I haven't stamped all week and I'm going through serious withdrawal! It's been a week of track meets, events with Thom, medical tests and more serious than the fact that I haven't stamped, I haven't done laundry -- it's a good thing we have enough clothes to last more than one week! And to top it off, I pick Andy up this afternoon and we celebrate his 18th birthday tomorrow with my family -- here! A trip to the grocery is in order and when I'll fit that in, I am not certain.
At any rate, because I haven't had time to stamp, I'm pulling out an old card to show you. I love the simplicy of this card and it's a quick one. Sorry that it kind of gets lost in the white space!
Chalkboarding is an easy technique and is best done when you use a solid stamp. This image, from Christ is Born, was an easy one to use. First, you stamp your image in Whisper White Craft Ink. (I haven't tried it, but I would think that Very Vanilla Craft ink would give you the same effect, but might change your end color just a bit.) Next, dip your sponge dauber into the color you want and pounce it all over your image. The chalk sticks to the craft ink and it looks pretty cool. Once you have this done, wipe the image with a used dryer sheet to take off the chalk around the image. I rather liked the soft look so I omitted this step on this card.
For this card, I used a base card of black, but I think any of the dark colors would be gorgeous (Chocolate Chip, Night of Navy, Not Quite Navy, Handsome Hunter, Always Artichoke, Elegant Eggplant and so on). I used the Crop A Dile to punch the centers from Brushed Gold and actually adhered them to the card using Crystal Effects. I used our White Satin Ribbon to give the card some design and stamped my sentiment in Whisper White Craft as well. Remember that you might want to heat set the sentiment in order to get it to dry more quickly so it doesn't rub off onto other cards.
Wouldn't this be pretty with a Christmas plaid ribbon? Perhaps Stampin' Up! will give us a plaid some day!
I've got to get moving if I'm going to get everything in and done this weekend. Have a fabulous, God-filled day and stay safe this Memorial Day weekend! Thanks for stopping by!
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