CREATE CRACKLE EFFECTS WITHOUT CRACKLE MEDIUM - Easy to do 

My husband asks me before he throws anything away, lol.

Thanks so much Robin - I'm glad this was helpful for you. In my experience a cardboard collection is way more useful than a shoe and cap collection ;) But as you say ... compromise ... it's the name of the game :)

That's good to hear Janice :)

Yes, I dont know how many times my husband has said "Are you keeping that for your crafts too?" hahahahahah As I run to my room with an armload of paper products, cardboard, tea bags, etc...

I have so much cardboard around the house too lol😁

Thanks Bertilla - just need to decide what to do with to now :)

Thanks so much Tonia - have fun :)

Thank you Amanda :)

Thanks so much Wendy - I love doing the gesso one :)

Thanks so much Martha :)

Thanks so much Pooja - have fun :)

Thanks so much Alan - and yes, I thought it was like a forest too :) xo

Thanks so much Kay :)

Thank you so much Louise :)

Thank you Pia :)

Thanks so much Mary - so pleased you'll try some of these techniques :)

I was thinking she should watch some videos on how to texture plaster walls and then apply it to her gesso technique for some new works.

Thank you 😊

Many thanks Lizzette :)

Thanks so much Dawn :)

Many thanks Stacey :)

Many thanks Anja :)

Thanks for watching, commenting and subbing - much appreciated :)

Thanks Jenny and yes it did look like snow :)

Thanks so much Lorraine - it's fun working with gesso like this :)

Thanks so much Birdie - have fun :)

Thanks so much Mags - still thinking about what to do with that page but I'll come up with something :) xo

Many thanks Connie :)

Many thanks for watching and commenting Gio :)

Thanks so much Purple Fairy :)

Many thanks Alicia :)

Thank you so much Yolanda. Glad you like them. :)

Thank you so much Susan :)

Thanks so much June 😊

Many thanks Annie :) xo

Thanks so much Ann :)

Thanks so much Tora - I'm so pleased that you now want to try mixed media. Mixed media is so wide that there really is something for everyone and so many different things to try. Have fun :)

Thanks so much Laura :)

Many thanks Rona :)

Thank you so much Cindy :)

Thank you so much Isobel :)

Thanks so much Lainey :)

Thanks so much Sherry - much appreciated feedback :)

Thanks so much Jackie - I'm glad this helped :)

Thanks so much Janet :)

Thanks so much Kim :)

Thanks so much Janet - I hope things are good with you :) xo

Thank you so much Cheryl - have fun :)

Thanks so much Lynda and yes, acrylic inks work well too - I'm actually temped to try it on top of the acrylic paint one I did to try and build up more layers :)

Many thanks Lenella :)

Thank you so much Elizabeth :)

Thanks so much Helen :)

Thanks so much Chrisann. As I said to someone else, sometimes crackle mediums can be a bit of a hit or miss. I have a couple so I might get them out again soon and try using them :)

Thanks so much for your kind comment Renie. :)

Thanks so much Hillie :)

Thanks so much Ann :)

Thanks so much Lynn 😊

Many thanks Jane - not quite sure what I am going to do with it :)

Many thanks Sue :)

Thank you - it's good experimenting :)

Thanks so much Susie and yes they are fun to do :)

Thank you so much for your kind comment Susan. Yes you can use a hairdryer - in fact, I used one for years. The only time it didn't work all that well was in activating embossing powders as it did not get quite hot enough. :)

@@KylieCooStudio Thank you for your reply and looking forward to more videos to help those of us who are just beginners.

Thanks so much Katharina :)

Thanks so much Rosie - I'm glad this was helpful for you 😊

Thanks so much Edna :)

Thanks so much for watching and commenting. Sponge daubed treetops is a great idea - thank you :)

@@KylieCooStudio You're most welcome. :)

Thanks so much Nina - always a lot of fun experimenting xo

Thanks so much Julie :) xo

Thanks for watching and commenting Joan :)

Thanks so much Cass :)

Thanks so much Tina. The crackle mediums can be a bit of a hit or miss at times. I should get mine out and try and do something with them :)

Thank you so much Evelyn. I'm not sure what I am going to do with the gesso page - need to get my thinking cap on for that one. And yes, the cling wrap works well to get textured effects :)

Thanks so much Abril - I hope you enjoy trying these techniques :)

Thanks so much Betty - much appreciated. I also thought the one with gesso looked like a forest. I'm not sure yet what I will do with it - I need to have a think about it but whatever I do I will show it on my channel :)

Hi Diane - I'm answering all three of your comments in this one response. First of all let me say that you are not in any way annoying. I am always more than happy to receive constructive feedback and will always try my best to ensure the videos I make are accessible for my viewers. I am so sorry that you are having problems with the video. Using the speed button should slow everything down (and I think it can be slowed down as much as to 25%) but I have certainly noticed that when I have slowed down other peoples' videos the film does not run smoothly as it would if it had been saved and uploaded at normal speed. It can appear quite jerky when slowed-down. I will double check what speed I put this video up at - if it was at 4 times speed then from here on unless it is something that is very repetitive I will try not to put it any faster than 2 times speed (often 2 times can look at normal speed for me!) The optimum speed for a video is always a dilemma for me - it's the old story of some people liking one thing and other's the exact opposite. If I was to leave at normal speed them most of my videos would be at least one hour long and some would be way longer than that. I could of course do that but cut a lot of the process out and again the dilemma is that some people like me to show the full process. I do try and say what products I am using and if it's something like PVA glue I don't usually give the brand but going forward I will make sure I give more detail of each item I use. The other thing I have been doing recently is that when I show the product to the camera I have been freeze framing the item and what that does is to show the product for around 4 seconds as a still shot. For a while I was listing all the items I used in the description box but I felt it was better all round to show it on the screen. Would it help you if as well as saying the full name of the product and using the freeze frame if I also put a label across the bottom of the screen with the name of the product? Please do let me know if there is anything else specific that you think might help.

Thanks for watching Karen :)