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Fathers Day Card with Etched Wood Design





This was the second card I made using my Silhouette Curio. This time instead of etching metal, I decided to try some wood. My husband was working in a carpentry shop at the time, so I thought he'd get a kick out of it. I purchased the round piece of wood from Amazon (Natural Unfinished
 Plywood Circle, 4 Inch 1/8" thick.) The thickness is VERY important. If you are going to use your Curio to etch then it can't be too thick. This did work, it was messy, but it worked. After it was all etched out, it didn't really stand out, so I decided to use an alcohol based marker in a bronze color, to color it in. The design I found on a Google search. Behind it I once again used my Silhouette to cut a circle slightly bigger than the wooden circle, out of a metalized vinyl sheet in Gold Chrome, I purchased from - https://expressionsvinyl.com/. I also used a sheet of diamond plate vinyl on the bottom and sides of the card. I had also purchased it from expressions vinyl, but they no longer carry it. You can find it on Amazon though. :-) The wood plank paper at the top of the card I got from Michaels. It wasn't in a set, it was in the area where they have single sheets of scrapbooking paper. It's a very beautiful paper, and looks like real wood. I also added a few metal embellishments that I also purchased at Amazon. The Happy Fathers Day at the bottom is out of vinyl as well. Although weeding such a thin script was a pain it the....well you know. I added a little matching glitter to the first letter of each word, because...well....I have a glitter addiction. *****Hello my name is Chantel, and I'm addicted to glitter***** :-) This card actually did turn out pretty nice, and I'm someone who is really hard on myself. The photos however don't really do it justice. Oh well, at least it may give someone an idea of things that they can create? Happy crafting all. :-)


~Chantel

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