Game Boards from old Cutting Board by Always Looking HGTV Board

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Always Looking over on the HGTV Message board tells us how to create these great looking game boards. Thanks for the great instructions.

TIC TAC TOE BOARD
• OLD PIECE OF WOOD (DOES NOT HAVE TO BE SMOOTH – THE ROUGHER THE BETTER IF YOU WANT A PRIMITIVE LOOK) - YOU CAN ALSO USE OLD CUTTING BOARDS – (CHECK THRIFT STORES FOR USED ONES) BE SURE THEY ARE OIL FREE BEFORE PAINTING
• PAINT A BASE COAT OF CHOICE – OLD PAINT LAYING AROUND FROM REDECORATING IS FINE – LATEX – WATER BASE PAINT BEST
OPTIONAL - TO ACHIEVE THE CRACKLED LOOK • APPLY CRACKLE MEDIUM – (AVAILABLE AT HOME DEPOT) LET DRY – (I USE A HAIR DRYER UNTIL DRY TO TOUCH) - APPLY DIFFERENT COLOUR PAINT OVER CRACKLE MEDIUM – (TRICK TO PAINTING OVER CRACKLE IS DONOT GO OVER AN AREA TWICE OR IT WILL PULL AWAY) – IT WILL CRACK IN THE DIRECTION OF YOUR BRUSH STROKE – THE THICKER THE PAINT THE LARGER THE CRACKLE – WHEN PAINTING IS COMPLETED – TAKE HAIR DRYER AND DRY - CRACKS WILL BEGIN TO APPEAR. IF YOU JUST WANT THE WOOD TO SHOW SKIP THE BASE COAT.
• MARK LINES FOR TIC TAC TOE CENTERING ON THE BOARD WITH A PAINT PEN OR A SHARPIE FINE POINT PERMANENT MARKER
GRUNGING TECHNIQUE
• RANDOMLY SAND PAINTED BOARD WITH A HIGHER GRIT SANDPAPER UNTIL YOU HAVE ACHIEVED THE DISTRESSED LOOK
• SOAK A SEA SPONGE WITH WATER - ADD RAW UMBER ACRYLIC PAINT (AVAILABLE AT MICHAELS IN THE ARTIST PAINT SECTION) DIRECTLY TO THE SPONGE AND SQUEEZE THROUGH – WIPE AND DAB OVER BOARD LIGHTLY – HIGHLIGHT THE SPOTS WHERE YOU NORMALLY WOULD SEE DIRT FROM HANDS OR AGE WEAR. LET DRY AND REPEAT UNTIL YOU ACHIEVE THE LOOK YOU WANT. IF YOU ADD TOO MUCH, LIGHTLY WIPE WITH A CLEAN SPONGE

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Don't forget to sign up for the Junk Revolution . Junk Revolution will be a FREE website devoted to Junk, Junkers, Ideas, Projects, Shopping etc. The Junk Revolution will hopefully be in full swing my mid September with some great t-shirts, and other fun stuff for all the junkers out there. So be sure to sign up for updates and information on what’s coming in the Junk Revolution.

The Junk Bonanza is this week so don't miss it. See you there.

What is in store for us at this year's Junk Bonanza

Over one-hundred juried "junk" vendors
Hands On Demonstration by Tomboy Tools
Book Signing Country Home style editor and celebrity author Matthew Mead will be in town for the Bonanza. He'll be signing his new books Entertaining Simple and Matthew Mead's Halloween Tricks and Treats on Thursday and Friday of the event.
Joan Steffend from Decorating Cents will also be there (details coming soon)
Early Bird Admission Thursday Sept. 11 at 7 AM Get a head start: two full hours of shopping before the doors open for general admission! Take the first shot at the best selection of junk. Be the first to see the gorgeous displays and snag the best one-of-a-kinds. And Receive a wonderful gift bag full of really neat stuff (more stuff being added as we speak). Visit with Ki as she welcomes you to Junk Bonanza '08 and watch the sun rise.

Not exactly a story, but this sign sure does tell a story

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See a RoboJunker project on page 12 of the April 2008 issue of, Country Home: click here for details.