Use Fantastic Chalk Pastels in Card Making? Yes! 5 Easy Ways to Use Chalk

Chalk pastels in card making

I started my chalk pastels in card making with the blending brushes directly on the embossed (Seashells 3D embossing folder) cardstock. Using the soft pastels this way gave my card a soft look.

For my 2nd card I used the same Seashells Embossing folder but this time I added Versamark to the top part of the folder before I ran it thru my Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine. Then, using the Blending Brushes I applied the chalk pastels. As you can see the colors are bolder.

The 3rd card features the chalk pastels applied to the Koi Fish with the sponge daubers. You’ll want to watch the video to see how I masked off the fish so that the chalk did not get on the parts of the panel I wanted to remain white.

If some of the chalk gets on an area that you don’t want it simply apply a white eraser to it and it will come off easily! Using Q-Tips allow you to get into tight areas when the Daubers are too big.

I wanted to demonstrate the Q-Tips and Blender Pens for applying the chalk pastels so this card is simple but elegant! After I used the Q-Tips to color my shells I went back and added touches of darker colors using the Blender Pens or Water Painters. Be careful not to use too much water though!

My friend Tina Zinck in Canada inspired me using the Soft Chalk Pastels. It brought back memories of past experiences we had using chalk. I did not add anything over these chalk pastels as very little rubs off but if you want to seal your cards you can use an inexpensive hair spray!