Crackle Texture Background Tutorial 

I just love it when I have a project has to dry overnight and when I wake up I can’t wait to see what it turned out looking like.

What a gorgeous results!!!!

It is very interesting how different each card came out. They are gorgeous.

Can't wait to learn more!

Beautiful as always! So happy you and Kylie are showing different techniques!💕

Gorgeous results Nina! I felt like I was just there playing too. Amazing!

They are ALL fantastic. !!!

I can’t wait to try this. I need the elements to make the crackle, then I can take a try at here. Love them Nina! Xx

Fantastic patterns and textures!! Brilliant Nina! ❤️

These are all beautiful. I look forward to seeing what you do with them. Thank you for the inspiration.

These are super, Nina! I can't wait to see what you do with them 😊👌

Beautiful crackle love them all

I love them all, can't wait to see what you do with them and have a go myself

What an interesting video. I loved watching how you built up the colours and I love the results. Many thanks as ever, Nina.

Your results are so wonderful! It was quite inspiring to see you experimenting with your media. I can frustrated and give up when things are not cooperating. But to see how the persistence pays off was really good. My favorite one is the first on the left with the gold. Just beautiful.

I love all of the effects! Wonderful tutorial!

I love crackles, thanks for showing all different techniques Nina!

Amazing reactions from crackling. love all of them especially the gold and the white and the end one oh heavens all of them!! Looking fwd to see what you create with them. Thx Nina

Love....Love...Love....This Technique!!!

Such beautiful results.

Have´t tried this before! Looking forward to try something new. great results!Thanks Nina.

I like the gold and black one best! super cool

Thank you! I will definitely try this

Hi Nina, I LOVED how your white crackle pieces turned out. Just yummy! This was a fun experiment. Loved both yours and Kylies pieces! TFS

These are totally cool! 👍🏼

Great experiment. Thanks for sharing.

They are really amazing and really cute 😊

Fabulous crackle effects! Too hard to pick a favorite!

Gorgeous results Nina

Those look great!

creative with various products and techniques, turned out wonderful

Nina, you are the mad scientist of crackle finishes. Well done

These are absolutely gorgeous Nina , looking forward to seeing what you do with them , I liked the ones on each end ,,,,xxxxx 💕🌹❤️

Those are glorious!!!

Thanks for sharing. Great effects

Hi thanks to Nina I’ve finally got this crackle technique crack 👍

love the middle one

I love them all.

I love the look of crackle, I have never really found anything successful for me until I found a crackle stencil. Might have a go with that for this week

Thank you so much for this video! I love it !

Beautiful!

Wonderful results Nina, it looks so much fun, tfs xxx💕

I love crackle. I haven’t done it for a long time. Inspired to crackle. These are beautiful.

These look fantastic, thanks for sharing

I've been using the school glue and paint idea on wood. Works great!

How fun this looks! Can’t wait to try it! The third one (at the end of the video) looks like tree bark. I’ve done a bit of crackling with Elmers glue and was quite surprised with the results. I had no idea that glue could crackle acrylic paint. I love how all of yours turned out. They are so different.

Thank you so much Nina, I really really love ❤️ this, my favourites are 1 and 4, I really really love ❤️ this effect on them. I’ve watched both of your videos and I really really love ❤️ both. Please stay safe and well too xxx Mags

Wow some very impressive background crackle effects .I really enjoyed following the process. Great video.

Loved watching your video. Thanks so much for sharing your artistic talent.

Superb demo thank you

What a fantastic outcome, they are absolutely stunning. Tfs xo

Thank you for this - and for the link to the FB group. I stumbled on this while trying to learn how to create a broken brick effect as a background to a mixed media I'm working on.

Never tried any of these. But NOW that I've seen you do it,....I'm excited to try it myself. Thank you for sharing these ideas. I know you put a LOT of time & effort into figuring this out. You must be very patient!! Love them all. Austin, TX USA

Very pretty pieces!

First & fifth are the best looking! Thank you for your video!

Awesome crackles Nina, I cant wait to try thes out 😍❤

Mesmerising - thankyou :-)

This such a creative mind a masterpiece very inspiring love it ❤️

"Experimenting is so much fun!" Indeed :)

Thank you so much, i as a newbie love love love this and going to try it out

Wow! These are so cool. I think I remember Cat Hand doing something like this. Will give it a try. Thanks Nina!

Lovely Nina xx.

These are awesome Nina, I love them all. I found some crackle medium in some of my mother's craft supplies, so as soon as I have cleaned up the mess on my table, I think I will see if they are any good. I hope you have a wonderful week.

I love these techniques!! I did not think I had any use for my cheap white glue, as I use other specialty types of glues (wet and 'dry') for my mixed media and paper projects, now I can get it out and play...yay! 😃

Thanks for sharing your trials. It's good to see how other people test techniques and "correct" bad results. Now, I need to go try my hand at a few of these ideas. I don't have the same products, I will definitely be surprised.

These are so different and so unique! You got lovely results. The process was so interesting, too! I thought of Forest Gump and his box of chocolates, when you said, “ You never know what you are going to get!” TFS. I did. God bless and stay and stay safe! P.S. I can’t wait to see what you create with them! 😆👍

Nina, interesting how they are all different sizes of cracks. My favorites are the white one and gray one at the end. I can see them being miniature mixed media canvases. I look forward to seeing how you finish them.

I'm sure someone has already said this, but just in case, the size of the cracks depends on how thick you apply the crackle paste. The thicker the layer, the bigger the cracks and vice versa.😃

My favorites are the middle one with few crackles and the one on the right in the taupe color. Years ago I rescued a damp antique picture frame from the basement of a home I was working an estate sale. I was planning on drying it out and practicing my crackle technique. This was about 25 years ago. The technique was 5 or 6 steps. Quite laborious. I did a gold base with a black top coat and gold accents. I was happy so I set it out by the trash. I had friends over and one came in thrilled at the frame someone had left by my trash cans. I told her I threw it out etc. She told me I was crazy, it was gorgeous. I said I’d keep it and figure out something to put in it. I took it to the glass and mirror shop and had them put a beveled mirror in it. It’s gorgeous to this day hanging in my living room and I still get compliments. My furniture is tan and black so it’s a lovely addition. I thank my friend to this day for retrieving it and showing me the error of my ways.

Nice!

Wow!

Beautiful ! Il n(y en a pas un que je préfère, je les aime tous !

WONERFUL!!!!! Love it when you show different techniques! I'm kind of afraid to stick my neck out some times!!!!!!

Fabulous , fabulous Nina ... I loved your reactions as you worked . Love them all but the Tree bark effect ... my view is for me the bee's knees . lol. Have a great week Nina xx

Gorgeous effects looks like so much fun 😊 tfs ❤️

Beautiful I used to do crackle years ago will have to get back to it lol

Love the 2 and the end most... The right one 🤩... Pva glue I have never heard of... I think

I enjoyed that, I spend more time experimenting than I do actually making something. I remember trying chalk paint over Pritt Stick, it also crackled a bit. I loved when you used the black Versamark, timid to completely fearless 😂 Good tutorial as always Thank you

This is just great, Nina. I can't really choose a favourite! Regarding blocked spray bottles, I had a Seth Apter Goldmine spray bottle that got blocked, and I complained to the supplier and they sent me another one. I was using the original one for spattering, using the tube in the bottle. Then the second bottle got blocked too! I was scrupulous with cleaning the nozzle after every single use, flushing it through with water, but to no avail... What I do now is to decant a small amount of the spray using a pipette, into a mini-mister, and use that. There isn't usually any left as the mini-mister doesn't hold much, but I can tip any residue back into the original bottle. Metallic sprays are notorious for blocking spray nozzles unfortunately.

They are fab... :)

These all turned out lovely Nina. =^^=

The control freak in me can’t cope with crackle paste and not knowing how it’s going to turn out 🤣😂 yours came out lovely xx

Nina, what an Awesome textures!!! I would make mini covers and put those binderrings in them! And then I would turn them into mini books.

These are gorgeous Nina💕 Several years ago it was fashionable to have crackle glazed fingernails - remember it? Well - the hoarder in me has dug out said crackle finish nail polish so I’m hoping to get some results with that! Dee 😘

Didn't know you could do crackle with pva glue. I have to give it a try asap! Yours all turned out so different and lovely. I like how you play around and try all kinds of colours and techniques! The middle one makes me think of a dark forest. Tfs 🤗🦋🌻🕊️

cool experiments....

I usually love blues and turquoise but this time my favourites are the grey ones. Love the effects and would love to see more play with distress oxide sprays and crackling. :-)

I watched you do it and now I'm going 'how did she do that'? This was fun, thanks.

hard to pick they are all awesome...

Can I just say that when you apply your crackle paste, the thicker you apply it the bigger the cracks, and the thinner the application the smaller the cracks. Hope this helps a little for future reference.💜

Hi Nina, re: the Nuvo mica mist, you should be able to transfer the ink into another spray bottle and add a ball to help mix the mica. Not what you should have to do, but at least you'll be able to use it. Looks like a gorgeous colour.

Looks like its the glue that makes the cracks. I'm going to have to give this a go !!

I find when using PVA glue for crackles, let it sit for a few minutes to get a bit tacky first. Then apply the top layer carefully to not disturb the glue. I've had some fantastic cracks with this method.

Love them. You could use them as a small book cover with 2 hole punched. Could use rings as a binder...just an idea

in my experience it helps to seal the colored crackle with a quick spray of hair spray( solvent based), before applying other water based products over it. Such fun playing around.

So many yummy textures and colors! I wonder how colored texture paste or wax would work? Probably much like the white wax you used. Thanks for sharing Nina! ♥️❤♥️

Your accent is so lovely and charming 🥰

Thank you! Excellent video! I have found if I use a bit of "poster putty" or museum gel on the back of my pieces, it keeps them from moving about the place while I'm working on them. : )

Hello nina or should I say dr. Nina, love to see you play and experiment ..it turned out very welll the one on the left is my favorite, but all togethet they look good too, maybe you can create one work with all five incorporated, the blue one in between looks so good. Put on the thinking cap and surprise us. I had a lovely find today, was clearing some boxes and found very antique post cards from 1911 of florence , totally forgotten I had those, so was delighted as you can imagine. Well nina have a good sunday and wonderful week. Love and hugs lenaxxx

I think the first one it reminds me of a dragon, and that last one, wow! 🤗🧚‍♀️