A few minutes of fun - with rusty crackle

[@peggydid]

These tags are delightful! I'll love to see whatever you do next to them! Hugs! Peggy

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Happy you like the rusted crackle... here are the next steps these tags took: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a567pKqLqamCaas Hope you enjoy it!

[@Cyrilmc222004]

Thank you so much Alison, I really really enjoyed watching you create these beautiful and stunning tags. I would love ❤❤❤ to see you put stamped tissue paper on them. Please stay safe and well too xxxx Mags ❤❤❤❤

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Happy you enjoyed the crackle... there is already a follow-up adding tissue (find that one here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a567pKqLqamCaas ) and some time soon there will be a new crackle recipe using different ingredients, followed by some stamping onto crackle. Thanks so much for your lovely comment.

[@erikaharris3078]

Fantastic technique! The realism is spot on!!! Thank you for sharing your creativity with us all❣️

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

So happy to hear you enjoyed it. Some day soon, I'll get round to some of the other promised rusty crackle recipes! Thanks so much for watching and for your lovely comment.

[@kraftykatskorner]

This is hands down the best way to recycle evil Amazon packaging I've ever seen 😂 I'm so glad I've stumbled upon your channel 💚💚💚

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Happy you found your way here - welcome! And yes, even evil Amazon packaging can be useful!

[@MsSoozy]

Love your “classes” on you tube, I am such a fan of your work Alison. Thank you for the tips on putting tags on cardboard! Love the techniques and yes that looks like rust!! ❤😊

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you so much for another lovely comment. There will be more rusty recipes to come.... Distress is not the only way to go (and probably isn't my favourite), but I thought I would start there since many people have some Distress products in their stash. Happy weekend to you!

[@bonnerdebbie]

This was another great few minutes of fun Alison, I have not used crackle in a super long time. You have inspired me to cover a couple of tags with crackle before I head out for the day. Thank you, your rust is awesome!!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Oh great... and they'll be ready to play when you come home! I love crackle paste so much - I've got lots of different kinds, all with subtly different effects. Thanks again for your company. Happy crackling!

[@nikianncooper]

I truly get excited when I see you have uploaded a new video Alison, you are such a joy to watch 😊 I usually choose to save your videos for the end of the day, when I’m snuggled in and cosy. I’m too eager today and will watch this treat now 💕

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Oh, that's so lovely to hear - you've put a big grin on my face! You can always come and watch AGAIN when you're snuggled and cosy later today... Plus watch out for a bit of swatching tomorrow. Thanks for your company on this creative journey.

[@nikianncooper]

Your videos definitely have multiple replays quite often 🥰

[@GinaGoodling-h6o]

My "cream cheese" crackle layers are drying and I am waiting patiently (not) until tomorrow to start the rust process! It is so valuable to be able to watch you work, especially being able to see you achieve not only the texture of the rust but also the layers of color and of all of the distress products you have used to make rust happen. And, you did so brilliantly, Alison. Thank you, so very much for all of your time, talent, humor and love in bringing all of us these few minutes of fun. XO Gina

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Brilliant - I'm sure you'll get delicious rusty results with your cream cheese crackle! There will be other rusty recipes to come, but I thought Distress was a good place to start, given plenty of people have some in their stash. It was my first time using the Spiced Cider crayon, and I'm not sure I would include it again... a bit too pink for my rusty liking!! Happy Sunday to you.

[@suebouch4074]

Hello Alison! Sorry to hear you haven’t been feeling well but glad to know you’re on the mend… THANK YOU for this RUSTY Crackle video!!! It was a treat to watch as you added layer upon layer of color to get the depth needed for a dimensional rust. I’ll look forward to the next segment when you add another layer of interest to your tags - because of the uneven surface of the crackle I was curious to see stamping first but since I have all of the PaperArtsy tissue papers, that will also be enjoyable to see. I will put ‘playing with mediums’ on my future list… I think my Fun Playtime this weekend will be pulling out my Fresco Paints to paint those 3x5 Manila cards as well as starting my February YCS collage pages in my 8x8 journal (I finished January’s already)… Thanks again for all you do to encourage and inspire. Until next time, take care and have a wonderful weekend! 🙂

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Sounds like an excellent weekend playtime plan. The key to stamping on crackle is to be prepared to live with imperfection... I LOVE imperfection, so it works out well for me! I'm tallying the votes and at the moment it looks as though tissue paper is going to take it... but we will be doing both in the long run anyway! Thanks as always for your lovely comments, and your company on this creative journey. Have a great weekend.

[@CraftyKiwiMama]

I really enjoyed seeing you add those rusty touches! Genius! It looks so incredibly effective xoxo

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you so much - there will be some other rusty recipes along soon, using different ingredients!

[@kathyanstine4472]

Made some awesome tags using this process. Had to improvise on some colors but turned out Great! Thanks for the tutorial. Love to see both stamping and tissue paper as I need to use my new rusty tags 😊

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Oh, that's brilliant to hear - so happy you went off to have your own minutes of fun!! There will be both stamping and tissue in the long run... we're only voting on which gets to come first. Looks like tissue is winning at the moment... Thanks so much for watching and commenting - I'm delighted you were inspired to play!

[@elyne_o]

🤩🥰 thanks for sharing these techniques Stamps or tissu paper, it will be pretty 😘

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

You're welcome... and we'll get both stamping and tissue paper in the long run, it's just a question of which comes first (tissue paper seems to be winning at the moment!). Thanks so much for watching and commenting.

[@girleddy]

Thank you for giving us the "why" of what you are doing. It helps me so much!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Happy to hear that - thanks so much for your lovely comment.

[@KazHall_]

Fabulous crackle love love love ❤️

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thanks, Kaz - can't beat a bit of rusty crackle. There will be other rusty recipes to come - Distress is not necessarily my favourite method, but I thought it was a good place to start since so many people have those products in their stash already. Hope you're having a lovely Sunday.

[@julia_l-c]

I am one of those special cases that can still not cut straight with the large Tim Holtz scissors 😬🤷‍♀ Thanks for more tips, you're getting me to use my products more just playing in different ways 💜

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

That's brilliant... I'm so happy to hear that you are playing in different ways and above all using your supplies! The only "wrong" way is to leave the products in the pot, as far as I'm concerned!! If even the long shears won't do straight lines for you, it might be guillotine time... (for the paper, not your head!). Thanks so much for your lovely comment, and have a great weekend.

