watching paint dry

This is a super close up of a fun and

whacky distress technique, I had to share.

 Okay, no, I have not lost my mind, well maybe bits and pieces here and there.  This is the most wonderfully fun distressing technique I stumpled on by accident.  The above is a scanned close up and the bottom pic is the entire paint stick, yep still playing with them, it is like eating potatoe chips, lol.  I am going to list the products and steps, I have not tried this on paper yet but will eventually.  This is a wooden paint stick from the hardware store, I sand it first and then paint it with the dauber (I am using all Ranger Ink products and I have to say, I love the way they mix and react to each other.), paint color "Lemonade", do not brush the paint on (that is important) daub it on so you have the little dauber marks on the wood as it dries, when completely dry then give it a thin single layer of Ranger Ink (Distree Crackle) "Clear Rock Candy", let it dry completely.  Then sand in a vertical direction lifting off some of the distress crackle, if you tip the piece to the side you can see what is removed and what is left because the crackled area leaves a slight sheen, you want it 50/50 or 60/40, play with it to get your own desired look. Then I went over the entire piece with Ranger Distress Stain "Wild Honey" and I used the heat gun to speed up the drying and that is when the tiny little cracks began to appear from the layers.  I then added "Ranger Distress Stain "Broken China" and used the heat gun again, the additional color brings out the cracks even more.  And, this is the effect I got, I love this!  I will be playing with the Stains now, have a fab Saturday, hugs

The full paint stick.