Monday's Challenge is...

...chalk

I know, you may be thinking that chalk is so yesterday...I used them forever ago too, but I still have them and I still enjoy them so much.  They are on sale at CHF this week.  I am hoping they make a major come back.  Feel free to participate and upload to the CHF gallery and use the key word "chalk" with your title. I have discovered a new use for them and I hope you give it a try (well, new to me any ways :)

I used a glue pad and stamped the solid oval onto the paper and then rubbed chalk over the image, leaving the most beautiful color.  I repeated this over and over with 3 different chalk colors.  I then designed the card and added chalk to my patterned paper to make it coordinate better.  I will be pulling out my chalks more often.  Pebbles chalk, stamps by Cornish Heritage Farms and paper by Basic Grey.

*Tip apply chalk like you are using a paint dauber...pounce up and down over the sticky, stamped surface*

*FF It is a law in NY that the penalty for jumping off a building is death* (I suppose they are offering to finish the deal if you don't die the first time?)

you can find more chalky inspiration here:

-Lisa Silver
-Dawn Lusk
-Kristine
-Lori Craig
-Lisa Strahl
-Lesley Langdon

have a GREAT week...thanks for stopping by

Comments

[Dawn]

Kim!!! you're a genius!! this is gorgeous! gotta try it!!

[Mel M. M. M.]

Stunning! This is SO lovely in red. A great reminder that pastels can be bold, thanks! The thing I love about the technique you used is that with the glue pad there's no need to set the pastels. woohoo! :0) mel

[Lisa Silver (Silvergirl on SCS)]

Seriously!!! That's SO stinkin' clever! I love your take on the challenge and love the technique even more!!!

Hugs,
lise

[Sharon in NE]

I love this contemporary twist on an old stand-by!

[Donna Baker]

wow! this is amazing looking - wish I hadn't sold my chalks now because I never used them. what was I thinking!?

[kandis]

really gorgeous card girl! I'm going to have to break out my chalks!!

[Julia Stainton]

Very very cool KIm!!! I always love your out of the box ideas! YOu rock!

[Bonnie Sharp]

I love this vibrant colour!! What a wonderfully sticky idea!! and FUN!

[lacyquilter]

Oh, this is just gorgeous! Now I'm going to have to get a glue pad!

[Michelle]

I love my chalks! I need to start using them again! and try with the glue pad. I've always used my versmark pad. Great card!

[Michaelann]

Gotta get out my chalks! Super card! I wonder if you were bungy jumping off the Empire State building they would still kill you, that'd be a shame....