[@melodieforsyth9779]

You amaze me!!! Thank you again!!!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you so much for that - made me smile!

[@ediecatto585]

So happy I’ve found your channel! Your videos are so clear and useful with just the right amount of chatter so your personality comes through but the focus is primarily on the work. I also have to thank you for turning me onto PaperArtsy! Looking forward to learning from and enjoying watching your videos.

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

What wonderful feedback, thank you so much. I'm happy you found your way here, and delighted that you're enjoying the videos and finding them useful. Obviously, I'm a little biased (!) but I think PaperArtsy produce some of the best rubber stamps around, both for quality and the variety of designs on offer. There really is something for all tastes. And I've yet to find a chalk paint I prefer to their Fresco Finish paints. Thank you so much for watching and commenting.

[@JodeneEkker-r5e]

I really enjoy watching you create. You have got me trying so many new things. Please show the use of tissue paper on the crackle backgrounds. Thank you.

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

I'm so happy to hear that... the best feedback is that people are inspired to try things out and have some fun themselves! I'm tallying the votes for tissue paper vs stamping, but don't worry if your favourite comes second... we will get to both of them eventually!

[@ShoshiPlatypus]

Just great. I'm a real rust and texture junkie. This video is right up my street! Thanks so much for an excellent tutorial.

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Me too... I'm not sure what it is about rust, but it gets my creative juices flowing too. As I mentioned, there will be more rustiness to come!

[@RockyRoadCreationsbyDiana]

Another rust junkie here. Love it. I really love that crackle paste as well ,but it dries out so fast. Makes me so mad, but for crackle, it's the best!!! Ranger, if you read this, Do Something!!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

It's great crackle, but there are other equally good ones, I think. The Decoart Media Crackle Paste and Media Crackle Paint are both excellent. But if you're in a dry climate, then I guess the same problem might occur. I suppose you've tried Tim Holtz's trick of pressing cling film (plastic wrap) down onto the paste before you put the lid on, to keep the moisture in? There will be other rusty recipes to come soon... I thought Distress products were a good place to start, since lots of people have them... but they're not necessarily my favourite way to do it!

[@RockyRoadCreationsbyDiana]

@w0rdsandp1ctures I just ordered crackle paste. I have the Decoart one step crackle, and it's really good for very fine crackle. Have you heard of Modern Masters? They make an awesome rust reactive paint. Also, copper and bronze reactive paints. I love them, but they are quite speedy. I love your tags and love that idea of putting rust where you wrap the wire around. Thanks for sharing all of your wonderful inspiration.

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

I don't think I've come across Modern Masters, no... I'm off to do some googling! I do have some copper and bronze (and something else, iron I think) metal reactive paints - with a reagent (right?) to start the chemical reaction. I must dig those out before I go mad ordering anything! I should have put the word Media in front of those Decoart crackles (I've edited now to add it, in case anyone else reads it!)... I think their Media line (originally designed by Andy Skinner who is an amazing paint magician for distressed techniques) is a cut above a lot of their other products. These... shop.decoart.com/decoart-media-crackles - and the Media Fluid Acrylics are brilliant too. Anyway, you've probably done enough shopping for one day!! Thanks so much for your company on this creative journey.

[@RockyRoadCreationsbyDiana]

@w0rdsandp1ctures Amazon carries Modern Masters. Iron Oxide is the rust stuff. Let me know if you have any questions. Also, Miracle gro powdered plant fertilizer is wonderful for rusting metal and giving a great verdigree on copper.

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

@@RockyRoadCreationsbyDiana I didn't know that about Miracle Gro - my plants will be cross if I start stealing it from them! It's the Verday Paint Kit by Ten Seconds Studio that I've got. (Mine are little bottles and didn't cost anything like this much! www.sandraevertson.com/paintsinks/verday-by-relics-and-artifacts-8oz-paint-kit if you're interested.) They're really impressive. And I've got some of the Pentart Reagent mediums, but haven't played with those much. (There isn't a Czech Amazon - have to order from German Amazon... and I do try to limit my Amazon shopping in any case... I try to find independent retailers if I possibly can. I don't always succeed!)

[@shulaney4639]

Fun, fun, fun!!!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

That reminds me... I still haven't got around to sharing some of the other possible rusty crackle recipes! Happy you enjoyed this one though. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@MarisolEspaillat]

Thank you for this! It is fabulous and of course I've filled up my cart yet again!🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 I hope you feel better soon!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Happy you enjoyed it... and I hope you enjoy playing with whatever new supplies you've been buying! Thanks for the well wishes... I'm nearly there!

[@christinewerner6207]

“Keep up your bright swords, for the dew will rust them.” Othello, by Wm. Shakespeare I had no quotes about rust in my Commonplace book, so I will have to add this one. You make this look easy, but I think it is probably harder than you make it look. I look forward to giving this technique “a go” though. My budget is busted, but, WooHoo!, I still have half a jar of crackle paste left in my stash. 🙂😅 Cheers from America to the Czech Republic 🇺🇸 🇨🇿

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

It's honestly not that hard - just keep looking and layering until it looks how you want! There will be more rusty recipes coming - Distress is not the only way to do it, but I thought it was a good place to start since lots of people have at least some in their stash. Go get that crackle out!! Othello is an extraordinary play - one of my favourites. There are lots of great rust quotes if you have a quick google. On my blog, I've always ended each post with a couple of relevant quotes, so with all the rusty things I've made over the years, I've had to go looking for a few! Shakespeare's got several for us (I probably used those up first on the blog, including the Othello one!)... Juliet stabbing herself: "Oh happy dagger, this is thy sheath; there rust and let me die." Falstaff exhausted from too much fighting and wanting a little rest: "I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion." Venus trying to seduce Adonis by suggesting he'd do better to put his good looks to use by ravishing her (!): "Foul cankering rust the hidden treasure frets, but gold that's put to use more gold begets." And here's one - not Shakespeare - but appropriate to the day: "Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week." Joseph Addison Happy non-rusty Sunday to you!

