Faux Antique Metal. . . . . . . .

One of my most favourite places to visit is the Craft Barn in Lingfield - I know how sad that sounds but I just love going there with my sister and having a natter whilst drooling over all the products!! Perhaps even buying the odd thing or two. . . . . . . !!

They haven't run a challenge for some time so I was delighted when I saw that they had another on the go. Their design team produced some gorgeous samples based on 'faux finishes' and the challenge is to use one or more of these techniques in your project.

The challenge at The Stamp Man this week is 'Make It For A Man'. I will also show my card here as I do like to join in with their challenges when I possibly can.

One of my favourite techniques is to use metal tape from B&Q in my crafting so I chose to use the faux antique metal technique on a Father's Day card for my father in law. Luckily he doesn't look at this blog so I know it's safe to show it here. I think if my Father were still alive he would certainly have liked this card and the techniques used.

The main elements I used. When I'd put these together I decided to add another layer and some 'faux' rivets which are not featured here I'm afraid.

The completed card.

I embossed one piece of plain white card in the balloon folder and coloured it using various shades of blue Distress Ink. A second piece of card was covered with adhesive metal tape and embossed using the same folder. The metal embossed sheet was then covered with black acrylic paint, left to dry for a few minutes and then wiped off leaving residue in the crevices for an 'antique' look. Sections of the 'faux' metal sheet were then cut out to be applied later to the blue sheet.
I die cut some letters for the word 'Dad' from off cuts of the blackened 'metal' sheet.

In this image you can see the middle layer which is a sheet of music that has been coloured with  shades of Distress Ink.
At the side of the image you can see the 'faux' rivets I made from eyelets  and paper fasteners which I added for extra detail.

Before attaching the 'metal' elements' I added some embossing powder to create a halo effect on certain parts of the design. You can see it here around the word 'LO'.