A Cracking Tag!

We are using our crackle for the latest That's Crafty challenge and I’ve created a distressed tag using the fantastic crackle paint from DecoArt. This is a great crackle product, it’s really sturdy and cracks really well. The secret is to get a nice even coverage that isn’t too thin and to use a darker colour on your base layer which will show through the cracks.

This video shows you how to do create the distressed crackle background used on my tag – hope you enjoy it!

To finish I just added a circular wash of yellow paints, some stamped images, some background stamping and a computer-generated piece of text.

Look how fab that crackle is!!!

Materials used:

DecoArt Media Crackle Paint, Black Gesoo

DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics: Burnt Sienna, Raw Umber, Yellow Iron Oxide, Primary Yellow

PaperArtsy Hot Picks stamps

Stampendous Andy Skinner stamps: Industrial
Archival Ink: Coffee, Jet Black

Embellishments: keychain, light bulb, mini brads, photo turn

Scrap of chipboard

Palette knife

Hope you like this piece, was a ton of fun to make,

Katy x