My "Alphabet Art"

Remember in this post how I mentioned I wanted to make this:

Well after several embarrassing attempts I finally got it right.

The first time I bought the stencil at Michael's and didn't even think about the fact that it had one of those cutouts at the top so it could hang on the shelf at the store until I was all done and stuck it in the frame and realized the mat didn't cover that hole. So I found the same stencil as in the tutorial mentioned in the link from my last post at Hobby Lobby. I bought two thinking I would make a second as a gift for a friend but I ended up ruining the first one. I spray painted it on what must have been too cold of a day because the paint shriveled and cracked as it dried. Third attempt was a charm. I got it right finally and good thing because I would have given up at that point. This was supposed to be a very easy and inexpensive project. If you do it just make sure you buy the right kind of stencil and spray paint in the right weather and you'll do fine. I also used paint samples I had around instead of fabric to get my colors. That part was very simple- I just cut out little squares from each sample and taped them on the back of the painted stencil. Even with my mishaps this project was under $10 including the frame.