While crafting with 9 year old Ryan, he asked if I ever made a background with chalk. The closest thing I have to chalk is Pan Pastels and he has zero supplies so no clue what he was thinking. He said he made one and would go get it. He brought over a tiny scrap of paper, maybe 4 by 2 ½ and torn on one edge. He had no supplies and Lord help him if he touched his sister’s stuff. So he headed to the garage and found an old bag of sidewalk chalk. He put one in a sandwich bag and jumped up and down on it. He sprinkled the crumbled chalk on the scrap. He had no spray bottle so he used a hose (and to think we all ran out and bought a mister). This piece of cardstock was pretty wrinkly after the hose hit it but by golly, he got color on it. He then said how good he thought this would work with mixed media paper and would I like to do it with him. Well heck, who am I to turn down a brand new technique!
We took the chalk and took a hammer to it. He didnÂ’t have enough weight to break it up finer by jumping on it and my old bones are not into jumping. His left 1/8 clumps on the card. We took it outside and repeated the process on mixed media paper but I caved and got the spray bottle. (I should have tried the hose). After it dried, we robbed JohnÂ’s garage of sandpaper and sanded it smooth. It sat here a while and he hasnÂ’t been back to finish so I stamped and embossed this fun stamp, used a white gel pen to white out the petals. At this point I sprayed with a fixative since the chalk kept rubbing off. Zigs certainly behave differently on a fixative but thankfully I didnÂ’t have much to color. Drew a wonky pencil line with intentions of stitching. Even pencil does not erase on a fixative. Instead it smeared and is evident in one corner. Hand stitched which took forever. But it was fun to do. Typically I give a kid a technique and they have to design. How fun for a kid to give me one!
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Date: Thursday, July 14, 2016 GMT Views: 1846
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Registered: December 3, 2009 Location: Central PA Posts: 58010
Sun, Jul 17, 2016 @ 2:33 PM
I dont know how I missed this but the back story is just as wonderful as the card itself! How sweet! Love your flower too, and you are great with a pen and line drawing!
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Sun, Jul 17, 2016 @ 3:59 PM
How absolutely fabulous!!!! I didn't want your story to end, tell Ryan there is plenty of room for both of you to come visit. Fabulous technique and your stamping and stitching are brilliant!!
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Registered: June 4, 2009 Location: Deatsville, Alabama Posts: 82257
Tue, Jul 19, 2016 @ 2:36 AM
Love the story! The technique sounds incredibly fun. The result is gorgeous! Love the pink and your flowers just pop off! Great card, great story. Hugz
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Registered: December 4, 2010 Location: Minnesota Posts: 16610
Tue, Jul 19, 2016 @ 8:40 AM
Oh Lord Nancy! I had tears rolling down my face I was laughing so hard while reading this absolutely fantastic story about you and little Ryan. After all you guys did (the hose was too much, I have to say- ha!), I am so stinkin impressed you made this gorgeous card in the end. I love, love, love these flowers and the whimsy of it with the wonky stitching you did on this. I know this takes a long time to do, and the effect was so worth it. Thank you for one of the best stories and laughs I have had in a long time! Love it! ~Karen.