What do you need to turn paper into metal? VerDay paint! This stuff is fantastic for creating a patina of old metal on anything you can paint. In the video you’ll see my explorations and how I turned the rusted paper into a quick card.
TenSecondsStudio sent several of these sets out for the StencilGirl team to play with and there’s a giveaway too! You can find all the details at the end of this post.
I could have been precise and perfect with my stenciling, but I decided to go loose and messy as I experimented around using 3 stencils, Verbage, Circles Layer Me, and Squares Layer Me.
Today, I’m making a card and you know how I detest measuring so that means my cards are always a little off. Frankly, even when I measure super carefully they are a little off so that’s why I don’t measure carefully. But I do like the look of it lining up and I’m sharing my quick and easy way to line up the card and the paper I’m attaching.
The Almost Oops…I’ve never had an almost oops before that I can remember. I thought it was going to be a very big oops…but it turned out to be a false alarm.
Watch Creating an aged patina look with VerDay paint and stencils on YouTube.
Here’s a close up of the brass with those wonderful bits of blue that appeared as the patina activated the wet paint. I can’t wait to play around with this paper in my journal.
I’m not a professional wire artisan but I am an art adventurer. That means I’ll jump in and do things I don’t know how to do and just to see what happens. That is exactly what happened with the wire. I have no idea if these are the “right” pliers and tools for this job. I just know they are what I have so I’m using them. My wire heart is a bit…imperfect…so that means it is perfect to me!
This is a blog hop, so there’s lots of inspiration for you and a giveaway too! Leave a comment here to win a 4-piece VerDay Kit of Reactive Metal Paint & Patina and a $25 StencilGirl Gift Certificate to one lucky winner! Want more chances? Leave a comment on each blog (but just one per blog) for more chances to win! But hurry, it all ends on August 21st @ 11:59PM Central!
- StencilGirl Talk
- Carolyn Dube – you’re here
- Janet Joehlin
- Kirsten Reed
Ok, now I am hooked. Your demonstration of how to use the VerDay Paints and Patina was spot on. I love the Iron and the card you made. Thanks so much for sharing.
Wow, love the texture and that patina finish is beautiful! The YouTube video was great too, thanks for sharing!
i haven’t used my ver day paints in quite some time but I think I need to bring them out for a spin. Your pieces patina’d up quite nicely. Look great!
What an interesting product! Loved your results!
I just love watching your videos, you always make me laugh and I always learn something.
Love your videos. And this product looks fabulous.. Gonna try it…
Thank you for sharing your art.
Hugs from Monica… Spain
So love the results! Especially with the Verbage stencil. I quite like the blue effect too. Thanks for the tutorial.
Looks fabulous with the stencils. Great new stuff out there eh? xox
Carolyn,
You are so entertaining. I had to laugh about you trying to get the card perfectly straight. I was a card maker first and my plan is to have everything at an angle. Then you never have to worry about things being straight.
That paint looks like so much fun!!!
This looks so fun! I’d love to try it.
I rust dye fabric and now want to try the VerDay Products on it as well.
Thanks for the demo !!!
I love the metallic blends that can be achieved with this paint, and Carolyn, you showed them off at their very best!
Loved your video Carolyn! I have never heard of these paints. Looks fun to play with!!
Thank you for sharing this product. I have been looking for a product to add patina to my art for awhile but have been unsuccessful. I will definitely try this. Can’t seem to find it in Canada so may have to order it online.
Wow – what a great video tutorial and a great post here…. super fine inspirations… thanks bunches Carolyn. j.
Great card. Love how the yellow and orange shine through the rustiness.
Love the rusted effects with the iron! Fun video, think I need to check out VerDay products!
Terrific card, neat
technique here.
Love the heart!
Carla from Utah
I love your creations, but my absolute favorite thing about this post is that you call yourself an art adventurer. I LOVE that. I may have to borrow that term from you :).
I love your imperfect perfection! Cool ideas. I love both the blue paper and the rusty card. Yummy!
LOVE those rusted words!!
As always you rock the hop. Love!
This is fabulous! I can think of all sorts of things to do with this patina kit! Going to have to get me some….
I love how all of these turned out! You got some really fabulous rust going on here 😀 And I love your wire heart… looks great to me!
Wow! I can’t wait to get my hands on that paint. So cool.