[@christinewerner6207]

@@w0rdsandp1ctures Thank you for the encouragement and advice. It means something to me. You are very kind. And I am happy to hear there will be more rust in my future. 🙂 And thank you SO much for unleashing all those Shakespeare quotes! I especially loved the one from Venus to Adonis. I love Shakespeare and look forward to reading and watching more plays after I retire later this year. Henry IV parts I and II, and Julius Caesar have been my favorites so far. I look forward to reading King Leer next. Shakespeare is under attack here in the USA. I believe it was the University of Pennsylvania who removed a Shakespeare mural in the English Department, and replaced it with some unknown poet from the Caribbean. There is a reason why I had never heard of this other poet, and a reason why Shakespeare is still relevant and loved centuries later. Outside of the Bible, NO ONE has documented every condition of humanity so insightfully and beautifully. He is incomparable.

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

I'm incredibly fortunate to have spent most of my working life in his company!

[@kykategray]

Crackle and rust, you’re speaking my language! I would love to see using the collage tissue first. Glad to hear you’re on the mend.

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Yes, I thought it was about time they put in an appearance since I use them so often! I'm tallying up the votes for tissue vs stamping, but don't worry if your favourite loses... we will get to both of them eventually. Have a great weekend.

[@lindajay9203]

This is one of the videos I've been waiting to watch until I could give it my full attention .. I love how you take us through your process while leaving room for each to create individually. I can't wait to follow the rest of this rust series and start creating! Thank you!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

What great feedback - I'm so happy to hear that. It's the perfect balance you mention - guidance, but freedom to improvise - so if I'm getting that right I'm a happy woman! Thanks so much for your company on this creative journey.

[@dandelion1239]

🩷🌺🩷 THANK YOU! Hope you’re feeling much better! 🙏

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Fully recovered now, thank you! So happy you enjoyed the video.

[@dandelion1239]

@@w0rdsandp1ctures Wonderful!!!

[@trudimiler3675]

Lovely surprise to see your video this morning, wasn’t sure you would be feeling well enough to record. Awesome crackle and rust, love your reminder to just play and have fun with colours ❤

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

I'm really much better than I was, despite the croaks and snuffles you can hear (sorry!), and I didn't want to miss my minutes of fun any longer! So happy you enjoyed the rusty crackle. Have a great weekend.

[@shelleystrattonstewart9398]

I just found your feed and am thrilled to have your inspirational videos to add to my fun watches! I love the pace and style. Many thanks!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Very happy you found your way here - welcome! I'm delighted you're enjoying the videos and finding inspiration in them. Thanks so much for watching and commenting - much appreciated.

[@ruthskiff2899]

Really cool. Love the grunge

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

I do love a bit of rusty crackle! Happy you enjoyed it - thank you for taking the time to let me know.

[@jennifermackinnon7870]

Oooh! Love these so much and I’m playing along with you. Would love to see the tissue paper first ❤ Feel better!!!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Hope you're having lots of fun as you play! I'm tallying the votes on stamping vs tissue, and don't worry if your favourite loses... we'll cover both of them eventually! Thanks for the well wishes - I'm getting there. Have a great weekend.

[@Little_blue_bureau]

Fascinating. I enjoyed this thank you for sharing

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

You're welcome - very happy you enjoyed it.

[@cindyrobinson2199]

I love grungy, rusty goodness. I think I need to make some tags to have ready for when inspiration hits.

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Happy you like it... you can't beat a bit of rusty crackle! Great idea to prepare your tags... if the ingredients are ready and waiting, I'm always so much more ready to play! Happy Sunday to you.

[@katrineleber7238]

I get excited too when I see you have just put up a video. I’m sorry it’s taking so long for you to get better. These tags are fabulous. I am loving the rust. I can’t remember loving rust before. lol. It’s a journey. Hugs, treen 💕💕💕

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

I'm really much better than I was, despite the croaks and sniffles you can hear (sorry!), and I didn't want to miss any minutes of fun! Happy you love the rust... I'm not sure what it is about rust, but it gets my creative juices flowing and, as I mentioned, there will be more rustiness to come! Have a great weekend.

[@Linda-zt1mt]

Beautiful technique, thanks for sharing!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Happy you enjoyed it - thanks for taking the time to let me know.

[@DollysCrafts-sq9si]

Thank you - fantastic video - love rust and I own all the products😊

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Brilliant... you're all set up to go and play then! So happy you enjoyed it - thanks for taking the time to let me know.

[@evafarnloforbe4593]

God, you are close to ruining my plans. Having lots of friends coming over tomorrow for the weekend. Can I ask them not to come since I have to craft? I had to purchase your absolutely georgeous tissue paper and stamps from PaperArtsy directly, since I could not find it in Sweden. Love the Wayne it was packed in beautiful tissue paper to!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Oh dear... couldn't you encourage your friends to come and play too?!? I'm delighted you got your hands on some tissue and stamps, even if you couldn't buy them directly in Sweden (and yes, you do get the bonus tissue sheets with a PaperArtsy order, of course!!). I hope you'll have a wonderful time playing with them. If you're ever sharing anything you make on Instagram, for instance, do tag me in @w0rdsandp1ctures (that's a zero for the o in w0rds and a figure one for the i in p1ctures)... I love seeing what people create.

[@thominaaugustinsson2685]

Amazing!!!!!❤❤❤😅😅😅

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you so much - happy you enjoyed it.

[@deenaotway7717]

Crackle paste is the my all time favourite medium. The rust with the distress products looks great thank you for sharing

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

it might be mine too! There will be other rusty recipes along soon... I do it in lots of different ways, and Distress might not be my favourite - but it seemed like a good place to start, given lots of people tend to have at least some Distress products in their stash! Thanks so much for watching and commenting.

[@shirleyhaberle86]

I really enjoyed today always eager to watch your next video. I love the rust. I would love to see how you stamp on them because I see how you do the collage paper but I just have a hard time picturing the stamping over that. If not like you said you'll do it the next time. Thank you so much 💕💕

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

There will be more rusty recipes coming soon... Distress products are just one way to do it (and not necessarily my favourite!). I'm tallying the votes for tissue paper vs stamping, and you may have to be a little patient... but as you say, we will definitely get to both eventually. The main thing with stamping over crackle is that you have to be prepared to live with imperfection. I LOVE imperfection, so that works out well for me!! Thanks so much for watching and commenting.

[@Holly-s4o]

Super gorgeous...I just love to see your creating process each time!! Learn so much from it and it is so calming to watch!😊 LOve to see the tags stamped..looks a bit hard with all the craques so would love to learn more about that..but everything you make and do is super to watch..so you choose! Hope you soon feel better again! Groetjes Holly.

