Custom Leopard Print Bulletin Board

Custom Leopard Print Bulletin Board

I had never thought of this until a friend asked me to paint a bulletin board to match her niece’s new comforter set.  I told her to send me a picture of the comforter and I would see what I could do.  I enjoyed doing this project and thought it would be something I could do for anyone that had a desire for a customized bulletin board.

This is the picture she sent me.

 

When I saw it I thought, Wow! That’s a lot of business.  But I assured her I could do it.  So I set to customizing a bulletin board to match this cute comforter.

I painted the rainbow colors onto the board.  I used metallic acrylic paints.  I just swooshed (if that’s a technique) the paints across the board.

 

The colors turned out beautiful!  Good so far!  Now to start the leopard print.  I didn’t exactly know how to draw a leopard print, so to the internet I went.  Finally, I just blew up the picture my friend had sent me and printed it.  I used clear plastic to make a template by tracing the leopard spots.  Then I traced around each print onto the board.  (Yes.  I traced each and every single leopard spot)

 

If you look closely, you can see my small plastic leopard spots.  I randomly moved them around and traced.  After they were traced, I filled in with black acrylic paint.

 

She wanted “I’m A Star” on the board.  I did the lettering in black.  As you can see, the more spots I painted the more camouflaged the lettering appeared.  Hmm.  What to do.  Since I had used metallic paints, I thought to do the lettering in silver metallic. 

 

Voila!  I’m A Star customized bulletin board is complete!  I really did enjoy doing this and would definitely consider more in the future.  It would be fun to paint a zebra stripe. 

Have a wonderful weekend!

Denise & Susie
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