Friday, January 25, 2013

Chalkboard Bloom

It's time for the Papertrey Ink monthly blog hop!  The challenge is black backgrounds, so I took it as a perfect opportunity to try the chalkboard stamping technique.  I followed the terrific tutorial posted by Betsy Veldman here.  It takes some time, but it looks so cool!



I started by embossing the large In Bloom flower in the corner.  I masked it to add the leaves on each side, embossing them right away so I wouldn't smudge anything when I did the words.  I used sentiments from several different PTI sets to build my sentiment cluster.  I wanted to mirror the bloom in the opposite corner.  Once those were all embossed, I added the shadowing with Fresh Snow ink.  I used a white colored pencil to add a few lines, and then sponged areas of the card with ink to mimic chalkboard dust.  For a final touch, I punched three tiny hearts from Limeade Ice to pull in my card base color.  Quite happy with the result!

Enjoy the rest of the blog hop here!

Stamps:  In Bloom, Natural Beauties, Little Labels, My Punny Valentine, Big Birthday Wishes, Friends Till the End (Papertrey Ink)
Paper:  True Black, Limeade Ice (Papertrey Ink)
Ink:  Fresh Snow (Papertrey Ink); VersaMark
Misc:  white embossing powder (Filigree); heart punch (Fiskars) 

26 comments:

  1. This is a great chalkboard card, love the stamps you used for this beauty. I alway forget to do the double stamping when I do this technique. Gorgeous!

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  2. Oh, very nice! I love your word collage! Way to rock the chalkboard technique!

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  3. Love the POPS of green and the frame for definition. Going to add a frame to mine next time. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  4. I must try this chalkboard technique! Lovely card and I really like the green behind it.

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  5. Beautiful arrangement on your chalkboard!

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  6. This is really fabulous! You did a wonderful job with the chalkboard technique. I still have to give that a try. I love the stamps you chose and the little splashes of green. Beautiful work! Have a fantastic day!

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  7. Yep! LOVE this with Limeade Ice! I saw your comment on the forum, and I've been thinking about trying it out! Looks marvelous!

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  8. Wonderful card! Love your chalkboard technique with the cheerful sentiments and yellow!

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  9. Oh wow!! You did a fantastic job on this! I haven't tried this technique yet, but it looks intriguing! Really pretty card!

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  10. You're right about the hearts, they really do seal the deal. I love how you incorporated the smaller flower as a mirror of the larger one. You've got an excellent eye for details. Stunning card!

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  11. Love how you split the card into a section for sentiments, and a section for the floral image. Looks nice!

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  12. Beautiful card! I really love how you did the sentiment cluster in the corner - very clever!

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  13. The black is stunning with the Limeade Ice...
    and what a great take on the chalkboard technique!!
    Love the sentiments grouped in the corner...
    and the pops of color with the hearts!

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  14. How fun! Love the way you tucked the sentiments into the corner like that...such a fun combo. The In Bloom flower looks fab with this technique!

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  15. LOVE all the sentiments and the flowers!

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  16. Fabulous card--you nailed the chalkboard technique! Love how you used the sentiments together in the corner--ingenious!

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  17. You just an not go wrong with using yellow and black together and you did an amazing job with them. I love this chalkboard look too, fabulous card.

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  18. Fantastic card! I love the design you used, and the limeade ice is the perfect foil for the black and white.

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  19. I love this, love that chalk board look!! Good job!!

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  20. Now, see, YOU are an artist who can create a chalkboard card and have it look SENSATIONAL!! My jaw has dropped.

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  21. Stunning example of the chalkboard technique - great stamp choices & I love the pop of color!

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  22. Oh, how pretty. The chalkboard looks great. Fabulous images.

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  23. Just love this technique. Your card is beautiful!

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