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Learn a new medium — embossing on metal foil tape — using minimal investment in tools and supplies. Create GORGEOUS metallic tiles with super cool grungy, antiqued look.

Learn a new medium — embossing on metal foil tape — using minimal investment in tools and supplies. Create GORGEOUS metallic tiles with super cool grungy, antiqued look.

I must admit up until a few weeks ago I was vaguely familiar with the name Sizzix but as to what you actually did with a "Sizzix" I was completely in the dark! That was until I stumbled across a video from Vintaj showing how you could use their embossing folders with a Bigshot to create designs on metal ("metal" - my favourite word after chocolate!) I was really impressed and itching to have a go, I just needed a Bigshot........ I waited a few weeks then when the urge to possess one overcame me I went out debit card at the ready..............and the shop had sold out! So I trundled off to The Range on the off chance and came home clutching my own surprisingly heavy pink and black wonder machine. It sat on the dining room table for a couple of days while I waited for the embossing folders I'd ordered online to arrive then the time came to start playing! I started with some pre-cut 24g copper hearts and the Wildflower Vines and the Butterfly Swirls Deco Embossing folders. I was really impressed with the results. The design comes out really clearly. I added some patina ink on the practice pieces above to add a bit of colour. Next I tried a Deco Etch folder on slightly thicker gauge copper and silver. The word "Etch" doesn't really describe the finished result - I'd say it looks more like a stamped design. I love this one especially after the metal is oxidized. I left the silver unoxidized for now as it's going to be part of a pair of earrings I have planned! I used 22g gauge for these even though Vintaj recommend using thinner gauges - oops! But I had to try as 24g is a bit thin for my jewellery. I annealed the metal first to soften it and it went through the Bigshot fine. These were annealed 24g copper using the plastic Sizzix embossing folders - the one's you use on paper and card. The design isn't as crisp but it's not bad. These have been oxidized and cleaned up with wire wool. More examples! The more orangy coloured one's weren't annealed (the rectangle is 20g), the discs are 22g and 20g and were annealed first. Annealing the thicker gauge metal definitely helps to get a crisper design. Deco Emboss folder top and Deco Etch folder bottom. The rusty looking areas are the red oxides from the annealed metal - I was too impatient to pickle first! Overall I'm really impressed. Anything that lets me add patterns to metal is a great idea as far as I'm concerned plus buying a new piece of kit always pleases me! Photos of finished jewellery coming soon!

Hi there, welcome to Saturday StepXStep with Frilly and Funkie. Linda here bringing you this week's SXS. Above is the wall hanging I made for the Artistic Outpost Valentine Hop earlier this week. I promised I would share how I made the kraft and metallic hearts with my SXS post this week so let's get started. My metal hearts started life as an aluminum Pepsi can. Now, just because I am using an aluminum can for this make doesn't mean I have forsaken Ranger Foil Tape. It's just that when using the Adirondack Alcohol Inks, I like the way the aluminum takes the alcohol ink. First make a slit up the side of a rinsed out can and then cut off the top and the bottom - carefully as the edges are very sharp. The aluminum will want to curl a bit but I just give it a few good bends in the opposite direction and it flattens out pretty well. Next I used a Spellbinders die to cut it. These dies cut through the aluminum with no problem. I use low tack painters tape to hold my dies in place. You can see the cut heart still wants to curl a bit - no worries, just insert it between the layers of a texture fade and run it through your embossing machine. When it comes out, it still may want to curl. I gently bend the edges until it takes on a puffy look. Double click to enlarge to see detail Next I applied the alcohol ink (Ginger here) by dripping it on. I use the tip end of the alcohol ink bottle to drip and spread the ink and also tip it from side to side so it runs and covers everything. For coating large areas of metal, I always use the drip on method. I like the way it covers, runs and pools. I sort of flattened it out a bit by holding it down in the center with a toothpick until it dried. That helped the ink run back toward the center and spread out a bit as it was pooling too heavily on the edges. It dries quickly so no problem to do this little step. One warning tip: once the alcohol ink dries, do not put more on. The addition of wet ink serves to dissolve and remove the ink that is already there so you will end up with a very spotty, streaky mess. The metal heart is finished and set aside. Double click to enlarge to see detail Time to start on the kraft ruffle. I used kraft paper twist which is sold in my shop, cutting a number of chunks off with pinking sheers, about 1 3/4" each. Then I unfurled them and glued them end to end. Double click to enlarge to see detail I use Beacon Fabri-Tac for most of my gluing needs. You can see I put about a quarter of an inch strip of glue on one end of a piece of paper twist, then glued another piece to it, continuing this procedure until I had a 20-24" strip. Then I cut it in half length-wise with pinking sheers, which gave me enough for two ruffles. Then I ran a machine basting stitch along the ragged edge and gathered it into a ruffle. Cutting a heart larger than the metal one from corrugated cardboard, I smeared on a little gesso and then ran Fabri-Tac glue around the outer edge of the back side. Then the ruffle was glued around the parimeter of the heart. The Fabri-Tac takes a couple of minutes to set up which gives you time to flip the heart over and adjust how much of the ruffle shows, allowing you to even it up. Double click to enlarge to see detail And there you have it. I use the same procedure with the vintage style crepe paper to make ruffles out of it. Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope your weekend is off to a great start! Oh, and P. S. I just got a lot of new Artistic Outpost stamps into The Funkie Junkie Boutique, including this Cowgirl Strength plate. Corrugated Cardboard (6 sheets) Paper Twist - Kraft Claudine Hellmuth Gesso Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Vintage Photo Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Ginger May Arts Crocheted Lace - 1.5" Back Mini Wooden Spools - 3/8" Tall Ranger Archival Ink - Vermillion Ranger Archival Ink - Vermillion Reinker Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black Reinker Artistic Outpost Cowgirl Strength Unmounted Rubber Stamps

