Thanks So Much

 Hi bloggers!  It's the chalkboard technique or should I say "chockboard" as I do! LOL  I will never live that one down, will I!   I love this technique myself, especially when it is put together with a pastel sort of colour.  I picked our mauve card for my background and used the Ornate Corner stamp from Justrite to give a random bit of interest to it.  I stamped it with the Snow Cap Adirondack Pigment pad.  No embossing, just let it dry naturally for a soft sort of ghost image.  You can't really tell that it is an actual corner that was stamped when you turn it all different directions, you don't get that hard corner line.  Next I stamped the Lavish Corner Background on black card using a clear Perfect Medium pad.  I heat embossed it with True White powder.  In order to get a sort of distressed look, I lightly rubbed it in spots before embossing it as you don't want it to look perfect.  I used a piece of cut 'n dry foam and swiped across it with the Snow Cap ink to give it the appearance of chalk dust too.  I matted it on another piece of black card that I drew a keyline around using a white pencil.  I also used the edge of my scissors to do a bit of distressing along both the black card and the mauve card.  I stamped my sentiment from the Bold Sentiment set by Creative Expressions.  I cut the sentiment and mounted it on my acrylic block in two rows to fit the oval  of the stamped image.  I made some felt flowers from the mauve felt in the blossom felt pack and the smallest ones were die cut from the Heartfelt Creations Layered Scalloped Posy set.  I seated my flower on a mauve seam binding messy bow and added some black tulle and black jute twine to dress it.  I finished the card with a double layer black mat with a pierced inner mat.  The finished dimensions are 7 1/2" x 8 1/2" in size.  All for now, Sue x