Wine & Cheese Thank You Note – Chalkboard Technique

I have been having one heck of a time trying to get my creative juices flowing!  I had the same problem last year around and after Christmas, although this dry spell seems to be lasting longer.  Sigh….

Anyway, we recently received a case of wine as a gift, and I needed to make a thank you note.  I saw this Wine and Cheese stamp and loved the sketched look of the image.

However, once I got it home, I wasn’t quite sure what to do with it!  The image is pretty big which didn’t leave much room for much else on my A2 sized card, and I had trouble deciding on colors and paper.  After MANY attempts…..

The Wine and Cheese stamp is by Inkadinkado, and the greeting stamp is by Recollections.  I stamped the images on black card stock with Gina K Designs White Pigment ink.  Then I lightly sponged some of the white ink over the panel to create a “dirty” chalkboard look.  I like the idea of this image looking like it was drawn on a chalkboard, but a lot of the detail was lost with the thick, pigment ink.  I stamped 12 panels trying to get a cleaner image.  No luck.  (My original thought was to stamp the image to look like it was drawn with pencil.  Surprisingly, I have so much ink and none in the right shade of gray!  Ugh!!!)

The printed paper is by My Mind’s Eye from the “Wild Asparagus” paper pad.  I used more black card stock for mats and a scrap of Gina K “Faded Brick” to add a bit more color.

It’s not exactly what my brain “saw” when I started this project, but at least I finally got to the end with a finished card!  I have another idea in my head using the same stamps that I am anxious to try. Hopefully, it will work out, and I will be sharing it shortly….

Thanks for checking out my card project!

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