Hidy Ho stampers,
Don't you just love new trends? One of the biggest trends right now is a technique called "Chalkboarding". Teachers you should love this! Here is a card I made for a swap I was in.
To Chalkboard you need to use dark cardstock (I used Basic Black).
Step 1: Rub your Embossing Buddy all over your cardstock. Then stamp your image with versamark ink and sprinkle on White Embossing Powder. Heat with our amazing new heat gun.
Step 2: I used the Labels Collection Framelits to cut it out.
Step 3: Using Stampin' Up!'s Watercolor Pencils, outline your image. Then you can add some details, here I made a little Chevron pattern but you could outline the letters or any other little details that will pop your image.
Step 4: I took a Stampin' Sponge and some White Craft Ink and sponged a little in the middle of my "chalkboard" (I'll explain why just the middle in a little bit). Now here is where I do something a little different than others. At this point, I thought the white looked TOOOOOO white so I took my Stampin' Up! Embossing Buddy and dusted the middle of my chalkboard. Doesn't that dust look like chalk dust???? Take a cloth and dust off just a little. WAH LAH you have your chalkboard technique.
The reason I ONLY chalkboard in the middle is because think back to your elementary school days. The custodian would come in at night and clean off the chalkboard, then next day your teacher would come in and would write on it…ONLY IN THE MIDDLE so if you look at the board, it's only dusty in the middle where he/she wrote on it and wiped it off (dusty in the middle). NO ONE writes in the corners right!!!! OKAY OKAY…teachers I know you are saying we don't even know what chalkboards are…WE USE SMART BOARDS!!! ha ha ha!!! Oh well, I'm an oldie but goodie!
The rest of the card was finished with the new Honeycomb Embossing folder and the Fashionable Hearts Embosslit and accented with the Pool Party Seam Binding. BEEEEEEEAUTIFUL!
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Stamp Set: Amazing Family #129189 (wood mount) or #129192 (clear mount)
Cardstock: #121044 Basic Grey, #122924 Pool Party, #121045 Basic Black
Ink: #102283 Versa Mark and #101731 Whisper White Craft Ink
Accessories:
#129378 Honeycomb Textured Impressions Embossing Folder $7.95
#125598 Labels Collection Framelits $26.95
#101879 Wataerclor Pencils $19.95
#125596 Fashionable Hearts Embosslit $11.95
#125582 Pool Party Seam Binding Ribbon $6.95
Have fun making your chalkboard cards. Email me and share a picture of the card YOU came up with! This will be so much fun!
Now for a cute little video straight from Stampin' Up!
Thank you for stopping by and sharing a moment with me. Now go and start shopping…remember this is Sale-a-Bration and you will get to pick free product for each $50 you spend! Brrrrrr it's MINUS 10 degrees(yes I said -10degrees) today! YIKES! Great day to stay inside and stamp!
This is hillarious and cute. Now, why didn't they use the "Dude" stamp set.