Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Its a blog hop...

I am so excited to get to be a part of Gina K's blog hop using Melanie Muenchinger's new stamps. Melanie recently sent me her gorgeous new set Festive Frame to play with. I've been slowly getting back into woodburning and as soon as I saw the frame I knew I had to try burning it.

I used an old piece of pine wood. I stamped the image onto the wood using a light brown waterbase ink. Using a variety of pyrography tips, I set to work burning the design into the wood. I took a bit of creative liberty and left out the oval in the center. I knew the curve would be a hard line to burn because the tool would want to pull with the grain of the wood. I stained it with antiquing glaze and colored it with watercolors. The sentiment is Scrapworks rubons. I added a bit of white highlights with a gel pen. A ribbon wrapped around the entire block and tied in a bow finishes it off.




Melanie Muenchinger, the Illustrator of Festive Frame has invited a couple of her friends to join in on the blog hop tonight, so click on their blog links to see the projects they've created:


Then, check in on these GinaK Designer's participating in the Blog Hop tonight:

And the fabulous Center Stage Spotlight Team:


After you're done hopping to all the Designer's blogs stop by GinaK's Idea Center here: Festive Frame for lots more ideas on how to use Melanie's stamp set. And, don't forget to check in on GinaK's blog so you can leave your comment to be entered as a chance to win this stamp set, too!

52 comments:

Melanie said...

WOW!! even prettier than I imagined! love that you left out the middle! those poinsettias just look amazing carved! Thank you Wendy, for showing the possibilities!! :)

Giovana said...

SO creative!! Beautiful work.

JenMarie said...

How FABULOUS! WOW!

Susan White said...

How creative!!! It is beautiful!!

Payne Holler Cards said...

no WAY HOZAY! I have never seen anything stamped on wood like this!! incredible!!! just incredible! will be back to go through your whole blog...this is just beautiful!

Betty Benton said...

Your did an excellent job with the woodburning! Beautiful project!

Sharri said...

Wendy, this is beautiful and very creative! Love it!

Karen (TLgirl353) said...

Wendy-WOWZA- absolutely beautiful~

Lori said...

Oh wow, fantastic!!!

thestampinglady said...

Woodburning--such a fantastic idea. Thanks for sharing.

Carmen (guatelicia) said...

What an amazing post! I would have never thought to leave out the circle! Beautiful!

Barbara said...

Wow Woodburning. There is no limit to the uses for this stamp!!

Joan Ervin said...

Wendy, this is such a wonderful project....the poinsettias look AWESOME!!!

Alita said...

WOW!
What a truly amazing project!
Thank you for inspiring us!
Alita
Bridalflowers2@yahoo.com

Lynne Phelps said...

WOW! I have a professional wood burner that I have not used for at least 20 years - I think you have inspired me to get it out again! Lovely and enduring!

Melissa said...

Amazing! This is so beautiful on the wood, you are a master with the woodburning tool!

joy said...

What an incredible idea! I am blown alway by your creativity!

Carol A said...

It just gets better and better! LOVE your wood burning! So creative!

Carolyn King said...

how beautiful. LOVE this!

Anonymous said...

This is so unbelievability beautiful. So very talented.

Deanna said...

Neat idea. I never would have thought that far out of the box. Great job!

Sue VanDeVusse said...

This is gorgeous! Such a wonderful idea for a decorative piece.

Jenny McGee said...

So pretty on the wood. I love your project.

Teri C said...

Looks GREAT!!! Thanks for sharing these fab ideas.

Jennie said...

How very creative, love this!

Cat Tidwell said...

This is such a stunning creation! Love wood burning and this turned out sooo beautiful!!

Theresa Momber said...

Wowza! What an amazing project! It's just stunning on wood.

Carla S. said...

What an amazing project, Wendy! Melanie's set looks awesome on wood!

Kim Marie said...

What a wonderful use of the stamp set!! It's really beautiful! I can see how you could add a sprig of pine with a tiny pinecone, to the top and use it for the centerpiece at Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner :) great!
Kim Marie

Darla said...

Very pretty! Just beautiful woodburned and wonderful colouring!

Thanks,
Darla

Tina said...

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH how clever and gorgeous!!!! Great design!

Theresa's Studio said...

What a neat use of this stamp. TFS

Brenda said...

Fabulous!!!What a wonderful idea, WOW!

Jessica said...

Very creative Wendy! Beautiful work, TFS

Gulffire said...

Now this is awesome!! Love the crossover use for the stamp. What a lovely piece!

Donna Baker said...

wow, this is GORGEOUS!

Jennie said...

THUD! This is amazing, love it on wood!

Deb said...

Wendy, this is amazing! Makes me want to go dig out my wood-burning tool and try to CASE this! Absolutely gorgeous! I love the little details you added too! Simply stunning!

Janice M said...

Wow!! How creative and beautiful!!

Sue D said...

This is beautiful. I've wanted to try woodburning and you have inspired me.

Scrapacat said...

How unique!
~ky

Kim Burmeister said...

Wendy, you are amazing! Love it!

Barbara Hale said...

Your woodburning is unbelievably gorgeous. I have never tried doing that but I just might have to give it a try after seeing your beautiful project.

Lagene said...

OH MY!!! That is such a great plaque! Who'd of thought of woodburning the stamp!!!

AKiteFlier said...

Ooooh pretty! My son is into wood burning - I never thought about using my stamps... thanks for the idea :-)

Tiffany Ervin said...

So pretty, I love this! You're one of the very few people I really know that uses so many other mediums other than paper...so great to see these techniques!

StampinDi said...

OMG I love this! What a wonderful idea. I haven't woodburned in years.

Tami Grandi said...

oh, this is just too cool and creative!

Christi said...

Oh, wow! This is absolutely amazing and so beautiful! I love it!!!

Andrea Amu said...

Oma'gosh girl! There you go... topping off your previous creation! I just really need your brain... I really do! I can't get over how genius this lil' decorative block is!

Lynn Mercurio said...

Man - am I ever behind on my blog hopping! This project is just spectacular...how wonderfully creative! Picking my jaw up off the floor now...lol

Kathleen Summers said...

WOW, that is STUNNING!! You are so talented. That is GORGEOUS!