Magical Metallics

One of Letraset's special promotions this month (November 2012) is 20% off Metallic Marker Sets,  so I thought I'd take the opportunity to go all Metallic &  Magical for my project this week. Metallic Markers are ideal for all your Christmas craft projects, and I decided to use them to make these little tags.

I created a multi-coloured background by scribbling two different metallic marker colours onto a non stick craft sheet, spritzing with water and pressing the tag onto it. I did quite a few layers until I got the effect I liked. For the pink tag I used Pink and Gold metallic markers, for the blue tag I used Blue and Silver metallic markers and for the green tag I used Green, Light Green and Gold metallic markers. I used the colour that was left on the craft sheet to also colour some white seam binding to match each of the tags.

I used the metallic markers in various colours to ink up some snowflake stamps, and stamped these onto the tags randomly.

I diecut a couple of snowmen and a small deer from chipboard and coloured these in with either Silver or Gold metallic markers, then added some glitter and attached the diecuts to the tags as shown.

And this is how my finished tags turned out. If you use a heat tool to dry the tags in between layers, then this is a nice quick project - perfect for those last minute creations.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial - we'd love to see what you do with your Metallic Markers too. Remember to pop over to my blog for a festive marker giveaway.

Debbi x 

Supplies list:

• plain white card and chipboard from The Papeterie, Aberdeen
• Metallic Markers from letraset
• Hero Arts CL622 Designer Snowflakes stamp set
• Tim Holtz Alterations dies: Tag and Tie, Winter Wonder, Mini Reindeer & 25
• Glamour Dust, Glossy Accents, Seam binding

Metallic Marker Tag

Today I’ll be sharing a project that I put together using the new Metallic Markers. At the moment I think I have to say that the Metallic Black from Metallic Marker Set 2 is my favourite  .

To make this tag, I coloured a kraft tag with Distress Inks in Wild Honey and Fired Brick. I then used theCopper Metallic Marker from Set 2 to ink up the “Watch Gear” cling stamp from Hero Arts, which I stamped randomly over the tag.

(Tip: because the metallic markers are water based, if they dry on the stamp you can “reactivate” the ink by breathing on it!)

I stamped a Tim Holtz greeting with Archival Ink at one side of the tag, over the top of the metallic stamped pattern.

I die cut some Tim Holtz “Mini Gears” from chipboard and kraft card and coloured these and a washer withBlack, Copper and Silver Metallic Markers from Set 2 then stuck them to the tag with Glossy Accents.

To finish off the tag, I scribbled the Black Metallic Marker onto a non-stick craft sheet, spritzed with some water and then used this to colour some seam-binding. I coloured two more pieces of seem binding in the same way with the Silver and Copper Metallic Markers, then tied the 3 pieces of seam-binding to the tag.

I hope you liked my project! I’d love to see what you do with these gorgeous new Metallic Markers.

Debbi x