So I'm going to try to post this since I couldn't last night. Now I'm two days behind in my blogging (sigh). No matter..here's something that I've been working on that will hopefully give you a Ta Da! (much like Oprah's Ah Ha! moment)on your next project.
Stampin' Up offers a wonderful product called Stampin' Pastels which is a kit that contains 40 different colour pastels, 6 applicators and 1 eraser. Now, you don't have to be an artist to know how to use these chalks - I'm telling you, I have no artistic side to me at all. I can't even draw a straight line. But if you use these, I think you're going to be pretty surprised with the results.
What I did for this project was stamp this image of a tree (from the Lovely as a Tree stamp set, a personal favourite of mine) in a soft, light colour. In this case, I used Soft Suede. Then I took an applicator and literally placed small BLOTCHES of colour all along the foliage - colours that would look great on a fall day. Then I took a darker colour, in this instance Chocolate Brown (another favourite)and stamped the image again and instantly, those blotches were transformed into something a little more clearer and refined. I'm happy with the end result..and it only took me ten minutes. You gotta love that.
Stamping Pastels
Item #120962 $30.95
Lovely as a Tree
Item #115026 (only wood-mount) $33.95
Chantily Crochet Trim (my go to ribbon for everything)
Item #118480 (5 yards) $9.50
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