Sunday, March 09, 2014

Stenciled card Using Chalk for Chalk Ah Lot

The new fortnightly challenge at Chalk Ah Lot is 

Stencil with chalk 

and stencils are all the rage these days for very good reasons. You can use many different mediums on stencils and get a variety of looks from each. 

For this challenge, I used my powdered chalk and paint from our sponsor Stamp N Plus. The owner, Luann, sells a fabulous line of 

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 I used Dandy colored powdered chalk mixed with paint by Stamp N Plus to make my background. I really like the SNP paint because it is more fluid and it has a sparkly shimmer to it. The powdered chalk mixes smoothly with SNP paint which you have seen on my blog before, I love to paint in just about anything and everything with this mixture.
To create the background I used a Ronda Palazzari Designs stencil by the Crafter's Workshop. It is a 12x12 but I love that the design is small enough for a card. I determined which side was back and tapped my Versa Mark ink pad over it generously. Then I place the stencil over Strathmore watercolor paper and taped it down to the craft sheet. I placed my left hand on the stencil to allow the Versa Mark to stick to the paper and with my right hand I used a cosmetic wedge to apply the chalk mixture. The Versa Mark sticks the stencil to the paper so the mixture doesn't go underneath the stencil. Be sure to have a light hand when sweeping the cosmetic wedge over the stencil. You can see that with a heavy hand, the chalk did make it under the stencil (the bottom of the card front has less defined borders of the triangle shape.) I lightened up around the top of the card front. One thing to keep in mind is there is a longer drying time when you use the Versa Mark to hold down the stencil.


The rest of my card is made up of heart die cuts cut out using the Cricut in white cardstock. The yellow is a patterned paper by We R Memory Keepers and the red is by Daisy D's. The red cardstock is by Stampin Up and the white paper is by Recollections.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
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6 comments:

Sunshine HoneyBee said...

Like the painted stencil background. I have been using stencils alot lately as in Tim Holtz stencils and I even made my own St Patrick's Day stencil using a Shamrock from Cricut cartridge Designer's Calendar. Just finished my stencil card entry with a Western Oriental look using Tim Holtz Burlap layering stencil and Stamp N Plus chalk.
Melissa
"Sunshine HoneyBee"

Debs said...

Fabulous card - love the stencilled background.
Thanks for playing along at AGOAC this time.
Good luck.
Debs xx

OlgaB said...

Lovely colour combo. Thank you for joining Glitter 'n Sparkle Challenge.
Hugs form Africa.
Olga G'nS

caroline said...

thanks so much for joining us at craftitude, good luck
caroline dt

Granmargaret said...

Lovely card. Thank you for joining the challenge at Craftitude.

Kim Kelley said...

Lovely card! Love the bold yellow! Thank you for joining us this week at Card Makin Mamas! HUGS

Kim
CMM DT