PinTesting, once more!

PinTesting once more.

Over the last almost 2 months, I have had a wonderful Thanksgiving and Christmas, and have had a hard time counting my many blessings!  I have tried many new recipes that I on my "Pinterest" board, "Recipes I've Tried," but have not done much with Pinterest except recipes.  But one came along that I just HAD to try!  It looked so fun!  It was how to make a "Scratch-Off" Valentine's card.
http://patandlindsay.blogspot.com/2012/02/diy-scratch-off-valentine-cards.html?m=1

I didn't actually make a card.  Yet!  I wanted to test this out to see if it would work!













I looked in my pile of scrap paper to see if I had any scrap cardstock.  I did!  It was from a genealogy chart I put up at a family reunion!   It had nice little squares on it that would be perfect for testing.

I made 4 test squares.  After I wrote in each box, I then did the "fun" part: painting over the crayon!  I chose a light blue and when I opened it up I realized it was a bit thick.  Ended up being perfect for this project, as I only needed to apply one coat.

I waited a long time, probably 2 hours, before I tried scratching the paint off.

Here's the outcome:

Test 1: 
In the first box I wrote "Hello" in the box then immediately drew over it with a white crayon. The ink was pretty blurred.  But I was thrilled that I could read it!

Test 2:  In the second box, I wrote "Test 2", waited at least 30 minutes before coloring over it with a white crayon.  Not sure how long I would have had to wait for the ink to dry, but was surprised that the ink smeared on this one, too.





Test 3 and 4:  In the 3rd and 4th boxes I colored over the words with a blue and green crayon after waiting at least 1/2 hour to let the ink dry.The other colors of crayon work, but you'd want to make sure they were a light color.  I tested these because I wanted to know if the crayon part scraped off, too, or just the paint.  The crayon protected the words pretty good.

 

Verdict:  It works!  BUT, if I were to make cards myself, I would have the words I wanted in the boxes printed on the computer, not by my ink pen.  You notice the names of my relatives didn't smear and are very readable!  I would probably use a white crayon, but the design possibilities are many if you chose a different, very light colored crayon.  Oh, really lay down a lot of crayon!  My thin spots weren't as nice and the paper got scratched.  Plus, I'd make sure I used nice, thick paint!