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Dig Out Your Chalks

by Tara
February 9th, 2010

This week’s tip is by Ally. Go ahead and dig out your chalks and utilize some of these great tips:

I have been creating a stamping class surrounding the use of chalks this past weekend so I thought I’d share some fun tips of stamping and using chalks.

You can buy some beautiful packages of multi-coloured chalk palettes for very little money. This means that you have a LOT of colours to work with with just one purchase.

TRY:
- Apply Versamark (watermark) ink to your stamp and stamp it to your paper. Using your chalk applicator, rub in small circles the colour(s) of your choice and watch your clear stamped images appear like magic!
- Apply white inked stamp image to a dark cardstock. Rub your chalk colour over your image to create a chalkboard like effect.
- Stamp a random pattern across your white or light cardstock with black or coloured ink of your choice. Take a cotton ball and apply chalk across your entire page; over top of all your stamps. Then take a ruler and a regular pencil eraser and erase lines of chalk across your stamped cardstock using the ruler as a guide. You can make a cool grid look!
- Using a paint brush or a water brush and dip it in some water and use it it to “paint” your chalk into your stamped image. Water will not effect your chalks.
- Try stamping an image using watermark ink. Apply clear embossing powder and apply heat to get the image to set. Now rub chalks over top of your embossed images and watch your image reveal itself!

I hope these few tips and tricks inspire you to pull out chalks for your next stamping adventure!

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~Tara~

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Tips on Using Blender Pens

by Tara
February 2nd, 2010

This tip was provided by Jacquelin Green a DT member over at weScrap!

Here are some tips to help you use that blender pen you bought and don’t know what to do with!!!

USING THE BLENDER PEN WITH INK PADS

Stamp an image using a water based dye pad. Use the blender pen to lightly stroke the outline color into the inside areas. This will result in an image with several tones of the same color; for example, a deep blue image with lighter, “watered down” blue inside.

USING THE BLENDER PEN WITH MARKERS

Stamp an image by coloring the rubber die of the stamp with water based markers. Pull color from the outline to the center areas by stroking with the blender pen, as above.
Use a blender pen to apply marker ink which has been scribbled onto a plastic plate, blending the colors just like you would blend watercolor paints with a brush.
Use a blender pen to soften the stroke marks left behind when you have colored an area with markers.

USING THE BLENDER PEN WITH WATERCOLOR PENCILS

The blender pen is perfect for blending watercolor pencil colors, eliminating the need for water and a paintbrush. The colors intensify and blend smoothly, and the paper does not buckle from being over-moistened.

USING THE BLENDER PEN WITH CHALK

Blend and moisten chalk colors with the blender pen to intensify colors and work the chalk into the surface of the paper. It will not need spray fixative to remain in place.

Thanks so much Jacquelin for these great tips. I will be getting out my rarely ever used pen and playing this week.

Jacquelin has earned a ballot for the monthly draw prize. If you happen to have a tip you would like to share with us at CCAS please send me an email with your tip. If I post it here on the blog you earn a ballot for the RAK!! Such an easy way to earn a ballot. Send it in today!

~Tara~

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