Thursday, May 31, 2012

Faux Rusty Metal Technique

Today I wanted to share a technique I shared quite a few years ago....

Faux Rusty Metal Technique

I thought it would be perfect for masculine projects but with the popularity of Steampunk I think it would be a great addition to those as well!

Supplies:

Metallic Paint
Greens, Browns, rusty colors of paint
Rough Textured Sand Paper

Instructions:

1. Dab the green paint onto the paper and smear it around with your finger working it into the sand paper.

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It should look something like this.....

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2. Continue by adding the desired metallic paint and finishing it off with a bit of brown paint here and there.  Rubbing each additional color into the sand paper as you did with the green.

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Here is how the first example turned out....

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And a few more using various colors of metallic & plain paints.

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Now, what can you do with your faux rusty metal....

Check it out ~

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This is a much lighter alternative to real rusty metal and it's also easier to attach to your cards and other projects.

ENJOY!!

8 comments:

Lisa said...

That's just cool! Thanks for sharing :)

Lisa H

Naomi (Sugar Brown) said...

Thats great and so simple once you kow what to do. Thank you.

Patti L said...

Awesome! I have embossed sandpaper in my cuttlebug but never thought about painting it. I will have to try this one. I love the way it looks.

Kay Wallace said...

Absolutely L-O-V-E this technique and these cards, Roni!! But, you are forcing me to go out and buy some metallic paints!

Jackie Scott said...

Great technique thanks for sharing. This is a super way of adding an embelishment to a man's Card.

MaRyKaY said...

wow that is awesome. I love that first truck image. the uncolored one. I would love to know where that came from. that is gorgeous and all of your cards are very good. thanks for sharing

Nan G said...

Using sandpaper! How cool is that?! This I will be trying. Thanks for sharing!

Kee said...

I will totally be trying this out! Thanks for sharing