Hi Crafters!
Chalk boards are super popular right now and for good reason, since they are a wonderful piece of nostalgia.
When I was a child I had a large green chalk board. My father was a school teacher so there was always plenty of chalk around. On that chalk board is where I practiced my basic math skills, doodled numerous drawings, and played school. Sometimes my mother would join me in a little chalk board fun. Besides teaching me new math skills she would get artistic and doodle some drawings too. There was one drawing she created that has always stuck in my mind, since it was quite good! It was probably around Halloween, because she drew this picture of a witch. It was a witch's profile wearing a classic witch hat, with long stringy hair, a protruding chin, and a large curved nose topped with a big wart. I also recall a spider or two in the witch's hair. For years, and even to this day, I've replicated her witch drawing. This time, minus the spiders, I've replicated it through punch art! Therefore, my mom is the inspiration behind this craft project. Thanks mom!
If you'd like to create your own Halloween Hello chalk board frame and witch punch art, then read on for instructions and additional pictures. Happy Haunting!
Video tutorial:
Instructions:
1. Paint unfinished wood frame with black acrylic (craft) paint and let dry.
2. Use StazOn white ink and the skull stamp from the Halloween Hello stamp set. (...or Stamp Your Way and use any of the other stamps featured in this set, such as the witch or bat).
3. Use the White Stampin' Chalk Marker to write spooky messages around the empty spaces of your frame.
4. Create a black night backdrop for your moon:
Cut a piece of black cardstock sized to fit the inside of the frame. I used the cardboard insert that came with the frame to trace onto my cardstock, then cut it out for a perfect fit.
5. Create a moon backdrop for your witch:
Cut out 3 inch circle with the 3" Circle Die and Big Shot die-cut machine. Sponge the edges of the 3" circle with a sponge dauber and Smoky Slate ink. I also swirled some ink designs across the moon to give it a misty Halloween night effect. Spooooky!
Adhere the moon to the black night backdrop with dimensionals.
6. Create a punch art witch (see pictorial directions below) and adhere to the the moon with dimensionals.
7. BOO!
Shopping List:
Clear mount stamp sets require the use of an appropriate size stamp block.
Gumball Green Cardstock 8 1/2" x 11" - 24 sheets - 80 lb
White Cardstock 8 1/2" x 11" - 40 sheets - 80 lb
Pumpkin Pie Taffeta Ribbon 1/8" - 10 yards
White Cardstock 8 1/2" x 11" - 40 sheets - 80 lb
Pumpkin Pie Taffeta Ribbon 1/8" - 10 yards
Big Shot Die-Cut Machine
Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad
Sponge Daubers
Stampin' Dimensionals
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