Totally Techniques – Chalkboard Technique

Welcome to September’s Totally Techniques blog hop! I’m Lynsay Mahon from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

This month, our talented team are focusing on Anette Elias’ favourite technique: chalkboard.

To achieve the look of a chalkboard is really simple.  Choose a dark coloured cardstock (Basic Black or Night of Navy work really well), and stamp your image using Whisper White Craft Ink.  It has a very realistic chalk look.

For my project, I was inspired by my friend Krista Frattin, and how she used the Come Sail Away suite to make a fancy fold card.  Although the fancy fold that I’m using is  different than Krista’s, I loved the colour scheme she used on her project.

Here is my take on it:

Here you can see the chalkboard technique up close:

I used the Come Sail Away Memories & More pack combined with the Come Sail Away Designer Series Paper.  What a beautiful suite!  I love the laser cut detailed paper in the Memories & More pack.  You can see it peeking through the window of the card.

To create the border on the lighthouse, I used a technique that I learned from Stampin’ Up! this week.  Turn over your die, trace it on your paper, and fussy cut it out.  This will give you about a 1/8″ border for your die image!

Amazing right?

What how fun this card is when you open it:

The inside is decorated with 3×4″ Memories & More cards and the stickers that come with it.  I love that the images are already there and cut, so it’s easy to complete a themed look.

And when we open the white card on the inside, we find this:

I heard about this technique from Jackie Bolhuis. This card is really easy to complete.  Simply use the Layered Square dies to cut out a centred square on the front.  This is what I layered the laser cut paper with the knots over.  On the inside, the white piece is a slightly smaller card (I used a piece of paper 7.5″x5″), inserted backwards, so the card opens to the right, instead of to the left.  So simple!

Thank-you for joining our hop this month!  Be sure to click the blue box below to keep hopping along and view the rest of the team:

Here is the Product List for these projects.  If you live in Canada, you may click on the items below to be transferred to my online store to shop for these, and other Stampin’ Up! products:

Sailing Home Bundle [151066] $69.25	Come Sail Away Memories & More Card Pack [149552] $15.00	Come Sail Away Designer Series Paper [149481] $15.75
Sail Away Trinkets [149482] $11.00	Night Of Navy/Sahara Sand Baker’s Twine [149483] $5.50	Basic Gray 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [121044] $12.00
Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [100730] $13.25	Pool Party Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack [144605] $12.00	Night Of Navy Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack [144040] $12.00
Seaside Spray Light Stampin’ Blends Marker [149567] $6.00	Whisper White Craft Stampin’ Pad [101731] $10.75	Story Label Punch [150076] $24.00