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DIY Fall Themed Wood Burning Sign

September 18, 2019 Crafts, Fall, Wagner

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Happy September friends!  I hope everyone is having a beautiful start to their Fall!  I thought I’d kick off Fall by making a fun little sign to add to my Office/Craft Room.  

I love to decorate for the Holidays and Seasons.  I have never really decorated my office before though.  Now it is still a work in progress but the room is slowly coming together.

Project Materials

  1. Wood Plaque 
  2. Wagner HT400 Heat Gun
  3. Ammonium Chloride
  4. Paint Brush
  5. Water

Cricut Design

I grabbed a small Wood Plaque from Michaels that was 18in by 5in.  I opened up my Cricut Design Space and found a fun decorate Fall quote.  I added it to my canvas and resized it to fit the wood plaque.

Vinyl Stencil

I cut it onto a piece of vinyl with my Cricut Explore Air 2 and transferred it onto the wood with Transfer Tape. Instead of weeding the outter layer of the vinyl I weeded the inside.  To make it similar to a stencil.

I traced the Fall saying with a pencil so I could use that as a guide. 

Wood Burning with Ammonium Chloride

Next, you will make the mixture to paint onto your wood sign.  Mix 1 Tb. of Ammonium Chloride into 1/2 cup of water.  Stir it thoroughly.

Lightly paint the ammonium chloride mixture onto your wood plaque.  Do your best to paint within the lines as it’s a clear solution.  Also, don’t saturate your paintbrush, the solution bleeds easily.

Wagner HT400 Heat Gun

I worked in sections and painted only one letter at a time.  Apply the heat gun on setting 2 to your wood plaque.  You will notice that the ammonium chloride mixture will start by turning yellow.

Once it turned yellow I put the heat gun a little closer to the wood so that it would burn quicker.  I realized I wasn’t putting it close enough and it was taking a very long time for the ammonium chloride to burn. 

I personally like the burned wood look around the design so I put the heat gun very close to the wood.

It takes a little getting used to but it’s such a fun technique and can be used in so many ways!  I’m over at Wagner today with a similar project.  I stenciled a design onto a wooden Jack-o-Lantern I picked up at my local dollar store.

Fall Wood Burning Sign

This is such a fun addition to my office.  I’m excited to add more homemade Fall decor to Office/Craft Room.  After all, that’s what I do in there!  I may as well decorate with all things handmade!

This post is sponsored by my friends at Wagner and contains affiliate links. Thank you for supporting the brands that support Refashionably Late!  See my full disclosure here.

 

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