Woodburning Made Easy

I'm in no way good at woodburning, but I felt like it was a cool thing and wanted to try it. I got the Hotmarks tool since I saw someone use it in making shaker pockets too for cards. 

Turns out, it is super cool to do and the effects are unique, so I keep trying things. Here's a wood plaque I made for a teacher with my favorite Altenew Peony Bouquet stamp.

All you need to do is stamp in brown (I used Distress Ink in Vintage Photo) and then use that as your template. 

Here's what I learned about woodburning in the process; one, even if you mess up, it still looks pretty cool, two, sand the wood piece a little in case it has an oil or shine to it, and three, use a glass cutting board to set the stand on and tape the stand down. I never had any problems, but that was my way of circumventing problems—mostly because my firefighter husband asked, "You're not going burn the place down, are you?" I didn't, and I waited til he was out to give it a shot. Less stress for both of us, ha!

Happy Monday!
Chark

Burn, Baby, Burn

It's not Disco Inferno, though if you're old enough you might think that from my title. It's actually some woodburning with my Hotmarks tool. I used a Hero Arts stamp, lightly inked it and then stamped on scrap wood. I used one tip to outline the stamp. Loved it!

I liked it so much, I bought some smoother wood meant for crafting and did the same. Then I used Distress Inks and a couple of Tombow markers to color it. I really like how it turned out. I also penciled in the words before I burned them and then made a little freehand border.

Here they are side by side. The tip I used is just the rounded tip so there's not a lot of finesse as far as line (with some tips you can turn and get a thin or thick line), but for my first time doing this, gotta say, I was happy with the results. And yep, I made this around Easter time, you're so clever to pick that up.

Here's the stamp I used. It's available at a2z Scrapbooking if you're interested (there's also an Antique Rose Stem stamp). And if you use CHARK15, my super secret code, you can get 15% off your total of $25 or more (before shipping). And that includes the items in the huge sale section!

I'll leave you with a little Disco Inferno for dancing purposes, or for studying the fashion and videography of the 1970s...nice shoes, dudes!

Happy Friday, friends!
Chark