{"id":16567,"date":"2016-01-08T10:27:37","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T08:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/?p=16567"},"modified":"2016-01-08T10:44:11","modified_gmt":"2016-01-08T08:44:11","slug":"balsa-wood-name-plaque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/balsa-wood-name-plaque\/","title":{"rendered":"Debossed Balsa Wood Name Plaque"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>So the other day I was browsing the aisles of a store as we scrapbookers do, aimlessly looking for things that I might be able to use in my crafting. And there in plain sight jumping up and down to catch my attention \u2013 an entire crate full of balsa wood! So off I went with two pieces and couldn&#8217;t wait to get home to start my Silhouette Curio.<\/h3>\n<p>I wanted to make something, anything to see if it would work \u2013 and it did. Not everything I tried work, but the debossing did and I was very excited about it. So I made a little balsa wood name plaque for my nephew\u2019s bedroom door to start off with.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>Step 1<\/h4>\n<p>Open your Silhouette software and add some wording. Select the font you want to use.<\/li>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-1-add-text.jpg\" alt=\"Balsawood Name Plaque - Step 1\" width=\"1920\" height=\"992\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-1-add-text.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-1-add-text-1320x682.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-1-add-text-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-1-add-text-768x397.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-1-add-text-1024x529.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-1-add-text-600x310.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<li>\n<h4>Step 2<\/h4>\n<p>I then decided to add some lines to the design just for fun. And this worked even better than just the outlined font.<\/li>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-2-add-lines.jpg\" alt=\"Balsawood Name Plaque - Step 2\" width=\"1920\" height=\"992\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-2-add-lines.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-2-add-lines-1320x682.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-2-add-lines-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-2-add-lines-768x397.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-2-add-lines-1024x529.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-2-add-lines-600x310.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<li>\n<h4>Step 3<\/h4>\n<p>Select the emboss\/deboss option from the menu.<\/li>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-3-select-embossing.jpg\" alt=\"Balsawood Name Plaque - Step 3\" width=\"1920\" height=\"992\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-3-select-embossing.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-3-select-embossing-1320x682.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-3-select-embossing-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-3-select-embossing-768x397.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-3-select-embossing-1024x529.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-3-select-embossing-600x310.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<li>\n<h4>Step 4<\/h4>\n<p>Select the tool 1 with the wide embossing tool loaded.<\/li>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-3-select-deboss-emboss.jpg\" alt=\"Balsawood Name Plaque - Step 4\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-3-select-deboss-emboss.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-3-select-deboss-emboss-1320x743.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-3-select-deboss-emboss-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-3-select-deboss-emboss-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-3-select-deboss-emboss-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-3-select-deboss-emboss-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<li>\n<h4>Step 5<\/h4>\n<p>Remove the spacers from the platform to only have the cutting matt. This allows you to load the balsa wood and have the correct height when debossing.<\/li>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-4-remove-spacer.jpg\" alt=\"Balsawood Name Plaque - Step 5\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-4-remove-spacer.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-4-remove-spacer-1320x880.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-4-remove-spacer-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-4-remove-spacer-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-4-remove-spacer-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-4-remove-spacer-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-4-remove-spacer-140x94.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<li>\n<h4>Step 6<\/h4>\n<p>Load the balsa wood into the Curio.<\/li>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-5-load-balsa-wood.jpg\" alt=\"Balsawood Name Plaque - Step 6\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-5-load-balsa-wood.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-5-load-balsa-wood-1320x880.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-5-load-balsa-wood-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-5-load-balsa-wood-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-5-load-balsa-wood-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-5-load-balsa-wood-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-5-load-balsa-wood-140x94.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<li>\n<h4>Step 7<\/h4>\n<p>Send the image to the machine and deboss it. Remove the balsa wood from the cutting matt to reveal the debossed word.<\/li>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-6-emboss-unload.jpg\" alt=\"Balsawood Name Plaque - Step 7\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-6-emboss-unload.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-6-emboss-unload-1320x880.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-6-emboss-unload-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-6-emboss-unload-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-6-emboss-unload-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-6-emboss-unload-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-6-emboss-unload-140x94.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<li>\n<h4>Step 7<\/h4>\n<p>Lightly ink across the embossed word to reveal it clearly.<\/li>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-7-add-colour.jpg\" alt=\"Balsawood Name Plaque - Step 8\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-7-add-colour.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-7-add-colour-1320x880.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-7-add-colour-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-7-add-colour-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-7-add-colour-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-7-add-colour-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Step-7-add-colour-140x94.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I was really impressed with the debossing on the wood strip, and can see myself making loads of signs\/plaques for various occasions and celebrations. So why not experiment with some interesting materials in your Silhouette Curio&#8230;just for fun!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Memento-Dew-Drops.jpg\" alt=\"Balsawood Name Plaque - Memento Dew Drops\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Memento-Dew-Drops.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Memento-Dew-Drops-1320x880.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Memento-Dew-Drops-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Memento-Dew-Drops-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Memento-Dew-Drops-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Memento-Dew-Drops-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Balsawood-Name-Plaque-Memento-Dew-Drops-140x94.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Products Used<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Silhouette CAMEO\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/Silhouette-Products\">S-SILHOUETTE-CURIO-3T Silhouette Curio\u2122 Hobby Machine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Craft Inks\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/Scrapbook-Inks\">Memento Peanut Brittle Dew Drop Ink Pad<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a title=\"Stores\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/craft-stores\">Other: Balsa Wood<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-85 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/jowilna-nolte-182x182.jpg\" alt=\"Jowilna Nolte\" width=\"182\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/jowilna-nolte-182x182.jpg 182w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/jowilna-nolte-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/jowilna-nolte-83x83.jpg 83w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/jowilna-nolte-184x184.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>Post by The Wholesaler\u2019s Designer Jowilna Nolte.<\/h5>\n<h5>We are very proud to introduce you to our first designer, Jowilna Nolte. Jowilna is a true creative and she will be sharing some of her passion and creativity with you.<\/h5>\n<p><a title=\"Hello Jowilna!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/jowilna-nolte\/\">Read more about Jowilna here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So the other day I was browsing the aisles of a store as we scrapbookers do, aimlessly looking for things that I might be able to use in my crafting. And there in plain sight jumping up and down to catch my attention \u2013 an entire crate full of balsa wood! 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