Susan R. Opel
Do you every feel like a one-trick pony? I know I do! When I approach a day of card making, there’s comfort and happiness in that same old routine. For me it’s patterned paper, a sparkly embellishment, and luscious ribbon paired with a sophisticated font. For you it may be an array of ink pads, a new set of stamps, and pristine smooth cardstock. It could be called a rut, but that’s an ugly word, isn’t it?
Paper Crafting Tips & Tricks can pull you out of your crafting doldrums! I don’t mean to gush, but this issue is so meaty it smells a little like bacon.
On Tuesday, Holly showed you how she was inspired by Jocelyn Olson’s DIY stamps. I wanted to share with you some of the innovative things that Paper Crafts Go-to Gal Julie Campbell (whose birthday just happens to be today!) came up with for jazzing up wooden products.
Let’s take a look at her six technique squares:
Six Ideas for Using Wooden Products by Julie Campbell
Julie created stick pins with wood shapes, gathered several wooden stars in a mosaic pattern, die cut a shape out of wood veneer, stamped on wood, applied rub-ons to wood, and spritzed with color. See what I mean? SO inspiring.
Kimberly Crawford, Amber Kemp-Gerstel, and Jocelyn Olson made some stunning cards that incorporate Julie’s clever ideas (you can check them out in the issue), but Jaclyn Miller’s card pictured below just blew me away.
Sunshine & Butterflies Card by Jaclyn Miller
Jaclyn took Julie’s idea of applying rub-ons to a wooden shape and created a gorgeous focal point. By trailing the rub-on off the left hand side of the butterfly, there is a sense of beauty, movement, and lightness. It took my breath away, and I knew that I wanted to give the technique a shot.
Bold Flourish Card by Susan R. Opel
I started with a colorful rub-on set that I’ve had for years from American Crafts and applied that to interlocking wooden frames from Studio Calico. I popped up the inner frame using foam tape. Next, I applied another of the same rub-on to a large wooden button from Close To My Heart and lined up the design with the frame. I was also able to use another rub-on (from Pebbles, Inc.) for my sentiment. To finish it off, I used cardstock in matching colors, a strip of dotted paper from Jillibean Soup, and a dash of black grosgrain ribbon from Avery Elle, and I officially stepped out of my boring old routine.
I feel like I’ve just scratched the surface of all of the amazing and original ideas you’ll find in this issue. It’s so delicious. You NEED it!
How “wood” you like to win this issue? Leave a comment on this post telling me which ideas from this issue you’ve learned about this week that have you running for your craft room. We’ll give away three issues today! Just make sure to leave a comment by Monday, October 29th at 5 pm MDT.
And don’t forget to swing by the Moxie Fab World blog for more on this crafty issue!
Still gushing!
PS. Cool factoid of the day – Julie and Jaclyn both live in Indiana, and I lived there for 13 years. Hooray for the Hoosier State!
Now I know what to do with a big pack of rub ons and some wood shapes leftover from last year’s Christmas decorations. Thanks for the idea and for the chance to win.
I really like the rub-ons flourish card. what a great idea to try that technique on the wood elements! it creates such a neat effect.
but goodness, every single card featured gives so much inspiration. thanks for showing them all!
I love the look of the rub-ons on the wood, a colorful surprise! Two great cards! From this week, I love the freestyle collage and that is what I would like to try next! But all of the square cards were inspirational! Thanks for sharing!
Katie B.
Using rub ons across layers of different mediums made me think outside my creative box. Thank you for your inspirations!
Love these. Got my creative juices flowing. I have a bunch of flat wood shapes, and lots of rub ons that are lonely. It’s a match made in heaven! I also want to try hand stitching. I do a lot of machine.
Cool techniques! Thanks for the inspiration!
I’m excited to try rub-ons on wood – what a neat idea!
I’m going backwards in my catching up so I haven’t seen the ideas from the other days yet, but if this post is anything to go by I’m now 110% sure that I need to get my hands on a copy of Tips & Tricks ASAP!!! Jaclyn’s card is gorgeous – and your take on it is so pretty, Susan!!!
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