I have had some inquiries about my Bejeweled book cover. Here is what I did:
The book I am altering has an old-fashioned cloth over bookboard cover. I painted the front cover with Golden’s Crackle Paste and left to dry. I then spritzed with water, and dropped a variety of Golden’s fluid acrylic onto it, brushing here and there to blend. When dry I spritzed again and put down some more colours. I then dribbled Golden’s Clear Tar Gel around the perimeter of the cover, let dry, then rubbed more paints on it with a sponge. I highlighted some areas with metallic rub-on creams.
The ‘jewels’ are curtain tiebacks.
Thanks so much for your interest, and the lovely comments you sent me.
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5 comments:
I too LOVED your bejewelled book cover. Thank you so much for sharing your technique. I really want to try this.
It is a beautiful piece. thanks for sharing.
It's lovely! The large crackles are wonderful, thanks for sharing how you did it.
That is totally gorgeous, Daphne!
What a stunning cover.....thank you for sharing
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