Mad About Metal by Monica Fischer

Author:Monica Fischer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Published: 2018-03-02T05:00:00+00:00

Hope, love, pray

Using punches to cut metal is a really easy and fun way to give a project a distinctive design edge. This project requires overnight drying.

YOU WILL NEED

‘Virtue’ texture plate from Creaticca Studio

1 piece green craft metal cut to fit the lid of the tin and slightly bigger than the texture plate

embossing machine

marine silicone

2 pieces green craft metal, cut into strips slightly wider than the pattern on the edge punch; these need to be long enough to fit around the tin

hand-embossing tools

pattern stencil of your choice for the edge

sanding block

tin (make sure it is big enough for your design)

gold gilders’ paste

clear glass glaze

green glitter dust

double-sided adhesive tape

edge punch of your choice for the bottom of the tin

soft-tipped brush to apply glass glaze

1. Secure the texture plate in the center of the metal with the silver side facing the plate, and machine emboss it.

2. Remove the texture plate and fill in the reverse of the design, using marine silicone and leave to dry overnight.

3. Hand emboss the stencil design around the edge, with the silver side facing the stencil (see page 24). Make sure all the lines are neatly defined before removing the stencil.

4. Sand some color off the design to create a contrast.

5. Highlight the embossed edge by applying gilders’ paste (see page 40).

6. Add extra sparkle to the design by painting some areas with clear glass glaze, sprinkle glitter dust over while the glaze is still wet, leave to dry for 30 minutes and shake off the excess glitter.

7. Stick the metal to the lid of the tin with marine silicone.

8. Apply double-sided adhesive tape to the silver side of one of the metal strips and stick it around the lower edge of the tin.

9. Put the second strip of metal though the edge punch to cut out the pattern.

10. Apply adhesive tape to the green side of this piece, but do not remove the backing from the tape.

11. Flatten the metal on your work surface and sprinkle it with glitter dust. This will stick to the adhesive tape showing though the cut-out areas of the pattern.

12. Shake off all excess glitter. Make sure the pattern strip is neat by using nail scissors to cut away any adhesive tape that might be sticking over the edges.

13. Remove the adhesive backing from this strip and stick the strip neatly on top of the green strip on the tin.

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