Crackle and Old Paper

This card is for the Ways to Use It challenge today on Splitcoaststampers.  We were to make a card with some type of music theme.  It could have been a card with a song title or something that actually reflected music in some way.  I have had this Music Background from Rubbernecker for quite a while and this was my perfect opportunity to use it.  I also have some Ranger Distress Crackle Paint and thought I would that as well. I painted out a large area of Old Paper crackle paint on a piece of cardstock and let it begin to dry.  I helped it along a little with my heat gun, too! I stamped the music image on the crackle layer with Brilliance Black Graphite and heated to dry.  I used Brushed Corduroy Distress ink with a sponge to add depth to the old looking paper layer.  I distressed the paper and ran the edges across a versa pad and embossed with gold embossing powder.  It looked too new so I used a gold Copic Marker to go over the gold and to let the alcohol distress the embossing powder and to create and aged gold look. I repeated the same technique on the chocolate layer.  I painted another little piece of cardstock with the Old Paper crackle paint to create my little hand painted rose bouquet.  I didn’t know if I could paint on the crackle but it was worth a try.  I used an artist pen and brush and reinkers to create the flowers. I sponged over that with a Brushed Corduroy to make it aged and to match the music layer.  I used another portion of the crackle paper to create the dry embossed layer under the main image.  I added a little versa and gold embossing powder to the little flower bouquet after I cut the layers with my Nestabilities. I went over all the gold embossing again with the Copic marker to create an aged gold look.  I even used the Copic on the metallic ribbon to tone it down.  I embossed brads with gold and aged them with the Copic as well.  Alcohol ink does a job on embossing powder.  I really love the look of this card although it is way out of my normal comfort zone.  I’m sorry I am not adding a picture of all my accessories tonight as it is too late and I didn’t have the time to set up the picture..

Stamps: Rubbernecker-Music Background Stamp Oasis Graphics

Paper:  Red, Natural Vanilla, Chocolate

Ink:  Black Brilliance, Distress Ink and Reinkers

Accessories:  Ranger Distress Crackle Paints, Versa, Gold Embossing Powder, Copic Markers, Watercolor Brushes, Artist Pen, Brads, Cuttlebug, Metallic Ribbon