| Embossed Metal Ornaments |
From "DIY Crafts"
episode DIC-164 |
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Carol Duvall, host of HGTV's The Carol Duvall Show, creates Christmas ornaments by embossing on metal. Materials:
Tooling metal in copper, gold, silver or brass
Magazine
Ballpoint pen
Scissors
Optional: old credit card for smoothing out creases in metal
Cut a piece of metal slightly larger than is needed for the project. Smooth out any creases in the metal by running the edge of a credit card across the metal several times. Place the metal on top of the magazine, and draw a design. If you don't feel your artistic talents are up to drawing original art, trace a pattern from gift-wrapping paper, a magazine or a rubber-stamped image (figure A).
If you'll be using letters or images that can't be reversed, write or draw on a piece of paper, using a permanent-ink pen so the ink will bleed through the paper. Then place the pattern on metal and trace it. Because you'll use the underside of the metal, the reversed image will now be right side up (figure B).
Cut out the image and use it as decoration on a card or a package, or hang it on a hanger and use it for a tree ornament. Large ornament images, like those Carol produced on the show, may be used in any of these three ways: Add interest by coloring in portions of the design with metallic pens or colored permanent-ink pens (figure C).
Believe it or not, aluminum cookie sheets from the grocery store may be used in lieu of tooling metal. The metal isn't as sturdy but will suffice for use on cards and packages. For practice, you can use a double layer of heavy-duty aluminum foil. Entire packages may be wrapped with aluminum foil if you emboss the foil before wrapping (figure D).
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