Saturday Step X Step- Crackling Glass

Well, who doesn't love Crackle! Why not crackle glass! Oh the possibilities! Welcome to this Frilly and Funkie Saturday Step X Step. I'll show you how I crackle glass perfect for your projects or paper crafts and while it dries we'll watercolor and bend metal! Now that I have you thinking...let's crackle! 

I shared this project a couple weeks ago here and I wanted to show you how I managed this technique.

I started with an old jar and glue. You can also use Ranger's Glue n' Seal.

Cover the jar with an even coat of glue.

I left the flat circle alone so you can see a peek window,

While that dries it's a good time to watercolor the Perspective Butterfly.

I started with Mermaid Lagoon! Do you have yours yet?

Add the cracked pistachio, mustard seed and abandon coral.

Look...it's drying! You want to see this mat look.

To get a more bold look you can use your distress markers to accent and make that color pop!

You can see here how I'm accenting to get that more intense color!

Now that the glass is dry add a coat of Distress Crackle Paint!  Once the crackle is done drying you can add all your embellishments.

While you wait for the crackle to dry it's a good time to do some fussy cutting.

Ink the edges.

I put a coat of Clear Rock Candy Stickles on the butterflies.

I wanted to add a wordband to the lid so this is where we get to bend it!

Use your crafty pliers and bend a little bit at a time to achieve a nice even curve.

See, it takes no time to bend your wordband,

I used some linen ribbon to wrap the lid and attach some hot glue to help it stay put.

And there you have it! A pretty cracked project! While you wait you can work on some creative accents.

You can even crackle acetate or clear packaging for your paper crafting. How about a crackled glass jar full of creepy things for Halloween. Or crackling a frosty scene for a Holiday project. There's so many great ways to apply this!

I hope you enjoyed the Crackle Technique.

Cheers

Nicole

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Saturday StepXStep, Altered Frame Fun Tutorial.....

Hey there guys it is Saturday so that means it is TIME for another STEPXSTEP....this time it is my turn, Terry....and I will show you what I made in a "few" steps.....

Oke so what I did was ....I had a frame in my closet and I thought that would be nice to alter it...so what I did was, I took the inside out the background looks awefull eh? so ...

So....what better way to work on the background with the Tissue Tape from The Tim Holtz....

After the Tissue Tape was placed, I thought why not use the stencil and use the Molding Paste also.

Then you get this...the background looks different eh? lol...thought so.....

Then I cut out a few hearts from corrugated card and worked on it with the Adirondack Color Wash and the Distress Crackle Paint....you get an amazing result if you use both products....

So first the corrugated card on top of the wooden hearts.....and after...

I sprayed the Adirondack Color Wash on top.....and yep on top of that layer, the crackle Distress Paint 

When the four hearts were ready I placed them on the background that goes inside the frame...

But only four hearts on the background was not enough, so perhaps some lace colored with the Adirondack Color Wash would do the trick.....

This is the result of the colored lace....I love the color it has now.....don't you just love it.....

Oke now were getting to the background of the Frame itself....I played around with lots of Crackle and yep Vintage Photo, the stencil is really lots of fun to use on the background, not THAT much but just a little bit to let you see a difference in different textures.....

Now the four finished hearts can find their place inside the frame....I worked a bit more on the colour on the frame itself.....

And to give the frame a bit more, I played around with another heart...offcourse I used crackle again lol....just love that crackled look....and a nice sentiment on top...

And offcourse a Tim Holtz corner to finish the heart embellishment on top....

And still I was not pleased with the bottom...so I found some roses and a piece of lace.....just love Linda's lace...did you see all the fabulous laces she has in her shop.......complete yummieness....and yep I colored the lace too with a bit of rusty colours and the roses on top....now I was getting somewhere....

So this is the result of my Saturday StepXStep....A altered frame and offcourse since all my projects have a hidden meaning behind it...can you tell what I want to express with my project? You think about what I mean......and offcourse you can tell me .....

Thank you so much for checking out the Saturday StepXStep and I hope I have helped you a bit with what you can do with a simple 'old' frame....and the New frame you can make out of it.....

Have loadsssss of fun guys.....

Hugs Terry xxxx

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