The Stamp Review Crew: Chalk Talk

Welcome to another Stamp Crew Review Blog Hop!  We share our take on a selected stamp set every first and third Monday.  This week we are reviewing a fun and versatile sentiment set, Chalk Talk and coordinating framelits.

If you are hopping around in a circle, you have just come from Nancy's blog.  Nancy always has lovely projects!  And onto my take of this fun stamp set.

I shared my Valentine version of Card in a Box on Friday, and I wondered out loud about dimensions for an A2 card.  Well, I couldn't just let that go, so I went ahead and created one for this hop.

The Kaleidoscope paper is just so fun and bright, perfect for a birthday.  Here is the card closed:

A nice surprise as it is opening:

And a closer look at the details:

If you look carefully, the balloons are held up by strips of Window Sheets.

To create, follow the Splitcoaststampers tutorial link on Friday's post with the following changes:

• Score a 4-1/4 x 12" piece of card stock at 2-3/4, 5-1/2, 8-1/4, 11"
• Rotate 90^o and score at 1-3/4"
• For the inside strips of the box, cut two 1 x 4-3/4" pieces, score at 1" at either end

Stamps:Chalk Talk; Paper: Strawberry Slush, Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Pink Pirouette, Cherry Cobbler, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Kaleidoscope DSP; Ink: Black Stazon, Chocolate Chip marker; Accessories: White baker's twine, Rhinestone jewels, Dazzling Diamonds, Crystal Effects, Window Sheets, 1/4" Circle punch, Owl builder punch, Cupcake builder punch, Perfect Polka Dots EF, Square Lattice EF, Fashionable Hearts embosslit, Chalk Talk framelits, Big Shot, Dimensionals.

Ok, I admit, I have trouble building a card starting with a sentiment set.  This set has a chalky (haha), even grungy, look.  So I went back to Splitcoaststampers for their mixed media challenges.  Always a good source for fun background inspiration.  For this card I used challenge #25, create a mixed media project on a white background, finishing only part of the stamped or sketched image, i.e. spotlighting, and using 3 or more mediums.

For mediums, I used watercoloring, acrylic paint for the sentiment, and clear embossing powder on the background.  I kept the background fairly neutral to focus on the globe and sentiment.  I colored the watercolor paper with an aquapainter, then I spritzed it with water to mix the colors.

Stamps: Chalk Talk, World Map BG; Paper: Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Watercolor Paper; Ink: Crumb Cake, Island Indigo, Old Olive reinkers; Accessories: Burlap ribbon, Clear embossing powder, Aquapainter, Water spritzer, Sponge, 2-1/2 Circle punch, Wide Oval punch, White acrylic paint, Dimensionals.

Make sure you check out the next stop to see what fun goodies Cindy at Stamps, Paper, and Ink put together with the set. 

 

The complete hop list:

1. Heidi Baks  runningwscissorsstamper.blogspot.com
2. Cindy Beach stampspaperandink.typepad.com/
3. Adriana Benitez  escape2stamp.com
4. Tanya Boser   tinkerin-in-ink.blogspot.com
5. Debra Burgin  heartfeltinkspiration.com/ 
6. Jill Coleman  jillstamps.com/
7. Mike Funke    stampin-style.typepad.com
8. Shana Gaff   stressfreestamping.blogspot.com
9. Yapha Mason   yaphamason.com
10.  Mary Rindal   maryrindal.com/ 
11. Ann Schach    stampinchic.com/
12.  Martha Stewart  seasonsofstamping.com/
13. Dawn Tidd   tiddbitsfromdawn.typepad.com
14. Kerry Willard Bray  kerrywillardbray.com
15. Paula Wright  paulastamps.blogspot.com/
16. Nancy Smith iguanastamp.wordpress.com

Thanks for stopping by!