Masculine Industrial Mixed Media Tag for Scrap & Craft

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I enjoy getting grungy with masculine designs. This tag is a graduation gift for the son of a good friend. I just adore this senior portrait taken of him on a bridge with the industrial red beams. The Tim Holtz tag board is rather large at 6 1/2" wide by 12" high so is a great home decor piece featuring the Studio75 Cherry Blossom Collection as well as chipboard, stamps, and brick stencil from the Scrap & Craft Store. A complete product list can be found below.

Tips and Techniques

I wanted to bring in a grungy industrial feel to go with the gorgeous bridge in the photo so the gears in the Scrapiniec Flying Hearts Set were just perfect. This is one long strip of gears that I cut to frame the corner of the photo. The chipboard was heat embossed with Stampendous Aged Taupe enamel for an old metal feel. 

Around the tag edges, I stamped with the Grille and Grille 3 stamp with grey ink.

The Small Brick Stencil with Finnabair's Light Paste is a perfect accent on the background. It's spritzed with Lindy's Black Orchid Silver and Autumn Maple Crimson Starburst spray to highlight the texture. These colors were also used to add spatter texture. The dark paper behind the photo came from the 6x6" Studio75 Cherry Blossom Paper Set and was torn to size then inked with Hickory Smoke Distress Ink to tone down the bright white edges.

The circle piece was diecut from chipboard and enameled with more of the aged taupe powder. I found a roll of back plastic mesh at a flea market that's great for masculine pieces. I cut and brushed a couple bits with art wax to tuck under the photo.

The small stars are from the Scrapiniec Confetti Stars Set. There are just a ton of little stars in this set that can be used so many different ways to go with any project. Here I brushed them with Finnabair's Rust Effect Paste so they look like rusty metal.

I have a bag of rusty washers collected by my friend's husband who knows I adore rust. I just had to use them for their son's gift. At the bottom of the bag I noticed flakes and bits of rusty goodness. I brushed Bambino Glue around the washers and sprinkled the rusty bits into the glue for texture. The washer is topped with a barn star and gear. To make it look like the washer had rusted in place, I brushed some Rust Effect Paste around the washer and spritzed with water.

More rusty goodness. A piece of chunky silver chain from my stash was brushed with more rust effect paste to color.

The tag background is from the 12x12" Studio75 Cherry Blossom Paper Set. I traced and cut the paper then used soft matte get to adhere the paper to the tag. Rolling with a brayer made sure the paper was adhered securely. Once the gel was completely dry, the edges were lightly sanded then inked. 

The vintage key was still somewhat shiny, so I brushed it with Rust Effect Paste and placed it atop another of the fab rusty washers.

This cool gear came from the Artistiko Cogs Set made from HDF board. I just adore the fabulous gear shapes in this set. It was heat embossed with metallic bronze powder with just a hint of black mixed in.

Scrap & Craft Products
Studio75 ~ Cherry Blossom Paper Set
Studio75 ~ Cherry Blossom 6x6” Paper Set
Studio75 ~ Stencil - Brick, Small
Scrapiniec ~ Steampunk - Flying Hearts, XL Elements
Scrapiniec ~ Confetti - Stars
Artistiko ~ Cogs Set
Agateria ~ Unmounted Clear Stamp - Grille
Agateria ~ Unmounted Clear Stamp - Grille 3
Bambino Glue ~ 45 Gram Tube

Other Products

Prima ~ Finnabair - Mechanicals: Steampunk Gears
Prima ~ Finnabair - Mechanicals: Barn Stars
Prima ~ Finnabair - Mechanicals: Mini Stars
Tim Holtz with Idea-ology ~ Etcetera Thick Board - Medium Tags
Tim Holtz with Idea-ology ~ Quote Chips
Bead Landing ~ Cording - Verigated Hemp Cord 10lb
Rusty Washers ~ Found Items
Black Mesh ~ Found Item
Chain ~ Jewelry Finding
Hemptique ~ Hemp Cord 20lb - Black
Prima ~ Finnabair - Art Basics: Gesso, Clear
Prima ~ Finnabair - Art Basics: Light Paste
Prima ~ Finnabair - Art Basics: Soft Matte Gel
Prima ~ Finnabair - Art ExtraVagance - Rust Effect Paste: Brown Rust; Red Rust
Lindy’s Gang ~ Starburst - Black Orchid Silver; Autumn Maple Crimson
Ranger ~ Emboss It Dabber
Ranger ~ Distress Ink - Frayed Burlap; Hickory Smoke
Ranger ~ Distress Micro Glaze
Tsukineko ~ StazOn - Dove Gray
Ecoline ~ Liquid Watercolor - Carmine (318)
Higgins ~ Drawing Ink - Black
Judi-Kins ~ Embossing Powder - Metallic Bronze
Stampendous ~ Frantage - Embossing Enamel: Aged Taupe, Aged Black
Donna Salazar with Spellbinders ~ Cascading Circles Die
Helmar ~ 450 Quick Dry Adhesive
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L ~ Thin 3D Foam Squares - Small, Black
Tombow ~ Multi Mono Liquid Adhesive

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~ Blessings ~