Hi everyone! As you can see I am still using my Soft Pastels. I am trying out different techniques to see what works. Today I used my Water Painters to paint with the pastels. This worked really well and makes the colors very vibrant when used on Basic Black Cardstock.
I made a little swatch card to see what each of the colors would look like on the black background.
At the top of the card I swatched the pastels directly on the cardstock. Underneath I painted the color on with water. Finally, the last row show the pastels when applied with a q-tip. As you can see, the Purple shows up the least.
I used the technique with the Color and Contour stamp set. For this first card I used the Daffodil Delight and Granny Apple Green pastels. I first stamped with Versamark on Black Cardstock, then used White Embossing powder. The card base is Bumblebee. I added some Designer Series Paper from the Pansy petals Designer Series Paper. I LOVE the Bumblebee Gingham Ribbon, so I had to use that!
The Color and Contour Dies are Amazing and I think I am going to be using these A LOT! Here they frame the main image and are used for the sentiment.
The second card uses the Color and Contour bundle as well. This time I used Coastal Cabana and Misty Moonlight cardstock.
I painted the embossed flower images with the Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight and Navy Soft Pastels.
I needed some birthday cards so I went outside of the set for the sentiments. These sentiments are from the In Bloom stamp set. They are embossed in Black.
I hope you'll give this technique a try. And be sure to check out the Color and Contour bundle! 
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