Wednesday 1 June 2016

Broken

Over on the Country View Crafts blog the topic for June is "Crackle".
There are many crackle products and the one that I have chosen today is Crackle Glaze from Paperartsy.

I began by painting Fresco acrylic French Roast to a rectangle cut from a cereal packet. Next, I applied the crackle glaze with a palette knife and allowed it to dry. Finally, I painted over with Vintage lace and the crackles started to appear almost immediately.
When it was dry, I stamped, using Black Archival, sprinkled clear embossing powder over the top and heat embosssed my image. She is from Lynne Perrella, Paperartsy LPC033.


I chose some fabric as a background, which I thought complimented the image and chose more frescos to match.


I painted my image using the above colours and framed it with a gold leaf pen.
I also added a die cut frame in gold card which I rubbed with Treasure Gold in Aquamarine.
After I had stitched the fabric, I attached the panel with glue and added a Kaisercraft Bookplate. I made a hanger by shredding the fabric.


Here is a close up of the crackle effect.


Finally, just because I could, I added some bobbly trim at the bottom and around the hanger. A friend of mine used to run an upholstery business and kindly gave me all her samples. 


Thankyou for looking and I hope that this has inspired you to get crackling! And don't forget to visit the Country View crafts Blog for more crackling fun.




6 comments:

  1. Wow. She was fantastic just as the black and white. And then I continued scrolling and saw her after you painted her. Stunning.

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  2. Love the effect... very reminiscent of Russian icons (or is it greek?)Fabulous project all around.

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  3. This is lovely Hazel, you finished hanger is so opulent xx

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  4. Such a creative make Hazel, I love how you made it into a hanging xx

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  5. Oh yes... love the broken glass over the weathered wood background - a doubly distressed look that is so cool. Beautiful tinting of the image and the fabric background gives her a look of medieval tapestry into the bargain. Fantastic!
    Alison x

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  6. What a fabulous make Hazel, love the crackle, and a fab idea for a wall hanging, stunning! Xx

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