How To Brand Vintage Inspired Clay Locker Tags {Monthly Diy Challenge}

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It's Monthly DIY Challenge time!

This month's challenge production was "Air-Dry Clay" as well as let's precisely tell it was an interesting production to move with. I've never worked alongside this type of clay earlier as well as it clearly shows inwards my lack of clay molding skills, ha! The user (aka myself) was clearly non trained inwards working alongside children's clay. I intend I amend stick to icon as well as ability tools for straightaway on :)

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I'm just gonna admit defeat correct from the larn get alongside this project. I thought the idea was great, my execution....not so much.

Let's start from the beginning...

I used Crayola Air-Dry clay only because that's the build Michaels carried. (It ended upwardly existence close $4.00 afterwards the 40% off coupon)

The residuum of my supplies I already had at home. (putty knife, x-acto knife, metallic paint and leather punch alphabet set)

I pressed a pocket-size sum of clay onto a mat as well as flattened it alongside a marker. (You bring to improvise when y'all don't ain a rolling pin). In hindsight, this in all likelihood wasn't the best pick since my clay never completely flattened.

***TIP*** Use the putty knife to assistance scrape the clay from the mat.

I used a pocket-size plastic toothpick to poke holes inwards the clay earlier I started stamping the numbers.

You may recognize the Dollar Store bin makeover I did for a previous challenge. I've been itching to role them in 1 lawsuit again as well as these pocket-size tags were the perfect opportunity.

After the tags were stamped as well as dry out I painted each 1 alongside a mix of gold and black nickel metallic element paint. I foremost applied dark nickel pigment to the numbers hence spell the pigment was yet moisture I went over the entire slice alongside the metallic element golden paint, making certain to mix as well as blend the colors together.

I bring to admit, the finished production was non what I was expecting. They definitely turned out looking to a greater extent than similar golden bars rather than vintage tags.