Update

The the book page canvas project.

I already mentioned that I wasn't a huge fan of how it turned out. It felt like it was missing something, and today I found out what. I decided to personalize it and make it more applicable to Eric and I, so I could hang it somewhere we both could appreciate it. 

These are the supplies I used. 

 Step 1: Print and cut out your design or words.

This is the best part. You don't need a stencil or a predesigned image (unless you want one), you can use your creative energy in this part.
Then print it and cut it out. Place it where you want on the canvas. 

Step 2: Shade the back of each piece.

Use a dark pencil to shade the back of the image. You don't need to cover the whole paper, but make sure you cover the back of the entire design. 

Step 3: Place the design back in place.

After you've shaded all the pieces, put them back in place, face up. Place the shaded side down, against the canvas. Then use a pencil to trace the design or the letters. Just outline and copy it exactly (or what you want to show through).

Step 4: Trace it with a darker or coloured pen or marker.

After you trace over the letters with the pencil, and remove the paper, you will see it in very faint pencil marks on the canvas.
I just chose to make my design black, so that was easy. I used a really thin, but wet ink pen to trace over those faint pencil marks. I did each piece separately; in pencil first, then in this thin pen.
From here you can decide whether you want it to be just an outline, or whether you want to fill it in. I chose to fill it in.

Step 5: Fill it in.

For this part I used three different black markers {that's why it was so convenient that I wanted just black, because I could find three the same colour}. First I filled everything in loosely with a thick chizzled tip marker. I didn't get close to the edges with this one.
Then I used a regular sized Sharpie marker to get closer to the edges, and then to make the edges straight. Finally I used the thinnest point Sharpie. I used this one to shape the corners of each letter, and to fill the edges of my smaller letters.
I may have gone a little overboard on this part, but I want on the phone while I was doing it, and just kept going and going. You may not fell the need to do all these steps, and that's fine. It will still look great to the naked {not-your} eye.

I am very pleased with the way this one turned out. It just amped up the first version, and made it ours. Do the letters look perfect? Of course not. Are they perfectly straight? Unfortunately not. But this is now something that means something to Eric and I and that I do plan to eventually hang in our home.