I love making unique art for my home.
I found some great flashcards at a local antique store for $1.
I picked ones that had a simple word on them so I could add my own words next to them.
Here are the before & afters and below I will teach you how simple it is to make your own!
Unfortunately, I was not blessed with the gift of awesome handwriting! I would give anything to be able to do my own calligraphy, but I am just not that great at it. I LOVE the art of handwriting and collecting fonts!
So, I used this really easy technique
to get the look:
Step 1: Pick out the word and font you want to use and type it out in word or powerpoint. Print out the paper the size you want the word
Step 2: turn over the paper and color the back of the word with pencil lead
Step 3: lay the printed word where you want it on the flashcard and then trace over it. This will leave a stencil on the flashcard
Step 4: color in the word
I used Emily Lime Carolyna Pro for the Faith and Thankful card.
I used Feel Script for the Believe Card.
I have several more I need to make.
You could do a great verse too. I have another ‘She’ flash card that is larger that I am thinking of putting:
“SHE turned her cans into cants and dreams into plans”
I also want to do some with bible verses.
Here are some examples of where I placed the cards around the house.
This one is in my daughters new big girl room.
This one is in our family room.
Here I used it in my Fall decor.
Each of these only cost me $1! This is the kind of project I LOVE.
I plan on doing some cute Christmas ones too!
I LOVE decorating with flashcards. I stick several into my Christmas Tree each year. You can see those below!
Have fun making yours….love to hear what you come up with!
