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Trace each letter onto a different patterned paper. Watch carefully where they meet to find the best way to make the letters flow into each other. Cut the papers out.
2. Ink the sides and the back of the wood shape with the distress stain.
3. Glue each piece of paper to it’s corresponding letter using Mod Podge and a foam paint brush. Press hard to make sure the paper adheres well. I like to use a brayer to really get it down well.
4. File the edges of the wood to take off any excess paper and to distress the edges.
5. Ink the edges of the wood shape using the distress ink pad.
6. Paint a coat of Mod Podge on the front and sides of the word and let it dry. Make sure the first coat under the paper is dry before doing this to avoid bubbling the paper.
7. Embellish with the Prima flowers to make it really look Hawaiian!
8. I like to embellish papers using Stickles to draw attention to fun designs in the paper. Just make sure your Stickles are completely dry before touching them.

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Here is some important information you’ll want to know for the upcoming festivities celebrating the merging of Oh My Crafts with Crop Chocolate!

PRIZES will include: Cameo by Silhouette, Slice Elite Design Cutter, up to $50 in Crop Credit (Crop Chocolates form of a gift card), OMC gift cards, Ultimate Grab Bags of highly desired product!

SCHEDULE of events:

Saturday May 5, 2012:
8am MST: Something Old
11am MST: Something New
2pm MST: Something Borrowed
5pm MST: Something Blue
8pm MST GRAND CHALLENGE: The Kiss…
10pm MST: Get to know the wedding party

Sunday May 6, 2012:
8am MST: With This Ring
11am MST: Wedding Colors
2pm MST: Strike Up the Band
5pm MST: Honeymoon
8pm MST GRAND CHALLENGE: The Sending Off…

Supplies Used:
Wood Designs : Sunflower (MDF)
Tim Holtz : Distress Stain – Frayed Burlap
Tim Holtz : Distress Ink Pad – Vintage Photo
Martha Stewart : Acrylic Craft Paint – Pollen
Stampendous : Fran’tage Glass Glitter – Bronze
Mod Podge
Deco Flate Wire : Chocolate (Coming soon to OMC!)

Instructions:
1. Stain the front, back, and sides of the back of the sunflower using the distress stain.
2. Stain the sides and the back of the middle piece of the sunflower using the distress stain.
3. Paint the front of the middle of the sunflower using the Pollen acrylic craft paint.
4. Stain the front of the top piece of the sunflower, using the distress stain.
5. Ink the edges of the middle part of the sunflower with the distress ink.
6. Mod Podge the front and sides of the first two pieces.
7. Position the petals of the first two pieces so that the petals are visible. Glue your middle piece to the back using Mod Podge.
8. Glue the round piece to the middle piece using Mod Podge.
9. Apply a thick coat of Mod Podge to the front of the round piece and heavily sprinkle the glass glitter. Press down lightly to make sure the glitter adheres well. Allow to dry completely.
10. Spray a thick coat of clear sealer to the glitter to help it stay. You can also spray the rest of the sunflower at this time to give it some added sheen!
11. Drill holes through the flower that are big enough for the flat wire to go through.
12. Cut a piece of the flat wire long enough that when you twist it around a pencil it is still long enough to use to hang your sunflower.
13. Pull the wire through the holes and bend so that it secures the wire.
14. Hang and display your creation!

Supplies Used:
Wood Designs: Integrated Family (MDF)
Tim Holtz : Distress Stain – Walnut
Tim Holtz : Distress Ink Pad – Vintage Photo
Teresa Collins : Fabrications Canvas Collection Pack
Mod Podge

Instructions:
1. Trace each letter using paper from the collection pack and cut them out.
2. Stain the sides and back of each letter with the distress stain.
3. Glue each piece of paper to its corresponding letter using Mod Podge and a foam paint brush. Press hard to make sure the paper adheres well. I like to use a brayer to really get it down well!
4. File the edges of the wood to take off any excess paper and to distress the edges if that is the look you are going for.
5. Ink the edges using the distress ink.
6. Paint a coat of Mod Podge on the front and sides of the word and let it dry. Make sure the first coat under the paper is dry before doing this to avoid bubbling the paper.
7. Fit the pieces of the puzzle together and display!

With graduation just around the corner for most universities, here’s a fun gift for your future graduate!

U – University of Utah Wooden Letter

Supplies Used:
Martha Stewart : Acrylic Craft Paint – Habanero
American Crafts : Spark Rouge
Tsukineko : Versafine Ink Pad – Onyx
Mod Podge
Krylon : Clear Sealer

Instructions:
1. Paint the front, back and sides of the wood letter using the Habanero paint. Allow to fully dry.
2. Apply a layer of Mod Podge to the front of the U and heavily coat with the American Crafts Spark Rouge. Press down slightly to adhere well. Allow to dry.
3. Ink the edges of the U with Versafine Onyx ink.
4. Spray with a clear sealer. Allow to dry.

Y – Brigham Young University Wooden Letter

Supplies Used:
Martha Stewart : Acrylic Craft Paint – Blueberry
Doodlebug : Sugar Coating Chunky Glitter – Blue
Tim Holtz : Distress Ink Pad – Vintage Photo
Mod Podge

Instructions:
1. Paint the front, back and sides with the Blueberry paint. Allow to dry.
2. Coat the front of the Y with Mod Podge and quickly sprinkle a heavy coat of blue chunky glitter. Press down lightly to secure the glitter.
3. File the edges to distress the wood and ink with Tim Holtz distress ink.
4. Mod Podge the sides and let dry.