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Very happy that you are enjoying the videos so much, and thank you for your well wishes - I'm getting better each day (which is the right direction!). Stamping over crackles is basically about being ready to live with imperfection - I LOVE imperfection, so it works out well for me! I'm tallying the votes on stamping vs tissue, and don't worry if your favourite loses... we'll cover both of them eventually! Have a great weekend.

[@heathersullivan8494]

I found you video following this one and then had to watch this one. Beautiful technique. Thank you. Me subscriber.

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Very happy you found your way to both parts, even if it was a bit topsy turvy. I'm delighted you enjoyed them, and that you've decided to subscribe - welcome! Thanks so much for watching and commenting (and for subscribing too, of course).

[@iliketocutandpaste]

Thank you for sharing how you started your rust process! :) Feel better soon!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

You're welcome... there will be more rusty recipes along soon. Distress isn't the only way to do it - and isn't necessarily my favourite, but it seemed a good place to start since so many people have at least some Distress products in their stash. Thanks for the well wishes - I'm getting there!

[@caatandco7848]

Have been watching so many 'rust' video's with all sorts of different products. I love your rust making techniques and what's even better is that I have most of the products you used. Guess my only flaw is that I do not play around enough.. thank you for your inspiration, hope you feel better soon. ♥

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

There are lots of different ways to do it... I do it differently project to project, so I will be sharing more of my rusty favourites as time goes on here, but I thought the Distress version was quite a good place to start, since so many people do have at least some of those sitting around. So pleased to hear that worked out for you! Thanks for the well wishes - I'm nearly there - and have fun playing!

[@vickienipp]

I will be saving this one so when my craft room is back together I can be bc a rust junky!! Like be every bit of this thank you

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Excellent - you can't beat a bit of rusty crackle! There will be more rusty recipes coming soon... Distress isn't the only way to go, but I thought it would be a good place to start since lots of people have some in their stash. Happy Sunday to you.

[@HeleneKaut]

This is beautiful. I’d like to see you use the tissue paper next. Thank you!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you. I'm tallying up the tissue paper vs stamping, and at the moment it looks as though you'll get your wish. We'll be doing both in the long run, so not to worry either way!

[@juliecurtis9517]

I've always wanted to know how to use these pastes. I'm excited to get some and play with it. I'm hooked and a subscriber for life now 😅

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Oh, that's lovely to hear - so happy you found your way here, and welcome! I hope you'll have lots of fun playing with the ideas and techniques here. Thanks so much for watching, commenting and subscribing.

[@MitchMartin29]

I really am looking forward to seeing the different products and examples of using them. I have learned a lot from you. Thank you for your time, knowledge, and energy ❤

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

What a lovely comment - you're very welcome. There will be other rusty recipes in the future... there are so many ways to create rusty effects! Thanks so much for your company on this creative journey.

[@bethwinn754]

Very informative video. Thanks for sharing!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

So glad it was helpful to you... thanks for taking the time to let me know.

[@nikianncooper]

I hope you continue to feel better Alison, it was very kind of you to film whilst you are recovering. I’m very new to texture pastes so I really appreciated watching you create with this medium. I would personally love to see tissue paper for these tags 🥰

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

I'm feeling much better than I was, and I didn't want to miss my minutes of fun! Happy you're finding the videos useful - that's great to know. I'm tallying the votes on stamping vs tissue, and don't worry if your favourite loses... we'll cover both of them eventually! Have a great weekend.

[@nikianncooper]

Great to hear you are on the mend! To be honest, I’d be just as pleased if it turns out to stamping, I’m quite excited to see this creation evolve. You are very kind 💕

[@atarahlevy3827]

Brilliant work!!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you very much.

[@dawnmason2378]

Thanks Alison. I absolutely love that effect 😍 stamping please.

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

I'll tally up the votes, and even if stamping doesn't win this time, there will be some later on! Happy you enjoyed it.

[@nicoleg.5277]

Tissupaper first? I already love them. Thanks again for your “few minutes”

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

You're welcome! I'm tallying the votes on stamping vs tissue, and don't worry if your favourite loses... we'll cover both of them eventually! Have a great weekend.

[@IciarOrozcoBazan]

Es fantástico verte trabajar, me inspira mucho tu trabajo, me quedaría con los dos😂 pero el izquierdo quizás si tengo que elegir sería ese❤

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Gracias por tus bonitas palabras. Me alegro mucho de que te sientas inspirada por el vídeo... Espero que pronto disfrutes tú también de algunos minutos de diversión. (Y perdona la traducción automática, ¡espero que esté bien!)

[@louisescherbain312]

Sorry you have been unwell. Wishing you a speedy recovery. Throughly enjoyed this video. Thank you for sharing

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you... I am on the mend - just need to try to see off this cough! Very happy you enjoyed the video, thanks so much for taking the time to comment.

[@62zuzuspetals]

Honestly they look like ancient enamelled sheet metal tags. Gorgeous.

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

I love being able to trick the eye into believing it's looking at something genuinely old, so thank you for that!

[@ThePbially]

Thank you! I'm inspired now that I see how you did it ❤

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

That's great - I hope you'll have fun playing with some rust soon. There are other rusty recipes that I'll share in the future. Distress isn't the only way to go, and not necessarily my favourite - but it seemed a good place to start as many people have some in their stash. Thanks so much for watching and commenting.

[@danielanusser-tj4zf]

Wow this video is so helpful! Thank you for showing your process and advice on how to rust things up! I didn't know that it is possible either to stamp or to collage over it with collage paper... So I'm intreagued to see both of it! 😮😅

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

The tissue paper follow-up is already available here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/a567pKqLqamCaas And some time soon I'll be sharing a different recipe for rusty crackle, and over that one I'll do some stamping! Very happy that you found the video helpful. Thanks so much for watching and commenting.

[@edithmars3449]

I love how you made these fabulous rusty pieces 😍 and so great to see how you made a start with these 2 new ones...funny to just make a hole with the siccor, leaving me thinking yes why not, so much easier and looks cooler too😎 I am gonna play along while I whatch this again, so looking forward for the next steps 😃 I would love to see how you use collage paper on it as well as the gorgeous stamps 😃 sorry can't choose 🫣 thanks for the inspiration, Alison❣️ hopefully you feel good enough to have a wonderful sunday 🌞

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you so much, Edith - I'm definitely on the mend... just got to get rid of this cough! So happy you enjoyed this rusty crackle - and yes, I'll always take the easy path to make the tag hole. If I've got a pair of scissors in my hand, why go digging for the hole punch?! It looks as though tissue paper is going to win the race to go first, but we'll be doing some stamping on crackle later on in that case, so you'll definitely get to see both eventually! Happy Sunday to you.

