Contact Paper Printing Easy DIY Wall Art

We have a holiday cottage, that has lots of white walls, that we will probably never get round to painting. I wanted to put some colour in one of the bathrooms, without having to paint the walls. This Contact Paper Easy DIY Wall Art adds a quick pop of colour.

The wall isn’t that big, and lets face it, nobody spends much time looking at the pictures in a bathroom, so this easy craft does the trick.

Inspiration:

Inspiration came from the amazing colours in this illustration by Darren Booth for a Steve Martin Novel. He shares how he achieved this look here.

I will definitely make something similar to this in the future.

Materials Needed:

Canvas
Paint and paintbrush in your colour scheme
Printed message
Contact Paper
Masking Tape
Old magazines or newspaper
PVA glue
Craft knife

Method:

First choose a phrase and a font you like, printing out the words and making sure they fit on the canvas.Glue pages of old magazines or brochures over the canvas. Mine were glossy, and thick, which is ideal, as it stops them bubbling when glued down.I spent loads of time working on the best layout, but it really didn’t matter, as its largely obscured by the paint. Diversity of colour was definitely good though. leave the canvas to dry fully.

Use masking tape to attach the printed paper words, to vinyl (or sticky back plastic for those in the Blue Peter generation) and cut out the letter shapes.

Peel off the backing paper of the vinyl, and place on top of the magazine pages. Because the vinyl is clear, its difficult to see where the letters are placed. Use masking tape to get a straight line, and mark their location in pencil.Once all the letters are down, paint all over the canvas in your chosen colour or colours. I went for a mix of pink, red and white. The print and pictures from the magazines should show through to add some contrast. Once the paint is dry, peel off the letters for the big reveal. This park is ridiculously satisfying. Once the vinyl is removed, the magazine print will be shown in the space.The colours that show through are obviously dependent upon the base layers you use. Once all the letters have been exposed, the magazine pages are quite obvious. To get a more impressionist effect, paint a rough wash of white and/or silver acrylic paint to dull down the lettering.

Et voila. My easy Diy wall art in situ.

Contact Paper Printing Easy DIY Wall Art