How to quickly aged paper at home

Aged paper is a success with fans of various types of crafts: scrapbooking, decoupage, as well as those who like to create original things. Wedding invitation in vintage style on aged paper will correspond to the general mood of the celebration. It is better to make a greeting card, created by yourself, on aged paper. Use fonts in the style of the XIX century, thanks to him the letters are obtained with curls, as if drawn by pen and ink. Place on a postcard poems of his own, glorifying the beauty of the one to whom it will be addressed. And it will make an impression on a girl much more than a huge bouquet of flowers or a teddy bear for half a bird.

In what style direction is aged paper used

Paper paper is different, this also applies to aged paper. Depending on the style in which the handicraft will be performed, the method of aging the paper is selected. Today the most popular and used styles are the following:

1. Vintage style (vintage). It is to give things a false antiquity. The style is characterized by heavy tones of beige and brown colors. You should get the impression that the paper has darkened under the influence of sunlight and time, scuffs appeared on it, the edges were worn out and burned in some places (it is assumed that a lit candle fell on the paper). The best method of “aging” of paper is distressing, for which strong brewed coffee, ink, emery paper, ink pad are used.
2. Heritage (heritage). In fact, this is an analogue of vintage style, only used for registration of family albums and portrait and thematic photos. And it’s not the paper that is aging, but the photos themselves. For example, when the younger generation, surprisingly similar to the great-grandmother, is placed on the photo next to its progenitress.For less contrast, photos are made older by erytage.
3. Shabby Chic Style (Faded). It is characterized by pastel shades (pale pink, blue, pale green, beige), bruise of paper, the effect of cracks, the application of soil on paper, folded edges.

What are the techniques to give the effect of olden paper

There are special techniques that can recreate one or another effect.

1. Craquelure is the effect of cracking a varnished or primed coating. Recreate the illusion of cracks in the paintings. In ancient times, craquelure (cracks) appeared in the pictures due to the violation of technology. For example, because of an insufficient amount of primer, the lower layers of paint absorbed moisture from the subsequent new layers, as a result of which they quickly dried and cracked. There are special craquelure paints and varnishes that, when applied to paper, give the effect of cracks.
2. Distressing is the artificial aging of paper using organic products such as coffee, tea or milk. With a ruler and scissors, the structure of the edges of the paper is loosened so that they look tacky from time to time.In stationery stores you can find special distressing inks. After uniform application to a sheet of paper and complete drying, traces of uneven drying, scuffing, and burnout remain.
3. Embossing or embossing on paper. It turns out with the help of stencils or stamps. Food foil, powdery powder, etc., are also suitable. Embossing method creates convex initial words that are encircled with golden or silver paint. Against the background of aged paper, it all looks very impressive and unusual.
4. Journaling. This method helps to recreate the text typed on an old pre-war typewriter. Journaling is used to describe the events displayed in the photographs. It looks much more appropriate than a regular handwritten entry.

What materials at hand are used for aging paper

Plain black tea
Take a sheet of white A4 office paper. Brew in a mug from 5 to 10 tablespoons of plain black tea without flavors (the “older” the final result should look, the more spoons of tea you should put).

After 10 minutes, strain through a sieve tea leaves in a bowl. Hold the leaf in the brew for 5 minutes.Remove the sheet, put it on the table and dry it with a hairdryer.

When the moisture evaporate, pass through the sheet with an iron through a piece of cotton fabric. Then on top in a chaotic order, make a few drops. To give the "soot effect" hold the finished sheet over the hot burner.

Natural ground coffee:

• remember paper well
• brew a glass of boiling water 5 tablespoons of ground coffee
• transfer the pot to the pot or bowl
• hold the sheet there for 5 minutes
• remove and dry with an iron or hair dryer

Milk
Pour half a glass of milk of the largest% fat. Process the edges of A4 paper with emery paper and nail scissors. Apply milk over the whole sheet with a brush. Take a hot iron and quickly “stamp” the paper surface with it.

Old paper is easy. However, do not overdo it, because over time, the sheets fade by themselves. Excessive aging can lead to the fact that the family album, even if it is very stylish and colorful, will have to be moved to a modern, but more reliable one.

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