This challenge is based upon a Plaid product my Mom demonstrated back in the 1990s, when she was a craft demonstrator for Plaid and would demonstrate their products at different craft stores in the areas. The product involved an image printed on acetate that was colored with a translucent medium but the background was colored with an opaque medium and then backed with tin foil. I've been wanted to try it for a card for a while.
Requirements: Create a project using the tin foil technique. Don't worry, I'm about to explain it better and I did step by step photos on my blog.
Your project can be anything that will work with the technique.
Be sure to link your project to this thread, or I might miss it. If you remember, include INK 16 Foiled as a label and in the title of your piece.
There will be a drawing for RAK. Your name will go in the hat for each project you enter.
The Technique:Step 1 – stamp an image on a piece of acetate.
Step 2 – color in the image on the reverse side with a coloring medium that will be translucent.
Step 3 – this is the tedious step. You need to use something that will be opaque to color around the stamped image. I used a metallic acrylic paint. You need to color everywhere except your stamped image. Do the painting on the reverse side. Make sure you don't paint where you colored. You want the stamped image to be translucent. It will probably take several layers to get it opaque. Just let it dry between layers. It took me about 4 or 5 layers to get it fully colored.
Step 4 – lightly crumple a piece of tin foil. You are going to attach the tin foil behind the image. It will show through in the areas that are translucent but not where they are opaque.
Step 5 – make a frame. You can either make your frame the same size as you card or you can make a smaller frame. I've got samples for both.
Step 6 - Attach the image to the back of the frame.
Step 7 - This is going to depend on whether you did a full size frame or a smaller frame. If the frame is the size of the card, attach the tin foil to your card base. If you did a smaller frame, lay the foil down behind the image. Don't use any glue at this point because you don't want it interfering with the effect. Then glue a scrap piece of paper cut out with the same die as your frame to sandwich the frame, image and tin foil together.
If your confused, here is a link to my blog, which has step by step photos for the smaller frame version.
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Deadline: You have until midnight your local time on Sunday October 23 to post your project.
Examples:Sample 1Sample 2