Drunken Chalks

Drunken Chalks

Hi Everyone!

Glad you could stop by.

Today we have Hazel Harler

with us.  She is going to

demonstrate her take on

the topic, so sit back and

enjoy..........

"For my latest project I've been playing 

with the Drunken Chalk technique.

 For my first card I used Versa Magic

 chalk inks and glossy card. 

I coloured the card with the ink pads 

directly onto the card,

The card was then sprayed with surgical spirit.

When the spirit had dried I covered 

the card with Encore metallic ink.

I sprayed the card with the spirit and the 

metal in the Encore ink separated from 

the rest of the ink 

The card was stamped with Paperartsy stamps

 and Archival ink.

-oOo-

For my second card I sponged Distress Oxide 

onto the glossy card.

I used a pipette to drip the 

surgical spirit onto the card.

I cut the card in half and covered one half 

with Encore metalic ink and 

dripped the spirit with the pipette. 

I loved the effect it made.

To finish the card I used Kaisercraft papers, 

Woodware stamps, black archival and I coloured 

the image with indian ink markers:

-oOo-

I decided to make a Christmas card for my 

next sample. 

I coloured the glossy card with three 

different blue Distress Oxide inks.

 I covered the card with Encore metalic ink.

This is the result after dripping 

surgical spirit onto the card. 

It's a good idea to spray the finished 

background with an acrylic sealer as

 the metal ink will rub of on 

everything that touches it.

 I used a Woodware stamp on the card 

and heat embossed it. 

The image was matted onto red and 

blue card and I trimmed it with some ribbon.

-oOo-

 For my last sample I scribbled some

 Distress Oxide onto glossy card using 

the corner of the inkpads.

 Then sprayed it with surgical spirit.

 I covered one half of the card with the metallic ink 

and dripped some surgical spirit onto it.

I stamped the background with a Woodware stamp

 and coloured it with Indian ink markers."

Materials:

Card Blanks

Glossy card,
Distress Oxides.
Versa magic ink pads.
Encore metalic ink pads.
Archival ink pads.
Surgical spirit.
PaperArtsy stamps.
Woodware stamps. 
Indian ink markers.
Kaisercraft papers.
Acrylic sealer.
Embellishments.

Great tutorial Hazel;

thank you very much

I am sure everyone will

have learned a lot here

I am sure you all agree that

Hazel has produced a beautiful

set of cards using this technique

Do you have a favourite?  

Currently I am favouring the

last one..........but this my

change......

Anyway, I am now off to get

some surgical spirit.......

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Drunken Chalks

Drunken Chalks

Hi Everyone!

We've reached the end of the month

already!  To celebrate I thought a bit

of alcohol might come in handy......

......no, not that sort of alcohol.......

Jane Castle will explain.....

"Morning to you all, today I'd like to share

 my attempts/experiences at trying

 this wonderfully named procedure 

"Drunken Chalks", what a fab name! 

I had a play with various cardstock

 before making this greetinge card.

To begin with I used white glossy cardstock

 as my base and the coloured inks are all

 Versa-Magic.

The 3 chalk inks are Sea-Breeze, Pink Petunia 

and Pumpkin Spice. 

These were then sprayed with Isopropyl Alcohol,

 which I'm assured is vertually the same as 

Rubbing Alcohol. 

These began to merge into each other 

forming some lovely blends. 

Then once completely dry I stamped my

 Encore Metallic Gold ink pad over the whole

 card and sprayed on more alcohol. 

This initially looked quite dark but when it 

had dried was much lighter.

For my second piece I used Sage, Mango Madness

 and Ocean Depth with the gold ink to finish.

Feeling a bit more confident now---- 

decided to try some black glossy cardstock 

as my base!

I used the same 3 inks as the first card 

and then used silver metallic ink to finish. 

The metallic shine didn't come through

 as strongly on this ---- maybe

 the colours underneath were a bit too bold.

Now for my last experiment, I had a small 

piece of homemade fabric paper left from 

a previous project. 

( This is extremely easy to make and there 

are various videos available to watch) 

As this has a non-porous coating of 

watered down PVA glue on the surface thought

 it would be worth a try.

The colours used were Sea-Breeze, Mango Madness 

and Perfect Plumeria with silver metallic to finish. 

This dried the quickest and had the best sheen.

