...falling is just another way to fly.

Hi everyone, thank you for coming to see what i've been up to this week. On Sunday I got to play,! so, using the new products from DecoArt, which I was lucky enough to recieve * I decided to do a tag to enter the that's Crafty blog challenge.

On their blog it reads

'Our theme for this challenge is 'Blue is the Colour', so we would like to see the colour blue somewhere on your projects please. This Challenge will run until 7.55am on Friday 16th January 2015.'

And Elizabeth at dragon's dream TIO (tag  it on ) challenge blog says

I've chosen the first theme of the New Year of Turquoise and Bling, and as always at least one real stamp on your tags.

So I gathered my paints starting with turquoise and Colbot blue hue, and squirted some on my 6x6 Gelli Plate. I love this size as its so easy to use on tags and smaller creations.

I then used a damask mask and white acrylic 

Once this was dry I added a coat of one step crackle glaze and heat dried it. You do get a much better result if you let it dry naturally but it was fine for what I wanted.

I then painted the swirls in silver acrylic and when dry used Wendy Vecchi's crackle paste in a bird stencil and then one from Lin Brown at Paper Artsy. 

I rubbed antiquing cream in burnt umber into all the cracks and once dry rubbed clean just leaving the cracks more accentuated.

Around the edge I applied rust paint which when dries gives a real rust look.

I applied treasure gold to the crackle paste to give it a metallic look.

Next came a sentiment which is a quote by Emilie Autumn.

I added a little definition to the crackle past and words and added the bling to make it sparkle.

 * the paints, crackle glaze and Antiquing Cream were from DecoArt given to me through the Out Reach Bloggers Programme.  However, any opinions are my own :) x

Thank you so much for your visit. Please take care out there,  I know the weather is getting really bad in some areas. So looks after your selves! 

See you all soon 

Debsxx