‘When I tell you I love you’ sign + free printable

How to make a ‘When I tell you I love you’ sign + free printable, the perfect romantic handmade gift for Valentine’s day or any other special occasion

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, I thought it would be fun to share with you today how to make a ‘When I tell you I love you’ sign!

The sign can be easily turn into a romantic handmade gift for Valentine’s Day, but I’m sure you’ll find many other occasions to surprise your special someone. Who will appreciate the effort and will love you even more! :)

‘When I tell you I love you’ sign + free printable

I used a 20 x 40 cm / 8” x 15” MDF board but you can use any other pieces of wood you have on hand.

As always, I painted the MDF board with black acrylic paint (you can paint the whole surface or just the edges), rubbed some candle wax on the edges and then applied two coats of white acrylic paint. After the final coat of paint was completely dry, I distressed the edges using a 120 sand grit paper.

• paint suggestions: black  acrylic paint & white acrylic paint ||| black milk paint & white milk paint ||| black chalk paint &  white chalk paint

Of course you can use black and white paint like I did, or you can choose your favorite two contrasting colors.

If you want to see more details (and pictures) on how to paint and distress, I followed the same steps from here:

DIY Shabby French Recycled Tin Cans, or

A Shabby Chic Wooden Easel or

painting and distressing.

The best part is that you can use this technique on almost any surface!

And to get into the Valentine’s Day spirit, I’m sharing with you the printable I used to make this sign! My Valentine gift to you! :)

You can just click HERE to download it.

As you will see, I compacted the text a little bit so that the format will allow you to print it on your printer at home!

After you buy some decals, of course! :) You will only need one piece of decal paper to make the sign, just make sure you cut the paper with the text in several smaller pieces and gradually apply them so you can adjust the heights and spaces of your text sign.

You know how much I love decals, right? I use them to transfer everything! :) You can learn here all about waterslide decal paper transfers.

Protect the ‘When I tell you I love you’ sign with a matte sealer and let it dry.

You’re done!

The perfect romantic handmade gift for Valentine’s day, just make sure you don’t forget to roses! :)

Or a bottle of Rosé and we’ll call it a day! :)

P.S. You can also check these lovely vintage Valentine postcards with my all time favorite quote from ‘The Little Prince.

And the round up I made last year with 32 Handmade valentine’s Day ideas, the ultimate guide for DIY projects, recipes and free printables.

Don’t forget to smile,
Diana

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