I hosted a tag swap here at Paper Traders this month and the theme was to use an inspirational quote for the new year. After reading my latest issue of Somerset Studio, I loved the technique used by Cat Kerr on her mini canvas necklace (page 52) so I decided to try applying this method to my paper tags and wanted to share my experience with you...
- I started with a plain manila tag to which I added a light coat of gesso.
- Then I used gel medium to adhere different textured items to my tags - some tulle, a piece of woven straw ribbon, some extra chunky mulberry paper, and a few paper flower cutouts.
- I covered everything with a layer of green acrylic paint and let it dry.
- At this point I was thinking the green was way too ugly and I didn't know if the textures were pronounced enough, but I added a coat of Mod Podge and braved on with the next step...
- I adhered my chipboard quotes and then, following Cat's instructions in the magazine, I watered down some dark acrylic paint (I used navy blue) and spread it over the top of everything.
- I crossed my fingers, waited a few minutes, and started wiping the dark paint off again. Cat recommended using a baby wipe but I found this took too much of the paint off (probably because I was working on paper with very thin textures) so I just rubbed with my fingers, cleaning them often so I could pick up more paint as I went.
- Once everything was dry again, I used some colored buffing wax to highlight the textured areas. Cat recommends Rub 'n Buff but I used my Metallic Rub-Ons by Craf-T in brass.
- I added some random bright blue accents using my oil pastels.
- Then I spattered everything with some off-white acrylic paint.
- Lastly, I added white accents with my Sharpie paint pen.
- As a final touch, I added the brass butterflies and some glitter accents on my drawn flowers.
- Finally, I used a little extra colored buffing wax (in golden white) to lighten the edges of my tags for more dimension.
- I sprayed everything with a coat of fixative when I was done.
- I also mounted printed cardstock to the back of my tags to reinforce them.
2 comments:
Your tags have a wonderfully 'antique' feel Becky. Love them.
Beautiful tags! Thanks for sharing how-to.. Can't wait to try them! ~tina
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