Technique Thursday - Poppin' Pastels

Welcome to another edition of Technique Thursday! This week I thought I'd bring back an "oldy but goody" in the way of stamping techniques...Poppin' Pastels! It's a very simple technique, and you can easily achieve an image with many different colors with little effort!!

Here's a quick reminder of how to do the technique:

Stamp your image in Versamark (I didn't take a picture of this step because the Versamark is clear and very tricky to photograph!)...then add your Stampin' Pastels. You do NOT want to rub on the pastels. You simply want to "pounce" the sponge dauber up & down on your image, tapping the pastels lightly onto your image until it is fully coated.


















Continue to add color until your image is completely covered with pastels. There will be some pastel "dust" remaining, which you can blow off, and if there is a haze of pastels around your image, you can either use the pastel eraser that's included in your set, or I've found that a Swiffer pad works really well too!
















Here is the finished sample using the Poppin' Pastels technique...the colors of pastels I used were Old Olive, Not Quite Navy & Night of Navy:

Stamp Sets: Day of Gratitude, Because I Care (sentiment)

Ink: Versamark, Night of Navy

Card Stock: Old Olive, Night of Navy, Whisper White

Accessories: Sponge Daubers, Brights Designer Buttons, Linen Thread, Night of Navy Satin Ribbon, Large Oval Punch, Brights Patterns Designer Paper, Stamping Dimensionals.


Here's another sample...for this one I used Bashful Blue & Night of Navy pastels. I also did a two-toned effect on the sentiment by adding the Bashful Blue to the tops of the letters and the Night of Navy to the bottoms. For the dark blue edge, I rubbed the Versamark pad along the torn edge, then applied the Night of Navy pastel with a sponge dauber. Then I added 2-way glue and Dazzling Diamonds glitter.
Stamp Sets: Northern Hearts (hostess), Curly Cute

Ink: Versamark

Card stock: Whisper White, Night of Navy

Accessories: Stampin' Pastels, Sponge Daubers, 2-way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Circles #2 Die for the Big Shot, 2-3/8" Scallop Circle Punch, Stamping Dimensionals




I hope you'll take some time to try out this fun technique! If you do, link your creation below :)