Thursday, February 14, 2013

Quietfire's Queen of Hearts Blog Hop

Welcome! We are sharing our love/Valentine project ideas as we arrive at the Queen Of Hearts event today, February 14, 2013!

It's my turn! I'm glad you are here!
Each day designers have been posting new artwork they have created using Quietfire rubber stamps. This should get your creative juices flowing for your own entry in the Queen of Hearts Challenge.

You can go back and visit all our Designers blogs (see the links below), post a comment on each Blog Hop Post and you will be eligible to win a grab bag of Quietfire Design rubber stamps valued at $50! (Yes, I doubled the value from the original announcement!)

Each Designer will randomly choose a winner from the comments on their own Blog Hop Post, so make sure to leave your comment on all the blogs by
Midnight Thursday, February 14th, 2013.
Tell your friends!

All winners will be posted on the Quietfire creations Blog on Sunday Februrary 17th.
If you are one of our lucky winners, please contact Suzanne privately with your snail mail address.  My email address is in the sidebar >>>>>>
Here are the other blogs you need to go leave comments on:



and here!  Don't forget to leave a comment here!!
 
First of all....
Happy Valentine's Day!
 
I've been seeing lots of projects on the web using the chalkboard look.  I thought I'd see if I could get that look. 
So I took my pastels and rubbed them over the stamp surface and stamped on black paper and oh wow!  It worked.  But.  It really only worked that one time.  So I tried different pastels and putzed around for a while playing with Perfect Pearls, Pearlex and still wasn't happy with the results.  This is what I finally came up with - and was happy with:  A reverse chalkboard look.
 
 
This was so easy, it's embarrassing.... 
 
 
I rubbed the side of the chalk stick on over the black cardstock and used my finger to blend the chalk to a more "solid" surface.  If I didn't do that, all the fine features in the stamps were lost.  I inked up the stamps with VersaMark ink and stamped into the chalked area. The sticky VersaMark ink pulled the chalk off the cardstock surface perfectly.
 
That's it. So fast, you guys!


I would probably recommend spraying the image with Workable Fixative if you were going to give it away or mail it. I have to add a thank you to my Dad, who left behind a pristine piece of chalk in one of his tool chests. Yay Dad, still saving my bacon!         
I hope this gives you something to add to your creative tool chest!
Now just add a bow and a button and you're done. The chipboard is there to make it look a bit like the wooden frame on an old chalkboard. How about that? No fancy ingredients in this project!
 
 
Here are a couple of pastel test using the same technique.  It works!  Stick pastels give you a more chalkboard look than the Conte pencils, but maybe if I'd had enough of the pastel exposed it might have been better.
 
Please leave a comment below so you are eligible to win a $50 grab bag of Quietfire Design Rubber stamps.
Thanks for dropping by!  Good luck!  Suzanne
 



54 comments:

  1. This card is so neat and creative. I really thought it's a chalkboard until I read the description. It's a keeper for sure, way to to! maxk@mymts.net (Maxine K.)

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  2. Oops, I meant 'way to go' maxk@mymts.net (Maxine K.)

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  3. This is fab! You make it sound so easy....I shall definitely have to go give it a try. Got a grand-child around now so there are chalks in the house :)

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  4. Great technique...I'm going to have to try it. I love the white on black.

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  5. Beautiful card! So elegant. Thanks for the tips on getting the perfect chalkboard look! I can see that it would be tricky to keep the gorgeous fine detail of your stamps. Happy Valentine's Day and thank you for the chance to win :-)

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  6. That's beautiful! I love that look so much better than the regular chalkboard look! Awesome!

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  7. I really like this look - and as you explain, easy! I will be trying it soon! Thank you! Happy Valentine's Day!

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  8. this is so cute. I love that you showed it with different mediums. I've had a great time visiting all of the spots on the hop. thanks for sharing with us and ... HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

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  9. Easy peaty is right! Thanks for discovering this. And showing the diff between between some other mediums. Have so enjoyed this blog hop! All of the DTs projects have been fab! Happy Valentine's Day!

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  10. I haven't tried any chalk technique yet. But I do like it. I really like your different colors & mediums. Thanks for sharing with us!
    Happy Valentine's Day to you & your DT!

    It's been a fun & inspiring hop -thanks!

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  11. That's such a nice idea...mmm
    Have a great day and HAPPY VALENTINE'S

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  12. Happy Valentine's Day to you too Suzanne. So glad you persevered as this is so pretty and a great technique (and I have lots of sidewalk chalk to "borrow" from the kids!). It's been a great blog hop.

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  13. This chalk idea is really catching on, isn't it? Your design is so simple & lovely, who wouldn't want to try it? Actually looks like a chalkboard message.

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  14. Love all the great techniques applied to this card Suzanne. This really looks like a chalkboard, thanks.

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  15. Now that is easy and beautiful! I have some inexpensive pastels sticks that I never found a use for and will have to give them a try. Thanks for the new technique and the blog hop.

