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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Continued experimentation with aluminum tape

I am loving playing with aluminum duct/auto tape and my embossing folders, ever since the new year and making those first few tags.  Here are a few more things I have made since then, using the tape, and embossing them with my Cuttlebug.
  

This is a simple unfinished wood box from Micheals.  I removed the strap and button.  I embossed the tape, and adhered it to the centre of the box top, front and back.  I punctured holes through the tape and added the strap and button back on.  Then I covered the rest of the box with textured Japanese paper.  A simple little treat box.  I love the silver and pink together.


Again, more silver and pink.  Odd, I am not a big fan of pink - but silver and pink do look nice together.  This is an Altoid tin I had.  I taped the aluminum to the cardstock and embossed the flowers on, then sponged some acrylic paint over it to add some colour.  I used more tape and taped the floral piece to both the top and the bottom and buffed it down to adhere tightly.  I opened up the box and balanced it on scrap paper to level both surfaces, as much as I can.  I then mixed clear resin and poured it over each surface to seal.  Unfortunately, my leveling was not as level as I hoped and I overestimated how much resin I mixed so there was some overflow.  It was not as neat as I wanted.  But when the resin cured fully, the top and bottom were glass smooth and it gave a lovely finish.  Next time, I may play with my technique some more and make tape walls or something to hold the resin in better - or just not use so much.


I was playing with the tape still, so surfaced the inside of the tin too.

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