In the OMC design room, we have been creating lots of fun projects with wood. I love working with wood, combined with all the other tools in crafting. I love to stamp, so i thought i would combined these two favorites. I painted a shape that I thought would be fun to use as a home decor project. I painted the wood cutout with our new Martha Stewart Paint, then chose a stamp by Tim Holtz that I loved, then finally stamped it on the wood once the paint was dry. I thought that the ink from the stamp would rub off, so I let the ink from the stamp dry for a couple days. The ink had totally dried and became permanent without sealing it. I enjoy mixing different mediums. You’ll never know what amazing things you will discover.

Supplies Used:
Wood Designs : Fleur De Lis
Craft Paint
Tim Holtz : Distress Ink Pad
Tim Holtz Stamp

Happy crafting!

Supplies Used:
Imaginisce : Making Waves 12×12 Paper
Glitter
Riley Blake : Flower Buttons
Martha Stewart : Decoupage Glue
Martha Stewart : Glittering Glue
Martha Stewart : Acrylic Craft Paint
Prima : Say it in Crystals
Foam Squares
Wood Designs : Butterfly Craft Wire

Instructions:
1. Paint the sides and the back of the butterfly in the color of choice.
2. Trace the butterfly onto a sheet of the Makin’ Waves paper. Cut the butterfly out and use the Decoupage to adhere the butterfly cutout to the front of the wood shape. Allow to dry completely.
3. Using the Martha Stewart Glitter Glue, outline the edges of the butterfly and sprinkle glitter over the wet glue.
4. For the accents on the wings, cut almond shapes out of a contrasting piece of paper. You can emboss these pieces if you’d like to add extra detail. Before gluing the wing details down, outline and glitter, just as you did on the outline of the butterfly.
5. Adhere the Prima jewels across the butterfly.
6. Attach the Button Flowers to the body of the butterfly using foam squares.
7. Drill holes in the top for the antennas. Cut two pieces of crafting wire, curl the ends, and glue them into the holes.

Supplies Used:
My Mind’s Eye : On the Bright Side Paper Pack – Turquoise, Wool, Small Floral
Martha Stewart : Acrylic Craft Paint – Pool Satin Paint
Tim Holtz : Distress Ink Pad – Tumbled Glass, Vintage Photo
Twelve Timbers : 13″ x 15″ Unfinished Frame
Prima : Assorted Flower Embellishments – Orange
Mod Podge
File Tool
Brayer

Instructions:
1. Paint the edges and back of the frame with Martha Stewart Satin Paint.
2. Cut paper to fit the sides, top, and bottom of the frame. The top and bottom of the frame are larger than the 12″ x 12″ paper so you will need to piece together the paper to make it fit. I loved how the Teal Barn Wood Paper on the sides made the frame look like it had shutters!
3. Paint the bottom part of the frame with Mod Podge and quickly glue your paper down. Press hard to press out any bubbles and excess Mod Podge. Clean off the sides of the frame where the Mod Podge might have pressed out.
4. Repeat step 3 for the top and sides of the of the frame.
5. File the sides of the frame to file off any excess paper and to distress the sides a bit.
6. Ink the edges of the frame with Tim Holtz Distress Ink, using Tumbled Glass on the bottom and Vintage Photo on the sides.
7. Mod Podge the front and sides of the frame to finish it off.
8. Add a Prima flower embellishment to the side.
9. Add a picture of your mother, sister or friend and give as a wonderful Mother’s day gift!

Supplies Used:
K&Company : Tim Coffey Travel Collection
Tim Holtz : Distress Stain – Walnut
Mod Podge
Tim Holtz : Distress Ink Pad – Walnut
Twelve Timbers : 13″ x 15″ Unfinished Frame
Brayer Tool
File Tool

Instructions:
1. Stain the edges and back of the frame with Tim Holtz Distress Stain.
2. Stain the short sides of the front of the frame.
3. Cut out paper to fit the bottom and top parts of the frame. The frame is slightly larger than the paper, so you will need to piece together your paper if you use 12″ x 12″ sheets.
4. Paint the bottom part of the frame with Mod Podge and quickly glue your paper down. Press hard to press out any bubbles and excess Mod Podge. Clean off the sides of the frame where the Mod Podge might have pressed out.
5. Repeat step 4 for the top of the frame.
6. File the sides of the frame to file off any excess paper and to distress the sides a bit.
7. Ink the edges of the frame with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad.
8. Mod Podge the front and sides of the frame.
9. Add a picture of your dad or husband and now you have a wonderful Fathers Day gift!

Happy crafting!

Supplies Used:
Wood Circle Frame
Martha Stewart : Acrylic Craft Paint – Wild Berry, Summer Linen
Tim Holtz : Distress Re-Inker – Vintage Photo
My Mind’s Eye : Be Amazing – Lucky Brads
Prima : Flower Embellishments
Teresa Collins : Everyday Moments Collections – Buttons
Inkssentials : Ink Blending Tool
My Mind’s Eye : Twine
Glue Dots
Mod Podge

Instructions:
1. Paint the frame with the Summer Linen paint. Allow to dry completely. Create a chevron pattern stencil. Our stencil was created using the eclips machine, but you could use painters tape. Just make sure to use something that won’t allow the paint to bleed through.
2. Lay the chevron stencil on the frame. Paint the chevron pattern with the Wild Berry paint and allow to dry fully (I recommend painting two coats).
3. Carefully sand the frame to achieve a vintage/distressed look.
4. Use the re-inker and the ink blending tool to ink the sanded edges of the frame and any other exposed parts of the frame.
5. Coat the entire frame with a layer of Mod Podge and allow to dry fully.

6. Select your desired embellishments and being layering them on the frame. Attach all the embellishments with the Glue Dots.