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Faux foil text style photoshop3/13/2024 Use your favorite brown distress ink to age the edges as much as you want – I love Walnut Stain! You can create a vignette effect by adding more rounded strokes on the corners. While the lace is drying, you can move to the next step, cutting the gorgeous rose tags! I was really happy with how my lace turned out, I think I let it soak for about 10 minutes to get this lovely aged color. Depending on your lace and how strong your coffee is, the staining process could take just a few minutes! When you are happy with the color, remove the lace and place it on some triple-folded paper towels (just to be sure, as coffee stains like crazy). Let the lace soak in the coffee as much as you want! I like to keep an original, unstained piece of lace nearby so I can check the progress. I like to pour my coffee into a glass while it is still hot, add the lace and stir using a small spoon. ![]() If you have scrap pieces of lace, you can use some leftover coffee (or tea) to distress them. When you are done, you can simply slide the parchment paper to the side and let the cardstock bases dry while you proceed to the next step. You can add a larger amount of paint in some areas, just around the edges, here and there – if you want to create some texture. ![]() I didn’t want the cardstock to warp too much. I used undiluted gold acrylic paint for two reasons:Ģ. You can leave a small unpainted area in the middle, this way it’s easier to handle them while finishing painting them. I used a large brush and I applied gold acrylic paint all around the edges. I actually used a piece of parchment paper and placed the cardstock bases on top. Use a plastic sheet or a non-absorbent surface to protect your working space before moving to the next step. Make sure you completely remove the black border while cutting them. Let’s start with the cardstock bases first, just use your scissors to cut them. a plastic sheet or a non-absorbent surface to protect your working area while painting – I used parchment paper.gold acrylic paint – you can use metallic gold, copper, bronze or brass.> CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FULL SIZE PRINTABLE PDF – THE ROSE TAGS CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FULL SIZE PRINTABLE PDF – THE BASES <- SUPPLIES: The rose tags come in 2 different sizes – 6 large and 5 small. The printable that I’ve created for you is one of my all-time favorites, I’m really happy with how it turned out! I used some of the most beautiful rose images from The Graphics Fairy and some of my favorite French ephemera cutouts, making each tag colorful and unique! I’ve also included some French postcard elements so we could definitely name these Antique Postcard Tags if we wanted to. You can also switch to gold gouaches or gold watercolors, these will also work! I usually love using gold foil, but today, for the sake of experimenting, I thought it would be fun to use some gold acrylic paint to try a slightly different approach. If you’ve been following my projects you know how much I love adding a touch of gold whenever I can. I like to call this technique ‘dry distressing’, you won’t believe how efficient a little bit of folding and unfolding can be for this purpose! As a final touch, we will be using coffee to give scrap pieces of lace an aged look and we will be using them to delicately embellish our tags. Next, I will show you one of my favorite ways of giving paper an antique look. ![]() Hello Graphics Fairy friends! I’m Diana from Dreams Factory, happy to share another DIY project with you! Today we will be making these amazing DIY Antique Gold Rose Tags, I will guide you through all the steps you need to take to make this beautiful craft in no time! If you love the look of gold foil crafts, but you don’t have the foil on hand, this technique works as a great substitute! First, we will be using a little bit of paint and a cardstock base to add the chic golden touches.
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