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Chalk Pastels

Using chalk pastels to colour a rubber stamped image is a lovely way to add subtle color and softness

"I wrote in chalk on a buildingThis make me poignant
~written on a college campus wall"

 


chalk pastels, card making, rubber stamping

Whenever you want a soft, subtle effect, I think chalks are one of the best ways to achieve that. I wanted to make a card for someone recovering from breast cancer and as you probably already know, Pink Ribbon Day is the signature day of the National Breast Cancer Foundation. That did it. I thought I would use soft pinks and a feminine image to say what I wanted to say.

First I stamped the woman's image with black permanent Stazon ink on a piece of Whisper White cardstock. Then I took my set of Stampin' Pastel chalks and a foam tipped applicator (they look almost exactly like an eyeshadow applicator) and carefully coloured the dress.

I thought about where the light would fall if it was hitting her back and concentrated more colour in the folds of the dress and in the shadows of the image. I changed colours to softly shade the skin peach and coloured the vase a darker shade of blue. You can see where I also picked out some flowers in yellow and shaded the leaves green.

Once the image was coloured, I mounted it on a piece of silver grey cardstock. I adhered some pale pink lace to the right side of the card blank then adhered the image over that. A flower with a brad and a stamped sentiment on pale plum cardstock (trimmed with deckle-edged scissors) completed the card.

chalk pastels, card making, rubber stamping

If you liked this subtle technique, you may like to try Watercolouring or Stampin with Bleach next.

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