Recently, I got the itch to play around with crackle texture pastes . . .
A view of the opened tag . . .
After stamping the text background in permanent ink, I smeared the crackle paste onto two opposite corners. Then came the wait time for it to dry. This is the only bad thing about pastes, especially crackle pastes. A thin application will result in barely visible cracks and will not take so long to dry. But a thick smear is the way to go for lots of lovely, crackly definition. However, that means waiting at least 24 hours before rubbing in color to emphasize the cracks.
Therefore, on crackle paste days, I always have other projects lined up to do to occupy me during the long drying times. I also like to get several pieces of cardstocks smeared with pastes so they can share the drying time and give me plenty of choices to play with the next day.
After this card front was dry, I dusted on the merest whiff of dried die powders and misted to hydrate and move some of the color into the cracks.
More fun to come!
Cardstock: Bazzill Purple Pizzazz, Nicole Premiere #140 Watercolor
Stamps: Darkroom Door Torn
Text, Stampin’ Up “It’s Your Day!”
Inks: Hero Black
Colorants: Lindy’s Stamp Gang
Magical Merci Beaucoup Mint, Pop
Rock
Purple
Emb Pwdr: Hero White
Dies: Ellentina Nesting
Tag #4, Memory Box Gerber Stems,
Tim Holtz
Alphanumeric Tiny Upper “NEWS”
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