Resist using chalk Contributed By: Judy On light colored CS, with a cotton ball smudge different coordinating colors of chalk in area where you want your pattern & colors. Stamp your image with clear embossing ink on top of the smudged chalks. Let dry for several minutes. Come back with your chalk colors on the cotton ball & smudge over the stamped image. The area stamped will show through the smudged chalks.
Stamp Artist - Sandy Wisnewski	Chalk Poppin Pastels Contributed By: Sandy Wisneski Use a lighter cardstock for the background (matte). Rub several colors of chalk using a sponge to apply. Ink your stamp with a clear resist ink pad and stamp. Dry ink with heat gun. Using a cotton ball, lightly rub contrasting chalk colors to image to get effect.

Chalk Application Technique Contributed By: Dee Ruger This card was created using white matte card stock, pastel chalks, black permanent ink, grey dye ink, purple/blue card stock for layering, assorted gel markers. Fold 8 ½ x 5 ½ card stock to form 4 ¼ x 5 ½ card. Fold top back to meet fold line, and crease your card stock. With a cotton ball randomly apply different colors of pastel chalks to the top fold and the right half of the inside fold of your card. Stamp ginkgo leaf in grey dye based ink.  Stamp Kabuki Mask in black permanent ink and color with assorted gel pens. Layer on purple card stock and then mount to the top fold, adhering only the left side of the Kabuki Mask "Kabuki Mask" & "Ginkgo Leaf" - Stamp Zia

Stamp Artist - Dee Ruger

Chalk Application Technique Contributed By: Lilly Pomeroy Last week a friend of mine introduced me to a new technique using clear embossing ink and chalk. You place your stamp on a clear embossing pad and then on paper of your choice. After which you take a cotton ball to chalk and then dust the paper. the chalk sticks to the embossing ink and a delightful image appears like magic. The problem is that your fingers get really dirty and you end up getting fingerprints on your card. I decided to secure my cotton balls on the end of clothes pins and see what would happen. It worked great, I was able to swipe the chalk much easier and when I used it on the paper the application was much faster. plus I could control the pressure on my dusting easier. It was amazing how much the whole process sped up. After I was finished I placed all of my cotton balls and their clothes pin handles in a small box for storage. Previously I had been tossing the used cotton balls, because they were so messy. In the two examples shown here,  I used stampin'

Up's Two Step Stamp - Pretty Poinsettia c1999. To achieve the dark color with the chalks we heat set them with our heating tool. The Red poinsettias were done on water color paper, mounted on light weight red paper, and then both were mounted on white card stock.. The pink poinsettias were done on a white card stock.

Apply chalk onto your image, card, background, etc., using q-tips, a make-up applicator, or your fingers. Using chalks you can create a very soft look, easily blending from color to color creating beautiful shading effects.

I always seal any stamp art I create using chalks to make sure the chalk doesn't smear or rub off, always seal your work. You can use a sealant like Krylon Fixative, available at your local craft or hardware store, or you can use good ol' hair spray. Some say that sealing your chalk colored stamp art will change the color of the chalks ... it will a little, but well worth sealing it to protect and preserve your creation.

Chalks work wonderful on PolyShrink!

I don't know if anyone has tried this yet but to get crisp lines I use a stamp positioner when using the chalks. I stamp, chalk then stamp again. When I first bought that positioner I thought I had no use for
it now I can't do without it. It really makes my cards look 100% better.

Well, it's not new, but for me, the only way to color my debossed areas is with chalk. I also use them just with the stencils and no debossing. I like the way I can blend, and if it gets on the cardstock, an eraser ....well, erases it!*G* Then, used on it's side ( I use the artist pastels, the kind that are like a crayon) I use it to make background papers....just take a few complimentary colors, and swoosh 'em across the cardstock in any kind of line or pattern.....but when used this way, it's best to seal them, I use hair spray cause it's cheaper!*G*

If you emboss in white, you can use the chalks over the white. The chalk will stick to the white EP, with no need for a sealer. I've found that even if I get a little "sloppy" and get some on the dark card stock, I can use an eraser to get it off the cs, and it will still stick to the EP! This technique works best with detailed or line designs, because there are a lot of pits or "pock" marks that show up a lot more on bold
designs. (At least it does with my particular EP's and chalks I've used. Good luck! deb

You can use 3mm size pom poms for coloring with your chalks. Simply use a pair of tweezers to hold the tiny pom pom. Use one for each color and leave the pom pom right in its own chalk color. I prefer white pom poms. Unlike Qtips, pom poms do not break down and you can used them over and over again. They are so little that you can get into the smallest areas with no problem. Try them, you won't be sorry!