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I had the bottle I had upcycled in my studio but felt that it needed something more so decided to try out some crackling…after all, it is an upcycled bottle so why not! \u00a0I also fancied painting one in a different colour before antiquing and I’m really pleased with the results.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Getting paint to adhere to glass is not easy especially if you want to move on to decorating, antiquing etc without leaving it to cure overnight. \u00a0Also, as other artists will know, crackling can be hit and miss too but I think I have finally cracked it (excuse the pun)!!<\/span><\/div>\n
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I am running two ‘Upcycled Bottle’ classes in October, click on my <\/span>website<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>for more information about this class and others I am running this Autumn.<\/span><\/div>\n
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I had the bottle I had upcycled in my studio but felt that it needed something more so decided to try out some crackling…after all, it is an upcycled bottle so why not! \u00a0I also fancied painting one in a different colour before antiquing and I’m really pleased with the results. Getting paint to adhere […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[10,13],"tags":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepaintpalette.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_8874-scaled.jpg?fit=2448%2C3264&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p71bqO-83","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1129,"url":"https:\/\/www.thepaintpalette.co.uk\/static\/blog\/new-spring-workshops\/","url_meta":{"origin":499,"position":0},"title":"*** New Spring Workshops***","date":"14th February 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I have just launched more half and one day workshops for April and May so go on over to my\u00a0workshops \u00a0page for full details. \u00a0Why not join me for a fun creative time in the Paint Palette Studio....classes range from a gorgeous floral jug design by Debbie Cotton to my\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Acrylics"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepaintpalette.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tulips_finished-e1483902009742.jpg?fit=900%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":516,"url":"https:\/\/www.thepaintpalette.co.uk\/static\/blog\/upcycled-paint-bottle-holder\/","url_meta":{"origin":499,"position":1},"title":"Upcycled Paint Bottle Holder","date":"4th May 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Bottles of paint on the side, some in front of others so I didn't know what colours I had....not any more! 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