In place of patina’d charms, pendants & filigree, try adding some color to chain. It’s a fun technique that makes your designs pop. In Rose’s “Sweet Lovin” necklace she incorporated sections of patina’d Arte Metal chain, framing textured & letter stamped blanks…

{Click on above photo for product links}

1. Lay chain flat onto a
Non-Stick Craft Sheet.
Use a flat tip paint brush
to dab patina onto chain
links.Roll to coat back side.

2. Use pliers or a metal awl
to slide chain to a clean
surface of the craft sheet.
Allow to dry for a couple of
minutes or use a Heat It
Craft Tool to speed up the
drying time.

3. Rinse brush in water
and dry with a paper towel.
Clean up excess patina
with paper towel.

4. Use a Craft Scrapper
or old credit card to
remove dried patina from
craft sheet.

* Distress the edges of patina’d chain with a Metal Reliefing Block.

Try this technique and share with us on Facebook!

Also, share your interpretation of “Our Story” in our January Design Challenge. Submissions due by today at NOON (CST). Click here for Rules & Guidelines.

Happy Designing!