jennypooh 624 said...

ADDED A YOU TUBE VIDEO OF THIS GREAT STUFF..

"Call me a scrapping newbie...but what the heck is grunge board?"

(First - sorry Jennypooh for singling you out)

OMG!! I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT GRUNGEBOARD IS??!!!!

Ok Ok...I must be fair...until a couple weeks ago, I had no idea what it was either...I had heard about it all over the place...watched video's on it etc...but I just didn't understand the fuss. Then...my friend G came to town and brought the wonderful stuff with her...she was cool enough to let me touch it - but only for a very brief second and then the package was SNAPPED shut and I was left with a big empty void in my life that could only be filled by the super freakin cool stuff called grungeboard!!!

The first thing that came to mind when I saw it was that it's like suede...or rather - faux suede. You know that fake suede stuff that purses are made out of? it's grey and "fuzzy" like the back side of leather...but you can tell it's not real?? It's like that stuff...so - it looks like chipboard...but waaaay cooler!

Chipboard is rigid...for the sake of this example, let's pretend we're using a chipboard snowflake...circle in the middle with the arms sticking out all around. If you're trying to cover that with patterned paper or sanding it...the arms bend if you're not careful and it can break the surface paper etc. and make a real mess....Or, if you're trying to ink it...how do you get into those little corners without forcing the arms apart?? Just for a second...let's imagine that your snowflake is bendy!! How stinkin cool would THAT be?? You could simply push an arm down to chalk in between etc. and it would hold it's shape!! Gone are the days of amputee snowflakes!! lol

PLUS - IT'S FREAKIN TEXTURED!!!!!!!

Ok...it's 8:53am...I wont' be home for another 8 hours...and now I want to play with grungeboard!!!!!!!

This stuff is too blinking wicked to miss...and when I was at the store yesterday, there were only a few packs left...AND...just to add to the drool fest...

I know that everyone is familiar with the wonderfully yummy humungo chipboard packs...you know the 12x12 ones that have 4 sheets of chipboard shapes that give you enough pieces to last a lifetime?? YEAH - I know you know the ones - we all agree they're a major yum fest at only $20 a pack....Now...imagine that you take the same idea...multiply the number of pieces by like...A ZILLION, and call it grungeboard!!!! Yup - it's true!!! Size does NOT matter!! the package is about 5x7...but there are soooo freakin many different pieces in these packs and I couldn't find a single one that I would not be able to use!!! AND it's only $20!!!!

So - that being said - RRRRRRUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!! Cuz this still won't hang out for long, and once everyone else figures out how spectacular this stuff is...it could become harder to get :( And that would suck :( and if you notice that some of it is wet...well...again - I apologize...I kinda drooled alot!! LOL

LET THE GRUNGE-FEST BEGIN!!!!!

Chatatcha later scrappy people :)

Hollee