Stencil Look Growth Ruler

Another custom ordered growth ruler to share with you. This cutie was ordered in crisp white with charcoal large stencil font numbers. Recent ones shared were the aged dark wood old ruler look, grey weathered wood old ruler look, grey cursive font with quote ruler, purple & silver cursive ruler, grey old school ruler look, assorted wood colors, a stenciled narrower version and the famous mouse themed dark stain and red ruler to just share a few.

Many of those listed above were from this pile of ruler stock I sourced. These planks are wider then I usually use, called an 8"W X 6' L. There are only 3 boards left after my recent ruler orders.

In the past I have found the pine/spruce wood varieties tend to bleed thru around the knot holes. To prevent this I sprayed the knots with Zinsser Bull’s Eye 1-2-3 spray primer to seal them quickly and easily.

Paint Saving Tip

Seeing the base color is white and white takes more layers to get good coverage (quality paint costs more) and as a further bleed thru bonus I painted the base layer with a white primer.

One coat of Fusion Mineral Paint in picket fence was brushed on then lightly sponge sanded when dry. Then it was on to the stenciling portion using in Fusion Mineral Paint's ash; a lovely charcoal grey and a stencil brush from Cutting Edge Stencils.

The measurement marks were created using Muddaritaville Studio's growth ruler stencil and the large numbers are a 4" stencil from Michael's.

Be sure to stop by Muddaritaville with this link for 10% off your stencil order.

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This one was ordered before Christmas and done exactly the same but the numbers had additional hand painting to connect the "stencil" look to make numbers solid.

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