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Faux Metal Charms

By Dawn Burke,
Scrampin’ Love Bug
Newbies Scramping Team Designer

Metal Charms are hot, hot, hot right now. Now you can have the ability to make your own! You can customize the colors and designs to match your layouts.

I have done this page as a 6x6 Size. These are great to make Gift albums!

Supplies
Luscious Leaves Rubber Stamp Set (TAC)
Dance with Your Spirit Rubber Stamp Set (TAC)
Autumn GWP Stamp (TAC)
MM Date Stamp (Making Memories)
Burnt Sienna & Cognac Palette Hybrid Inks (TAC)
Copper & Beige Brilliance Ink Pads (Tsukineko~ *TAC)
3”x3” Acrylic Block (TAC)
2”x2” Acrylic Block (TAC)
VersaMark Ink pad (Tsukineko~*TAC)
Copper Embossing Powder (Tsukineko~*TAC)
Heat Gun (TAC)
Terra Cotta Cardstock 8 ½” x 11” (TAC)
Copper Metallic Paper cut to 6” x 6” (Unknown)
Stardust Cardstock cut to 5 ½ “x 5 ½ “ and 3” x 3” (TAC)
Copper Textured Paper cut to 4 ½” x 4 ½” ripped on 1 edge (Provocraft)
Copper Fibers: 11” (Unknown)
MM Copper Snaps 8 each (Making Memories)
Setting Tool for snaps/eyelets & hammer (TAC)
Hydra Sponge (TAC The Angel Company)
Paper Trimmer (Fiskars~*TAC)
1/8” Long Reach Punch (Marvey~*TAC)
Kai Scissors (TAC)
Glue stick (Marvey)
Scotch Double Stick Removable Tape (3M)

Instructions

1.    Place the Autumn GWP stamp on the 2 x 2 block.

2.    Ink up well with the Versa Mark ink pad, set aside.

3.    Using a 3” x 3” piece of Stardust paper, stamp the Versa Mark ink pad onto the piece of paper being sure to cover whole surface.

4.    Sprinkle the Copper Embossing powder over whole surface of paper and tap off extra. Repeat 3 times.

5.    Immediately after the 3^rd layer (while the embossing powder is molten), take the Autumn GWP and press it into the molten powder. Hold about 10 seconds and be sure to lift the stamp straight up. Set aside to cool and harden.

6.    Now create the main page. Place the Maple Leaf from the Luscious Leaves set onto the 3” x 3” block.

7.    Ink up the image with Copper Brilliance ink. Stamp randomly over the cardstock.

8.    Mount the word of your choice from the Dance with Your Spirit set onto the 2”x2” or 3”x3” acrylic block.  Use whichever size acrylic block that is appropriate for your size word.

9.    Ink up the image with the Burnt Sienna Palette Ink. Stamp randomly over the cardstock.

10.           Use the MM Date stamp to stamp the date in the Cognac Palette ink along bottom edge.

11.           Take Hydra sponge and randomly sponge the various colors of ink over cardstock.

12.           Layer the finished piece onto the 6” x 6” piece of Metallic Copper paper.

13.           Punch holes with the 1/8” long reach hole punch in each corner of the stamped cardstock.

14.           Place and set 1 MM Copper Snap in each corner.

15.           Take your selected picture and place on the 4 ½ “x 4 ½ “ piece of copper textured paper that you have ripped on one edge.

16.           Wrap Copper fiber around bottom of picture/cardstock and secure on the back of the cardstock with tape.

17.           Place Matted picture in upper left hand side of Stamped Stardust cardstock.

18.           Now take your embossed/stamped piece that you had set aside. Trim down to about 1” x 2”.

19.           Punch holes in each corner with the 1/8” long reach punch.

20.           Place and set 1 MM Copper Snap in each corner.

21.           Secure onto right hand lower corner of layout.

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