top before using wood glue attaching the squares to it. Later I decided to sand the edges to rough them up a bit. Last but not least I attached a picture hanger to the back. The end.
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