[@starwalker6025]

I am totally new to all of this. My first project for a friend is a cookbook recipe journal for her and she “loves rust”. You saved me

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

So happy to hear that! Hope you'll have lots of fun playing with rust recipes for the recipe book... there are so many different ways to cook up a rusty look. Distress products are just the start, but they are a great start. There will be more rusty videos in the future, but I'm so happy this one is going to help you out right now. Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment.

[@LouCollins]

I could honestly listen to you play all day! Even the coughing and sniffling 🤣

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Oh, that's kind of you - and lovely to know (though I'd still rather get rid of the snuffles and croaks!). Thanks so much for watching and for your sweet comment.

[@jayneelinor]

Beautiful results!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you - there will be other rusty recipes along soon... Distress is not the only way to go! Thanks so much for watching and commenting.

[@dianebright8137]

That was great!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Happy you enjoyed it - thank you for taking the time to let me know.

[@tracynelson3279]

Thank you for sharing this. I would love to see the application of the tissue!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

You're welcome.... there will be more rusty methods to come in future videos. I'm tallying the votes on stamping vs tissue for these two, and don't worry if your favourite loses... we'll cover both of them eventually! Have a great weekend.

[@therealdonnawagner]

It's my understanding (per Tim Holtz), and also my experience, that Distress Crayons are only temporarily "permanent" when dry in the sense that when they're dry, they don't move. However, if you introduce water or other wet media, they will start to move and blend again. Tim says this isn't a problem for him since his art isn't usually getting wet, but it is important to note for potential users that they aren't a truly permanent medium. The only permanent color medium in the Distress line is the paint, all others remain water reactive unless sealed.

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Yes, that's fair... though they're a lot harder to move once they've dried than, for instance, the Distress Inks. For instance, if I use a matte medium to seal the Crayons, they'll pretty much stay put while I do that, whereas the Distress Inks will go all over the place as I apply it. And of course all of them are craft products, not fine art supplies, so in terms of permanence and lightfastness, they're not going to be on that same level, so yes, that's important to be aware of.

[@JamieRoseDesigns]

Enjoyed learning this rusty technique. Glad to realize the effects can be made with ink and crayons. May have to slather some crackle paste around this afternoon. I’m 50/50 tissue paper and stamps. Really like both - so, sorry not much help there.

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

There are so many ways to create rusty effects, so there will be more rusty recipes to come. I thought Distress products would be a good place to start since lots of people have those ready to play with. I hope you'll have lots of fun if you get out the crackle paste. We'll get to both stamping and tissue paper in the long run - it's just a question of which gets to go first... tissue paper seems to be winning at the moment! Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment. Happy crackling!

[@cheryl7476]

Thoroughly enjoyed this lesson, Alison.

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Happy to hear that - happy weekend to you!

[@cindyhall3913]

I love this technique it’s absolutely beautiful. I just found your channel and it may be my very favorite!!!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Oh, that's so great to hear - thank you so much for such a lovely comment. I hope you've also found the video with what happens next to these tags... kzbin.info/www/bejne/a567pKqLqamCaas Happy Sunday to you!

[@juliereilly6308]

I’d love to see stamping please x I hope you feel better soon x

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you - I'm on the mend... just that pesky cough to see off! I'm tallying up the tissue paper vs stamping, but don't worry if your favourite doesn't win, we will be looking at both in the long run - it's just a question of who gets to go first! Thanks so much for watching and commenting, and happy Sunday to you.

[@kimberleymaloy1728]

These look great! I love all the textures you created, I'm gonna have to get me some crackle paste. I would like to see them stamped, but whatever you choose will be fine because I know you'll get around to the other soon. TFS 😊

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

I don't think you'll regret getting crackle paste - it's lovely stuff! There are several really good ones - as well as the Ranger and Ranger Distress versions, Decoart do a great Media Crackle Paste and Media Crackle Paint, which has a slightly runnier consistency (but watch out for Crackle Glaze - that's a bit different - a clear glossy topcoat crackle). And yes, if tissue paper wins (which is looking likely at the moment), we will get to stamping later on! Thanks so much for watching and commenting.

[@kimberleymaloy1728]

@@w0rdsandp1ctures wow, thank you so very much for that information! I'm a newly so that definitely helps me out.

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

@@kimberleymaloy1728 These are the Decoart ones I'm talking about... shop.decoart.com/decoart-media-crackles I think their Media line is a step up from their other product lines (though the rest are also good - especially the Chalky Finish ones, if that's what you're into!).

[@kimberleymaloy1728]

@@w0rdsandp1ctures these look great. Thank you so much!

[@judithcaldwell3771]

Alison, I adore your videos and the wonderful pieces you create. I’ve always wondered what you do with these creations. Do you give them as gifts? Save them? Show them? I’d love to know.

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

For the most part, I simply keep them. As far as "doing" anything with them... I'm not sure what you "do" with any piece of art. For me, the making is the doing. The state of flow I find in creativity, the learning that happens with each creation, the playfulness of exploration, the combining of colours and textures - those are the value for me. Many of my tags live in crates in my studio, for flicking through for inspiration or for pleasure (you can see what I mean in these Shorts - kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6jOp6CJiLCpmJY ). Others come out for seasonal displays during the year (like this Halloween one which is still up... must swap it for some winter ones soon! - instagram.com/reel/DBylvA9ovsF/ if you can access IG). Sometimes I'll create a little tag book, or use a tag (either a background or a finished tag) as the basis for a journal page (you can see that kind of thing here kzbin.info/www/bejne/iorUfYxnorh3qas Occasionally I'll give one as a gift, or as a tag on a gift as an extra gift. But mostly, as I say, it's about the process, and the delight that brings me. I hope that answers your question. Thank you so much for your lovely, thoughtful comment.

[@andreaw235]

Just discovered your channel. Love this tutorial and I’m looking forward to seeing the progress of these tags. Tissue paper would be fun to see but I’m just looking forward to the next steps! BTW, I immediately went down to my Happy Place and spread crackle paste on some tags! 😊

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Oh brilliant - that's the best possible response that you went and started having fun yourself! Glad you found your way here. It looks as though tissue paper is probably in the lead at the moment, but we'll get to the stamping too in the end! Thanks so much for watching and commenting.

