Embellish It!

June 1st ushers in the monthly Papertrey Ink Senior Dt Challenge. This month was so fun.... create a custom embellishment! Each of us, on the team and Kelly, has created something unique to share today...I'm really excited to hear what you think about my contribution!

You know what I saw?..... Wood! I know... corny joke.. get it, "saw wood". *phfffffft* LOL! I love the look of wood and love it in my projects.. but lets face it, they're hard to find, typically heavy and cute shapes are really expensive.  I thought that I would try to create some Faux Wood embellishments....scalloped frames... and by golly it worked!!! can you guess how It's done?

Here's what you will need for the technique...

• Dark Chocolate Ink
• Clear Cardstock
• Rustic Button Twine
• Course sanding block/paper
• Cream Acrylic Paint
• Synthetic Sponge

Nichole showed how much the PTI consumables are... a really great breakdown. These pretties and up to be really economical!

What to do: Sand one side of the Clear Cardstock then sponge on the ink in a circular, pressing motion. Lightly heat set the ink then paint over it all. When all is said and done (and dry) the clean, smooth clear side with look like finished wood! You can do this to an entire sheet of Clear cardstock all at once too!

You can use punches (I used Marvy.) to create the desired shapes or die cuts. (you can also just cut squares)  With all the different way to create shapes... this will open up so many possibilities to you!

I also decided to back them with stamped (Text style) Vintage cream cardstock using caramel ink... but you can do whatever you choose!
I thought it would be fun to break out Wise Owl for this card. It was so easy to imagine this little guy sitting in the frame!

Men of Life paper and machine stitching are used to give an "at home" feel. Copic Markers were used to color the little guy.(RV13, RV14, Y15, N1, B21, B23, 0)

gotta have those Vintage Buttons huh!

I'm so happy to have figured this out... it took me a little to get the "formula" right... but now it's a snap to create my own Faux wood embellishments! What can you see yourself creating with this technique? Just think about what cool father's day goodies you can make!!!

Here are the other Sr. Dt links as well as Kelly's and Nichole's!

• Becky
• Heather
• Lauren
• Mish
• Nichole
• Kelly

Thanks for poppy-ing by!

Comments

[Tamikko Gordin]

1.

Great idea! I love the owl, so cute. Thanks for sharing some great tips on DIY.

[Karen]

2.

Fun vintagey embellishments! Love how it sets off your owl, or whatever you choose to highlight! They would also make great ornaments....maybe with a kidlet's picture inside! :>

[Cam]

3.

What a great idea! Now must add clear cardstock to my next PTI order. I can see using this tecnique with the new wooden vintage buttons.

[Kristin Bueter]

4.

How absolutely clever! It took me a minute to realize that the frames were completely acetate...I had to read your description twice to convince myself :O) Thanks for sharing the tutorial of your hard work to make our work easy! This is fabulous!!

[cindi]

5.

Adorable!
So did you punch a square in the inside of the scalloped square?

[Jody (jfm813 @ SCS)]

6.

What a great idea! I can see this on a Father's day card!

[Niki Estes]

7.

This is such an adorable card, Lisa! And what a great idea (and unique) for your embellishment, too!

[Shannon Wyman]

8.

This is so fun! I gave you a blog inspiration award on my blog today ;)

http://cre8yourself.blogspot.com/2009/06/more-blog-inspiration-and-stampin-up.html

[Kacey]

9.

I love this idea Lisa! Have to try it! Very cool, and it goes really well with Wise Owl!

[Elizabeth S.]

10.

What a terrific idea!! I am going to have to give this one a try.

[Debbie Fisher]

11.

Lisa, this is soooo clever!

[Tamara]

12.

I love these frames. I am not sure I really understand exactly how you made the, so if you could do a step by step in photos I would really appreciate it.

[Kimberly's Krafts]

13.

What an awesome idea! LOVE IT! Thanks for the inspiration! :)

[Paula]

14.

Such a lovely idea! Thanks for sharing

[Donelda]

15.

Hey Lisa, I have signed up for the Lion Brand Yarn online newsletter -- thanks to Nichole of course. Well I got this today

http://www.lionbrand.com/cgi-bin/faq-search.cgi?store=/stores/eyarn&faqKey=498&language=&utm_campaign=801&utm_source=54609&utm_medium=email&letterId=54609

and totally thought of you. I know you love poppies and it would look great having a crocheted poppy on a card made with your remember set!! Maybe I'll even give that a try!!!

[Roxanne]

16.

Just loved the frames. Super cute. I think I might have gotten lost and might need a picture or two to recreate it. Wasn't sure how the punches were used. Maybe I'm just having a "slow" week....hahaha

Beautiful job. So unique and loved of course that it expands the use of my punches. Love you for that sister. Helps me feel my "investment" is worth it! :-)

[Crafty Math Chick]

17.

So adorable, I never get sick of those cute little owls.

~Meredith

[Karen in Houston]

18.

Great tutorial, love the idea of those little faux frames...........