DIY Shabby Chic Wood and Doily Embellishments

At the Scrapbook Expo I saw some cool demonstrations of inking, stamping and heat embossing on chip board pieces (I substituted wood veneer pieces since the chip board pieces I had were larger) that I knew I wanted to try at home.

I experimented a bit with the inking directly onto the wood pieces using Ranger Adirondack Shell Pink pigment ink and Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Spun Sugar and Worn Lipstick. I stamped music and script writing 7 Gypsies stamps over top using Tsukineko VersaFine black ink. Then I used clear and sparkle opaque bling embossing powders from Recollections to give each wooden piece a nice protective high shine gloss.

Oh what a fun mess I made! By the time I was finished, I had a fine powder over everything on my desk, but I also had some really pretty shabby chic pieces that I could assemble and combine with lace appliques, doilies, flowers, Stickles, and bling. The combinations resulted in set of bird themed shabby chic embellishments that I am sending to my friend Isha (YT: ishacraftyside) to help her celebrate reaching over 5000 YT subbies! I hope she likes them. 🙂

The following is a process video sharing how I made these embellishments:

These embellies are being entered into the following challenges:
Crafts Galore Encore Use a Stamp Anywhere Challenge
Through the Craft Room Door Anything Goes Challenge
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Anything Goes Challenge

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful crafty day! WOOF

9 Comments

Erica on July 22, 2015 at 8:54 pm

What fantastic embellishments you have made here. how clever. I can imagine having powder everywhere, i get that too, lol.
i’m sure your friend will love them. Well done and thank you for joining us over at Lil’ patch of crafty friends. Good luck and hope to see you again soon.
Erica (DT)
http://www.ericraftblog.blogspot.com

CraftyPaws on July 25, 2015 at 2:50 pm

Thanks so much Erica! I love your challenge blog! Thanks for stopping by! Hugs, Kristina
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Anonymous on July 26, 2015 at 10:04 am

These turned out beautiful, thanks for sharing the video!

Mel C on July 26, 2015 at 10:07 am

Lovely embellishments, wonderful idea for ornaments too!

CraftyPaws on July 26, 2015 at 2:25 pm

Thanks so much Mel! I hope you give this a try. It is a fun technique and a great way to use up bits an snippets. 😀 Hugs, Kristina
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lorraine on July 28, 2015 at 4:37 am

Gorgeous embellishments wonderfully designed thank you for joining our challenge at LIL PATCH OF CRAFTY FRIENDS good luck and hope you join us again
hugs
lorraine x

CraftyPaws on July 28, 2015 at 5:35 pm

Thanks so much for stopping by and for having such a wonderful welcoming blog. Big hugs, Kristina
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Andree clark on July 31, 2015 at 9:57 am

A great project. Thank you so much for joining us at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends. Good luck and hope to see you again soon. Andree DT

CraftyPaws on July 31, 2015 at 2:43 pm

Thanks so much Andree! I love to mix up my projects from CAS to shabby chic. 🙂 Thanks for hosting such a fun and open challenge blog. Big hugs, Kristina
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