[@Komponents]

Love these! Just found your channel, thought Rusty Crackle was your name!😊

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

That's hilarious... I might change it!! Happy you found your way here and glad you enjoyed the rusty crackle. Thanks so much for watching and commenting.

[@debcorder6439]

Would love to see your new Paper Artsy tissue paper and now to color it.

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Oh, that's nice... I'm so happy you like my tissue paper! There is already one video taking a look at watercolouring the Printed Tissue - you can find that here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d37MpKWEjruZiNE But I have also been planning to do a couple of tags using the Mattints (as I did on the PaperArtsy FB group in one of my Friday Fun videos - not sure whether you can see that - facebook.com/groups/paperartsypeople/permalink/1436001007275202/ )... so if you can't see that FB one, then keep an eye out here for the tags. But I hope the first link to A Few Minutes of Fun with PaperArtsy Printed Tissue will keep you going for now!

[@debcorder6439]

@@w0rdsandp1ctures thanks! I must have missed that one.

[@MitchMartin29]

What beautiful rust❤!!!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you... the Distress products are just one way to get rusty effects (and not necessarily my favourite), so there will be more rust recipes coming soon!

[@kathylambert-uz1vs]

❤❤❤

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you!

[@scarlettHischild]

My ranger crackle paste I purchased, and used, would give the lightest almost “airy” crackle and just completely flake off and disintegrate with barely touching it. It also was soooo tiny of crackle, not very deep crackle. I was so disappointed, because I couldn’t touch it let alone place any inks or art on it without it just flaking off completely. I never forced heat to dry it, I just let it naturally dry. I wonder if I just bought a bad batch. Thank you for showing us yours. I really do think I may have just a bad batch. 🤔 As always a pleasure and sheer joy watching a video of yours. 🙏🏻🙂 I would love to see stamping please.

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Hmmm... interesting. Yes, maybe it was just a bad batch. Or could it have got a bit dried out? I can't say I've ever had that problem with it, but if you live in a very dry climate you might need to look after it slightly differently. Tim Holtz himself (who lives in Arizona) presses down some clingfilm (plastic wrap - whatever you might call it) to the surface of his pastes before putting the lid on, to preserve moisture better. Another possibility might be to make sure you prepare the surface with something like gesso to give the crackle a better chance of adhering. That might help. Maybe try another brand if you're feeling cross about that one... the DecoArt Media Crackle Paste is great, as is their Crackle Paint which is a slightly runnier consistency. Crackle Glaze is different (I'm aiming to cover some of this in future videos) - it's a clear, shiny topcoat crackle. I'm tallying the votes on stamping vs tissue, and don't worry if your favourite loses... we'll cover both of them eventually! Have a great weekend.

[@scarlettHischild]

@@w0rdsandp1ctures thank you, I will definitely start trying that suggestion out of the plastic wrap. I live in a lot higher humidity level, Texas. But, I would like to give it another go seeing it very well could have been the texture itself I placed it on maybe. If I recall correctly I used it on watercolor paper. Maybe 🤔 I’ve used it on card stock. This was so many years ago, when I first tried it, then I tried it again, I can’t recall, but a fair amount of time ago. It did the same result. I believe that was on either card stock, or mixed media paper. Each time I’ve always just let it naturally fully dry. Unfortunately, each time it was same difficulty and issue. It also was the same exact tub of paste. It hadn’t dried out so I was still able to use it to my grateful surprise. I figured I would try it again one more time after being inspired I’m sure by an artist using it on a channel. Alas, ending in the same anticlimactic result. I tend to use Golden crackle paste almost because I absolutely love the depth of cracks it leaves. When you add a heat gun to dry it, it also changes how well it will deepen the cracks. It’s fun to play around and do both ways with that brand of paste. Have you ever tried it? It’s marvelous. I will try and give the other brand you mentioned a go as well. You can never have too much many kinds of pastes and crackle pastes and textures in my humble opinion. Hahaha Splendid, I look forward with great anticipation on the next videos of artistic expression, creativity, inspiration and education that you provide. Your channel is such a blessing. As for the top picked choice, I am not bothered at all if my choice isn’t the winner. If I was allowed to choose “both” as my option I would have.😉 However, I’m delighted to know that “both” will eventually make its way onto your channel. If I may ask another question, the shadow box type of window art you created and showed in the beginning, it was beautiful weathered and cracked along the edges and backside and front, just gorgeous. What brand of paste was used to create that effect? That was absolutely beautiful. Thank you again.🙏🏻☺️

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

​@@scarlettHischild Yes, I've got some of the Golden crackle, and yes, it's great especially for bigger cracks. I'm pretty sure the crackle on the little antique shop window box was the Decoart, either the paste or the paint. Hang on, I'll see if I can find the blogpost quickly... Yes, the DecoArt Media Crackle Paint, by the look of things, and that went over a coat of paint, so that always works well. Details here if you're interested - the original post was actually 2015! alisonbomber.blogspot.com/2018/08/encore-calico-shrine-brocanterie.html

[@scarlettHischild]

@@w0rdsandp1ctures oh awesome! Wow 2015?! Thank you so much for the link so I can see it. 🙏🏻🤗

[@artemisceleste]

I’d love to see how you use stamping on such an uneven surface.

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

I'll be doing a different rusty crackle recipe soon (with other ingredients) and then we'll do some stamping over that... But really it's pretty straightforward - you just have to be prepared to embrace imperfection - and given I love imperfection, that works out fine for me!

[@mariansmixedmedia]

Love it!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you.

[@tempergirl]

Love it. How about stamping on tissue paper and making your own collage? 💕

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

I do often do that too, and thought about combining the two, but I think we'd end up in yet another extended edition! I'm going to keep it simple to start with... Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@sheilastyrebriere]

I simply love watching you play and create! Would love to know the name of your rose hip stamps, they look so beautiful on your tage! Sending well wishes your way from 🇨🇦✨🤗💛🤗✨

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

So happy you're enjoying the videos - thank you for another lovely comment. I'm thrilled you like the rosehips because those are my own botanical sketches, and they feature on one of my PaperArtsy stamp sets - Eclectica Alison Bomber EAB26 Rosehips Edition - shop.paperartsy.co.uk/eclectica-alison-bomber-set-26-rosehips-edition-9483-p.asp (I'm adding the PaperArtsy stockist list just in case you're tempted. Of the Canadian stores, none of them have the Rosehips in stock at the moment, but several carry my designs, so if you get in touch, they should be happy to order the Rosehips in for you (Scrapbook Centrale, Scrap Addicts, Paper Art Creations, Paper and Ink Boutique, Scrapbooking Fairies). As independent stockists, it helps them to know there's demand! Or if you can get things posted from the US, I know that Frantic Stamper actually has them in stock right now. blog.paperartsy.co.uk/p/find-stockist.html Thanks so much for watching and commenting.

