■ BeyondBracelets - Mixed Media Art Pin (Vintage Valentine)

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MATERIALS:
Mini Wood Shape (rectangle)
Thin cork sheet
Torn office paper w/ permanent marker
Distress Ink (Colors: Walnut Stain and Tea Dye)
Metallic Brads for the decorative circles as well as the faux staples

Adhesives: Scotch quick dry tacky glue, brush on crazy glue and super glue gel.

Sealants: Diamond Glaze and Decoupage Gloss Sealer Spray

I tacky glued the cork down to the wooden shape, trimmed the cork up and sanded it slightly to bevel the edge so it wouldn't peel up. I then decorated my ripped office paper with words (I love you) in permanent marker and some distress ink. I sealed the papers in diamond glaze and set them aside to dry. When dry I decided where I would place them and put some extra distress ink on the cork to make it look a bit 'older' then once I achieved a good darkness I super glued the paper down with brush on super glue.

Once dry I cut the brads. I used the round decorative tops to serve as "push pins" and glued them down with gel super glue. I then used the backs of the brads and glued them to the paper to act as "staples" that are holding the paper to the cork.

Once I finished it up I added a bit of minwax provincial stain to the back to make it look a bit more cohesive and then once dry I added my pin back with some super glue gel.

TIP: Scuffing the metal of the pin back with something rough like a file or sand paper will help the glue stick. If you are adhering to a plastic or metal surface make sure to scuff the surface as well as the pin- rough surfaces bind together much better than two smooth ones!

I know this wasn't exactly a tutorial but I just couldn't seem to 'instruct' today for the life of me... so I opted to just let you guys sort of watch me play with my art supplies. I've never done this project before and you pretty much just watched me invent something. I hope you liked sharing my misadventures and if you feel you would like an actual tutorial I can try to re-make this in a non-speedy way to show you guys in depth what I have done to make the pin.

Thanks for watching.

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• BeyondBracelets
• vintage
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• mixed
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• art
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• decorative
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• pins
• love
• you
• cork
• pendant
• staples
• mini
• board

[lamegurl1996]

I'll be honest, in the thumbnail i thought it was a domino. Pretty sweet though, i might try to make this

[BeyondBracelets]

@lamegurl1996 Yeah, I guess it does look like a domino from the thumbnail. I like the wood pendants, they're versatile and cheap as heck.

[kaylisrose]

Where could I purchase the materials on line?

[BeyondBracelets]

@kaylisrose I'd try Amazon or Ebay.

[dreaming309]

LOVE the idea!! I'm going to try to make this! =)

[BeyondBracelets]

@dreaming309 Good luck.

TIP: I found shelf liner in the art store that seemed to be the same thickness so you could look for that instead of pulling apart a ruler.

[BeyondBracelets]

What, when did I get ads at the start of my video? Why YouTube.., I liked the simple ad on the video and side of video... lol =/

[BeyondBracelets]

@MerryJ3000 Right now I'm using windows movie maker- it doesn't let me voice over at all unfortunately. I'm looking in to better software.

[Jassy101Ms]

@BeyondBracelets Thnx 4 the advice i went 2 the store yesterday and i found a pack of pins w/ a billions of then.well actually 30-40 of them

[dreaming309]

@BeyondBracelets Thank you!

[speppers1983]

Love this! So perty!!! Keep up the good work girlie!

[sweetpatience54]

soooooo Cool ya ....you're the SHIT i love you!!!!