{"id":5468,"date":"2014-01-04T14:00:01","date_gmt":"2014-01-04T21:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=5468"},"modified":"2013-12-31T02:56:23","modified_gmt":"2013-12-31T09:56:23","slug":"go-nuts-with-patina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/go-nuts-with-patina\/","title":{"rendered":"Go Nuts with Patina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you tried the Swellegants yet? Or if you have, did you push what you can do with them?<\/p>\n<p>I found this neat little grid of suggested combinations for using Swellegants recently &#8230; some are so juicy and realistic. These are done on metal elements but the exact same effect can be created on polymer pieces too. Check out these<a href=\"http:\/\/www.humblebeads.blogspot.com\/2012\/07\/swellegant-tips-and-color-formulas.html\" target=\"_blank\"> tips and color formulas for Swellegants Patinas<\/a>\u00a0by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03555102264780529839\" target=\"_blank\">Heather Powers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.humblebeads.blogspot.com\/2012\/07\/swellegant-tips-and-color-formulas.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5469\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/go-nuts-with-patina\/patinachart2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/patinachart2.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"patinachart2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/patinachart2.jpg?fit=430%2C430&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5469\" alt=\"patinachart2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/patinachart2-480x480.jpg?resize=480%2C480\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/patinachart2.jpg?resize=480%2C480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/patinachart2.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/patinachart2.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you are up for trying these products or expanding your collection, you can get Swellegants along with metal embellishments, awesome tools, accents, and other goodies from <a href=\" http:\/\/store.cforiginals.net\/prandsu1.html\" target=\"_blank\">Christi Friesen&#8217;s online store<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>If you like this blog, support The Polymer Arts projects with a subscription or issue of The Polymer Arts magazine as well as supporting our advertising partners.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover 13-P4 web\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cover-13-P4-web.jpg?resize=122%2C158\" width=\"122\" height=\"158\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/polymerclayworkshop.com\/cane-builder-subscription\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"PCW_flower tile canes\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/PCW_flower-tile-canes-480x480.jpg?resize=130%2C130\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewhimsicalbead.com.au\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WhimsicalBead051512\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/WhimsicalBead051512.jpg?resize=125%2C125\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you tried the Swellegants yet? 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