The featured holiday in my current newsletter is Harry Houdini's birthday (March 24). In honor of Houdini, we are discovering the magic of Stampin Pastels. The Poppin' Pastels technique always feels like magic when the image appears.
For poppin' pastels, you will need the pastels, a VersaMark pad, sponge daubers, light colored card stock, and a stamp.
Stamp your image with the VersaMark ink. This ink is clear, so your image will just appear shiny on the card stock.
Tap your sponge dauber on the pastels and then on your stamped image. The VersaMark ink will grab the chalk and your image "pops" - like magic! A pouncing motion works best. If you rub, your image may smear.
When all of my image was chalked, I used a rubbing motion with the dauber on the rest of the card stock, so I didn't have any white showing.
Pulled pastels is the opposite of poppin' pastels.
Begin with a dark card stock. Cover the entire piece with chalk. Rubbing with the dauber works well this time.
Ink your stamp with VersaMark, and stamp over the chalk on your card stock.
This time, the VersaMark removed some of the chalk. If you want to stamp multiple times on your chalked card stock, be sure to clean your stamp each time. You won't see a lot of chalk on your stamp, but it is there, and if not cleaned off, will show up on your VersaMark pad when your reink.
The third technique I used with the pastels was coloring my ribbon.
I cut a length of Whisper White grosgrain and rubbed the chalk onto it with the dauber. Viola! Ribbon in any of our 48 colors!
The finished product:
Supplies used: Friendship Blooms set (SAB); Rose Red, Whisper White, and Basic Black card stocks; VersaMark pad; Stampin' Pastels (Rose Red); Whisper White grosgrain; sponge daubers; slot punch; Dimensionals; Rhinestone Brads - Ice circles.
Pastels Hints:
* If you have chalk dust on your project or work surface, a swiffer cloth works great to clean it up.
* If you don't have sponge daubers, a cotton ball will work OK. (But the daubers are better.)
* For two toned ribbon, put a different color of chalk on each side. Just be sure your work surface is clean when changing colors.
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