It seems chalkboard lettering/art is sweeping the nation, world…pinterest. I love anything to do with chalkboards! Heck, I even have a huge DIY chalkboard wall going down our hallway for the kids. But when you don’t have photoshop or you haven’t been able to master it you kinda are were stuck when it comes to creating a chalkboard effect for graphics. Well, I’m glad to say………….not anymore!!!
I was playing around with fonts that appear to look like chalk & then it dawned on me I could even download dingbats to give the illusion of chalk artwork. WHY didn’t I think of this sooner? I am a dingbat for sure! The sky is the limit with all the possibilities!!!
To download the free chalkboard background go here.
***EDITED TO ADD: The above image was made using Picasa.***
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you are going to get MAD pinterest and pageview on this!! LOVE it!!
That’s music to my ears!!! I hate seeing the words photoshop! 😉 Good thing I follow smart people with awesome blogs! Thanks!!!
Love this! Just downloaded all the fonts! I tried to get the background but I think I’m missing something, It’s linking to your AMAZING chalkboard wall? Thank you!
can you explain how to use it without photoshop? i downloaded the chalkboard but i can figure out how to “write” on top of it.
Found you on Pinterest…Love this!!! New to your blog…can’t wait to explore!
Leslie
House on the Way
I love this! Bergamont is my new favorite font!
The Bergamot font has dingbats but the font you used for the word “Dingbats” for #4 isn’t Bergamot, is it? Do you know what it is? I LOVE it! Thanks so much!
great idea Kellie! I have a post were I was planning to use some “chalkboard text” soon! So I have a question, I rarely use dingbats because I don’t have a good way to see what they are – so I forget what they have – any tips?
I love it!! Im patiently waiting for my chalk ink to arrive so this will have to hold me over. I love that pinterest led me to your blog its always fun to find new talent!!
How How fun!! Thanks for sharing this!
Great fonts. Thanks for providing this.
Sweet! Thanks for the tips and the links! 🙂
Kelly
love this!
is there another option for the birmingham font that i’m missing? yours is outlined and the download is only solid letters.
I’ve already used your tut twice, Kellie! LOVE it! 😀
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Thanks you. I saw this on Pinterest and it is so cool!
I LOVE this!! Thank you Kellie!!
Thanks for sharing!
I’d like to point everyone to one inspiring chick
http://www.danatanamachi.com she’s certainly talented in chalk art.
I love this!! Thanks for sharing.
Love this! I am photoshop illiterate
Love this. Just discovered your blog and entered to win your sewing giveaway. Thanks a bunch!
Just discovered your blog and love it! I just entered your sewing giveaway…Thanks a bunch!
Thank you for the font links. This is just what I was looking for!
This is so fun Kellie!! I love it!
Thank you so much for this tutorial! I just used it to make a sign for my retail Christmas space!
Angela
How do you do this? I just download the fonts , but they are not the word I write in dafont , just some sentences
thanks so much, Kelli, for this compilation of fonts! i’m not a photoshop user either – FYI, if you use gimp, i found a tutorial that shows you how to further distress the letters a bit to really look like chalk. very cool.
Thank you VERY VERY much! It was exactly what I was looking for!
I joined Google+ for my blog and wanted a blackboard header. thanks to you, I DID it!
Have a look:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/101582457574137568744/101582457574137568744/posts
What a smarty pants you are!!
Love this…thank you!!!
Geez! How fantastic! Thank you for sharing. Would love it if you would share this at my Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House. http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com/2012/11/make-it-pretty-monday-week-22.html Hope to see you at the bash! Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
when i clicked over to your blog from tidy mom’s link party, i was instantly smitten by your BEEE-U-TEE-FUL blog! then you have these chalkboard fonts and dingbats and well, you had me at hello! 🙂 Newest GFC-yay!
Thanks so much for this! Love it!! Pinned it : )
OMG! This is amazing, thank you sooo much!!
This is great, thanks!!
This is amazing!! Thank you so much for sharing!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!!! I LOVE FINDING NEW FONTS:)
Everyone and their mother has got to be glad for finding your post. Thanks for putting the collection together 🙂
Thanks for sharing! I recently RElearned how to add new fonts to my computer (had forgotten how to do it). These are great!
This an awesome idea! Thanks for providing the chalkboard background download!
Love these!!!
Thanks for posting this! I loved it so much, I created a tour dates image for my duo, Flagship Romance. Everyone loves it. Thanks, again! xo, Jordyn
You can see it at my duo’s tumblr page: http://flagshipromance.tumblr.com/image/35351399133
Cute blog – just stumbled across it! Have to do some more reading, but I’m your newest follower! Also loved your post about Christmas gift ideas – I’m looking for some more cute ideas for a Christmas countdown calendar!
Anja @ cocalores.blogspot.com
What!?! You can use downloaded fonts in Picasa!?! I love using my crappy old Picasa but did not know you could use downloaded fonts in the program… HOW??? PLEASE TELL HOW!!!
Thanks so much for a great post! Definitely love your chalkboard ideas. Really appreciate your spirit of sharing! Happy Thanksgiving!