Sara Nicole Designs: My take on the August Club Couture

Wednesday, August 12, 2020

My take on the August Club Couture - Rise Up

A sweet Irish sentiment is the perfect way to start any journey. Having an Irish Heritage, this has a special place in my house and heart. My husband is Irish too, so there is a lot of Irish pride in our house. We even joke that our 1st born, Kellan, is so Irish since he was born with red hair and born in March. He is our Irish baby!

I really like the August Club Couture - I love that you can use the border separately too! This was a really easy and fast transfer to do. I didn't even need to use the Paste and Peel method.

I knew that I wanted to use 3 paste colors, but there are so many great choices, it took me a few minutes to find which ones that I wanted to use. When I joined Chalk Couture as a Designer, I got this great 9 x 12 framed chalkboard called the Couture Gallery Aiden Style White Frame that I have used for almost all of my Club Couture Transfers. They fit perfect and I love the frame on it. It gives it a farmhouse feel.

Let me show you how I styled mine.

Supplies needed:

- August Club Couture Transfer

- Chalk Pastes-I picked Bright White, Colonial Blue and Guava

- Stir Sticks

- Fuzzing Cloth

- 3 small Squeegee

Step 1: Get your accessories all together so you are not stopping mid way to grab something. This is the time to pick your paste colors and stir them well. Always stir your paste colors before you use them. If they feel a little dry, add a little bit of distilled water to it and stir well. I picked Bright White, Colonial Blue and Guava.

Step 2: Take your transfer out of the plastic covering

and fuzz fuzz fuzz that transfer!

Step 3: Lay your transfer down onto your surface.

Make sure its completely flat.

Step 4: Make a game plan of where you want your paste colors to go. I wanted the border part to be in the Colonial Blue paste color, the the top and bottom words in the Bright White paste color and the middle words in Guava Paste color. Now you can start chalking! I used the Small Squeegees for each paste color.

Step 5: Lift up transfer and wash it off. The faster you wash it, the cleaner it will be. Use the Board Eraser to get it really clean, really easy. Its a great tool! After washing, lay it upside down so it can dry and you can put on the backing. These transfers are meant to be used 8-12 times each! But I have heard of people using them way more than that! Now clean your tools. During the chalking, I will wipe them will baby wipes, but when I am done, I just put them in a mason jar filled will water. These are easy to clean too. I've never even needed soap to clean them.