There are several crackle products available and art and craft stores. The one I use is by Plaid.
The first step is to paint your page. You will need two colors for the crackle to show up. The bottom coat is what will show up through the cracks of the top color. I painted the first [...]
This technique allows you to create a faint, grungy masked design under a painted background. It is great for journal pages and collage backgrounds.
The first step is to stamp a design on the blank page with a glue stick.
I made my checkerboard stamp out of fun foam. If you want to make one, save the [...]
Joss Paper Transfer
This is another tutorial from the Background Techniques book I wrote. This one shows how to transfer joss paper onto a page using gesso.
Materials needed:
Joss Paper – available at Oriental stores
Gesso
Brush
This is how it will look after the transfer. I like the grungy, faded look it has.
