A while back I was at Loll Thompson's house and we played with her rusting powder. I used it to edge a couple of panels, and I still had one sitting in my UFO box. It was the perfect size for the stamp I used (teapot and sentiment all in one stamp), and also the rusty colour is the colour of tea (regular black tea at least!).
I stamped in Distress Oxide Vintage Photo (the new oxide inks stamp nice and sharp compared to the regular Distress inks), heat embossed, and then coloured in the teapot with a bit of the ink. I sponged a bit of regular Antique Linen around the stamping so it wasn't so stark white - I wanted quite a vintage look.
I mounted it on fun foam on a piece of text dp.
In case you're interested in how the rusting powder is used: you paint gesso around the edges of the cs, then sprinkle on the rusting powder, let the gesso dry, then spritz with vinegar, let it dry, and repeat the vinegar a couple more times. It streaks and runs just the way something does when it goes rusty. Quite a neat effect but it has a really horrid smell during the process!
Date: Thursday, April 27, 2017 GMT Views: 338
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Registered: October 12, 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 70545
Thu, Apr 27, 2017 @ 8:12 PM
Amazing edges. What a cool product. It made have smelled bad, it sure looks great! Love the teapot and verse stamp. The background is terrific. Well done. Beautiful card. TFS
Registered: March 8, 2005 Location: Halfway between Dallas and Houston Posts: 24019
Thu, Apr 27, 2017 @ 9:30 PM
Your distressed edge on the center panel is fantastic! I could give you some polish to shine up your rusty pot if you like. lol
I just had to polish a couple of my copper pots tonight. I have to shine them almost every time I cook in them.
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 131971
Thu, Apr 27, 2017 @ 11:02 PM
The rust process sounds fascinating! I see you have also gone for a rusty teapot, but I remember we used to have a silver one from my grandmother's house that was almost identical to this. It was the sort that went on a stand and had a little spirit lamp underneath to keep it warm. The script paper is a great background for it.
Registered: April 1, 2012 Location: Rogers, AR Posts: 28926
Fri, Apr 28, 2017 @ 6:11 AM
This is awesome how you did this -- wow very cool and very creative!!
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