Apr 28 2008

Challenge Chicks take on Chalks…

Published by Julia Stainton at 2:42 pm under Card Designs, Challenges, Cornish Heritage Farms

Well…I’m coming to this challenge VERY late! The other challenge designs were posted this morning at 10. Due to some family issues that cropped up, I had thought I’d just have to pass this one by. Well…I found myself with some design time this afternoon and also a new package of goodies. Don’t you love it when that happens?! Some fresh inspiration. I’m not sure if I’d have thought of this design without the challenge and my new goodies arriving but here it is. Actually…I’m pretty excited about this design. Thomas Kinkade plus Inchies plus Chalks….what do you think?! :)

The Heavens Declare…

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This design was actually really fairly simple to do. Chalking is a great way to color the Thomas Kinkade images by Cornish Heritage Farms. This image is The Open Gate stamp. I inked it well with Stewart Superior Burnt Umber Palette ink. Before stamping my inchies…I added a tiny dab of adhesive on the back of my inchies and adhered them to a scrap piece of paper without any spaces jks-soft-close.jpgbetween them. After inking, I simply stamped my image and made sure to get a good even pressure…actually…I used the floor and pressed down hard with both hands. Using my Pebbles Chalks, I lightly dabbed on color to create a soft faded misty look. I didn’t have the exact colors in chalks that Thomas Kinkade used on his painting but that is OK. Every garden is different! :)

After I finished, I carefully pried up each tile and adhered them to my Prism Kraft cardstock with a slight space between. My sentiment is actually from a different Thomas Kinkade release. I love how they can be mixed and matched in many instances. Finally…I simply adhered my image layer to a clean white card base.

Want to play along? Feel free! I’ve written a thread in the CHF forums HERE. For more great chalking designs…check out these links….

-Lisa Silver
-Kim Hughes
-Dawn Lusk
-Kristine
-Julie Campbell
-Lori Craig
-Lesley Langdon
-Valerie Stangle

Take care and have a great day!

Julia

27 Responses to “Challenge Chicks take on Chalks…”

  1. # Make a Difference » Blog Archive » Challenge Chicks: Chalkon 28 Apr 2008 at 2:52 pm

    […] Well, the CHF Chicks are dishing it up today with a new twist on pastel chalks…can you say, SHIMMER? Unfortunately, my camera can’t this morning…LOL! but I’ll try to edit that out a little later in the day. These shimmery I-KAN-DEE chalks are on special at Cornish Heritage Farms this week, so check out the DT samples…you’ll love them, I’m sure: Lisa Silver, Kristine Reynolds, Lesley Langdon, Dawn Lusk, Val Stangle, Kim Hughes and Julia Stainton. […]

  2. # Judyon 28 Apr 2008 at 3:03 pm

    lovely. I love the soft effect of the chalks.

  3. # dawnon 28 Apr 2008 at 3:18 pm

    OMWord!!! is that ever GORGEOUS Julia!! WoWza!!

  4. # Alli Mileson 28 Apr 2008 at 3:32 pm

    Fabulous Julia!!!

  5. # Bonnieon 28 Apr 2008 at 3:59 pm

    Beautiful!

  6. # bronihon 28 Apr 2008 at 4:02 pm

    Oh my, Julia!!! This is absolutely perfect!!!

  7. # Diane Lapointeon 28 Apr 2008 at 4:12 pm

    Oh my goodness,It’s stunning!!!!

  8. # Karen Wallaceon 28 Apr 2008 at 4:20 pm

    This is awesome, I love this!!!
    Karen W

  9. # Karen Mon 28 Apr 2008 at 4:21 pm

    Just beautiful Julia!

  10. # Rosellaon 28 Apr 2008 at 4:27 pm

    Beautiful Julia! I’ve been a Thomas Kinkade admirer for years already. I just have a question. How exactly do you use your chalks? After stamping your image with the burnt umber brown, you apply the chalk, or do you use versamark before the chalk? Would love to know how to use my chalk more effectively. Thank you beforehand.

  11. # Sara in WIon 28 Apr 2008 at 4:51 pm

    I am in awe…..just fabulous work!

  12. # Beth Normanon 28 Apr 2008 at 5:01 pm

    Oh Julia, this is such an elegant card. Such a clever idea to make inchies!

  13. # SusieKon 28 Apr 2008 at 5:13 pm

    So beautiful - I’m in awe! I love the pink trees, looks like all the beautiful pink dogwoods in bloom right now.

  14. # Michelleon 28 Apr 2008 at 5:29 pm

    WOW! This turned out really nice!! I love the way you stamped on the inchie tiles!

  15. # Sonjaon 28 Apr 2008 at 5:31 pm

    Breathtaking, TO SAY THE % !!

    Sincerely,
    Sonja

  16. # Sonjaon 28 Apr 2008 at 5:32 pm

    What?? Should say l e a s t, don’t know how that got converted. Sorry,
    Sincerely,
    Sonja

  17. # Shel9999on 28 Apr 2008 at 8:14 pm

    Oh wow, Julia! Such gorgeous coloring!!!! I *LOVE* it!

  18. # Terron 28 Apr 2008 at 9:11 pm

    Very nice! It’s nice to see something with something else besides “Copic”. Don’t get me wrong, I love the copics and what everybody does with them, but for those of us that don’t any copics, it’s kind of a bummer! So great job for sharing this with the chalks!

  19. # Deenaon 28 Apr 2008 at 9:51 pm

    Gorgeous soft effect! What a wonderful idea to use the inchies!
    Deena

  20. # Bonnie aka raduseon 28 Apr 2008 at 9:52 pm

    Blast it! I soooooo need that stamp. Next time you don’t feel like creating send your goodies to me, ok? :)

  21. # Christina Fischeron 28 Apr 2008 at 10:20 pm

    Fantastic, Julia!!! What an amazing design, and so beautifully colored!! Love it!

  22. # Alison Snowon 29 Apr 2008 at 6:45 am

    Beautiful and so soothing!

    Alison

  23. # trudeeon 29 Apr 2008 at 11:34 am

    so soft and pretty, J! I need to get these chalks out again and play, too!

  24. # Conniecrafteron 29 Apr 2008 at 5:15 pm

    Love this tiled look, such pretty coloring with chalk!

  25. # jacksonbelleon 30 Apr 2008 at 8:45 am

    This is gorgeous J! I LOVE the colors you used!! Gorgeous!

  26. # Beeon 02 May 2008 at 11:08 am

    I love thos technique of cutting tiles of an image, such dimension! Great colors too, so soothing, it makes me want to take a deep breath! :-)

  27. # Joan Bon 03 May 2008 at 4:50 am

    This is so lovely!

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