Techneek of the Week - Crackle Paint & Glimmer Mist

Something special happens when you use Crackle Paint and Glimmer Mist together. I don't know what it is: the combination of old and new, distressed and sparkly, awesome and awesome-er! I am a huge fan of this Techneek, and use it regularily! I was always a big fan of Crackle Paint, going back to my younger days when I would paint anything and everything I could get my hands on. The stuff that Ranger has put out comes in a whole whack of amazing colours, and each bottle comes with it's own applicator brush! Yay! One step, and you're on your way to distressed heaven! And I can never say enough nice things about Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist. Pair them up, and you get a super finish for chipboard that adds life to any project!


Supplies needed for today's Techneek:

• Chipboard shape - your choice
• Ranger Crackle Paint
• Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist (in a coordinating colour)

Step One: Pick your shape. I (always) choose Riff Raff Designs chipboard, but then again, I'm a Riff Raff girl! Any chipboard will work, and you don't need to do anything to it to prep it for the crackle paint.






Step Two: Apply the crackle paint to your chipboard shape using the applicator brush. I'm using "Faded Jeans." The thicker you slap it on, the bigger the cracks will be. Don't worry too much about being "neat" with the application. If you go over the edge, you can brush the paint off once it has dried. Plus, it is meant to give an aged or distressed look, so the messier the better!!




Step Three: Let it DRY! This will take a bit of time, depending on how thick you laid it on! But be patient! Once cracks have started to form, you can speed up the drying process with a heat gun, but don't let it get too hot in the thick spots or the crackle paint will start to bubble and that is not a pretty site!! Also, if you try to spray Glimmer Mist on wet crackle paint, it won't look right. The whole point is for the Glimmer Mist to settle in the cracks left when the paint dries. It just makes a mess if you don't let the paint dry.


Step Four: Once it has dried completely, spray your Glimmer Mist on. I try to use a complementary colour ("Sea Glass" in this case), but if you use Black crackle paint, it looks totally amazing with a bright colour of Glimmer Mist!! Once the Glimmer Mist has dried you can add another coat, if it isn't shimmery enough for you!! I usually spray it at least twice!

You can't really tell in this photo, but this is what your shape will look like after you apply the Glimmer Mist. It creates a beautiful, yet subtle shimmer on the surface and in the cracks of the paint.

And this is the layout I completed with the decorated chipboard.

I also recently completed this page, using the same techneek on Riff Raff Designs camera chipboard shape. I used Black Crackle Paint and Peach Glimmer Mist. The coloured Glimmer Mist shows up great on the black paint.

Supplies Used:


Sample #1:

• KI Memories pattern paper (background)
• Bam Pop pattern paper
• Sassafraslass pattern paper
• Prima tape (bar code)
• Riff Raff Designs chipboard - grocery cart & cutlery
• Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in "Sea Glass"
• Ranger Crackle Paint in "Faded Jeans"
• Prima tape (bar code)
• Making Memories tag
• Jenni Bowlin journaling spot (the star) and red label sticker
• Heidi Swapp ghost star coloured with "Red Pepper" Ranger alcohol ink
• American Crafts Precision Pen and Slick Writer, both in black
  

Sample #2:

• Kaiser Crafts pattern paper (background)
• Making Memories die cut paper (orange)
• Hambly pattern paper (brown & kraft damask)
• Hambly gold rub ons
• American Crafts Precision Marker in black
• Time Holtz journaling tickets
• black mesh ribbon
• American Crafts Thickers sticker letters (three different fonts and textures)
• "Found Items"