M015 Chalked Roses

The card was done with chalks then overstamped with a Magenta speckled stamp H.0181 page 103.



Before stamping the rose, I swiped the cardstock in different colors of chalk then stamped the Magenta rose 09.145.K page 144 with versamark and colored it with chalks.

The bottom card was done the same but I mounted the rose onto Andreas Crumpled Paper.  You can see the post HERE.

M066 Mom

Rose 09.145.K page 144 has been chalked.



Letters 16.027-066 page 109.


Background 23.142.B page 145.

M042 Collage

This was a lot of masking!  Black Memories ink on white glossy cardstock.

Speckle H.0181 page 103.



Leaf G.0257 page 170.


Clock 21.062.O page 86.


Daisy 09.151.I page 166.


Rose 09.145.K page 144.


Teddy 32.003.M page 198.


Swirled heart 08.027.O page 22.

C064 Elegant Rose Corner

I placed a piece of pink paper behind the card so the scan would show up the card more.  Its really not there!

Prepare card by folding 81/2 x 51/2” ivory cardstock in half with a bone folder. Set aside.


Fold 81/2 x 51/2” vellum in half. Swipe the front with a static bag. Gold emboss the rose 09.145.K page 144 on an angle so that the bottom leaf is at the very edge of the card opening and the top of the rose is at the top of the card. Color rose with a pale pink and green marker from the wrong side. I used #67 bubble gum and #4 green Marvy Markers. When dry, cut out corner along the edges of the stamped image.


Gold emboss Happy Birthday 07.305.G page 228 on an upward angle on the left side of the card. Use an embossing pen and ruler to draw a ¾” border around the card. Emboss with gold powder. Attach vellum card to ivory card using a glue stick on the back only. Trim card if necessary. Set aside.


Cut pink mulberry paper 3 x 4”. Feather the edges with a wet paintbrush and cut on a diagonal. Glue one piece to the top right corner of the ivory card using a glue stick. Apply a bit of glue stick to the backside of the rose and adhere.

First taught this class on February 12, 2003.

M172 For My Daughter

Stamps – Magenta rose 09.145.K page 144, small phrase by SU! Summer by the Sea, large phrase by PSX.
Ink – Vivid Hot Red, black Memories.


Cardstock – red, pink, white, pink parchment, watercolor.


Accessories – watercolor crayons, nesties label dies, coluzzle oval, heart sticker, glitter spray, mounts.


 

VersaMark Ink and Chalk

There is a craze in adding color to your card creations that combines two great mediums for a totally new look: VersaMark and Chalk. This great combo gives you wonderfully rich colors in a reasonably short time and is an easy technique.

Ink your image or images with the VersaMark pad. Be sure your stamp is clean before starting. Heat set your image with your heat gun otherwise your image will smear. Use make-up sponges, cotton balls, q-tips, paper towels or the gray tips with the Colorbox Stylus Tool – whatever is easiest for you to get chalk on the card as your applicator.

Begin by rubbing your applicator onto the chalk block then rub it on your cardstock. Start with the lightest color and keep working to the darker shade ... this saves you from having to get another applicator quite so often.

Keep adding chalk to your cardstock in circles, diagonals, blotches, streaks or smears until you like the effect. As you add chalk, the VersaMark image will become more vivid in the color of the chalk you are using and the non- stamped part of the image will have a soft color look to it. Go to another color and repeat. The chalks will overlap on the image and start to give stamp a great ‘blended’ look. Do this with a variety of colors until you achieve your desired result.

As a finishing note, chalk can be messy and can come off the image. The chalk companies recommend you seal your final product. Cheap aerosol hairspray works fine.

The cool thing about this is – say you put down green in a spot and you don’t want green there. No problem – just rub another color (purple f or example) over it. Viola! Your color is now purple!

Chalk Popping

From the Decorating Chalk Palette, pick up #1 yellow with a Colorbox stylus tip. Using the DTP technique, apply to a piece of white 4” x 21/2” cardstock.

Wipe the stylus tip clean and repeat with chalk color #13 Magenta.

With a clean tip, lastly apply #12 Violet.

Without adding any other more chalk color, rub your colors into the cardstock with the stylus tip or if you like the looks of the colors, just leave it.

Ink the Magenta rose stamp #09.145.K page 144 with VersaMark. Stamp in the center of the background that you just created. Heat set with a heat gun or let air dry completely.

With a sponge q-tip, apply chalk color #17 green to the leaves. Apply #12 Violet to the roses. Set aside

Apply #12 violet chalk to the front of 41/4” x 51/2” white card.

Using Vivid lavender ink, stamp the edges of the card with the Magenta dot stamp #18.086.E page 233. Set aside.

Cut white cardstock 45/8” x 3”. Chalk the edges with the Stylus tip and #12 Violet. Punch with a corner slot punch. Insert rose. (To line up any corner slot punch, make sure your cardstock is ½” longer and ½” wider than your image that you want to insert, however, the punch I am using seems to require a bit more in length). Spray with cheap hairspray to seal the colors.

Glue to the card. Spray with gold glitter.

On the Just a Note card, I simply swiped the chalk colors across the entire image.

First taught this class January 23, 2002.