Rust and Crackle

Hi everyone,

    Here is a card I made - messing around with crackle and rust....

  First I covered a piece of tissue paper with every script and text stamp I have. I used Potting Soil Archival ink and covered the tissue paper completely.

   Then I stuck this tissue paper to a piece of card and covered the tissue with a coat of matte medium

   I had just got some Decoart Crackle paint and was having a lot of fun seeing what effects I could get....

    Here I got a palette knife and scooped the paint out of the tub and smeared it randomly across the card. Thin in some places, thicker in others. I just simply swiped - I didn't try to level out or smooth the paint at all.....it stayed where it landed....

When dry there was a huge variation in crackle from huge cracks to tiny.

    I then covered the card with layers of Antiquing cream - first Patina Green, then English red oxide and then Raw Umber. Because they can be wiped away they should be fixed with varnish between coats - but here I wasn't too worried about the effects - it was all play really and seeing what would happen.........

   I cut a heart shape out of card and dabbed some Evergreen Bough Distress paint on it. 

the I covered it with Vintage Photo DI

      Then dabbed with some Raw Umber acrylic paint then sprinkled with Vintage Photo Distress embossing powder.

I wrapped the heart up in some rusty wire and attached a chit chat sticker that had been dabbed with some Vintage Photo DI.

Hope you like it!

Happy Crafting!

Love from Laura 

xxx