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Learn a new medium — embossing on metal foil tape — using minimal investment in tools and supplies. Create GORGEOUS metallic tiles with super cool grungy, antiqued look.

Learn a new medium — embossing on metal foil tape — using minimal investment in tools and supplies. Create GORGEOUS metallic tiles with super cool grungy, antiqued look.

Elitia Hart, owner of Pewter Art, creates one-of-a-kind metal embossed art pieces including custom made pewter mirror frames, boxes, journals etc. Learn about upcoming metal embossing workshops, events or shop for one of a kind metal embossing art in the online shop.

It's no secret I love textured metal...hammered, punched, stamped, etched, embossed. My 1st foray into the arena of texturing metal was by hitting it really hard with my chasing hammer...I didn't really know what I was doing, but it made cool divots in the surface, and I was immediately addicted. Plus, it felt really good to pound the hammer against the poor metal, leaving a lasting mark! I eventually went to metal stamps, which deceptively a lot harder than it looked...I could never get a complete design, and when I would try a second hit, I got a lot of shadow images! Next was etching...I like the result, but it is messy. Next, after falling in love with Keirsten Giles' gorgeous stamped designs, came hammering brass texture plates directly onto the metal. Her generous posts on using vintage coins actually opened my eyes to more possibilities...also, she stressed the fact that you needed to anneal the metal and tape it down to your steel block so it doesn't move! Why didn't I think of that! I still love this technique and use it frequently! Next, I became drawn to gorgeous designs by various artists created by using ordinary textures found in nature...leaves, lace, screen mesh, etc. This, I found out, entails using a rolling mill. Want! But, yikes, the least expensive ones are expensive! Like so many of us, I was/am broke! Fast forward to seeing a blog posts by Erin Prais-Hintz about her Vintaj Big Kick. I was intrigued and interested, but not so much in using the thin brass Vintaj blanks that were recommended. I wanted to use metal sheet, and I wanted it to be more durable. Then, this past fall I came across a blog post at Cinnamon Jewellery on her experiments with the Sizzix Big Shot. I immediately decided I wanted to give this a go. Right before Christmas, I found it on sale at Amazon and told Hubby that he could get it for me to put under the tree or I would get it for myself. Nice, obedient (snort) guy that he is, he got it, but wouldn't let me play with it until after Christmas! Here it is... Basically, it is a rolling mill originally created for embossing paper goods and other scrapbooking crafts. It comes with this sort of folder that enables you to place media in with the embossing templates and create a layered stack that is thick enough to press the images into the media, be it paper or metal. The embossing folders to use are also created by Sizzix, or you can use other similar ones by other companies. I actually found the 2 I currently have at Michaels, but there are lots more on line. I have tried up to 22 gauge metal with great success. The trick is to anneal the metal very well. I usually pickle afterward so as not to stain the embossing folders with firescale and grunge! The cool thing about these folders is that they are a bit transparent so you can see the design on top of the metal and line up the metal exactly where you want the embossing to happen. The folder has a positive and negative design, so the finished piece is 2-sided, unlike etching and stamping. Here are a few pieces I have created since using mine... That's all for today...I want to do some more experimenting using texture plates and maybe some found object textures, but that will have to wait...I have an 11 yo with the dreaded flu, and 3 new baby guinea pigs to figure out! Please share any experiences you have had with using the Big Shot or Big Kick with metal...especially non-Vintaj brass! Happy Saturday! Melissa Meman Melismatic Art Jewelry Art. Life. Love.

