Antiqued Luggage Tag Tutorial

This is the finished tag. All antiqued and ready to use.
You can see the original tag next to the completed one.

These are the Close to My Heart colours I used to make this look the way it does.

I used a makeup sponge to apply the different colours of ink.

I started by inking the edges with Bamboo.

I followed up with some Desert Sand around the edges and lightly sponged on some of the middle.

I then used this spray from CTMH, it is made to clean your stamps but I figured it would work since it was wet. lol.

I sprayed just enough to dampen it lightly, but not soggy.

I then crumpled it a little. Don't crumple it too much because you will be adding more ink and you will crumple it more later. Doing it this way will give you different kinds of distortion.

(Great Pic!!lol.)




Then I used the Brown Bag ink and added a little around some of the edges, and did a little veining where some of the crumpling marks stood out the most.

I spritzed it again, still not too much, and crumpled it more forcefully this time to get stronger marks.

If it looks like this when you have crumpled it then you are doing great. :)

Now you want to sponge AND rub the Chocolate ink. Sponge it on some of the edges, across the center and rub it on some of the strong folds. I then also took my sponge and rubbed the edges of the tag to make sure there would be no white showing.

I sprayed it one last time, a little wetter this time to help blend the colours. Still, try not to get it soggy. I also crumpled it really well this time. Pretty much as crumpled as you can get it, squeeze it tight in your hand.

Now you want to use the last colour. The Goldrush. This is the colour that will really give your tag the rich golden colour of burnished leather that you would see on a real antique luggage tag. Apply this colour generously over most of the tag. You will want to rub lightly to really blend the colour, but you need to be gentle since your tag is quite saturated at this point.

I took the chocolate out again and added some more to the tag to "dirty" it up a little more. You can at this point fill in any spots that you feel don't have enough ink and you can dull any spots that seemed too "Gold" as well. Make sure you rub lightly with the sponge and Chocolate ink over the crumpled ridges to really make them stand out.

You have now completed your tag!! Make sure to let it dry completely before you use it on your project. You can also stamp on it to make it more interesting. Use it on a card or on a scrapbook page.

If you have any questions at all please email me at the address on the sidebar. I would love to hear what you have to say about my first ever tutorial so please leave me a comment.

Thanks for stopping by

Marie

Blog Candy

I just wanted to let you know about one little blog candy giveaway. I don't usually do this but its a friend of a friend sooooo...... Blog Candy go get 'em tiger!!

Scrapped Clock!

I always wanted to do a clock. I had found this old dusty discount clock at our neighbourhood Zellers (kind of like Kmart I guess). I think I paid less that $5 and the original price on it was about $30. I think I got quite a bargain!! I used a sheet of paper from the Once Upon a Time DCWV stack. It took me forever to pick out just the right sheet, It needed to look just right in my house. I took apart the mechanism and traced around the edge of the clock on the sheet of paper I picked out. I cut it out just past the edge and once I glued it on {you can use Modge Podge} I used an Emery board [nail file] to smooth out the edges. The edges of the clock were already painted black so that fit perfect. I stamped the numbers with a stamp set from CTMH and let me tell you how hard that was. I am not a hundred percent on the outcome of the stamping but oh well. I added some gold leaf paint to some of the details in the picture and around the edge and re-attached the mechanism. I added a battery and hung it on the wall.

Unfortunately it has never been able to tell time. lol. That is what I get for buying a discount clock. Maybe someday I will replace the clock works and then I will be able to enjoy it more.

Come again soon, I am working on my first tutorial!!

Marie