Love your project and video. The rust one is awesome
So amazing!! These paints really are ‘it’ aren’t they?! Thank you for the opportunity to win a set!
What fun! I think I need this!
Love the Verday and Stencils together. Got to try this!
Love, love the patina look! I can see lots of potential uses. Maybe with embossing folders and stencils combined with paints and the patina to get lots of details.
I would love to win the products. Very much like your videos, easy, playful and with a positive spirit. Gives me inspiration. Thank you.
Love the brass and blue! I want to make some like that too – thanks for sharing.
I hope to win the paints!
Carolyn – You CRACK ME UP!! Yea, I’m SURE you don’t know how to watch a clock!! I DO know when I’m card-making or painting, I FORGET to watch time. Time just flies away somehow. LOVED your card too.
No OOPS this time.
I LOVE VerDay paints! Can’t wait to try them with stencils!
I love your videos and this one is my favorite to date. I love that you are so carefree and playful with your art. And that card is just awesome.
Love rusty words! jill (at) jillholmes (dot me)
I love that you just create and let what ever happens, happen. I kind of work that way also. Sometimes great things happen that way and you get new ideas for future projects too. I m loving the looks you can get from the verday paints!
~Ginny K.~
Love how the rusted piece came out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Must play!!!!!!!
Very interesting! I enjoyed being part of your colorful journey. I now have to try this technique.
I love the added heart. This hop is so fun!
Carolyn, what can I say? That was fun, as usual. I love the method. That card looks delish and could also be used for a spooky background for a Halloween card.
Great technique and new to me. Thanks.
I love your experiments with rust and the card turned out perfectly with the addition of the heart. The copper wire highlights the lighter rusty colors. My fingers are eager to get into the VerDay paints and patina and make some cards of my own.
I love the energy you have shared with us! I have created rust on fabric for years but your method is so much easier!! Thank you for “feeding” my muse. Hugs from Canada, Lynda
Love your inspiration today. Thanks for the video.
This product makes this paper look just like metal! Love it! Love your work!
Cute card — you know how I am a sucker for words. I really like the iron on iron too. 🙂
Love the product. I shall have to try it! Thanks for the inspiration!
Not yet, but I will be soon (winner, winner, chicken dinner)
Love the results you got!
Very nice video, Carolyn. With that stencil, your card looks like an old weathered metal sign! I would love to try this product.
Love what you did with these paints. Would love to win a set to give them a try! Thanks for the inspiration.
I loved watching the video and loved the almost oops even more! It is nice to see what might happen to any of us end up being ok!! Thank you!
love your card — the copper heart is just the right added touch. Want to try these paints.
Love seeing what you did with these paints and also your neat stencils. I feel a “need” coming on. Thanks so much for your videos, Carolyn.
As always Carolyn I enjoyed your video. I didn’t know you could use these products on paper, so I have learned something very important today. thank you!
Enjoyed the vet-day demo & would love to win a set.
I liked how your card came out. You answered the question I had regarding if the rust would have residue and need to be sealed -(Yes). Enjoyed your video! Thanks for sharing.
amazing look – thanks for sharing
I think I am falling in love with rust. Is that weird? That’s weird, isn’t it? I don’t care, I think I need these products!
Love the colours of the card, Carolyn. Now that’s grunge! 😀
Karin
really love the rusty lettering-thanks for sharing your cteations!
Love, love you teaching style! Makes me feel I can have fun and the good stuff will come!!! Be especially blessed…
Wow! who knew there was a 10 seconds studios product that can turn paper into metal! I’m in!
I need more coffee. If this 5 th comment does not go through, then it’s not meant to be. Copied my last comment AND it didn’t paste. LOL (CRY)at self.
Love ALL THINGS RUSTY. Really liked the Patina look you got on the card you didn’t use. So does this mean I can really make my very own rust & patina look??? OMG, the free time I will have from NOT scanning random driveways for rusty objects.
I loved this card. I really want to experiment with these patina paints.
This product looks like a lot of fun…..I wonder if it would work on that old collander that I want to turn into a hanging light?….hmmm….
These papers turned out wonderfully. Thanks for showing how you added the heart. I sometimes have trouble keeping wire pieces stay in place too
This looks like “fun” paint
Love this paint, just sad it is so hard to get hold of in the UK. I have to send abroad for it. You really have given it a touch of extra magic with the stencils. A lovely card. Do you think you could use the paint on a geli plate or would it spoil the plate? I have never been brave enough to try!
