Hello and happy Monday everyone! It's me Heidi and I am so excited to get to introduce the Diamond Plate folder, going to CHA in a couple of weeks!
I am bringing you a quick little tutorial for creating a distressed metal panel, perfect for embellishing scrapbook pages or cards.
I started with the following products:
1. Cuttlebug Embossing folder (I of course chose the Diamond Plate one)
2. Thin aluminum craft sheet
3. White acrylic paint
4. Paint applicator (I just used a small sponge)
5. Permanent ink (I forgot to photograph this, but I used Staz On in Timber Brown)
6. Sand paper
To start out first paint the entire piece of aluminum. Don't worry about neatness, after all were looking for a grungy distressed kind of look.
After the paint has dried, use a sponge or dauber to apply the permanent ink. again covering the entire area.
When the ink has dried, go ahead and emboss your metal sheet. Then sand the ink and paint from the raised areas.
I used my embossed distressed metal panel to make this quick and easy card, but I think this would be a great way to add a masculine touch to scrapbook pages as well!
Let me just say that if you have boys or men in your life you so NEED this folder! It is just perfect for all things guy!Thanks so much, I really hope you enjoyed my tutorial!
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Leave a comment and let us know what you think of this tutorial :)
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I love this card and will have to get this folder and try out this technique! Thanks!
Awesome! Next time I need a masculine card, I know exactly what I will do! Thanks for sharing...
Wow, what a beauty!
xx Anita
Absolutly `Fabulous` card and tutorial Heidi..Great for any male card..
TFS:) x
Awesome! You are phenomenal, Miss Heidi :)
Awesome tutorial Heidi! Signed on as a follower :0). With all of the men in my life, I think this folder will find many uses :0)
Great tutorial Heidi! Can't wait 'til my folder comes (it should be today!) Love this! xxD
good morning heidi!... the card may say YOU ROCK... but its YOU that rocks with this fantastic tutorial and card! its wonderful heidi!! Michelle.
great job heidi, I luv using the aluminum foil, since I don't have the 10 seconds studios.
Maggie
I can't wait to get my hands on the folders! I love how it feels masculine, but I am bound and determined to make a feminine card with it :)
I love your card! Gorgeous!
Blessings~
Danielle Wycough
This is fantastic!! Love your tutorial!
Very cool looking card!!
I really like the way this technique looks...thanks for the tutorial.
This is totally AWESOME! Great tutorial. :)
this is fantastic!!! great tutorial :) love this folder :D
Fab tutorial, will have to give this a go!
Love it!
Erin x
Great tutorial. I LOVE this folder.
What a great tutorial Heidi! The resulting faux metal is fab!
This card is awesome and love the tutorial. I need this folder too! I need all the folders!
This is an awesome tutorial and folder! I agree that you need it for all things manly! LOL!
Excellent technique - a great card for a stroppy teenager (and I know a few!)....
Great idea, and looks pretty easy to achieve too. Thanks!
I love this folder!!!..I just never thought of painting it..thanks for the idea!! There really is so much you can do with this folder!!
Soooo cute!!! My daughter is plays guitar and this has truly inspired me!!! Thanks Heidi:)
Awesome tutorial - absolutely perfect for guy cards!
terrific card heidi! love the technique too! thanks for the inspiration!!
Great idea! Thanks
I really like this! Thanks for sharing it with us! michelle
I want this folder for the the benefit it will provide for car show pages, and drag races, and all other car related things. Nothing to do with manly at all, but with my interests. LOL, loved the distressed look you gave it.
Wow love this card and that folder is also great love what you did and thank's for your tutorial. That folder is also one to join my list.
Thanks for the tutorial. I love the folder. Having three sons and a husband, I can see using this one a lot. It reminds me of the tool boxes in the back of pick up trucks! Great card!
this was an awesome tutorial!! can't wait to try it out!
I know this sounds "unlikely", but I'm going to share it because it's a fact. This afternoon, my hubby & I were on the road. An open-road Jeep was next to us. I admired the shiny metal dash, which matched the shiny trim around the "absent" door, and commented to DH about the unique but "time-less" design of that metal.
Now here is this post, complete with shiny silver, the same timeless design ... and I'm counting down the days to CHA/Orlando, hoping there will be some (at least one for me!) available after the 'retail' days when I get to see it IRL!
Great stuff, Cuttlebug!
~Bev
TexasGrammy
Ahhhhhh! There are two of these brilliant TUTs on here. I love the texture you got with the paint, madly! Note to self: must get Thin aluminum craft sheet asap. Gorgeous! :O)
This technique is awesome, I think you did a terrific project. It looks just like metal.
Thanks for the How To
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