How do you feel about Chalkboard art? I think it is so cool! I'd love to have a chalkboard wall and have a look amazing. BUT, that would require a chalkboard artist, because I have yet to find my chalk drawing abilities.
But I wanted a little chalkboard art piece for the little coffee corner in my craft studio. So, I played around with some ideas on how I could make a sign. I then decided I would make a new piece to hang on my Clipboard Easel.
I ended up making Chalkboard Paper for this project. It's so easy to get that chalkboard look with only a couple things.
Here's how I made it.
I bartered some Black Licorice Acrylic Paint onto my Gel Press to smooth it out. Then I picked up that paint with a piece of Black Licorice card stock cut to 5-1/2" x 8-1/2". I let that dry and then backed it with a piece of light weight chipboard. This created a GREAT chalkboard look. And the chalk writes on it GREAT. However, it does not erase great. So, make sure what you right on it is what you want to stay on it. And, it is easy enough you could make other signs.
You could just use a paint brush to apply the Black Licorice Acrylic paint to the card stock, but using the Gel Press and a Brayer eliminate brush stroke lines. And why not just use card stock? Well, the Black Licorice card stock just did not have the perfect chalkboard look on it's own. But the Acrylic paints that FSJ carries have a matte finish and gave me the perfect chalk board look.
To add a bit of erased chalk look to my paper I use White PanPastel, smudging it here and there. I the stamped pumpkin image in the upper right corner with Whip Cream ink and it stamped so nicely because of how smooth the paint is on the card stock.
For the bottom of my sign I used the Martha's Pumpkins stamp set and the Coffee First die set. And because of this sign I made sure I found some Pumpkin Latte fixings for my Keurig! Now my friends can have a Pumpkin Latte when they come to stamp with me!
Want to see the making of my Coffee Bar sign? Check out the video below, it is part of my Stamp Set of the Month series. Each Monday night I do a LIVE video demonstration on my Facebook Page featuring a stamp set, this month it's Martha's Pumpkins. Be sure to click over and follow my page so that you can see what I am going to make tonight. Here's a little hint, my demonstration has to something to do with my trip to Sees Candies!!!
Today is also the last day to comment on this post on my facebook page for your chance to win the sign I made during this video, here's a link to the post.
All the things I used to make this projects are linked for you below.
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