Submitted by: Colleen McDonald
Theme: Scrapbooking Your Teen
Description:
Colleen McDonald transformed a 12x12" embossed metal tin from Artistic Expressions into a warm, weathered page. A warm, grey-scale photo of her son adds a poignant reflective element, making this page a true treasure.
Required supplies:
- Mini Glue Dots
- Craft Glue Dots
- Pop Up Glue Dots
- Continuous Glue Lines
- 1" Glue Lines
- Teal Bayou Acrylic Paint, (Plaid)
- Dimensional Fluid, (Plaid)
- Ceramcoat Matte Interior Varnish Sealer, (Delta)
- Ebony Rub N' Buff, (Amaco)
- Silver Rub N' Buff, (Amaco)
- Metal Frame, Letters and Buckle, (Making Memories)
- Silver Brads, (Lasting Impressions)
- Black Cardstock
- White Cardstock
- Rubber Stamp, (PSX)
- 12 x 12 Embossed Metal Tin, (Artistic Expressions)
- 8 in. faux leather stripping
Step-by-step instructions:
- Mix acrylic paint 85/15% with dimensional fluid.
- Apply several coats to metal tin using sponge wedge. (Three or four coats are adequate for 100% coverage.) Allow ½ hour drying time between each coat.
- Using Ebony Rub N' Buff, randomly darken the embossed areas of the tin design. Repeat this technique using Silver Rub N' Buff, overlapping the colors intermittently.
- Highlight the outer edge of the frame with Silver Rub N' Buff and apply a coat of sealer over the entire tin to protect the paint. Allow 2 hours drying time.
- Randomly dab the Making Memories letters, frame and edges of photo with Silver Rub N' Buff.
- Mat the photo with black cardstock and attach with silver brads in the four corners.
- Thread the leather stripping through the Making Memories buckle. And use Continuous Glue Lines to adhere stripping to photo and backside edges of photo mat.
- Adhere photo to tin sheet using Craft Glue Dots.
- Using 1" Glue Lines, mat white cardstock onto small metal frame and secure frame to tin.
- Mount letters to framed cardstock using Mini Glue Dots.
- Stamp quote onto white cardstock and highlight edges with Silver Rub N' Buff.
- On backside, place one Pop Up Glue Dot in each corner plus the center and adhere to tin.