Hello Stampers,

At my techniques class over the weekend, one of the projects was the Chalk Lines technique that uses the pastel chalks.  It's a very easy technique that creates a striking image.  I used  two of the images from the Embrace Life stamp set and stamped on white cardstock.  Use either the daubers or a cotton ball and pick up the colour from the pastels.  In this instance, I used three colours as I had initially wanted to use Pretty in Pink and Regal Rose. The PIP was fairly pale so I added Rose Red to the mix and smooshed on the colour with the cotton ball.   When all the colour was applied, use a ruler and place at angles over the stamped images and drag the eraser from a pencil across thereby erasing some of the chalk.  Draw as many lines across your image to achieve the look you want.  On the small image, erase parts of the image to make the flower stand out.  Added the "for you" from All Holidays set and some white grosgrain to complete the card.

Happy Stamping!

Dayanna