The above set was my "homage" to crackle paint finishes. After making my first set painted paper beads, I decided to try using faux finish on my beads. Again using scrap paper for the beads, (this set was made out of an old term paper), I first painted a base coat on each bead. After that dried, I applied a layer of "crackle" paint to each bead. Finally, I added the top coat to the "crackle" layer. As expected, the top coat crackled quite nicely and I let that top coat dry before doing a final coat of clear acrylic to make the bead shinier.
This turned out to be even more labor intensive than just the plain painted beads. I took me about two weeks to do my first painted paper bead set. This set took about a month.
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