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Fall Pumpkin Plaque

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I’ve had this wood pumpkin plaque stashed away for awhile now.   Like bought on clearance , years ago, a while now.   I always liked the rustic metal and  wood grain of the pumpkin a so when I found it  in my stash,  I knew it would be a perfect project to try out  a dye-stain wood technique using Rit Dye.

Fall Pumpkin Plaque dyed with Rit Dye and embellished with scrapbooking paper and embellishments

Fall Pumpkin Plaque

Fall Decor is my favorite.   I’m one of those people who keep their Fall Decor up past Thanksgiving…say what??  No Christmas tree the day after Turkey Day?  Nope, not me.  I enjoy my Fall Decor more than my Christmas Decor.  Everything just seems to coordinate so nicely together in my house during the Fall months.

 

Don’t you just love the color of the pumpkin?  Paint?  Nope, not paint. That would be Rit Dye, like the dye you use for tie-dying T-Shirts.  I’ve recently discovered how {awesome} Rit Dye works to dye-stain wood.  I dyed this pumpkin plaque with Tangerine Rit Dye.

Dye natural wood with Rit Dye to keep the wood grain

 

I forgot to take a before pic of my “naked rustic wood” plaque so here’s a wood jack-o-lantern that I dyed with Tangerine Rit Dye.  I  make small batches of my dyes then keep the dye in a mason jar.

See how nicely the dye keeps the wood grain?  To dye-stain your own wood, follow the directions for How to Dye Wood  on the Rit Dye website.

Fall Pumpkin Plaque dyed with Rit Dye and embellished with scrapbooking paper and embellishments

After my Fall Pumpkin Plaque was dry, I embellished it with Fall scrapbooking stickers, fabric letters, burlap ribbon and die cuts cut with my Silhouette CAMEO .

 

Fall Pumpkin Plaque craft dyed with Rit Dye and embellished with scrapbooking paper and embellishments
I couldn’t be more thrilled with out this Fall Pumpkin Plaque turned out!  The color is gorgeous and complements all the Fall embellishments nicely too.  
Fall Pumpkin Plaque dyed with Rit Dye and embellished with scrapbooking paper and embellishments
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