Kool Kitty Musings: Chalkboard heaven

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Friday, 22 March 2013

Chalkboard heaven

This week over on the Daring Cardmakers blog it's my turn to challenge my fellow teamies and our blog visitors.

And well, there was one thing that immediately sprang to mind that I thought we'd all enjoy - recreating chalk art on a card.

Now, thanks to the fab tutorial by Betsy Veldman it's much easier than it looks - and it is really fun! And the results? Well, I've only had a go at it a couple of times, but I think the end result is really unique and fun.

One of my favourite chalkboard artists is Dana Tanamachi - what a skill and what a job she has. Truly amazing. I would love a bit of her art on my walls I can tell you. ;o)

Source: tanamachistudio.com via Natalia on Pinterest

The inspiration for my card came from this particular piece of hers which has done the rounds on Pinterest quite a lot - no surprise why!

Source: shelleysdavies.com via natalie | la designerie on Pinterest

I just love the branches that encompass the text in the middle. The closest I could get to it was by using the Stitched Sentiments set from PTI (one of my lovely purchases last month).

Paper: Crate Paper
Stamps: PTI (Stitched Sentiments and Fancy Folkart)
Die: PTI
Embellishment: Basic GRey
Other: Sewing machine, twine, white pencil, chalk ink (applied with cotton bud and cotton wool)

I applied some old Versa Magic chalk ink (which is a bit drier and so perfect for this technique) using a cotton bud around the stamping then a cotton wool ball for the overall chalky effect. I'm really pleased with how it came out, especially the fontage from the Fancy Folkart set, I sure hope some more greetings get released in that font and style as they are just lovely.

I really hope you'll give this challenge a try and play along. :)

Posted by Handmade by Natty at 10:00 AM in Cards, DCM, Made in 2013 | Permalink

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That is just gorgeous!

Posted by: Julia Heald | Friday, 22 March 2013 at 12:37 PM

I love this technique, and really want to give it a go. Thanks for sharing your gorgeous examples.

Posted by: coventryann | Friday, 22 March 2013 at 12:59 PM

that is one of the best chalkboard cards I have seen Nat. Thanks for a great dare (even if the thought of using cotton wool on paper makes me shudder. But that is my problem!)

Posted by: Lythan Nevard | Friday, 22 March 2013 at 09:49 PM

Thanks very much ladies! I have to say it is one of my favourite techniques at the moment - definitely one that really brings cards to life!

Posted by: Handmade by Natty | Saturday, 23 March 2013 at 10:58 AM

Your card is beautiful, Natty! And I think that by combining your stamps the final image looks a lot like Dana's work of art.

Posted by: Miri | Sunday, 24 March 2013 at 01:40 PM

That is such a lovely sample-card! And I had never even heard about this technique before. So thanks a bunch for getting me on the way.

Posted by: Svenja | Tuesday, 26 March 2013 at 06:02 PM

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