How To // Achieve a Chalk Effect Using Glitz Designs

Photoshop Tutorial // How to Acheive a Chalk Effect Using Glitz Designs

Today, I'll be sharing a tutorial on how to quickly create chalk ornaments using Glitz Designs. In the layout below, I used the French Kiss collection (included in this week's One Buck Wednesday sale over at Jessica Sprague).

Sisters // Scrapbook Layout // 12x12 // French Kiss by Glitz Design

This technique can actually be used with any image, but the French Kiss element pack has a bunch of really great ephemera that converts nicely into chalk ornaments. The chalk ornaments I created worked beautifully as a base for my dimensional clusters. They also contrasted really well against the black paper I chose from the French Kiss paper pack.

This effect was super easy and only took a couple of extra steps:

Photoshop Tutorial // Creating Chalk Effects // Clipart Courtesy Glitz Designs

Note:
Using a white color overlay over a dark background is all you really need to create a chalkboard effect, especially with the right kind of elements (like the ephemera in the French Kiss collection). To achieve a more distressed look though, you can experiment with the opacity and blending modes. If you want to skip these extra steps, download this awesome texture and PS style set by Star Sunflower Studio, absolutely free (yippee!). It's an amazing resource that does all the extra work for you ♥ ♥ ♥