2015 #2 Patina Clock {by Lou Collins}

2015 Theme 2: Shiny Stuff

Hi everyone Lou Collins here, joining you this evening with a post about creating a Faux Patina Metal effect using Fresco Paints. I love this effect...it is a very quick and simple way of aging and material by years! I have chosen to take a metal alarm clock and alter it to make it look old. Although it looks as if the effect has taken years to develop, it in fact, only takes minutes to achieve, by following the steps below. 

Step One: Using a foam applicator, dab a mix of Slate and Old Gold Fresco Paints all over your surface. There is no need for a primer with these paints, and the Opaque qualities of the Slate ensures a good solid base over the shiny silver metal.

Step Two: Repeat Step One but this time using Bora Bora and Toffee coloured Fresco Paints. Try not to mix the two colours two much so that there is lots of contrast between both colours. 

Step Three: Going back to the first two paint colours again, dab over a mix of Slate and Old Gold in places using a screwed up kitchen towel for a really uneven finish. 

Step Four: Squeeze some Old Gold onto a heat resistant mat, and press a stamp into the paint. I have used the cogs from the Eclectica Stamp Set EDY02. 

Dab off any excess and press the painted stamp into random parts of the clock to leave a subtle design and texture. 

Step Five: Finish by heat drying the paint, holding a heat gun over the stamped images until the paint starts to bubble. This gives even more texture. 

To complete my project I stamped some of the other designs of the stamp set on brown cardstock, and heat embossed the images in white. I took a small paint brush and added a small amount of coloured detail to the stamped images in the Old Gold and Slate Fresco Paints. 

This aging technique does not have to be used over metal...I love that it would work just as well on wood, plastic, cardstock...why not have a go with your favorite stamp set? 

Thank you for joining me this evening! 
Lou Collins x 
(Lou Collins Designs Facebook Page) 

Ohhh Lou this looks like so much fun, and like you say, wood mirrors, old biscuit tins...all kinds of things could be given this patina treatment so easily! Thanks for the wonderful inspiration tonight!

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