I am going to show off my most recent craft/paint job. I had a cute shabby-chic clock that I had gotten at Value Village that I thought was gorgeous but in no way fit the decor of my apartment.
So, I didn't actually paint the clock itself. I traced a circle onto a piece of scrapbook size paper and cut it out. I traced lines onto the paper using a protractor (first time since high school math class!) I then used a stencil and ruler to draw out the patterns that I wanted. For the numbers, I chose a font I liked and printed out the numbers. I traced them on using carbon copy paper. Then I very carefully painted in the colors, then the black lines, and finally the numbers. No special time saving techniques, just slow and steady to get the lines perfectly crisp. Once finished, I cut a circle out in the center using my shapecutter. I took the hands off the clock (just pulled them straight up) and then mod-podged the paper onto the clock face (mod-podge on the face, then I put the paper down, smoothed it out, and then a coat of podge on top). I was a bit worried about the bubbling under the paper, but it seemed to sort itself out as it dried. After 24 hours, I painted on another coat of mod-podge.
Here is a picture of the finished product as promised- you can see that the bubbles have all settled out, and now it's hanging in my bathroom, so I can watch the time while doing my hair and make-up in the morning :).
