Flag art

So I am still on the decorating with Red, White and Blue kick!  I usually put our stuff up around Memorial Day, and it stays pretty much until Labor Day! 
When I saw this awesome Flag over at Lake Girl Paints I had to make one for me!  Deb did an awesome job, but I wanted to put my touch on one.  So like last year's Flag, I went over to my neighbor to bum some wood.  I decided this would be a use what you have project.  I thought about getting new paint, but I have a basket of paint in the garage, so I would make do.  He gave me 2 pieces, so I set about making one with the narrow one first.

First off I gave it a coat of gel stain in walnut.

Then I taped off the top for my blue area.  Then I selected my palate of blues and a little white.

It took a while getting used to using cardstock to drag the paint, but I love the texture of all the different colors.  Here is my finished blue.

I then taped off for the red, then white.  Here are a few pics of that.

The star stencil gave me a little trouble, but I switched from the card stock to a foam brush and then it worked fine.

After the stars dried I splattered some black paint on for effect, then sanded the edges to show some of the wood.

I really loved how it turned out!  I just added a few eyelets at the top for some twine and then a few coats of poly and it is finished.  Here are a few pics of the flag hanging from the side gate and all my red, white and blue! 

Hope you have a great weekend.  Maybe you to are getting ready for the Red, White and Blue holiday!  Have fun!

Laura