Chalkboard Technique with Doodles and Heart Punch Stencils

ArtfulAdventures KristieSloan chalkboard techniqueChalkboard art is quite popular right now.  I’m sure you’ve seen a thing or two that lately that has the chalkboard look.  I’ve got a couple of ideas for you today.

  1. We’ll use a punch to create a stencil.
  2. We’ll create a chalkboard look for a scrapbook page.

Artful Adventures KristieSloan Punch Chalkboard Doodle SuppliesHere is more mileage we can get from that same heart punch that we’ve used for several ideas. You can use most any punch for a stencil.  You’ll need:

  • Black paper for your background
  • Your punch
  • Paper to punch and make your stencil
  • White Ink – a pigment ink will allow you to smear it well
  • Sponge for applying your ink
  • A white (or silver) pencil or pen for the detail work
After you sponge in your punched stencil with the white ink, just take your white pen or pencil and create some doodled lines!  Doodles DON’T HAVE TO BE PERFECT!  Just have fun.
Artful Adventures with KristieSloan chalkboard doodle punch
  • I first drew in simple lines that ran between the hearts.
  • Next I drew a second line and just ran back and forth over the first one.  It creates kind of a ribbon look.
  • Then I just added some curls at the ends of my lines.
  • I then added dots on my “ribbon” and at the end of the little curlicues.
There are a number of options you can consider using for your doodling.  I used the white watercolor pencil on this project.
ArtfulAdventures KristieSloan chalkboard doodle punch pens

 

Now you’ll want to make the black paper look a little more chalky so that it looks like it has been erased a few time.  Two options I like are:

  1. Lightly sponge on more white ink, using the sponge almost dry so that you don’t get too much.  You can always add more, but it’s hard to remove it!
  2. You can use an Embossing Buddy, which is meant to be used on the surface of your project before using embossing powder.  It has a slightly powdery effect which will make sure you don’t have static and have embossing powder clinging where you don’t want to emboss. Rubbing it across your black paper gives it that “chalky” appearance.  However, it is still kind of powdery, so if you are using this technique on a scrapbook page, you may want to select the inking technique.

ArtfulAdventures KristieSloan chalkboard technique with embossing buddy

At this point I added a photo to the page and added more doodles around it.  Then I added a title, and even more doodles. Then I decided I needed some more hearts, so I stenciled in a few more hearts.  Okay, I may have gone overboard, but it’s a fun page, and I enjoyed doing it!  I got a cute picture on a page, and I enjoyed myself!

Artful Adventures Chalkboard Doodle Scrapbook

Loosen up and try your hand at something new. My page isn’t perfect, but I don’t care.  In case you haven’t noticed, there are people who are enjoying quite a following creating art that isn’t perfect.  Is is NOT about the perfect!  I hope you’ll give the chalkboard technique a try and you are always welcome to share your work with us over at the Artful Adventures Facebook Group!

Chalkboard_Best-ThingsLast, but not least, here is another page I made that has a similar look.  This page was done with the February sketch layout from my friend Beth at ScrappingWonders.com.  

Heart Punch Cupcake

Heart-Punch-Cupcake_KristieSloanIt’s my birthday and here is a no calorie cupcake just for you! Plus I wanted to show you this nifty way to use a heart punch or die cut.  Who knew you could make cupcake frosting out of hearts?

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At least 3 punched or die cut hearts, 1 square.

Take your hearts and flip them with points at the top instead of the bottom and layer at least three of them.  The number you use will depend on how big your hearts are.

I sponged a pink colored ink onto the bottom of the hearts, starting outside the heart and dragging it to the inside. That way it gave more definition around the outer edges.  I liked it best with the sponge having less ink and being more dry.  I was able to better able to control the depth of the color, by layering it.

Heart-Punch-Cupcake-Kristie Sloan_1I layered and arranged the hearts and glued them to each other. I then used a 2-way glue pen and ran glue around the bottom edges of my “frosting” layers, and applied glitter.

I ran paper through the Big Shot in an embossing folder before I cut it into a 2″x2″ square, so that it had vertical lines to resemble a cupcake paper.  You could just as easily score lines for a similar effect.  Then I used the same sponging technique on this piece.

Simply adhere your square cupcake paper, and then your frosting hearts!

Next, I punched a small red circle and adhered it to the top of my frosting, and used Crystal Effects to give my “cherry” a shiny finish!Heart-Punch-Cupcake_KristieSloan_3

Black cardstock with white sponged and distressed edges, and a white ink message finish off this card! This is an easy way to make a cute cupcake for any card!

Please come share with us over at our Artful Adventures Facebook Group!

Here are some supplies you can pick up over at my Stampin’Up! store.

Heart Punch – #119883

Stripes Embossing Folder – #123128

Assorted Card Stock Pack – #12094

Stamp Sponges – #101610

Ink Pads

Basic Black – #126980

Melon Mambo – #126948

Anywhere Glue Stick – #104045

Dazzling Diamonds Glitter – #102023

Crystal Effects – #101055

Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine – #113439