Wednesday, January 02, 2013

MIM #98 Chalkboard Technique

Hello friends!  Happy New Year to you all!  I hope 2013 is treating you right!  So far so good here- I am still on Winter Break from work and enjoying the last little bit of free time.  This week I decided to participate in PTI's Make it Monday (MIM).  This week they were teaching the chalkboard technique.  You can see all the details here.

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 Here is my entry. This is the first time I have attempted the chalk board technique.  I used PTI's Hello Sunshine stamp set.  The flourishes are from the Mat Stack Collection.  I used Summer Sunrise and Fresh Snow inks as well as white embossing powder.  I also used colored pencils.  Cardstock is white and true black.

17 comments:

BethieJ said...

Michele this is FABULOUS! I LOVE it!! Great job!! (I am HOPING to give this one a try too.. never have but sure LOVE the look!)
Happy New Year!
Have a GREAT day!

Melissa said...

Beautiful! Love your chalkboard and the fab background! So well done!

Tenia Nelson said...

Very very RAD!!!

Unknown said...

I love your creativity of combining the sun burst with the "chalkboard" look.
Great card!

Jacquie Southas said...

Love the design of your card - the sunburst is a great contrast to the black chalkboard!

Jen Adcock said...

Glorious! The pencils are a great choice here. Exceptional work, as always! LOVE IT!

Karen P said...

AWESOME!!

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Taheerah said...

This is so so awesome Michele!! The perfect chalkboard, and that base - wow!!

Katherine said...

Love your card and would like to feature it as one example on next Trendy Tuesday article for Papercrafters Library. To give you proper credit, I like to include your name on the example, but only can guess your first name is Michele? FYI,the article will link back to your site as well.

Nancy Penir said...

Had to get out my sunglasses for this one! Totally fabulous!

Leigh Penner said...

Oooh, so very cool, Michele!

Karen C. said...

Great combination of the sentiment and the sunshine background. Very cool look!!

carol (krillsister) said...

Great job with the technique. I love how you made the chalkboard the focal point without it taking up the entire card. Might try this.

Luanne said...

Fabulous! Love how you put it all together!

andie smith. said...

i love the bright pop of color you added behind the chalkboard focal point! looks great!

Katherine said...

Hey, your card is featured proudly over at PCL TODAY with several others (I really need calendar help!). Great work, Michele! http://blog.papercrafterslibrary.com/trendy-tuesday-chalkboard-technique/