Showing posts with label Vintaj. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vintaj. Show all posts

Friday, November 1, 2013

Friday Focus - Vintaj Patinas and Metals

Hello and welcome to Friday Focus where we spotlight a product and offer an additional 15% off from today through next Thursday.  Linda here with a project I made using Vintaj patina paints and metals.  I really love the patina paints and use them frequently.  We also have a few of the metals and embossing folders in stock at the boutique and we rarely include them in the items we focus on so I decided it was time Vintaj had a spotlight.  I've had this wooden birdhouse sitting on my shelf for about two years now, just waiting for the right project.
I decided it needed a copper roof.  I used the new foil card stock from Ranger and my old scallop decorative scissors to cut the layers for the roof.  To create my copper roof, I used Vintaj patina paints which are specially formulated to adhere to metal and do not need to be sealed.  I gave the layers one coat of Jade patina paint from the Weathered Collection and then went over it again using Antique Copper from the Ancient Coin collection.
The scalloped roof strips were adhered with Wonder tape.  I used strips from the new Industrious Stickers - Borders to cover where the strips met.  It has sort of a pewter look to it.  I had planned to give it the copper patina treatment, but once I had the strips in place, I decided I liked the contrast and left them as they were.
I painted the bare wood at the bottom of the bird house with Vintage Photo distress paint and papered the main body with Walking in the Forest, the lovely fall paper from Maja Design.  I decided to add a couple of matching medallions using the 25mm Small Circle Altered Blanks and the Nouveau Roses Vintaj metal embossing folder.  I was going to paint them with the patina blocks, but I went ahead and burnished them with the Reliefing block and I really liked the natural look so left them as they were.  I strung together 4 small jump rings to make a chain so the could dangle.
For a little more decoration, I cut a couple of leaves out of the foil card stock, also ran them through the Nouveau Roses embossing folder and painted them with more of the Patina paints, this time using  paints from the Rusted Hardware collection blended in with a bit of Aged Bronze from the Ancient Coin collection.  I also painted the word band with Aged Bronze.

There you have my spotlight on Vintaj.  Don't forget, all my Vintaj products are on our Friday Focus 15% off discount this week.  I'm happy my little birdhouse has finally been decorated and turned into a charming fall decoration.  I really love the patina paints and frequently reach for a bottle to alter a bit of metal for a project.  Vintaj has a lot of great videos on their website to demo using their products.  Here is a basic one on using the patina paints.

Thanks again for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Blessings & hugs,
Linda



These products used to make this project are available at The Funkie Junkie Boutique, where Tim Holtz and Ranger products are always 20% below MSRP:

Saturday, September 8, 2012

Saturday StepXStep: Vintaj Deco Emboss & Patinas

Hi Frilly & Funkie lovers and happy Saturday!!! Anita Houston here to bring you a Saturday StepXStep tutorial on how to use the Sizzix Deco Emboss plates on Vintaj Blanks and then using the Vintaj Patinas on them. Once finished, you don't have to use these pieces as jewelry as so many people think. They are great on paper crafts as charms and embellishments. The Vintaj Blog just put out a new video with another cool way to use these Blanks with your stamps as well. The possibilities are endless for their use.
The Vintage Deco Emboss Plates are basically the same as a Texture Fade or Embossing Folder, except that they are metal and are for metal pieces. You can use them for paper, but you cannot use the plastic folders to emboss metal plates. They are smaller than the others as well, so it's very easy to store them. The Vintaj Blanks come in various sizes and shapes, even animals and vintage images. I am using the 1.25 inch brass circles here along with the Acorn Hollow and Moonlit Night plates.
Open up the emboss plate and place a metal blank inside where you want your image to be. Take note of where the tiny hole is for attaching jump rings so you don't emboss your image in the wrong position. You can do more than one piece of metal as long as they don't overlap.
Close the plate and hold it tightly so your metal does not move. Notice that on one side of the plate it reads "Place this side down." That is the side that will face down between your acrylic sheets when you sandwich your plate. Hold the sandwich firmly so the plates don't slip causing the metal to move.
Run your sandwich through your embossing contraption. I've used a Vagabond here.
Open up your plates and you will now have an embossed metal piece.
The Vintaj Patinas are specially formulated to adhere to metal and give it an aged patina look. You can use them directly by painting them on with a paintbrush, mix them together to make a new color, or dilute them with the Glaze for a softer shiny effect. It's best to use a little paint at a time as it doesn't take much to cover...they are rich and opaque, and they dry very quickly. The paint easily comes off a craft sheet for clean up, and they are water based and will come off your hands easily (clothes I am not sure of ). Once dry on metal though, they will not wash off. Keep in mind that when painting an area, you will want to extend the color over the raised embossed parts, because those higher areas will be sanded down, and you don't want to lose your color effect. Being a precise painter here will not be good for your ending results. Paint outside the lines and forget what your primary teachers told you.
When your pieces are all painted you can let them dry naturally or give them a little bit of heat from a heat gun, but not too concentrated or you will get bubbles and texture. I used a regular Vintaj metal piece here that already came embossed. You can paint those as well.
Here are the painted pieces up close before sanding or glazing.
Using a Vintaj Reliefing Block (I used a regular fine grit block first and then used the Vintaj block for the finer detail.) sand away the layers of paint and metal tarnish to reveal a shiny metal surface underneath. It doesn't take much effort to do, and it doesn't matter which way you sand. You might miss a few spots, so inspect each raised area to make sure you have removed the paint. You want the paint to be gone so your image really pops (I should have taken more pictures here...sorry.) and stands out. Notice how those finer areas with less detail still look enhanced with color because the color was over the sides of the raised parts. If you want to seal your paint for added durability and a little shine, you can give them a light coat of the Glaze with a paint brush. It dries very quickly as well.
To see how I made the rest of the tag, click on over to my blog.

*Note: The Funkie Junkie Boutique will be carrying the Moonlit Night (tree) Deco Emboss plate shortly.
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