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  16. Sounds easy and looks cute. I love the dramatic effect using the darker pastel sticks.

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  17. Cool cards and techniques. I love that you shared several ways you tried to get those great effects.

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  18. That is so awesome! I am definitely going to try it!

    Thanks for sharing your sweet idea and...Happy Valentine's Day!

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  19. OH- love this technique- you'll be seeing it!
    and cute chalkboard feel.
    thanks!

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  20. This was very interesting, I liked the RED one best :) There is some sort of glitch on your site, where it says to post your comments, the text seems to bury itself in the next line so that it doesn't show where to comment. Oh well :) I figured out how to find it anyway! :P

    Mickey Drake

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  21. Absolutely BRILLIANT! I have have have to share this with my BFF, who loves chalkboards and just painted all her kitchen cabinets with chalkboard paint! This is right up her alley, and I love that it's so simple. Thank you for sharing this great technique!

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  22. Beautiful!! Love the idea...thanks for sharing your brainstorm on this one!!

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  23. Suzanne, this is so awesome! I have pastel sticks and pencils, but I think I want to try this with some of my pan pastels. I'm not sure I can get enough coverage, but I'll try it and let you know. BEAUTIFUL card, Suzanne!

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  24. Love it - I always like the 'understated' look.

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  25. How beautiful!! I'll have to give this a try!

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  26. What a great technique! Time to dig out the chalks and pastels.

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  27. This is one of those quick and easy projects that have that WOW factor. Thanks for sharing and thanks to your dad, too.

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  28. Love this card, the chalk is such a great effect! Thanks for sharing the technique.

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  29. Beautiful! I'll definitely give this technique a try! So simple ... yet so elegant. Your calligraphy stamps are awesome!

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  30. Very cool!!! I will try this myself!!!

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  31. I love tyhe look of this!halkboard everything is so "in" right now. It's everywhere! Great project and fun bloghop1 Happy Valentines Day!

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  32. I patiently waited until today-- Valentine's Day!-- to treat myself to the entire blog hop. What a gorgeous time I've had! When you said your technique was easy, I figured that perhaps it only had like 250 steps instead of 575 or something. Then when I read your description, I said "No!" right out loud! Too beautiful to be that simple! (Must be the stamp that kicked it up to such a high standard!) Thanks for this Valentine's gift to myself.

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  33. This is stunning! What a great idea..i will be trying this for sure. Thanks Suzanne.

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  34. Dad's have a way of rescuing us don't they! Even though mine has been gone these many years (way too soon) he still rescues me with the memories of his advice and when I pick up a tool he gave me! Beautiful card! thanks for sharing

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  35. Oh I LOVE this idea! What fun! Isn't it great when you get the idea to try something and it actually WORKS?!?

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  36. Suzanne, what a fab idea! Love the look!

    Happy V-day!

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  37. Lovely and simple card. Great idea and I really must try this, for the Faux chalkboard. Thanks for the technique.

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  38. Thanks for sharing this card. I wasn't really interested in trying the chalkboard technique until I saw your example! :-)

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  39. Thanks Suzanne, for reminding about the stamping into chalk technique. I haven't done it in years, but seeing that reverse chalkboard card, I am now itching to do a bunch of cards like that :D

    Happy Valentine's Day!

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  40. Great technique makes for a wonderful card!

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  41. Cool idea. You could use white over dark, that would be good too:)

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  42. What a FUN card - with a simple technique now that you worked out the kinks for us! It's beautiful and fun for any age. This has been a great learning experience!

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    1. You are my winner Dottie! Please contact me with your snailmail address! Congratulations!

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  43. I love easy! Thank you Suzanne. It is beautiful!
    Cheers,
    Jane

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  44. Suzanne, what a great technique! The card turned out wonderfully! Thanks for sharing.

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  45. Your blackboard look is really cool. Thanks for sharing it. And Happy Valentine's Day!

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  46. What a fun technique! And more fun - that your Dad "helped" in the making of this card! Your stamps are gorgeous, as usual!

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  47. I cannot wait to try it! Beautiful and so fun! Happy Valentine's Day and thanks for having the blog hop and the Queen of Hearts Challenge. Love all your stamps!

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  48. What a cute card; love the chalkboard look--I've got to try that technique. Thanks for sharing

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  49. What a perfect teacher's card to give her kids or visa-verse. This is a too cool technique. Thanks for trouble shooting for us.

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  50. Gorgeous!
    LOVE the chalkboard look; great technique.
    Going out tomorrow to get some white chalk & maybe a few other colours too!!

    Learned lots, drooled tons - thank you for the wonderful, LOVE-ly blog hop!!!
    <3

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  51. Sorry! The comments are now closed for this event. Join me next time! Thanks for visiting.

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  52. Your card is very cool, Suzanne!!!! And so nice of your dad!!!

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