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CRACKLING MEDIUM

Crackling Medium is being rediscovered everyday by scrappers as a wonderful way to bring dimension and texture to your work with such ease! Crackling can be used as an effect on its own, or you can apply an undercoat, as featured here, to reveal a bottom coat of paint or paper! Use it for beyond the page, layouts, embellishments and more, so read on as Michelle Roberts from Matisse Derivan takes us through just how easy it really is!

Materials:
MM23 Crackling Medium (Matisse Derivan); Matisse MiNis paint (not metallic), sponge or brush for application of medium depending on what effect you want (see below); card stock or paper surface for application

Method:

		1. Apply a coat of any colour paint to your surface.

		2. Dry

		3. Apply a coat of MM23 Matisse Cracking Medium and allow this to dry. Note-you can tell when dry as it will change from a gloss to a satin finish.

		4. Sponge or brush on a coat of Derivan MiNiS paint(not metallic) - colour of choice, or Matisse Background Colour of choice

		5. Allow to dry and watch the cracks appear!

1. Choose two contrasting colours from your layout to use.

2. Dark colours over light is easier for beginners

3. The thinner the application of the top coat, the finer the cracks; the thicker the application, the wider and deeper the cracks.

4. Sponging creates spider web cracks, brushing creates straighter cracks

5. Altering the medium coat after application will cause the cracks to not form. When the top coat meets the cracking medium, the cracking medium becomes a liquid again, and starts doing it's thing - brushing over that just mixes the paint and the liquid together. Put it on and leave it alone!

6. Excessive humidity may affect the cracking medium.

7. Cracking medium is not acid free, but if you keep it away from your pics, you should be fine.

For more detailed information about cracking, visit the Matisse Derivan website here

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