My attitude is there are 2 sides to the gelli plate® so if I trash one side I always have the other. This paint has metal in it I believe so it is not something I have used on the plate before but it behaves like acrylic paints and cleans up with water so I imagine it could work on it- just don’t know if there are any ingredients in it that would be rough on the plate. Well…doesn’t this sound like a politicians answer…hope it helps!
Thanks for sharing this tutorial! Looking forward to giving this technique a try!
Love the color of rust. I am excited about this product. Fingers crossed!
p.s.: I REALLY enjoy your posts. 🙂
Love your video…you are such a laid-back tutor. Thanks for all the info. I have to try these paints.
Rust and text- what could be better! Great video.
Dear Carolyn, I really must finish up all the UFO’s in my studio in order to “play with color.” (It’s a matter of space constraints) Thanks for all the art inspiration. My goal is to begin a healing art journal. An-ti-ci-pa-tion rules.
Wow I love the rust effect! these products look awesome!
how fun & love that name VerDay *nod
Love the ideas! The combo of the stencils and the paints are such a great idea!
I love seeing what you did! Wonderful card. These paints look like much fun.
All of this looks so interesting and I never thought I would want to make rust!! It looks cool!!
Love seeing your process in your video, Carolyn! So fun and inventive the way you sealed these! Thanks for the tip!
Oh my gosh, LOVE the VerDay products – the rusty card is awesome!
I love that you played it loose and we willing to try making the metal heart because you’re an art adventurer. It would be fun to try these unusual paints!
Carolyn,
I have newly discovered you and find you so fun and interesting. I love your videos because they move fast, are informative and just fun to watch. Would love a chance to win some of these goodies and try some of these great techniques.
VerDay sounds too cool! I want them!
Wow Carolyn–you packed this video full of good things! Thank you. So glad to learn about this new product especially since I LOVE the look of metal and patina. Thank you, thank you!!!
Nom nom nom!
So yummy!
i would love to try these. If I don’t win I will have to wait until I get back home to the USA
Oh mine! I absolutely love rust, I stop along the road to drag rust home, or snap a photo, to make my own rust would be heaven!
Absolutely LOVE the results you got!!!!! So amazing that a piece of paper can look like that!!!!
Wow…would love to win the giveaway!
Love those metal looking paints..how cool is that!
i always love your creations but this definately takes them to a whole other level. just gorgeous. i have never heard of this product and sure would love to try my hand at them. wishing and hoping
this looks so cool! I can’t wait to get to try it!!
I never saw my comment on your metal heart. I thought it was neat. And that is the only way I can make a card. I thought this was only my problem.
This technique is so fun! I love the rusty effect of VerDay paints. Thank you so much for your videos, they are great! xxx
tentacionesdepapel (at) gmail (dot com)
This looks like a great product! Thanks for sharing.
VerDay paint is now on my list. Beautiful results with the stencils! ~Denise
Your heart is perfect!
Somewhere out there is a YouTube with a way to make rust on paper using Distress Ink pads. Turns out really cool. No wet paint, sealer, brushes, etc. This stuff looks really cool, though!
WOW! that stuff is cool! I need to buy some so I can play too, or win some tee hee!
I must say I love your vidoes which I stumbled upon while looking for patina links. You are fun to watch and I already subscribed to more coz you are FAB! Sadly looks like I missed out on the TenSeconds Studio giveaway and I really wanted to give it a go…I’ll definitely be on the lookout for more. Thanks for sharing x
I watched the demonstrations and I am so in love with this kit. I love verdigris and would really like to have a play with these. Unfortunately, we do not have them here in the UK HELP!!!
Hi there,
congratulations for your post! Super interesting. I have one question though: where is it possible to buy the VerDay Kit of Reactive Metal Paint & Patina?
The online shop of Ten Seconds Studio is not reachable. Please help!
Thanks a lot!
I LOVE this stuff! I have used it on everything I can find. Maybe it would work on my husband? He could use some upcycling. It looks very natural, and the effect is always surprising. Never the same so be sure to write down what you used, especially when layering different patinas. The only criticism i have is why can’t we buy it locally? It would be nice to avoid the postage cost.
I’m assuming Ten Seconds Studio is no longer in business since I cant find their website. Do you know of another product that does the same thing?
Thanks
Kimberly