I was in need of some 'masculine' type 'thinking of you' and sympathy cards and wanted to try the cracked glass technique. I never have had great luck with this technique and wasn't too impressed with how these turned out either - oh well!
On these two cards, I used a new product called Crackle accents by Inkssentials. I have mixed feelings over this product - it was hard to squeeze out of the bottle and get an even coverage over the stamped flowers and then, it smeared the ink so much, that you really can't even see that I stamped french script and several flowers on the cracked paper. But, it dried with a cool crackle finish that surprised me. I tried to rub some ink over one of the cracked pieces - and didn't like how that looked so I didn't do that again! LOL!
So - these cards were a labor or love and not my favorites, but not every card can be a masterpiece, can it? Live and learn...
Thanks for taking a closer look!
Date: Thursday, January 25, 2007 GMT Views: 761
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Registered: February 22, 2006 Location: Casselberry, Florida Posts: 46530
Thu, Jan 25, 2007 @ 4:37 PM
I give you credit. You certainly were persistent. These turned out very pretty. I've had no luck at all with cracked glass. I like all the backgrounds.
Registered: September 9, 2005 Location: Coon Rapids, MN Posts: 619
Wed, Jan 31, 2007 @ 10:04 AM
Wow - these are gorgeous cards! If you wouldn't have mentioned all the trouble you had I would have thought you were going for this look. I really like the washed out look the one on the left has.
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Registered: October 6, 2006 Location: in sunny Florida on the wonderful west coast. Venice FL Posts: 682
Tue, Feb 06, 2007 @ 3:25 PM
The sharing of problems as well as successes can buoy the spirits of someone having the same trouble or alert them to what to avoid. The "aha, I'm not the only one" and the "OK, it's not just me after all," is quite a relief. TFS!