Heavy

As I have looked over my collection of vintage tintypes from the late 19th century, I have been struck by the fact that rarely is anybody ever smiling. Perhaps that is not surprising given the long posing-time necessary for early photographic processes. No doubt though, the models had a very full inner dialogue going -- as can be seen in this very rare, captioned tintype:

I started with a tintype of what looked to me like a big sister holding her little brother. They both look like they would rather be playing.

I used Spellbinders Curved Matting Basics B dies to shape the tintype,

...create a background from black cardstock,

...and cut a frame from a piece of Spellbinders Precious Metals foil.

Putting all the pieces together made the perfect substrate for the tintype.

Next I cut out two speech bubbles from Spellbinders Say What? die set.

And last but not least, I channeled their thoughts.

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With special thanks to The Hollies

Thanks also to all of you who visit my blog. And especially to those who have taken the time to read through this entire post and tutorial. I am offering this piece as a giveaway to a randomly selected reader who leaves a comment on this post by end of Day Monday 7/8. Please be sure I have your email address so I can contact you if you win.

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Supply List

Spellbinders Paper Art Supplies:

MMM-001 Spellbinders^TM Artisan X-plorer® Machine

S4-398 Spellbinders^TM Shapeabilities® Say What?

S5-172 Spellbinders^TM Nestabilities® A2 Curved Matting Basics B

F-012 Spellbinders^TM Precious Metals Premium Craft Foils

Other: card stock, adhesive, gel pen