The Paper Variety Tutorial- Paper Tearing & Chalking.......

Today I'm sharing a tutorial for The Paper Variety on a few basic techniques that I use for paper tearing and chalking.

What I like about chalk is it easily adds a subtle enhancement. You can add more or less by simply blending the color with a cotton ball or applicator unlike using ink pads. .

I actually learned this paper tear technique from a scrapbooking demonstration that I attended on a Royal Caribbean Cruise years ago. The chalking was something else I've added.

What a great vacation, huh? Sun, food and scrapping!

To make this card you will need:

*Chalks

*Cotton Balls and eyeshadow applicators (I just use cheap dollar store applicators).

* White Card Base
* 3- 1 inch white-core cardstock strips in blue tones for ocean colors.

*Die-cut with a body or face that can be enhanced with chalk. I used the Mermaid cut from
Life's a Beach cartridge.
* Stamped sentiment from K. Andrew Designs.

When you tear paper you either want to tear towards you or away from you. In this example, I'm tearing towards me because I want to see the white core. If you tear away from you, you'll still see the rough edge but not the white core.

Using a cotton ball, choose a color you want to chalk with and cover the white torn edges as desired .

Using your cotton ball again, chalk the white background of the card in a circular motion to make the look of clouds or sky.
Stack and attach the waves to your card. Remember you're making waves, they're suppose to look uneven.

Now I want to add a little bit of color to my Mermaid

Using an applicator, I added some pink to her cheeks, a little bit of tan to her skin and some yellow highlights in her hair. For detailed chalking, I like to use an applicator and blend with a cotton ball if needed.

So here she is.......enhanced with a sun-kissed tan and flowing blonde hair. I mean she is a Mermaid!

Here are a few more examples of paper tearing & chalking:

Add layered torn pattern paper to cards

and use chalk as desired

Use torn paper and chalk to make unique borders and

embellishments on layouts.

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