I recently ran across a Citrasolv tutorial from a very nice blogger-Suzanne over at Why Cuz I Can.
I mentioned to her that I had tried but failed with the Citrasolv method.
Failure!! I got my copy made at Staples, and the young man that helped me assured me that it was a toner machine. WRONG!
So, after I left a comment on Suzanne’s post, she very kindly offered to mail me some images.
As soon as I saw the images, I knew they would work. They looked very “inky”.
I tore a piece of scrap drop cloth off a larger piece and gathered my supplies. I taped (hinged) my image onto the drop cloth scrap.
Taping it this way allows me to check my progress without the image moving.
I was very surprised how little Citrasolv I had to use. I used tons in my failed attempts thinking I wasn’t using enough. Bonus? The kitchen smelled nice!
After dampening the image, I burnished it with the back of the spoon.
I peeked to see if it was working. OH my! It worked, and it worked will very little effort and very quickly.
How did Suzanne know I love fleur-de-lis?
More bad news! Suzanne recommended getting a copy made at my local library. While running some errands, I went to Staples to try again! Their self service counter intimidates me. I have never quite understood copy machines! They were very busy. I looked around and decided all of their machines are just too “state of the art”, so I left.
I went to the library, and paid my 10 cents per copy. When I did the first try, it didn’t look dark enough, so I darkened it and tried again. I brought it home and tried it, FAIL. hmph! I need a place to get an “old school” copy!
BTW the images I took to the library? They were of course from Karen @ The Graphics Fairy. They had images and words…duh! I forgot to mirror them. So, even if they had worked, they wouldn’t have worked, cause they would have been backwards!
Thank you very much Suzanne for you help. I no longer feel like a failure. 
Have YOU used Citrasolv? Where do you get your copies made? What have you transferred images to? Fabric? Wood? Something else?
gail
Please excuse the (saw)dust on the camera lens. This is the reason I do not have a big expensive camera! 
That’s better . . . This magnet is barely hanging on. After taking these pictures I decided the divided chalkboard panes needed a little something more.
I used my Silhouette to cut out some vinyl days of the week. The font is MV Boli, and it weeded very easily. I put boxes around my words so that it is easier to weed. As I was pulling the waste off I noticed how the “stickers” would make great stencils. 
I placed them on the chalkboard (which you can see is not exactly smooth due to the layers and layers of magnetic paint) and dabbed on some white paint. Because of the rough texture, there was a LOT of bleed. I had to work very quickly, and I’m surprised I thought to grab the camera before I washed this off.
Meanwhile I used the letters and placed them on the other chalkboard. (the one that only had two sections of magnetic paint).
I bought these glass-less cupboard doors at 
After I got done with the lettering, I decided to make another set of labels. Again I pulled off the “waste” and applied them onto the second chalkboard. 
Do you notice that something is missing? I don’t have any drawer pulls. 
I asked you to guess what this lumber was—no one figured it out. It was from a water bed that has been stored in the furthest corner of the basement for years! 
This is the design stage, trying to figure out all the math.
It looks like I’m well on my way, but I still did some re-designing after this picture. The middle piece that separates the drawers was replaced.
I wanted this cupboard to resemble an old farmhouse cupboard rather than some shabby chic cabinet. I opted for some of the bead board for the back. 
In this picture you can see that I have replaced the drawer separator with a thinner slightly smaller piece. The other piece made the windows/doors fit a little too tight.
The windows had some bad putty. I removed said putty and replaced it with spackling. (drywall mud) Since this window will not be out in the weather, and I didn’t have any glazing compound, I went with what I had on hand. (don’t I always?)
The cabinet was painted Crisp Linen White, then I went over it with a wash of Cyprus Grass, both from Glidden. 
I lined the shelves up with the panes in the glass of the windows.
In the upper and lower section I made a shelf that is removable in case someone has “tall” items to display. 
You can see the 
Upper shelf removed, lower shelf in place.
You can see I used a primitive method of drawer guides instead of modern sliders.
You can see both removable shelves in place here.
I used the original hardware on the windows.
Do you like the two-toned look? How about the hardware? Do you think I should have made it more shabby chic, or are you in to “farmhouse”?
