Just wait until you see what Lizzie Jones has in store for you next!
"There were a couple of reasons I chose to take on the fifth anniversary tradition. For one thing, wood is such a versatile material. It exudes the warmth of nature and its texture absolutely cannot be beat. I grew up with a carpenter father and learned early on to appreciate the wide variety of styles you can achieve with wood. Not only that, I joined Papertrey Ink as a stamp designer on their fifth anniversary, so that occasion holds special meaning for me personally. Today I’m going to teach you a wood inlay technique that I hope you’ll enjoy as much as I do. This technique uses real wood paper or veneer, so you get all the benefits of the gorgeous woodgrain on your projects. If you don’t have those materials on hand, don’t worry! You can use two different shades of neutral cardstock stamped or stenciled with woodgrain for a similar effect. Thank you so much for joining me! Have fun!"
Sunflower Birthday Card
- Use marker (chisel tip preferable) to “stain” woodgrain paper or thin veneer. Make sure to follow the grain to give a nice, smooth appearance.
- Die cut your chosen shape from 2 (or more) colors of woodgrain paper.
- Adhere adhesive/label paper to the back of your die cut, sticky side up.
- Inlay the second color of woodgrain paper, attaching it to the sticky surface. Set aside while you stamp your card base.
- Once card base is finished, adhere wood panel to card front with foam tape.
Not Alone Card
- Use marker to “stain” woodgrain paper or thin veneer. Make sure to follow the grain to give a nice, smooth appearance.
- Die cut your chosen shape from 2 (or more) colors of woodgrain paper.
- Adhere adhesive/label paper to the back of your die cut, sticky side up.
- Inlay the additional colors of woodgrain paper, attaching it to the sticky surface.
- Adhere woodgrain panel to your card base.
- Die cut leafy branches and sentiment banner.
- Stamp sentiment and adhere over branches using foam tape.
Sunflower Birthday Card
- STAMPS: Sunflower Harvest
- INK: Harvest Gold, Prairie Grass, Ripe Avocado, Cocoa Bean, Dark Chocolate
- PAPER: Rustic White, Adhesive Sheets
- DIES: Text Block: Horizontal Birthday
- OTHER: Birch Wood Paper, Scotch Foam Tape, E47 Copic Marker
Not Alone Card
- STAMPS: Words Of Comfort
- INK: Dark Chocolate
- PAPER: Rustic White, Ripe Avocado, Adhesive Sheets
- DIES: Cover Plate: Hexagon, Songbirds, Double Ended Banners
- OTHER: Birch Wood Paper, Scotch Foam Tape, E19, E55, E59 Copic Markers
- Now it's your turn! Create a project featuring some kind of woodgrain inlay technique. You can choose to re-create the exact project from Lizzie above or design your own using the same concepts. Your project must also incorporate at least one Papertrey product.
- Post your project on your blog, in your gallery, Instagram or on any other photo-hosting site (such as photobucket or flickr).
- Add your project to the InLinkz list below.
- You will have until 7am ET, Thursday, August 31st, to add your link to the list to be eligible to win. One project per person please.
- As a reminder, you will have until 7am ET, Thursday, August 31st, to add your link to the list to be eligible to win.
- One randomly selected winners will be chosen from all of the InLinkz entries on this post on Thursday, August 31st. The winner will be posted on our Thursday night Stamp-a-faire winners page after 9pm ET. The randomly selected winner will get a $20 PTI gift certificate to spend however they like!
- One randomly selected winner will be chosen from the comments of this post on Thursday as well. You will have until 7am ET, Thursday, August 31st to add your comment and be eligible to win. The randomly selected winner will get a $10 PTI gift certificate.
I am loving the results that Lizzie got here. The wood veneer is so warm and inviting, kind of like coming home. What other dies do you see this technique working well with? Is there a certain recipient that you think would enjoy a card made using the woodgrain inlay look? We look forward to seeing your projects!
Fabulous cards! Great masculine inspiration!
An adhesive sheet for inlay…that is genius!
So love the parquet effect.
Can’t wait to make a card for my brother, who has a woodworking shop!
Coloring one sheet with Copics is a good idea. I’m off now to mint form my wood paper; I think I have some.
This is a great idea! I’m going to try it later tonight!
Gorgeous card!
I love these masculine cards! I can’t wait to make some!!
Great ideas here! I love the wood grain look for masculine cards!
Lizzie, I had a lot of fun making this card, it was a little intense, but I loved that I was making a card that didn’t require letting it sit to dry. this is my card of challenge, thank you for it. I really like the look of the one you did with the hexagon and want to try that one also…maybe after the SAF!! thank you Lizzie!
What a great look with the wood veneer. I’ve never since this used on a card before. Love that you change up the colors using Copics or ink pads. What a great idea. Love both cards!
Great card for a guy!
Loved your technique!
This was the perfect challenge. I have had wood paper stashed for years and never cut into it until now. Woot woot!
Brilliant technique Lizzie. I am going to give that one a try for certain. Cheers.
mint form? hunt for! and I found it right away.
What a fun way to add color and texture to a card.
I love the hexagon plate. What a unique way to use it.
Such a cool technique! Thank you!
These cards are so cool Lizzie! I can’t wait to try them out! Thanks for a great video!
Nice work! Would be great for masculine cards!
How cool is this?! I love the various colors of wood on one card!
Both cards are gorgeous, but the hexagon card sent me on the hunt for wood veneer!
Wonderful! Very cool texture!
Great technique Lizzie, and I love the sunflower card! Thanks for all the tips. 🙂
I think this was my favorite project so far! I’ve been looking for my woodgrain cardstock for two days…know it’s in my stash somewhere!
Love the hexagon card with its several colors of wood! And I have some of both birch and cherry wood papers. Must give this a try!
Your wood inlaid is just gorgeous…the texture really stands out and makes the sentiment pop.
Could not find any 1/64″ wood veneer or wood paper at my local craft store so I’ll have to figure out something else to achieve your effect.
What a great idea. Now I need wood veneer.
Great project Lizzie.
I love that you can color the wood. I’m going to try this with thin balsa wood. Your cards are stunning.
Love this card and thanks for sharing your great technique!
Oh my!! Staining the wood. It is so beautiful. Thanks for the inspiration Lizzie! Wow wow wow.
I love this technique! Great for those hard to make masculine cards!
These are very cool! Going to have to try and find the wood materials you used.
What a fun technique! Thanks for sharing.
Love the inlay technique in general, but this looks great with the wood too.
Wow, this is great and your cards look awesome.
Wonderful inspiration. I’m going to give this a try.
Love having more than one wood grain color!
Such beautiful cards! Now I have to find some wood paper and see if I can make something as spectacular with it!
Wonderful cards and great technique ! Love the colors of your cards.
I always wanted to take wood shop class so this is the next best thing! Awesome card.
Very clever, especially the tip using the adhesive paper to add the negative “puzzle” pieces, great looking masculine card.
Thanks for the video, makes much more sense when you can see how everything is actually done. (I’m a show-an-tell person).
Again thanks for great looking cards.
I’ve had wood sheets in my craft stash for ages and finally used them today! What a fun way to make a card. Thanks Lizzie for showing us this.
Im ripping my craft room apart looking for the wood veneer that I bought. Grrrrr. Guess i’ll have to try with wood printed background paper or stamp so. Sigh
Love those hexagons on wood veneer! You’ve inspired me to use my wood veneer, instead of saving it! Thanks for the inspiration!
I especially love the hexagon shapes and all the different colors of wood grain you achieved. Very pretty!
Love the masculine feel of the “wood”.
I have always used wood veneers with Lizzie’s various Text Block dies. They are a real hit for masculine cards.I have 2 uncles and the husband of a friend who do woodworking. These cards are perfect for them.
I had such a great time with this challenge. My daughter and I made matching cards using each other’s inverse pieces. They turned out really well and it was great to share some time with her-it was her first card!
I will be making the hexagon card for sure! I love the look of wood paper.
Gorgeous cards. That wood paper is amazing. Thanks for including the video.
Love this inlay technique. This is one I will use again-thanks, Lizzie!
I adore this texture and technique!! Thanks for sharing the how to!!
this is so cool, thanks for sharing!
What a beautiful technique!!! I love the real wood look of the veneer. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to get any of that, so I will have to improvise. I believe it adds tremendously to the look, however, so I will have to get some soon.
Karen
I adore this technique! Thanks, Lizzie! 🙂 I’ve had wood paper in my stash for years and never knew what to do with it…until now! 🙂
Fabulous cards. Perfect for those dread d (for me anyway) masculine cards!
This is absolutely gorgeous! I love love love how this turned out!! I’m definitely going to give this a try, just gotta order some of the wood paper. I really appreciate the inspiration that you have given to me today!!!
Great way to add color to the wood “paper” by using copics and strokes of color. Very effective.
The wood texture adds such a cool look to the cards!
HOW BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!! I LOVE BOTH! But, ESPECIALLY the multi-colored wood piece! JUST GORGEOUS! Now, I KNOW I “NEED” a Cover-Plate! LOL Thank you Lizzie, I AM SO ENJOYING the SAF!!!! You ladies have done SO MUCH WORK to put this together!!! THANK YOU ALLLL! 😉
Very nice cards. I see myself using this technique in the future when I have the supplies to do so.
THIS WAS SO MUCH FUN! AND 2 CARDS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE. THANKS FOR THE INSPIRATION.
Great looking!
What a great idea!
Absolutely stunning cards, Lizzie. And cool technique.
Great cards and an awesome technique!
Lizzie, great video tutorial and love your cards! Perfect for those extra-challenging masculine cards. My Quick Stick died on me while placing my colored inlaid pieces. Arg!
This is my favorite challenge so far! I love the look of these. Perfect for the males in our life! I can’t wait to go buy some more wood veneer as I only had enough for one card.
Love this wood veneer look you have showcased!!
I usually like pastel colors but I think these cards are my favorite ones! The inlaid wood technique reminds me of floors in old houses when they cared about craftsmanship. I love both card designs.
Wonderful!! I love your style! Thanks for sharing!!
Great cards! Love the wood inlay look. Very cool technique!!
This is just perfect for a masculine card… Amazing technique!
I had a lot of fun making my cards for this challenge! I must love puzzles! LOL!
So cool! I do love the multiple colors on one card as well! Fabulous!!
This is my favorite project of them all. I happened to have some wood sheets so made two cards. I think I’ll be using this technique a lot!
I am excited to learn this new technique. Great for masculine cards, especially, always need new ideas! Thank you for the inspiration, Lizzie!
This is another, masculine card I’m adding to my stash! I really like the in-laid technique and may try it with a couple of bold dies and different colors. Thanks for your inspiring video, Lizzie!
Fantastic cards!!! I must confess that I can barely cut paper, always afraid to ruin it, and cutting WOOD just sends me into a permanent freeze mode lolll I should try this with paper & woodgrain impression plate first… Love the cards, though!!!! Thank you for inspiration!
love love love this technique! I’m going to be using this a lot, I can tell. Thanks for the inspiration, Lizzie!
Absolutely beautiful! I love the hexagon card.
Beautiful cards, love the inlay technique and LOVE this technique with wood veneer – I have some but didn’t know how to use it except for making banners. I will be using this technique with wood veneer to add some interest to my cards.
This one looks great! Great designs with the wood inlaid looks, too!
Awesome technique! Great ideas for masculine cards too.
The wood paper adds such warmth to a project. It is especially wonderful in Lizzie’s hexagon card with its mix of ‘stains.’
This was a great technique! One that I will definitely revisit.
This is such a cool technique Lizzie! As soon as I get my die cut machine out of storage, I will be sure to try it! Thanks for the great video!
I’ve loved seeing all of the projects for this challenge. Your cards are beautiful, Lizzie! I’m going to try my hand at coloring the wood paper next.
This wood inlay technique is gorgeous. I have real wood cardstock and can’t wait to color it with my brown Copics tonight.
Great tutorial! Who knew you could use copics on wood! Gorgeous samples too!
Both cards are so cool, never thought to color my wood paper, tfs!
I can’t wait to try this technique. I’ve been saving my wood veneer, not knowing exactly what to do with it. Thanks you for this great project idea!
Gorgeous! Love the veneer-look with the die cut inlay technique.
great examples
Inspired to try your technique.
Alas, the woodgrain stuff I happen to have simply breaks apart when die cutting, but this was definitely a cool idea!
This is such a fantastic look! I love the inlay.
Loved your projects Lizzie. Super tutorial as always.
What a gorgeous mix of woods! Love this idea of using the traditional anniversaries for PTI’s 10th!
This came out great but the technique isn’t for the faint of heart!!
Love the woodgrain hexagons!
2017 SAF was THE event of all crafting events! I loved that there were 3 days of fun crafty activity! I managed to complete 14 of the 21 challenges. SO MUCH FUN!! Thank you so much for putting on such an amazing event!!
I really love the hexagon card & hope to try it sometime in the future–thanks for the inspiration!
I wanted to participate in this challenge, but ran out of time! I will totally be using my wood paper for this idea instead of just hoarding it!
Great projects, Lizzie! You’re so good at making non-girly projects, and I need all the inspiration like that I can get, since all I’m good at is flowers. 🙂
I hadn’t ever heard of this technique before but want to try it now. It’s perfect for masculine cards.
Love the look of this. So cool!
Your cards looks so authentic, I wouldn’t know they were done with paper. Too cool!