Vintage Wood Panel Tutorial

Hi friends! I have a Sizzix tutorial for you today, decorating a rustic wood panel. I like to work on wood and should remember to do so more often.

I used new dies, stamps and an embossing folder by Jillibean Soup, and the wood panel (6 x 6 x 2 in) is also from them. First, I was planning to use more colours, but then I changed my mind and stuck to neutral colours instead, to fit with the colour of the wood. As you probably know, I like to add photos to projects and I have used this particular photo of Anton in a similar way before (on this scenic layout). The print was a little too large for the balloon, but I used it anyway.

Start by smearing some gesso on the panel (I forgot to take a photo of that step), and when dry, apply Wendy Vecchi's Crackled Texture Paste with a palette knife, not completely covering all the gesso. My dad visited while I was working on this project and asked why they had made the panel ugly with white paint. :)

When the paste dries cracks appear, the thicker the paste, the larger the cracks. When it is completely dry, paint with watered down Distress Paints.

When the first layer of paint had dried, I dry-brushed some black paint all over the panel, and added touches of gold here and there.

Die cut a ticket using the Photo Love Thinlits set by Lori Whitlock. It is a smaller version of the ticket die, from the same set, that I used for my Ticket Notebook. Use this sandwich: Sizzix Magnetic Platform, Cutting Pad, paper, die facing down, second Cutting Pad.

Emboss the ticket in the Postage Telegram folder. This is a great folder, and you can either use the whole thing or just sections of it.

These are the two die and stamp sets that I used, the Circle Words Framelits w/Stamps and the Hot Air Balloon. I have a thing for hot air balloons. 

Stamp two of the circles on white paper with embossing ink and emboss with white powder.

Ink with Antique Linen and Gathered Twigs.

The Framelits with coordinating stamp sets work the best together with the Sizzix Magnetic Platform, since the platform keeps the dies in place. Place the die as shown and place the second Cutting Pad on top before running it through your Big Shot or Vagabond.

Stamp the balloon on Wendy Vecchi's Clearly For Art Modeling Film, and die cut. You might need to run it through the machine more than once.

Colour the balloon on the back with alcohol ink. If you colour it on the front, the alcohol ink removes the stamped impression.

Heat the Modeling Film with a heat gun and give it a dimensional balloon shape. Be careful not to burn yourself. I forgot to take a photo of this step, so instead, you see the finished balloon here. The flag was glued to a piece of twine.

Die cut 'away' from gold Metallic Kraft Core cardstock and from white cardstock. Also die cut a flag from the gold cardstock.

Die cut three clouds from watercolour paper and emboss in three different sections of the embossing folder. You can get many different looks from this one folder.

Ink with Gathered Twigs.

Everything was glued down with matte multi-medium, except for the balloon which was stapled to the ticket. I also added a piece of calico, a vintage dictionary page, lace and some buttons. The word on the top right on the dictionary page is 'hem', which means 'home' in Swedish.

Here you can maybe see the dimensional effect of the Modeling Film balloon better. This is a favourite surface of mine, and it keeps its shape perfectly.

 

I cut a piece of foam to place behind the basket, to lift it from the background. The Alpha Tile was distressed with white paint.

 Here's one of the clouds, and a little wooden bird.

Among the other clouds, you can find one of the sentiments from the Hot Air Balloon set, and a little wooden potty person.

I ended up covering up quite a bit of the painted and crackled background, but it peaks out here and there.

 I like the touches of gold here. This sentiment is a mix of stamping and a die cut word.

This will hang in the living room, I think, probably after it's been hanging in Anton's room for some time. He doesn't have space for everything he wants to hang on his walls. There is a happy mixture of his own drawings and projects of mine.

Thank you so much for looking!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

Supplies:

Jillibean Soup WOOD PLANK	Sizzix Framelits Die Set 5PK w/Stamps Hot Air Balloon	Sizzix Framelits Die Set 4PK w/Stamps Circle Words	Sizzix Embossing Folder Postage/Telegram	Sizzix PHOTO LOVE Thinlits
Sizzix Photo Love Thinlits	Wendy Vecchi Modeling Film CLEAR	Ranger MIXED MEDIA CARDSTOCK	Tim Holtz Core'dinations KRAFT CORE METALLIC 12 x 12	Ranger Archival TREE BRANCH
Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD GATHERED TWIGS	Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD ANTIQUE LINEN	Tsukineko JET BLACK STAZON	Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink SANDAL	Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink MUSHROOM
Ranger Embossing Powder WHITE	Dina Wakley Ranger WHITE GESSO	Ranger 4 Oz. MULTI MEDIUM MATTE	Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste CRACKLED	Tim Holtz Distress Paint WALNUT STAIN
Tim Holtz Distress Paint BLACK SOOT	Tim Holtz Distress Paint ANTIQUE LINEN	Tim Holtz Distress Paint FRAYED BURLAP	Tim Holtz Distress Paint PICKET FENCE	Ranger Paint Dabber GOLD METALLIC
Tim Holtz Idea-ology LINEN RIBBON	Tim Holtz ALPHA CHIPS	Studio Calico TWEETS Wood Veneer	Studio Calico POTTY PEOPLE Wood Veneer Shapes	Ranger Inkssentials Non Stick CRAFT SHEET
Ranger Inkssentials INK BLENDING TOOL	Tim Holtz Ranger ALCOHOL INK APPLICATOR Tool	Tim Holtz DISTRESS SPRAYER Ranger	Tim Holtz TINY ATTACHER Stapler	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And White
Big Shot Machine	Sizzix MAGNETIC PLATFORM	Standard Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies	Tim Holtz Tonic Craft SCISSORS	Ranger Inkssentials US HEAT IT CRAFT TOOL
Ranger Inkssentials EUROPEAN HEAT IT CRAFT TOOL

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