Ways to use metal offcuts in metal embossing projects using scraps from precious pewter projects
How to use pewter, aluminium and copper off-cuts in your metal embossing projects
11 Interesting Ways to use metal offcuts in metal embossing projects
Ideas on how to use metal off-cuts in creating new pieces of art
I will definitely advise you to never ever throw away pewter and metal off-cuts. I have found that you can even use tiniest corners to gift a wooden box a facelift or make an pair of earrings.
11 Ways to use metal offcuts in metal embossing projects
Some of the ways in which you can use little metal pieces, include:
- Embellishment for candles, tins or glass jars
- Jewellery
- Rock art
- Bookmarks
- Gift tags
- Embellishments on greeting cards, and more!
Some ideas from our Love Metal Membership Club Members
Herewith some the entries we’ve received from our Love Metal Members:
Gillian Lait
Heather Fraser
This heart is where it all started… In April, during the Covid-19 lockdown, I signed myself up for Matt Tommey’s Quarantined Creatives art challenge.
The first challenge was to create a piece of art entirelt out of something you would have thrown away…
I have been saving metal-off-cuts from other projects for over 15 years, so I had lots of interesting pieces to play around with. These included pewter, aluminium, copper-coated aluminium and coloured metal off-cuts.
In this video, I share the entire process of creating this heart, as I went along
Please watch this space for more creative ways to use your metal off-cuts, we’re only halfway through the month…
In the meantime, PLAY, EXPERIMENT and HAVE FUN by coming up with creative ways to use your stash off metal off-cuts!
Please let us know if you have more creative ideas on how to use metal off-cuts by commenting below.
Hi, Love the use of offcuts. My question is what glue do you use? Also what do you do about the sharp edges in all projects ?
Hi Gina
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Thanks for your question! I normally use either double-sided tape or contact glue, depending on the project. If I want to stick the pewter/aluminium to metal, glass or wood, I’ll use contact glue, and if I want to adhere it to cardstock or mount it on mounting board, I’ll use double-sided tape. I normally stick my own projects to recycled cardboard before mounting it, so that I can neatly fold over the sharp edges, using a paper stump. Hope that helps!
i’ve been trying to cut out sections of metal (aluminum) in addition to embossing. can you suggest a method or tool to use? i have a small dot punch but cant cut a shape with eg., and craft knife. thanks!