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I am wondering if this technique can be "made ahead" so to speak and then "cracked" when ready to adhere to cardstock. Can it be left out overnight instead of placed in the freezer (for faster drying) and then used the next day (cracked) before adhering to cardstock? Also, has anyone tried to cut the finished product into smaller pieces? I am wondering if pieces of the glaze wouldn't just fall away from the cardstock if cut into leaving a mess. I hope this inquiry is understandable! Lol. Thanks.
I am wondering if this technique can be "made ahead" so to speak and then "cracked" when ready to adhere to cardstock. Can it be left out overnight instead of placed in the freezer (for faster drying) and then used the next day (cracked) before adhering to cardstock? Also, has anyone tried to cut the finished product into smaller pieces? I am wondering if pieces of the glaze wouldn't just fall away from the cardstock if cut into leaving a mess. I hope this inquiry is understandable! Lol. Thanks.
Annette
I'm not sure about most of your question - I had never thought about doing that. However, I can tell you that just leaving it out to dry over night does not work as well as putting it in the freezer for me. It needs to get nice and cold in the freezer to really get a good cracking affect in my experience.
I'm not sure about most of your question - I had never thought about doing that. However, I can tell you that just leaving it out to dry over night does not work as well as putting it in the freezer for me. It needs to get nice and cold in the freezer to really get a good cracking affect in my experience.
Joan,
I thought my question was a little confusing! I am a demo and I would like to show this technique at one of my classes, but don't want to have everyone going through the whole process, to time consuming. I would show everyone how it is done, but then have some pre-made so they only had to crack 'em. Just wondering if they can be made 24 hours or so in advance and left in the freezer without somehow ruining the glaze if left that long in there.
Second part of my question - if I glazed a 4x4 piece of cardstock, could that then be cut up into smaller sections after cracking without making a mess? Thanks so much!
I thought my question was a little confusing! I am a demo and I would like to show this technique at one of my classes, but don't want to have everyone going through the whole process, to time consuming. I would show everyone how it is done, but then have some pre-made so they only had to crack 'em. Just wondering if they can be made 24 hours or so in advance and left in the freezer without somehow ruining the glaze if left that long in there.
Second part of my question - if I glazed a 4x4 piece of cardstock, could that then be cut up into smaller sections after cracking without making a mess? Thanks so much!
Annette
Are you thinking you would stamp the image on the cardstock, and then do the glaze, and the people in the class would just do the cracking? I don't think leaving them in the freezer would harm them, but I would try just leaving them out and then just putting them in the freezer just before you are ready for the cracking. As far as cutting it, I haven't tried that, so I'm afraid I can't help you there.
We did this at a demo class I was at and it was not "time consuming" in my opinion. I loved doing this techinique and because of being able to do it myself at the class I purchased all the items and do it alot for my own cards. Just my thought on this.
Ha - personally I have got very good accidental cracked glass panels when all I was aiming for was an embossed panel. How many ATCs have I had to melt down again to get the smooth finish I wanted???
So personally, I only ever used the freezer once for the sake of trying it. I can only guess that maybe something like humidity might affect how well it cracks un-frozen. It tends to be a LOT less humid here than I see many people mentioning.
Why don't you just try it and see how well it works?
Oh, and while I haven't tried cutting a large piece up, I have trimeed the edges to neaten them. I can't remember the UTEE coming off the edge trimmings, but I think actually it looks better untrimmed, more in keeping with the feel of the technique, because there may be a little bit of irregularity in coverage around the edges (in my case, anyway!).
You can definitely prep ahead of time and it will crack nicely. I know for certain because I demo'd this at an SU! event and I had many examples prepped ahead of time and then just cracked at the demo.
Cracked glass
