I just spread it on with my plastic palette knife. 
Back: 7 3/4 x 9 1/2" Center: 5 3/4 x 7 1/2" (this piece will be covered in patterned paper) Frame: Two - 7 3/4 x 1" and two - 9 1/2 x 1"- each corner mitered I cut the miter joints of the frame following a hand drawn pencil line. 
Back over the Distress ink, blending some of the heavy color into the framebut just a bit. And the result Just like magic we have cracks! I wanted to have some of the gold show through, so I wasn't worried about missing spots. Once dry, I'm ready to start the finishing process. ), 24 Clever Ideas for What to Do With a Spare Room, How to Use the Cricut Maker Engraving Tool.
Stay tuned for our next episode of "The one with the really Big Flower". now carry on, paula InLinkz.com. The one thing I did not want, was for the corners to lift. I painted on a layer of Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste - gold.
I probably should have coated the chipboard with gesso (that would have been smart) but I didn't. I just laid one piece on top of the other and made a tick mark, then drew a line from the tick mark to the corner. How to make desktop storage with a laser cutter. Here are the measurements of my frame all based on how big I wanted the center to be. I used Archival Ink in Watering Can and a Mini Blending Tool to add color to the Crackle Paste. This product is kinda like magic. 14 Cool VHS Covers for Modern Movies and TV Shows, This Realistic Water Painting Took More Than 2 Years to Complete, How Insulated Glass Changed Architecture as We Know It, Betty Whites Hilariously Unscripted Great Herring War Improv on Golden Girls, Artist Gets Revenge on a Cheapskate Who Wasted Their Time, Sculptural Guns Made from Typewriters Because Words are Mightier, What Each Character Would Look Like in a Cartoon Version of The Office, Guy Turns Stainless Steel Bolt Into Amazing Miniature Hunting Knife, This Short Clip Shows Theres Beauty and Creativity Everywhere, Cricut Blades Differences Guide Everything you need to know, Building a Modular Paint Organization System. Once I had the Crackle Paste on the frame, I set it aside to dry, then washed my palette knife (don't skip the washing or you will be sorry). Super easynot too much thinking. I'm not really worried that my pieces don't match up because I have a plan that will make all that "rough" work (as my dad would say) fade away. There are so many options for a spare room, from a place you can take up your hobby to a home office. Cut. Because the Sanding Grip has a flat rigid surface, it worked perfectly to run right along the edge, leaving the top of the frame undisturbed. Cricut Maker Tool Holder plus how to cut chipboard with the Cricut. Then I took my Mini Distress Ink Blending pad in Vintage Photo a scuffed it over the first layer of Archival ink. Some places thin and some thicker. The next step is to put the two together and make it look cohesive. I added paper from the Lost and Found Paper Stash to the last chipboard piece with Multi Medium and adhered it to the center of the frame. Here's everything you need to know about using the Engraving Tool. Again, I'm not worried about brush stokes or the crack in the corner, just a nice thin coat. Okay, so we have a really big flower and now a fabulous crackled frame. You can see that my frame is not perfect on one of my corners. So I'm going to make a custom chipboard frame. I want the "rusted" appearance. I used some binder clips to secure each corner for about 5 minutes while the glue dried. Follow along and I will show you how I did it. If this happens, just repeat the process (ink, mm, dry, ink mm, dry). The transformation is nothing less than magic, I tell you! To be honest I was pleasantly surprised how easy it was to create this kind of texture. And there you go. Of course, because Multi Medium is wet, it can move the Distress ink around diluting the rich color too. DIY Distress Ink Pad Storage Spinner Tutorial!
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Lets explore a few of these options here. I think this calls for vintage ephemera, something I know I have. And if you're wondering, I secured the 4 frame pieces to the back with Multi Medium. All the layers filled in my shoddy cutting job! Anyways, brush it on in a thin layerremember, this is just the ground floor layer (okay, really gesso should be the ground floor but we're not going to talk about that). Exactly what I was looking for. I decided the really big flower from my last post, needed a great surface to sit on. But then when it dries (which is quick), it turns gold. I was right, the color of the Vintage Photo ink becomes rich. I decided to add a light coat of Multi Medium over the top of the cracks which I knew would make the Distress Ink come to life. I used my Sanding Grip to sand away any rough parts on the edges. No real measuring. It's that easy. If you want to learn the differences, types, care and everything about them you are in the right place! Once the gold Embossing Paste is dry (I might have used a heat tool to speed things up), I added a coating of Wendy Vecchi Crackle Texture Paste over the gold. Let me help you avoid the headache of learning and figuring out what you need to know about the Cricut blades. Both layers dried quite quickly all in all, it probably took an 1 1/2 hours to create start to finish (it will take me longer to edit photos and write the post about creating it). One thing you might note is how nicely the mitered corners turned out. One frame with a really great Crackle Finish. How to use Cricut's holographic mosaic iron-on (learn from my fails! So lets pretend there is a coating of gesso here and then we'll just move on, okay? Just love the texture and color of the frame. Looking for tips about working with Cricut's holographic mosaic iron on material? Use the Cricut Maker Engraving Tool to expand list the materials you can work with!