Faux Tin Tiles

I have always loved the look of antique tin tiles. The raised designs are so pretty and the layers of colors fascinating. Recreating faux tin tiles is great way to pay homage to them and add a wee bit of their beauty to a home.

To create one you will need
1 - a stencil of your tile pattern choice
2 - a square piece of backing material, I choose lightweight hardboard
3 - embossing paste
4 - various colors of paint
5 - various colors of metallic wax
6 - offset palette knife
7 - paint brushes
8 - mixing dish, I used a recycled pie tin
9 - sand paper optional
10 - silver glaze

Using a tin pan I mixed my Fusion Mineral Paint in coal black with Country Chic Paint's embossing paste in honey.

See how I used the embossing paste to create a beautifully framed chalkboard.

Using an offset pallet knife a thin layer was spread over the faux tin tile stencil.

Then lift the stencil to reveal the design. Above lower is this step and top is the stencil still in place.

Allow the paste to dry and lightly sand if too many high spots.

The entire surface was painted Fusion Mineral Paint in ash as the base color of the tile.

Then a variety of paint colors were added over the ash (above and below on the right)

Below all 4 are painted.

To give a more metal feel add various metallic waxes.

Final step for more shimmer like real tin, a silver glaze was brushed over all the surfaces

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This is mine hanging in my entry niche

Here are a few others I have done as well

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