[@sallymitchell6423]

I love what you did here. I see so many people creating beautiful tags, but I don’t make them because I just don’t know what you’re supposed to do with them??

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Happy you enjoyed it, thank you. Really the point of tags for me is the making of them, not what happens afterwards. It's about the process, the creative journey, learning, discovering, growing - playing with products and with composition. It's a substrate where I feel free to play without pressure, and since they are small you don't need much time to come to a happy completion. And then those ideas, techniques, colour combinations, compositional habits get built into other artworks... journals, handmade books, paintings, altered art - I do a lot of different stuff... you can see more on Instagram @w0rdsandp1ctures instagram.com/w0rdsandp1ctures/ For the tags themselves, they might end up as part of art journal pages, or occasionally a card-topper (though I really don't make cards much); they can be framed just as they are for display, either alone or in a series (I often create in pairs or trios or quartets or sets) or hung up; they can be used as bookmarks or as tags (which they are!) to decorate a gift. Lots of them live in little crates and baskets in my studio, for flipping through for inspiration or to show visitors what I get up to. You can see what I mean here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6jOp6CJiLCpmJY That's a long answer, but I hope it gives you some idea of why you see so many of us creating with them! Thanks so much for watching and commenting. Hope you're having a great Sunday.

[@sallymitchell6423]

@@w0rdsandp1ctures Thanks for your response, what you’ve said makes a lot of sense. I am cursed with an overly practical mind, however I have no problem creating art journal pages ‘just for the sake of it’. I’ll make some tags and string them up as bunting across my craft room ☺️

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

@@sallymitchell6423 That's a lovely idea too... I have quite a few propped on shelves around the craft room - and some in a vintage toast rack too. All sorts of ways to display them! Hope you'll have lots of tag fun to come.

[@CindyStewart-Held]

Would love to see you use tissue paper on your crackle tags!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

I think tissue paper has won the vote, so you'll get your wish and that will be first up (though we will get to stamping too in the longer run)... probably not the very next episode but the one after.

[@fburky]

Hi, back to look at this video as I'm trying my hand at the crackle paste and wire. You mentioned (in this video, I think, maybe a different one) that you bulk buy your #8 tags. Are you allowed to say where you get them and give me the information? I'm having another back surgery in October, and I'm trying to lay up some supplies, and ideas like your tags, to make while recovering. Thanks!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

I'm allowed to say, for sure... but it won't do you any good. Sadly, the independent online UK craft store I got mine from closed down some months ago, unable to continue competing with the likes of Amazon. I'm still working my way through a box I'd bought, but when that's running out, I'm going to have to find a new supply source. Sorry! If you google search for manila tags, you can find them in many places (stationery supply shops, not just craft stores), but unfortunately there's no guarantee that they'll be the same quality as the Ranger ones (which the ones I was buying definitely are). Hope you're having fun with your crackle and wire playtime, and good luck with the back surgery (and the tag search)!

[@cigale1254]

It's great watching how this rusty effect is created. I do know how to crackle (a bit) but "faking" rust is a new thing for me. As you asked, I would like to see stamping on the crackle. I never trried that befor and it seems uite tricky to me. I guess (but am not sure) glueing tissue will be a simpler thing to do?

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

The key with stamping on crackle is to be ready to live with imperfection... I LOVE imperfection, so that works out fine for me! There will be other rusty recipes coming in the future. Distress is not the only way to do it, and probably isn't my favourite - but I thought it would be a good place to start since so many people have at least some Distress products in their craft stash. Tissue won the vote, so we'll be doing that first... but we will be doing some stamping onto crackle in the long run too, so everyone wins eventually!

[@dawnshearer8840]

Excellent!!!! Tissue paper please!!!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Thank you! I'm tallying the votes on stamping vs tissue, and don't worry if your favourite loses... we'll cover both of them eventually! Have a great weekend.

[@annmarieruda8166]

This couldn't have happened at a better time.I started playing with tags yesterday and was unsure of how to begin and in what order do I put the pastes on. This is so helpful. I would love to see you put tissue paper on the tags. I am not sure how to go about it. I did try but it wasn't the greatest so any help on how to do that would be great. Thank you.

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

So happy to have hit the perfect timing for you! But do bear in mind there is no right and wrong way... you could do it a different way and get a different effect. The only "wrong way" is to leave the products in their jars and bottles!! Playing and experimenting is the essence of creativity... and most of the fun too. I'm tallying up the votes for tissue vs stamping, but don't worry if your favourite loses... we will get to both of them eventually. Thanks so much for watching and commenting.

[@kimbradford]

Hi love your videos. Can you show how you do the stamping on the crackle? I love those stamps shown here.

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Happy to hear you are enjoying the videos, thank you. The tissue paper won the vote to go first in the comments, so that video is already available, but yes, there will also be a stamping-on-crackle video some time soon. I'll be doing another rusty recipe first - using different ingredients than I've used here - and then those tags will get stamped on. That will probably be some time over July and August. But really it's not complicated... you just stamp. The key to stamping over crackle is to embrace imperfection, and I love the imperfections, so that works out well for me! Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@BetsyFlannery]

Is the radish paper or a rubber stamp. I'm so appreciative of you sharing the steps you use to create. Thank you!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

It's actually rosehips, and on these tags it's a stamp - one of my own botanical sketches, featured on my PaperArtsy stamp set EAB26 Rosehips Edition. But the same sketch also now appears on my Printed Tissue by PaperArtsy, but in a much larger size. It's the tissue paper you can see in the large journal spread in this video - in which I'm actually painting the rosehips in the top left corner: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d37MpKWEjruZiNE PaperArtsy has stockists worldwide (listed by country in the link below) but not all stockists stock the full PaperArtsy range (which is huge), so if you have trouble tracking them down, let me know which country you are in and I'll see if I can point you in the right direction .blog.paperartsy.co.uk/p/find-stockist.html Hope that helps. Thanks so much for watching and commenting.

