Metal-ology Tag

Hello! This week our challenge at Simon Says Stamp and Show is 'metal-ology', so we are focusing on anything metal: real of faux metal, metal paint, embossing, metallic embellishments, anything you can think of. I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with for this great theme. You mustn't miss the projects of my fellow DT members, simply stunning.

I love using metal on my project, both real metal and techniques that produce faux-metal effects. I made a heavy metal tag, and it was so much fun to make.

This whole tag is basically metallic, either real metal or faux-metal effects: foil tape, metallic alcohol ink, metallic embossing and metallic embellishments. I took some photos while I this. First the background, which is inspired by Tim Holtz:

I die cut gears, a flourish and a number from grungeboard, and also kept the little dots from inside the gears. They were all glued to a manila tag.

I covered the tag with foil tape and pressed it down in between and inside the shapes as well as possible.

The tag was completely inked with alcohol inks (pitch black, juniper and ginger), letting it dry a short while and then going over it a second time. Let dry completely,

I removed most of the ink with steel wool, until I was happy with the result. Black eyelets were set inside some of the gears.

The wings were lots of fun to make. First I die cut them using Tim Holtz Layered Angel Wings die, from one of my favourite surfaces, Wendy Vecchi's Clearly for Art modeling film. The die coordinates perfectly with the Wings embossing folder (to the right on the photo).

The three pairs of wings were embossed. Love this look.

I inked them with Silver alcohol ink and just a tiny touch of black.

I wasn't sure what would happen to the embossing when I heated up the wings to shape them a bit. You don't want to heat them too much. Work on one at a time and shape it quickly, don't heat it up again. If there was no embossing you can reheat modeling film until you are happy with the result, but if we keep reheating these, the embossed pattern will become less and less visible. Cool, aren't they? I layered them together and stapled them in the centre with my tiny attacher.

A heart and an arrow were die cut from grungeboard and embossed with maybe three layers of UTEE, finishing with one layer of Platinum embossing powder, creating faux-metal embellishments. I carefully let a game spinner fall into the hot UTEE on the arrow (be careful, it is hot, don't touch the UTEE at all). I stamped a sentiment into the heart.

Even the crinkle ribbon got a metallic treatment. It was dyed with Black Soot and Brushed Pewter Distress Stain.

I also used some metal embellishments. Black paint was rubbed into the sentiment of the Word Band. I attached it by wrapping a wire around the tag. I also found a broken ball chain on my desk and inked it with Pitch Black alcohol ink.

Black paint was rubbed into the words on the heart, but I almost regretted having done it, I liked the heart better before. The wings look really cool in real life.

The bulb was inked with Pitch Black alcohol ink and I also added some gears and another game spinner.

Another close up of the arrow.

I hope you will show us your projects using metal this week, as always, our great sponsor Simon Says Stamp gives a $50 gift voucher to one random participant.

Thank you for coming by! Have a great week!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

Supplies:

Dies: Sizzix: Layered Angel Wings, Mini Hearts, Mini Gears, Cargo Stencil Numbers, Mini Old Jalopy & Arrow, Mini Flourish

Embossing folder: Sizzix: Flourish & Wings

Stamps: Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz Stuff to Say

Surfaces: Tim Holtz Idea-ology Grungeboard; Wendy Vecchi Clearly for Art Modeling Film; Ranger Metal Foil Tape

Ink: Ranger Clear Emboss It Dabber,

Stain: Distress Stain Black Soot, Brushed Pewter

Alcohol ink: Adirondack Juniper, Ginger, Pitch Black, Silver

Paint: Adirondack Pitch Black, Juniper

Embossing powder: Ranger Clear UTEE, Liquid Platinum

Embellishments: Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Game Spinners, Crinkle Ribbon, Light Bulbs, Word Bands, Mini Fasteners, Mini Gears; We R Memory Keepers Cool Metal Eyelets,

Tools: Big Shot machine, Cropadile