What to do with Chipboard
 

Hi! I love the chipboard embellishments, so I bought some. Once I got them home and tried to use them, I was lost. When I tried to use ink, the brown from the chipboard showed through, not pretty. So then I tried painting them. Still was not excited with the look. I'm hoping everyone will share what techniques they use with chipboard and some advice so that mine look a little more polished and professional.
Thanks everyone!

I like to cover chipboard with patterned paper, ribbon and glitter.

I coloured mine with a marker (in this case pink) and then covered with stickles (cotton candy colour). They look awesome. They were snowflakes, but I'm sure you could do this with any colour.

Craft (pigment) ink is thicker and covers the chipboard much better than regular dye ink.

I have done a number of things
 

I have used some really neat acrylic paint, the metallic type, two coats, one sort of soaks into the paper, then another coat for the full color (and I use a sponge applicator to apply).

Also have used the Tim Holtz distressed ink and clear embossed right over it, really neat effect there, some of the ink embosses, some doesn't but it give a cool textured effect.

And of course I have applied paper to the chipboard as well. : )

Sometimes I cover with paper, but then you have to cut out round the paper.
I love painting mine. Usually a base coat or two of white, and then maybe another colour. Stamping on them after they are painted is great too, and also embossing with UTEE and either leaving as high gloss or pressing a stamp in for texture while the UTEE is still hot.

What is "UTEE"? I've seen that a few times and I am not sure what that is.
Thanks for the tip. I've painted them, but never thought about stamping on top too. I think that will give it some dimension and keep them from looking so flat.

UTEE is Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel. Well, I'm guessing the enamel. It's like embossing powder, but more granular, and 3 layers gives a good thick glossy coat.

http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...&ppuser=133118 - I used UTEE on this.
http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...&ppuser=133118 - here you can see I painted it with matt acrylic, and then stamped with Versamark and embossed with clear EP.
http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...&ppuser=133118 - this one is gold spray paint for the frame, and just plain white acrylic for the swirl.
http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...&ppuser=133118 - this was plain white paint, then sponged with green ink and with stitching lines drawn round the edges.
http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...sleythanks.jpg - black paint, stamped with white text
http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...t=victoria.jpg - in all my gallery here I can't find one where I used an uninked stamp for texture, but here's one from my Photobucket album.

I do all kinds of things with my chipboard.

I have paint daubers (acrylic) and use those. I've then put alcohol ink on top of them. Cool looking and strange but I like it.

I've used pigment ink on them. I've stamped on them using pigment ink. I've used the crackle paint that Tim Holtz as out which is marvelous on chipboard. Gives them that crackle effect.

I've heat embossed them. You can do all kinds of stuff. I started by using paper on them and advanced. You just have to keep trying out things.

Thanks for such wonderful advice......I am off to give it another whirl! I'll upload what I come up with.

Still open to any other ideas....so keep 'em coming!

A fun thing to do is ink up a background stamp (lots of detail) and then place the chipboard top side down on the background stamp and rub the back of chipboard evenly to apply the ink. I especially like to do this with white ink and the Canvas or Twill stamp set on letters.
Also if you use the pigment ink to color the chipboard, heat set the ink. Also if you use the pigment do one layer, let it dry and then daub on another lighter layer lightly. You end up with the look of leather or other fabric.

I love this idea. Can't wait to try it. TFS!!!

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Ginny I felt that same as you and then just recently I came across some videos on youtube on Tim Holtz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPwsZmqEPks
you can use this on chipboard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gODmW_qULL8


I hope it was ok to post those links?

Like Cook22 I also use a primer of white before inking or using a marker.

When covering with paper, if I am not wraping the paper to the back side, I color the edges with a cooridinating marker and then cover with the paper. Also, if covering with paper I dont trace and cut the paper out. I just glue the chipboard to the paper and then cut it out. This way I don't have to worry about cutting the pattern exact because if I cut it too small I can waste paper.

I do that. I adhere the chipboard to a piece of paper and then use my craft knife to cut around the shape. Depending on what I'm doing, I can sand the edges, use Distress Ink on the edges to give them an older feel, or even use marker or acrylic paint markers to paint around the edges. So much to do with chipboard, so little time.:mrgreen: