Grungeboard Pins

Hi Dreamers!
This month the Blockheads Design Team will be showcasing projects using Grungeboard.  So, for today, I have two pins made with grungeboard to share with you.  I used letters, a butterfly, and pre-cut striped shapes, and dots embossed grungeboard to build the pins.

 Materials List:

Grungeboard letters and shapes

Distress Inks- Vintage Photo, Barn Door, Fired Brick, Spiced Marmalade, Scattered Straw, Dusty Concord, Tumbled Glass, Faded Jeans

Embossing Ink ( I used Emboss It -Ranger.  Versa Mark would work too)

Gesso

UTTE embossing enamel

Metallic Pen

 The first pin is called "B is for Butterfly"

"Art" Pin

Instructions:

• Coat all the pieces with gesso or white paint - something to to act a s a base coat.  Molly at the Blockheads store used Picket Fence Stain from Ranger.
• Let Dry
• Apply Distress ink to all the pieces.  I rubbed the pads across the pieces to get maximum coverage

1. "B" is Butterfly- Faded Jeans on base circle, Dusty Concord on B, Tumbled Glass on butterfly
2. "Art" Pin -Scattered Straw on square base, Spiced Marmalade on A, Fired Brick on R, Barn Door on T.

• Heat set the Distress ink
• Cover the pieces with Embossing Ink
• Heat emboss with UTTE embossing enamel

Nice glossy look with the UTTE

• Let the UTTE cool
• Distress each piece with Vintage Photo Distress ink--I found that this really bought the colors to life.  So, don't skip this step.

• Draw around the outside of the pieces for the "B is for Butterfly" pin with a metallic marker
• Glue the pieces to the base using a strong glue.  I used Fabri-Tac.  Hot glue would work too.
• Glue a pin to the back of each pin--I picked up the pins from the jewelry section of the craft store

Challenges for my Grungeboard Pins:
Simon Says Stamp and show: anything goes
Country View: butterflies
Desert Island: use three
1 - Make it colourful (lots of colours
6 - Shiny
7 - 2 dies or more
Emma's Cards: butterflies
Unstampa Belles: anything but a card-no stamping
Craft Embellies: anything goes-3-D projects

Okay, hope everyone had a great Holiday weekend.  We had a nice family dinner on Sunday.  Temps have gone way back down into the 30's!  Burr!  Going for a walk anyway!  I hope your day is super nice!  Love ya.
Karen