Altered Letter "How To"

First, go to Michaels...or your favorite scrapbook store that carries the Provo Craft letters.
Gently sand the letter and remove any staples on the back.


Choose some super cute paper...I prefer the lighter weight paper...it seems to mold to the letter better than the heavier paper.
Mod podge your letter with a light to medium coat...try not to have gobs of mod podge, try to make it as smooth as possible!
Take your pretty paper and turn it over so the pretty side is facing down. If you are using a paper that is directional...like writing make sure you apply your letter so everything is right side up.
Place your letter on your paper and press down...I like to slide it around a bit to help with making sure the mod podge is well distributed.
Turn letter over...if you have made a mistake remove paper immediately...paper will be ruined but the letter should wipe clean with a damp cloth.
If you have a brayer (rubber roller) run over the letter to remove air and any bubbles of glue. If you do not own a brayer...shame on you! But a lint roller will work or a dry sponge if you are desperate.
Let letter dry...if you live in AZ that takes about 10 minutes...if you live in PA that could take a few hours depending on whether its 100% humidity or just 98%!
Turn dry letter over so paper is facing down...using a exacto knife carefully cut our letter. If it tears that means it is not dry...don't worry about stuff hanging over we will take care of that in a bit.
Using a sanding block sand all edges you can reach until edges are all smooth...do not do a crappy job sanding...I will hunt you down and redo it and shake my head and tisk tisk the whole time.
Seriously, sanding makes all the difference...use an emery board for the finite stuff and the places you can't reach with the block.


After you have sanded now you can emblellish with letters, rubons, flowers and ofcourse some bling!
With this particular letter I choose not to ink the edges but that is not generally the case...use a small makeup sponge and ink your edges!
This letter comes with holes drilled so all you have to do is hang this baby up.
Side note: if you are doing an entire name...lay out all your letters and choose your paper...what I think would look great up on the wall almost always changes once I lay it all out. (Maybe that is just my scatter brain)
Good luck all
One L
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