[@BetsyFlannery]

@@w0rdsandp1ctures Thank you! I found it on Top Flight Stamps!!!!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Excellent - happy to hear that. Thanks for letting me know.

[@stampandeatwithbernieroodt]

Only just discovered your channel so am binge watching yr videos. I am absolutely smitten!! Could one use other water based inks for the distress look?

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

So happy to hear you are enjoying the videos - welcome! And yes, there are lots of different ways to create a rusty look. There will be other rusty recipes coming along here soon, but in the meantime the best way to find out how your inks will work is to try it out. They won't give you exactly the same results, but they'll give you some kind of result! Have fun playing.

[@kathysheely5891]

Love watching and learning from you Alison. Can you tell me what type of wire you rust? What gauge is it typically please? Appreciate it!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Some of it is bought pre-rusted from online craft outlets. I'm afraid I'm not sure what gauge it is... maybe 20 or 22. In fact, I've got some thinner and some thicker, so maybe I've got some of each of those. The one I rust myself is just plain garden wire I buy in the little shop in the village here - I don't think it even mentions what gauge it is on the label. It's no good buying the green covered wire, of course - it has to be the naked metal. Sorry I can't be more help. Happy you are enjoying the videos - thank you for watching and commenting.

[@kathysheely5891]

@@w0rdsandp1ctures Thank you so much Alison. You helped a lot!

[@dollylipomi8410]

What a great video! Learned a lot! What is your work mat you’re using? Where can you get it? Thank you

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

I'm so happy you enjoyed it and found it useful too! It's a silicone craft mat - this particular one is by Wow Embossing Powders, and calls itself the Premium Embossing Craft Mat. Wow are a UK company, so you'd have to google to see if you can find it near you. But any silicone mat will do the same thing... those brown silicone baking sheets will work. I always have one of those in my travelling stash when I'm working away from home. Thanks so much for watching and commenting.

[@lindajay9203]

I absolutely love all your tags (and everything else! ❤) .. your tags are just plain manila ones?? Not any kind of mixed media? I have some TH tags bu5 they seem a bit smaller than yours ..

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

They are plain manila tags, yes, and a regular size 8, the same size as the Ranger size 8 tags - 3 inches x 6 and a quarter inches (which is around 7.5 or 8cm by just under 16cm). I've just been and held mine next to one of the Ranger Media Cardstock size 8s, and it's definitely the same size. But they're not manila like, for instance, manila file folders (which can be made of quite rough, highly-absorbent manila card). These have a lovely smooth sheen just like the Ranger manila tags. Sadly, the independent online UK craft shop I used to buy them from in bulk has now closed down (too much competition from giant online corporations) so when my current supply runs out, I'm going to have to try to find somewhere else to source them. Happy to hear you love the work here. Thank you so much for watching and commenting.

[@lindajay9203]

@@w0rdsandp1ctures thank you for taking the time to answer your comments 🌞

[@cheriebennett5557]

Are you going to continue this rusty technique video?

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

As mentioned a couple of times in the video, I suggested people let me know whether they wanted me to carry on these tags by using stamps or by using tissue paper... Tissue paper won, and that video will be coming up in this Saturday's Few Minutes of Fun. But also there will be other rust recipes in the future. Distress is not the only way to do it (and probably not my favourite method), but I thought it was a good place to start since many people have some Distress products in their stash.

[@sandratheprocraftinator945]

Just found your channel by instagram, love the rust you created on the tags with the wire, and that’s exactly what would happen. Do you do any Halloween? 7:14 go to know Oh no I hope mine hasn’t dried out

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Happy you found your way here - welcome. I do create Halloween projects, yes... there are a wealth of them on my Instagram and on my blog, but I've only been adding content here on KZbin regularly for a couple of months, so there won't be anything Halloween-y here for at least another four months! I'm very seasonal in my creativity and in my colour palettes. Fingers crossed your crackle is still working - I hope you have fun playing, as long as it is! Thanks so much for watching and commenting.

[@lyngriffiths7334]

Could this work using acylic paints? I don't have many inks and would love to give it a try. TIA

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Absolutely! As I say in the video there are many different ways to create a rusty effect. Distress products are just one (and not necessarily my favourite). There will be more rusty recipes coming soon - and there will definitely be paint involved sooner or later - but in the meantime, you should definitely explore with what you've got. What have you got to lose?! Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@lyngriffiths7334]

@@w0rdsandp1ctures Thank you.

[@susanstimson871]

Can you add color to the crackle paste or does it change the composition of the paste and make not work as well?

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

To be honest, I've never tried it... I always add my colour over the top. You can paint it (use watery washes in layers or glazes or translucent paint - fully opaque will cover some of your crackle if you're not careful), or tint it with inks. My guess is that yes, if you alter the composition of the crackle paste before applying it, you will be altering its ability to crackle - probably not preventing it altogether, but you might get less impactful texture. But the best answer to your question would be to try it! "What if?" is the essence of creativity... Happy Sunday to you!

[@susanstimson871]

@@w0rdsandp1ctures Guess I'll be going to get some crackle paste and experimenting with it!

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

@@susanstimson871 Excellent - have fun, and let me know how you get on!

[@karenholst8306]

👍👍👍💕💕💕🇩🇰

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

Mange tak - happy you enjoyed it!

[@dinamic6210]

Tissue paper

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

I'm tallying the votes on stamping vs tissue, and don't worry if your favourite loses... we'll cover both of them eventually!

[@quilter1958]

Tissue paper, please.

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

I'm tallying the votes on stamping vs tissue, and don't worry if your favourite loses... we'll cover both of them eventually!

[@Jalleur14325]

It's funny how people feel embarrassed about loving Amazon! To me it;s no wonder people order from them because their customer service is so superior to most other businesses.

[@w0rdsandp1ctures]

The trouble is they are putting lots of independent craft retailers out of business... for instance, the place I used to bulk buy my tags (same quality as Rangers, but considerably cheaper) had to close down, and it's because of huge retail sites like Amazon undercutting them, but with inferior products. There's also the question of how hard they work to avoid paying taxes in many of the countries they sell in, despite making billions out of those economies... (not to mention the well-documented way they treat their workers in order to achieve those delivery standards) so I try to minimise my expenditure there. But that's my choice...