Learn a new medium — embossing on metal foil tape — using minimal investment in tools and supplies. Create GORGEOUS metallic tiles with super cool grungy, antiqued look.

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Today I wanted to share the technique I've been messing with for quite a while. Dry embossing metal foil then artfully inking with Alcohol Inks. I shared this little snippet yesterday..... And here you go.... I start off with a bit of metal foil...whatever brand you care for will work. Flip it over and stamp your design on the back as shown... It's best if you use less detailed stamps or if they do have lots of details (like the webs) make sure it is an image that you can leave off part of the lines but still get the same effect. For example, I will only be tracing about 1/2 of the lines in the web. I will still get the same look but it won't be too detailed that the design is lost. Next I flip it back over to the front and apply my first layer of Alcohol Inks down. Since I'm going halloween I thought it would be appropriate to use purples for the background & orange for the pumpkin. Flip it back to the stamped side. Now using a dry embossing stylus, the tip of a ball point pen, or whatever else you have on hand that has a dull point and begin tracing the images you have stamped. My traced pumpkin..... and webs.... Next if desired you can pick up some of the color off of various areas by using a paint brush dipped in Ink Blending Solution. I pick up the color on the brush and wipe it off on scrap paper. Works very nice. I like to do this if I have areas that I want to add specific colors... As you can see I went back in and added Sunshine Yellow, Espresso & Citrus to the eyes, vine & stem. Now it's time to apply a darker color to the Ink Applicator Felt (in this case Pitch Black). You will lightly swipe the ink across the embossed (raised) areas. This adds highlights in all the right places to really make your design pop! And here is the card that the sneak peek came from! My foundation colors were Citrus Green and Sailboat Blue. I used Purple Twilight to add highlights. The flowers were also inked with Purple Twilight, Sunshine Yellow (center) and Pesto on the leaves. I didn't stamp the flower, those were just die-cut from some of the foil, inked, embossed then layered. So you see by using stamps, tools and ink supplies already in your stash you can create amazing looking stamps in a very short amount of time! Fun huh? NOW, I've got a cool little tease for you all.... Since October is the month of MYSTERY... (hint hint) October 3rd I will have a special treat for you all... Something I believe Ink Stained readers, scrapbookers, mixed media artists and card makers alike will enjoy.... With help from a friend I am going to whisk you away to the enchanting city of New Orleans for a bit of holiday fright!!! But I won't give it all away just yet. You'll have to come back then to find out what's up :)

Part one of the series on Metal Embossing for beginners. In this segment we discuss embossing tools and supplies to get you started on your first project.

I’ve been doing these frames for almost 7 years. I’ll admit that I originally learned the tricks of the trade from some girl friends of mine… I think it was Suzanne first. (righ…

Learn a new medium — embossing on metal foil tape — using minimal investment in tools and supplies. Create GORGEOUS metallic tiles with super cool grungy, antiqued look.

