Thursday 10 January 2008

Making a Map look Old.

Today I played around with ageing paper to use as background for ATCs..

I took a photocopy of a map with a white background and soaked it in tea.

4 strong teabags, with a little boiling water made a good strong brew.

I put the tea in a shallow container ( a meat tin ) waited for it to cool then slid the map in.

After about 2 hours, I took it out, allowed it to drain then put the map between 2 sheets of greaseproof paper with a heavy weight on top.

It turned out really well and makes the map look really old.

Great for book pages too .
This is a before and after pic!

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