Chalkboard

Happy Friday!  Hope that everyone is all set to sit back and enjoy a fabulous weekend:)

I want to share my new favorite technique today.  For one, I LOVE shabby chic anything and this chalkboard technique screams shabby to me!  I think the biggest tip I can share is to NOT over think and try and make it all perfect because how many chalkboards have you seen that have been used are perfect? Exactly!  By sponging onto the edges of your black cardstock with White StazOn Ink and smooshing the sponge anywhere on same black cardstock that you would expect eraser markers on a true chalkboard. Oh man I hope I am making sense to you:) You can also, as I did, take a white water color pencil or a true piece of chalk and draw doodads or scribble lines, you name it, you can do it!  That all gives it a chalkboard look:)

I took our 1 1/4 inch scallop circle punch and punched out 6 circles out of the Designer Series Paper and simply put one at a time, in my hand and smooshed and crumpled it.  I had a 7th one punched out that I left alone and simply starting by putting a glue dot on each crumpled piece and arranged them on the flat circle in order to create a flower.  Nothing fancy about the leaves, I just took scissors and free cut two leaves, smooshed those as well and attached under the flowers.  I hope by looking at my example, it will be easier for you to see what I have done versus trying to understand my mumbo jumbo on this Friday afternoon!

Supplies used...
Cardstock..Basic Black. Raspberry Ripple  and Designer Series Tea For Two
Tasteful Trim Bigz XL
Glue Dots
1 1/4 Scallop Circle Punch
White water color pencil
White StazOn Ink Pad
Sponge Dauber
Pearl Basics Jewels (chalkboards need a little bling every once in awhile:) )

Have a terrific weekend and please stop in again...I love the company!

Paula