Tag it.....

I was looking to

do something different 

in some jewelry pieces

 and found this tutorial

French Enameled Letters 1

French Enameled Numbers 2

I modified some of it

First I scratched

the surface od the key tags

(I purchased these at ACE

for .99 a piece

 They do have 

larger ones for 1.59)

with sandpaper

(I didn't take any photos

of this step)

Spray painted them 

my old stand by

Rustoleum Heirloom White

in the tutorial they used black ink
Michaels was out of it
 and I decided to try StazOn timber brown
using Recollections Elegant Double

I think I like the brown better

After stamping the tutorial

had you put them in a 350 degree

oven to heat then sprinkle 

Recollections 

Detail Embossing Powder

and let it melt - I tried that 

but it didn't seem to really

work for me

so I lightly sprinkled the
tag put it in a 350
 and waited for it to melt

You MUST stay close by

as it melted I would sprinkle

more on to get better

coverage

I also tried

using glossy accents

to see what happened

It takes a day to dry

it does give the same look 

but much

more time

Tomorrow I will be designing

necklaces with these...so stay tuned!

HELP!

Now that google reader is gone (for me at least) 

Can anyone give me a recommendation 

on which reader they are using - or ones they did not like?