Designer Crafts Connection Blog Hop: School Crafts : Scratch Crayon Card

"Every child is an artist.  The problem is how to remain
an artist once we grow up." -- Pablo Picasso

I love school supplies.  I still get a rush every August when school supply sales are announced.  New paper waiting to be filled with ideas. Pencils begging to be sharpened.  And the best -  a new box of crayons.  Nothing fancy, just a basic box of 24 with primary colors, secondary colors and a few tertiary thrown in for good measure.  Oh, yeah!

MATERIALS

Card (folded) - I chose a light blue-grey card, 5" x 5"

Glue Stick

White card stock

Green card stock

Crayons

Dull pencil

Fiskars® Lever Punch - small butterfly

Fiskars® Lever Punch - medium scalloped circle

Scissors (I used my Wescott Titanium Bonded® pair.)

DIRECTIONS

Select a range of light colors.  Mine were on the warm side, so yellows, pinks, oranges, and reds. Color in a section of the white card stock.  I chose to color randomly, but you can do stripes if you wish.

Once you have colored a section of the paper, go over it with a darker tone. I chose a deep blue-violet.

I liked letting a little color peak through the surface.

Punch out a series of scalloped circles and butterflies from your new colorful paper.  I punched 5 circles, but only used 4, and 2 butterflies.

Using a dull pencil, scratch away the dark surface to let the colors below be seen.

With a yellow or light green, color a portion of the green card stock.  When finished, color over it with a dark green.  Cut out stems and leaves with your scissors.

Arrange the stems, leaves and flower heads on the paper.  Once you have settled on the placement, glue them into place using your gluestick.  

A charming card reminiscent of encaustic painting with nearly limitless color possibilites!

For more vacation craft ideas, checkout the work in the Designer Crafts Connection webring wherever you see this logo.

Each blog in the hop is written by a designer associated with the Craft and Hobby Assocition.  We each have unique styles, so be sure to hop through to see what each is doing with this month's theme on crafting with school products!

Comments

[Megpie Designs]

Fun idea!!

[Lindsay Obermeyer]

Thanks! I want to cover a notebook with this style of illustrating.

[Veronica Goff]

Love the technique!

[Candice Windham]

Love this technique and your card design! Thanks for sharing!

[Kerry - Kid Giddy]

Now my girls will know what to do with all their old crayon pieces! Great idea/technique! -kg