Special Ops: Family Chalkboard

A laser cut plaque is the perfect place to display a large photo.

Today's project is fairly simple, although time consuming because of the paint layers.

You will need an unfinished wood plaque (11"x14"), washi tape, Ink-a-gold metallic rub, chalkboard paint, burlap ribbon (16"), twine, cardstock, and a large photo (8"x10").

Begin by taping off the decorative edges. I use washi tape because it leaves no residue.

Paint the center of the plaque with 2 layers of chalkboard paint. Follow instructions for drying times.

When the paint is completely dry tape off the edges of the chalkboard.

Rub the Ink-a-Gold onto the edges of the frame with a soft cloth, leaving no bare spaces.

Allow the first layer to dry, then randomly add a second color for a marbled effect.



Mount photo on cardboard and frame with cardstock. Leave a half inch of extra cardstock at the top of the frame. Place two eyelets into the top half inch of the frame. Wrap twine through lower edge of burlap ribbon and through the eyelets, tie in the back to secure.

Carefully center and adhere large letters to the front of the burlap, covering the ties.

Tie the burlap ribbon to the top of the plaque with twine, using a simple bow with long streamers.

 Now it's time to get your family involved. Have each person choose a word that describes your family. Write the words around the edges of the chalkboard with colored chalk.

Display your family photo with pride!!!

Check my blog Scrappin' Chaos for a list of supplies.

 

Scrap On

~charity~

 

Drill #42 Spooky Color Mix!

Drill #42
Spooky Color Mix!

The rules are simple just create a project inspired by this color combo (Please try to use at least three of the colors. Feel free to 

This month we Have an amazing sponsor! And one lucky winner will win a $20 Gift Card to shop at......

Make sure you hop on over for amazing inspiration and lots of fabulous shopping!! 

But before you do here are some beautiful projects the S.W.A.T. TEAM has created for your inspiration!

 Charity

Venetia

Michele

Now it's your turn, just link up your project by October 31st for your chance to win a $20 Gift card to the Flying Unicorn!

*** There is only one prize for the month of October so both Drills will be entered in the same random prize drawing.

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October Basic Training-Gelatos

Michele from Stuff By Belle here today and if you are like me you have some gelatos that you have played with a little, but never really knew what amazing things you could do with them...well, I saw an amazing Ustream show by Limor Weber that opened my eyes to a great technique for a background.
Today I am going to share my version with you.

You will need some paper (I used a scrap from my stash), clear gesso, a stencil, a paint brush and gelatos.

  Any combination of colors of gelatos that you like, as many as you want along with black and white will work.

Paint a layer of gesso on your paper and let dry or dry with your heat gun.

 Randomly color with the gelato colors all over the paper.

  Blend with your finger and then flick water on the paper.  Dab with a paper towel, this will create awesome water spots.

 Grab one of your favorite stencils, I used one from Prima.  Lay it on your paper.

 Use some of the black gelato randomly in the stencil, blend with your finger.

 Make sure to fill in the entire opening on the stencil.

I also used some paste in the stencil too.

This is Faber Castell glass bead glitter gel.  It dries clear and sparkley, great texture!!

I used the white around the black for some definition and then shaved some of the colors on the paper and heated them up so they melted.

I used distress ink all around the edges and had a perfect layer for a mixed media card!!

I just love how you can still the see the pattern from the paper through all the layers.

Thanks so much for joining us for Basic Training today!  And don't forget to link up to our drills for your chance to win an awesome prize.

Drill #41 Sugar Skull

Drill #41
Sugar Skull -Mood Board

The rules are simple just create a project inspired by our mood board. Feel free to interpret the mood board in any way you like, using one image, several of them, all of them or even just one aspect of an image, using ANY Products & Colors you like. 

This month we Have an amazing sponsor! And one lucky winner will win a $20 Gift Card to shop at......

Make sure you hop on over for amazing inspiration and lots of fabulous shopping!! 

But before you do here are some beautiful projects the S.W.A.T. TEAM has created for your inspiration!

Becci

Charity

Venetia

Michele

Now it's your turn, just link up your project by October 31st for your chance to win a $20 Gift card to the Flying Unicorn!

*** There is only one prize for the month of October so both Drills will be entered in the same random prize drawing.

Thank you so much for stopping by today! 

Remember to come join us on our Facebook Page!

Winner Winner!!!

It's that time again!!   We have a winner to share...

For September we had two Drills that were combined for a chance to win a $20.00 gift certificate to Blue Moon Scrapbooking.  This month our sponsor was Stacks of Scraps.   We greatly appreciate our sponsors!!!

But before we announce the we wanted to say THANK YOU all so much for playing along this month! All of your projects were beautiful and we are truly thankful that you shared your ART with us!!

Now...our winner was randomly selected from all of the entries....drumroll please........ 

Wendy

Please contact us by e-mailimng: swatscrappygirl@gmail.com with your name and email by October 15th to claim your prize. 

Stop back in soon October's drills will be up soon!!