Decorative Chalkboard Craft
I’m participating in the Scribble Shop Crafter’s Challenge. They sent me and a group of other crafty bloggers a box of supplies and we were challenged to try to use as many of them as we could in ONE craft. I used ALMOST all of them. I’m making a Decorative Chalkboard.
This is what I received.
Making a Decorative Chalkboard
I used a scrap piece of 1/4″ hardboard and some twine from my own supplies.
I created a template out of paper and then traced it onto the hardboard.
Cut it out with a jigsaw and sanded the edges.
I primed it and then painted it with the chalkboard paint.
Then I used the fabric, feathers and glitter brads to make some Rosettes.
Glitter, Done!
I used a high temp hot glue gun to glue on my twine. That stuff is STRONG! (Just don’t burn your fingers!)
OK, so I didn’t end up using the Roving. I originally wrapped it around my twine but Maddie said it looked sloppy compared to everything else so I let it go. So, I concede to the crafters that were able to use ALL of their product.
I had a blast trying to come up with something.
And I like the message Wes wrote. It’s our daily motto!
Disclaimer: I was provided product and a stipend to cover my time and expenses when making this project. All opinions expressed in this post are my own.
Great job! I love how you gave it a pretty shape instead of a square or oval. Will you keep it in that spot?
Thanks Tara. I will probably not keep it there but it’s the only background that looked decent right now because we have such heavily textured walls. Someday I’ll slap up some serious wainscoting! LOL
Cute project! You did a wonderful job using the supplies. And I love the shape of the chalkboard plus the flowers are cute!
xoxo
Jen
Thank you Jen!
Ooh! I love this! Definitely something you would use again and again! 🙂 No worries about the wool roving… I have yet to see if I can fit it in my project somehow!
Definitely. I wish I would have first painted the board with metalic paint so it would hold magnets and made the flowers into magnets. That would have been awesome. I just stuck them on with tape. LOL
OK, your flowers are so adorable – great way to use those feathers! I don’t know that I could have incorporated the wool roving either…
Now I know that warm soapy water makes it shrink…don’t know that I would do it any differently with that knowledge now. I might have gone an entirely different route though. LOL
Soooo fun! I LOVE how you incorporated the feathers into that, I never would have thought to use them with the flowers. Brilliant!
Thank you Amanda.