Now onto the greetings card,

 I decided to use the 1st, 2nd and 4th pieces 

for my flowers. The smallest flower is the fabric paper. 

I drew around the stencil on the back of my 

coloured card and then cut the flowers out. 

This hasn't got to be very precise!

Then using the smaller flower stencil

 inked the centre design in Walnut Stain DI.

These were then brushed with Cosmic Shimmers

 Red Bronze Mica Powder.

 You can see in this photo the difference 

in the shine of the glossy card and the fabric paper.

Then onto the card blank--

 the flower stems were stamped in 

Peeled Paint DI using a stamp from Jofy 38,

 the small squares stamped in the Sea-Breeze

 and Sage.

 Finally the sentiment was stamped in Perfect Plumeria.

Finally screw head brads were added to the

 flower centres before attaching with Pinflair Glue.

I hope you will give this technique a try 

as it's fascinating to see how the different 

colours react. 

Thanks for stopping by today

 and have a good crafting week."

Items Used

Versa-Magic Chalk Inks

Distress Inks

Encore Metallic Inks

Jofy PS057 Stencil

PaperArtsy stamps sets Jofy 38 & EKD02

Woodware brads

Pinflair Glue

Isopropyl Alcohol/ Rubbing Alcohol

You really had fun with this

one Jane - Many thanks

Apropos the Isopropyl Alcohol -

this is available from the Chemist.

You could of course substitute the

Gin.................!!

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

Card-I-O

Card-i-o

Hallo, nice to see you

Have a card today from

Karen Gist, who's theme

is new baby

Take a look:

I have chosen to make a new baby card as a close friend 

is having a baby boy soon!

Card-I-O stamps are lovely to use in building up a picture. 

They are small and detailed and a brilliant addition to your stamp collection. 

Versamagic inks are chalky so you can get a very delicate feel to your project, though it is harder to photograph!

Firstly I made a background on white card. 

I dabbed some ink onto my craftmat and sprtized with water, 

then swiped the paper over it. 

Because of the nature of the ink you get a lovely soft marble effect.

I cut a circular aperture out of the centre of a square white card blank.

Then I set to with the stamps using the branch from the Oriental Blossom set first stamped with Aquatic Splash and Wheat. 

Then I added a few flowers using Aegean Blue and butterflies 

and leaves using Wheat.

 From the Pitter Patter set I stamped the hearts in Perfect Plumeria

From the Pitter Patter set stamp the babygro in Wheat 

and the rabbits (how cute are they?) in Aegean Blue. 

When they are dry add the teensy clothes pegs in the blue 

and Perfect Plumeria as shown. 

I also 2nd stamped the hearts onto the babygro. 

When dry cut out and glue the pegs to a piece of cord.

Make two holes either side of the aperture and tie the cord in place

 so that it looks like a clothes line. 

Attach some of the marbled card to the inside back of the card. 

Stamp a sentiment onto it so that it shows just below the babygro. 

Add some dots of stickles to add a bit of sparkle.

Supplies:

Card-i-o Stamps

White Card

Card Blanks

Versamagic Ink

Stickles

Thank you Karen - such a cute card

Be good to have a small stock
of these in different colours


'Till tomorrow - stay warm

Mickie xx

Card-I-O

Card-I-O

Hallo everyone

More stamping fun today

from Helen Chilton:

Hi there, Helen here. 

This time I've made a fairly wintry card 

using Card-i-o stamps and VersaMagic ink pads

Using a circle stencil, rub Sea Breeze directly onto card, blending as you go

Leave centre white.

Stamp branches round circle in Eggplant

while still wet, sprinkle on some Shabby White embossing powder and heat.

Stamp the pine branch in Turquoise Gem.

Then add the needle sprig in Aloe Vera,

the pine cone in Hint of Pesto,

and the same colour for the robins

Finally add flowers in Perfect Plumeria and Persimmon

Finish off with a tiny word and some Stickles glitter.

The finished card

Stamps used: Card-i-o: Tall Trees, Festive Tweets, Festive Fircones

Other materials:

VersaMagic inkpads
Stampendous Frantage Shabby White Embossing Enamel
Stickles: Stardust

Beautiful card Helen, thank you.

These stamps really do bring out

the artistic designer in us all

Think I will have to keep my Versamagic 

Ink Pads on my desk - they are so easy

to use - need to use them more..........

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx