Inspiration: Weathered Wood Background

I saw this lovely weathered wood background on Instagram the other day. It was made by the lovely and talented Donna at Room in A Cupboard, and it really caught my attention! I decided to give it a try, although I didn’t have the same materials ad she did for her tag.

To get this effect, I used a piece of white woodgrain cardstock. I tried coloring it with Distress ink first, but that did damage to the texturing of the paper, and the blending wasn’t all that great. So, I colored it with an N3 Copic marker.

To shine up the “knots” in the wood texture, I rubbed a little silver texture paste over the areas with my fingers. The previous photo kept a warm tone because of the lights from the Christmas tree. The metallic bits look a little coppery, but you can see the effect better here.

After I finished with my background, I die cut the greenery with a Papertrey Ink stamp and die set. A piece of jute twine and some Glossy Accents on the hypericum berries finished off my card.

Thanks for stopping in to see a close up of this weathered wood background. If you like this card, share the love by pinning it on Pinterest. I would really appreciate it!

<3 Niki

Holiday Greens Stamp Set	Holiday Greens Die	Inside & Out: Holiday Stamp Set	Wonky Stitched Rectanges	White Cardstock 120lb
White Woodgrain Cardstock	Bazzill Licorice Twist	Forever Green	Pine Bold Ink	Red Royal Shadow Ink
Shadow Ink, Cup o’ Joe	Butter Bar Shadow Ink	Unicorn White Pigment Ink	Silver Texture Paste	Cool Gray Sketching Set
Fine White Embossing Powder	Mini MISTI Stamp Tool	Precision Heat Tool	Glossy Accents	Sizzix Big Shot

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