I wanted a snowy looking texture for my letters on this so I first die cut my letters, then painted with a bright blue acrylic paint, let that dry then added a layer of crackle paint, while that was still tacky I applied the final layer of white over the top and as the crackle medium dries it causes cracks in the top layer of paint.<BR><BR><BR><BR>The story behind this is the winter carnival held every year in the Adirondacks of Upstate NY. They use prisoners from the nearby federal prison to cut blocks of ice from the lake to build the castle with. You can climb in it, slide in it... it is quite an amazing thing