There are a few techniques to age paper:
Coffee
I'm not a coffee drinker but this aroma filled powder can be much more than just a bevarage, it can be used to age paper and give it a brown antique look.There are two ways to acheive this effect:
Tea
Tea staining will give you a lighter color and more suttle result than coffee. You can use the tea bag itself to stain the paper directly or dip the paper in the tea. You can dry the stained paper in the oven or in a sunny place.
Spray and Ink
Use a blender and a combination of distress inks like wallnut and vintage photo and ink your paper to achieve an aged look. Another technique is to spray the paper with spray ink.
Paint
To achieve an aged effect with paint you would need a few shades of brown and to work in stages.
Here's a really cool technique with shoe polish.
So many fun techniques to try. I hope you'll try at least one, because the effectis worth it! Do you have other techniques or ideas to distressor age papers? Share in the comments!
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Great tutorial, Einat! I never thought of trying shoe polish.
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DeleteSome very good ideas, I have heard of the shoe polish on something else, also. But I will try one of these. Thanks
DeleteHi, I am going to try the tea technique. TFS. Have you ever tried lemon juice for aging paper. Squeeze it or spritz it on the paper and then heat it up with the heat gun and watch it turn brown. I find the juice from fresh lemons works best. Particularly good on the edges of paper to get an old parchment effect. You do get different results on different paper. Sorry, this is quite long.
ReplyDeleteHappy crafting :)
helpfull thank you
ReplyDeleteshoe polish technique is awsome
ReplyDeleteI use different types of tea to achieve various colors and boil the paper directly on the tea bags to vary the intensity along the grain. ALSO, YOU CAN put a stencil behind the paper above the tea bags to age a design into your paper. Happy antiquing!
ReplyDeleteCan you post the picture of a stencil work.
DeleteThank you for the information, I have only ever used coffee for the effect but I really like the idea of using paint and polish.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this post. I have used both coffee and tea, and prefer the light look of tea. I'm wondering about your first photo--did you crinkle the paper first? It looks terrific.
ReplyDeleteBest, Dolores
I hear that putting baking soda in the coffee or tea helps to reduce the acidity for preserving photos.
ReplyDeleteHow archival are these mostly food related stains?
ReplyDeleteThanks for your information it is really helpful :)
ReplyDeleteI'v tried a few of these but not the shoe polish. I'm going to give that one a try
ReplyDeleteJust got back from Europe and bought a lovely painting from a street artist in Slovakia. He used watercolor paper, permanent ink for the drawing, and painted the outside edges (fading to the center) with coffee. Just marvelous!It made look like it was lit by golden light!
ReplyDeleteHave done tea and coffee dying and also used shoe polish. I REALLY like the shoe polish technique because it instantly ages the edges, and there's no mess or drying time :-)
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Great tip but quick question...can you use this technique after you have printed on the tags? I used my Cricut to print and cut tags and when I tried the coffee technique the printing ran and ruined the tag. The tag had been sitting a day or so before I tried the coffee. Any help and tips would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteDon't quote me, but it might depend on the printer. I think laser printers will hold the ink better than ink jet.
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