Sorry for the delay in posting this. The last quarter of 2014 was quite hectic and I just finished working on all the samples for my classes of 2015. I have enjoyed working on different Metal Embossing projects incorporating the use of tangles. The combined use of pewter, stencils and tangles is absolutely amazing. I was asked to post a tutorial with the steps of a project I did on pewter using a Rooster Dreamweaver Stencil and Zentangle (*). The final project was this wooden box: This is the list of materials I used: Mercart's: Pewter roll . I cut a piece of 5" x 7" Basic kit with 4 tools: Teflon tool, Star Wheel. Cup and Ball and Refiner Suede Paper stump #4 Big Wheel Fiber Glass tool Dreamweaver Rooster stencil Pewter Patina Filling Paste Adhesive roll Others: Wooden box Decoart black acrylic paint Brush Silver polishing paste Soft cloth Acrylic Instructions:  step 1 1) Place the stencil on the pewter, turn it and place it over the hard non-textured working surface (glass or acrylic). step 2 2)Rub the metal against the stencil with the tip of the Paper stump until you clearly see the stencil design. step 3 3) Outline the entire stencil design with the Teflon tip to give it a clean look. 4)Place the suede under the pewter (still working on the back) and trace or draw assorted tangles with the Teflon tip. Use the round sphere of the Cup and Ball to push the metal or emboss certain areas. Use the decorative wheels (Star Wheel and Big wheel) to add textures and to create a border. step 5 5) Remove the suede and turn the metal to the front. Clean or outline the outer lines of the embossed tangles with the Teflon tip to give it a nice defined look. 6) Add a different look to the background metal by rubbing it with the Fiber Glass tool. 7) Fill the back of the embossed areas with the Filling Paste and let it dry for a few hours. The dry hard paste will prevent the metal from being pressed down. The Filling paste is liquid and has an applicator to fill just the embossed areas. It levels itself. It is really hard once it dries (it takes between 1 hour to 8 hours to dry, depending on the size/depth of the area). step 8 8) Apply the Pewter patina with a brush (on the front of the metal). It will turn the pewter black. Remove the excess with a paper towel after 2 minutes. step 9 9)Rub the metal with a silver polishing paste and rub with a soft cloth until you get the desired shine. The black patina will remain in the crevasses, giving the pewter a nice antique look. 10) At the end, I painted the wooden box with Decoart acrylic paint and I glued my project to the top of the box with Mercart's double sided adhesive. Visit our Fecebook Page for more ideas! https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mercart-USA/164612133589262?ref=bookmarks 

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(original artwork by David, grade 5) Art Club, Grades 1-6 This is one of my all-time favorite projects. The technique has been around for years, and I've loved using it several times with my students. This time around, our art is of owls and leaves. We first planned our compositions, paying attention to all of the positive and negative spaces. We wanted to be sure they were all interesting. Here are some step-by-step instructions. Let me know if you need help! 1. Draw your picture on paper the size of your final cardboard. Just the big shapes, no details. **I've noticed on Pinterest some people think we used coloring book images. Not so- we used our own drawings for these. We had owl photos and real leaves to look at, and I reminded the artists to keep it simple, fill the page, and no details. You could use coloring books, but the kid's drawings are so wonderful, I would hate to miss out on them!! 2. Go over your simple drawing with Sharpie. 3. Turn your drawing over. On the back, use your pencil on it's side to go over your lines. 4. Place your drawing right side up on cardboard and trace over your lines for a graphite transfer to the cardboard. (Or, if you want to speed this up, just draw directly on the cardboard. I like to teach the transfer skill, something they can use on future projects.) 5.Go over with Sharpie if needed to see lines clearly. 6. Use a thick, tacky glue to go over the lines and let dry. (This image has the glue lines on it- they have dried clear.) 7. Use a glue stick to attach the foil. (Shiny or dull side showing-you decide.) 8. Wrap the foil over the front and to the back. 9. Press foil down around dry glue lines. Use a paper towel over your fingers as you rub to avoid tearing the foil. 10. Then use a cotton swab up against the glue outlines once the foil is pressed down, just to be sure the glue outlines show up really well. 11. Draw patterns in all of the spaces with a dull pencil. (Use a variety of types of line and scales of patterns.) Once you've filled all of the spaces, rub over the whole thing with black shoe polish, wait a few seconds, and wipe off. (I use the kind that comes in a bottle with a sponge applicator lid.) A couple of you have commented on the color- the results will be an aged silver metal look, something along the color lines of pewter. The golden effect in my photos is the result of reflected color from the walls and low light since I didn't use a flash. Yes. Lots of steps. A bit teacher intensive- I put the glue on at home. Times 150, that takes a bit of time! But the results are so wonderful! I've used this in conjunction with illuminated manuscript in the past- so kids did a single letter with borders and lots of decorative patterns. And I think these would be perfect for Day of the Dead skulls...maybe some year I'll do that! When I was hanging these up, parents, teachers, and kids all stopped to ask about them- I love being able to tell my Art Club artists how much people enjoy their art work! The most common word I heard was "WOW!!" Make it a wonderful day!

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