Beginning view, the C is still in it's beginning stage and I have 1 coat on the A and the M. It took 2 coats of the dark puple acrylic paint to cover the brown paper of the letters.

 2 coats of the dark puple on, then the "crackle" medium, let dry and then add the top coat.  I used white acrylic paint for the top coat. When using the crackle finish I have found that it is definately easier and a better end result to use a foam brush to apply the top coat.

 Look at those wonderful cracks! A time worm effect in a matter of minutes, gotta love that!

The finshed results!

It's going to be a busy week, I'm doing the flowers for a wedding this weekend for a friend's daughter. Beautiful colors, purples, pewter and white. Part of the decorations are some paper mache' letters for the bride and groom's initials. I made up some samples of possible paint finishes for Amanda (the bride) to choose from. She chose the crackle finish with a dark purple base and white top coat. I really like how this effect turns out and it something that she'll be able to keep and place in their home. I love things like the paper mache products, they lend themselves to so many finish options. I have several boxes that I'm planning on doing a decorative finish and then some paint designs on for the holidays. Here's pics of the letters I did for my bride, I'll post pics of the wedding flowers this weekend.