How can you resist?

The title refers to resist technique. I wanted to find out a new way - new to me anyway - to use resist technique, so I thought of crackle medium. I put a thin layer of gesso on brown cardstock. After it was dry I brushed crackle paste through a stencil. I was going for a historical look, so the new TH stencil with the Maltese cross was just perfect.
After it was dry came the fun part.

I treated the background with Oxide ink (lavender), waited till it was dry and sprayed with a sapphire blue mist. The result was nice but too busy as I wanted the crackle to stand out. So I wiped it down, then sprayed with olive. Once it was all dry I enhanced the crackle with some turq highlights.
I am sorry I did not take any photos of the process, mist on distress was a lovely look.

The mixed media atc's are all about food. I found suitable phrases from Zola's Germinal. The guy above sees fields of beets.

Everyone suffered of hunger.

"I get thirsty when I eat."

Entering in following challenges:
A Vintage Journey: August challenge ' Resist'
Moo-mania: Geschirr/Besteck / Cutlery & crockery
Paperminutes: #551 Mixed media ATC or tag