Thursday, October 11, 2018

Happy Camper dressed for Christmas -- and a chalkin' tip!

I get that it seems early still for Christmas projects, but my Happy Camper Add-On Winter Chalk Transfer arrived yesterday.  I. love. it!!!!!  Working on this chalkboard was so much fun!

 

That buffalo plaid . . . ahhhhhh.  It's so nice to have it as one of the images in the transfer because it can be created with many different colors.  Take a closer look at the transfer--the images are fantastic!  The text images are perfect for the holidays, the layered tree is one of the prettiest that Chalk Couture has, and there's so much to choose from when decorating with this transfer!


Links to the products that are featured on my project:


CHALKIN' TIP:  Sometimes when you are layering images, the Chalkology Paste can come up when you remove the Chalk Transfer.  This can happen for a number of reasons, including the paste not being dry, the surface still being too warm (from heat drying), the underlying paste gets re-moistened when the second layer is applied, the Chalk Transfer is too sticky/wasn't "fuzzed" well before it was placed on the surface, etc.  When I worked on this project, I applied a very thin layer of paste wax over the areas where a transfer would be applied for the addition of another color (the tree, the red background before the black buffalo plaid, and the red bow on the green wreath), and I didn't have ANY problems!  Everything worked beautifully, so I definitely recommend using paste wax to save yourself the trouble of a re-do.  ;-)



Saturday, October 6, 2018

Holiday Wooden Tag

I recently asked my husband for a scroll saw and, being his usual sweet and generous self, he bought one for me.  Of course, he was a bit surprised that I'd ask for a saw and wanted to know what I thought I would do with it, but he's always so good about supporting my dreams.  After he and my son showed me how to use the saw, I started breaking blades making some cuts.  My first drill was to try some practice cuts, such as a straight line and curves.  I managed to cut two tags and a stocking, and this is my decorated stocking:



After staining and sanding it, I decorated it with the following Chalk Couture products:


It's hard to notice the shimmer of the Shimmer Silver ink that I used on the snowflake and the text, but it really does have some sparkle.


See more Chalk Couture products and projects here: