In The Nest Tutorial & BLOG CANDY!

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As I said before, I love feeding and watching the birds.  I’m a city girl (spent my first 43 years in the city) and then I moved to a rural town and I’m pretty much surrounded by farm land.   Well being a city girl, I got a lesson at the feed store, yep my town has a feed store, lol.  I went in and asked for bird seed.  I was promptly told you can’t grow birds with seed, what I was looking for was bird feed.  Now how did I make it all these years not knowing the correct term for bird feed. 🙂  Lesson learned!

NOTE:  TIMES UP FOR THE BLOG CANDY! THANKS TO ALL WHO ENTERED. 

Anyway, I have blog candy for you all today!  A set of (16) sixteen, Series 7, Studio G, Clear Stamps.  All you have to do to enter to win these stamps is leave a comment on this post.  If you are getting this by e-mail, please click this link to be able to leave a comment on the post:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2008/07/16/in-the-nest-tutorial-blog-candy/

I will use a random number generator and will announce the winner on Friday morning, July 18th.  Good Luck everyone!

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Below is a picture of the new Stampin’ Up in colors I just received in the mail.  These colors won’t be available until the new Catty comes out.  I just couldn’t resist playing with them, so I used a couple of them in today’s tutorial.  Please forgive me, I just had to, lol.

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up Soft as a Feather, Best Blossoms & French Script
Paper: Stampin’ Up Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss & Whisper White
Ink: Stampin’ Up Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss & Chocolate Chip
Accessories:Stampin’ Up markers, Versamark pad, 1 1/4 circle punch, Sponges, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Clear embossing powder & heat gun

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OK, so I was so excited about my new color options, I started this project and realized that I wasn’t taking pictures, lol.  So the first 3 pictures were staged after the fact.  Bare with me it is 4:00 a.m after all. 🙂

Stamped Nest by first loading the stamp with Versamark then with Chocolate Chip ink before stamping on a 4″ x 4″ piece of Whisper White card stock.

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Heat embossed image with clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

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Colored the sides of the nest with a Going Gray marker.

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Stamped the leaves by first loading the stamp with Versamark, then Kiwi Kiss ink, then dabbed a few dots of More Mustard marker on the stamp before stamping.  I like a little texture in my leaves.  🙂

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Heat embossed leaves with clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

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Sponged some Kiwi Kiss ink on the top left side of the card stock.

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Randomly sponged some Baja Breeze ink on the card stock.

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Used a 1 1/4″ circle punch and punched the center out of the nest.

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Flipped the card stock over and stuck on Stampin’ Dimensionals and stuck it to a 4″ x 4″ piece of Black card stock.

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Glued the punched piece of nest on the black card stock.

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Stamped the French Script Stamp on the card stock using Baja Breeze ink.

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Stamped two eggs on Whisper White card stock using Baja Breeze ink.  Cut them out.

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Lightly pressed eggs on to the Kiwi Kiss ink pad to give them a hint of green.

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Stamped leaves with Baja Breeze ink on a Kiwi Kiss card stock panel.

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Sponged Baja Breeze ink around the card stock edge.

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Assembled card and here it is finished measuring 5.25″ x 5.25″.

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Don’t forget to comment to enter to win the Blog Candy for today!

Hope you feel safe and secure in your own nest today.  🙂

Until my next post. . . . . .

Hugs to all,

Michelle

437 thoughts on “In The Nest Tutorial & BLOG CANDY!”

  1. Lori's avatar Lori

    You make these look so easy!!!! I love the new colors, so different then the last 2 sets of colors. Thanks for another great tutorial!

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  3. Marianne's avatar Marianne

    Hi!
    That are great prices to win…! WOW!

    I am a country girl, live in a farm, have some goats, chickens,cats, dogs etc. and have to feed the young birds when they fall out of their nest.
    So love this tutorials with animals and all the nature!

    Bye, and go on with the great tutorials!

    marianne

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  4. A. Allard's avatar A. Allard

    Bonjour Mme Zindorf
    Encore une carte extraordinaire! Tres beau avec les oeufs de rouge gorge. La carte d’hier etait superbe. Je n’ai pas d’etampe soleil mais je vais tenter la chose avec un collant silhouette en soleil. Merci pour la chance de gagner un cadeau!

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  5. Debie's avatar Debie

    I love this tutorial Michelle. Great dimension, once again. I love the bird seed story too! I was shopping with bf for our garden and asked him in front of a sales lady if he needed bags of ‘dirt’. She corrected me saying they were bags of ‘soil’. I see the point, and it made me chuckle too! Thanks once again for your generous blog giveaway as well.

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  6. Lori Prince's avatar Lori Prince

    Loved your tutorial and the new colors! Can’t wait until mine arrive. I have always loved Soft as as Feather stamp set, but never got it – nothing has ever replaced that one!

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  8. cheryl's avatar cheryl

    love this card, especially the little birds nest. I had five baby birds living in my “decoration” birdhouse attached to my garden shed and I loved watching them and listening to their shirping, but alas they have lflown the nest and left me dealing with the empty nest syndrome. hehe

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  9. Randa's avatar Randa

    4:00 am!!! Now that is dedication. Thanks, Michelle, for another inspiring and detailed tutorial. I check your website every morning before I head off to work. Just makes the day a little brighter.
    Thanks again for your dedication.
    Randa

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  10. Shir's avatar Shir

    I love your tutorials – I have subsribed to you blog at my google reader. It looks so easy when you see the steps, and the results are gorgeous!
    Thank you!

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  13. Janet's avatar Janet

    Michele,
    What a great show of new colors! Can’t wait to get them. Your card is beautiful and love the techniques you use. Have a great day and thank you.

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  14. ¨Minna's avatar ¨Minna

    Hello!
    This is my first time (or possibly second) commenting, but I have been a daily visitor here since I found your site about two months ago. I have just been too intimidated to comment before… LOL! I’m still a beginner stamper, but thanks to your tutorials I have even bought myself a brayer! I’m excited about the chance to win some blog candy as I’m working on building a stamp collection, much to my DH’s horror… LOL!

    I love this card (well, what’s there not to love?), I find it amazing how you build up your scenery and every detail is just so, so perfect. I look forward to coming here every day to see your latest creation.

    Thanks for posting these tutorials, they give me such inspiration to try new things (yep, as a beginner there are MANY new things out there for me to still try! LOL).

    Minna

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  16. Karen m's avatar Karen m

    Hi Michelle, waiting on my new in colors to arrivee as well. loving the new colors. the card is gorgeous. thank you for the tutorial
    Blessings…

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  18. Michelle B (JustPaintingAround)'s avatar Michelle B (JustPaintingAround)

    Yeah! I was looking forward to seeing what you would do with the new in colors. Thanks for all the tutorials, inspiration, and a chance at blog candy!

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  19. Jayne's avatar Jayne

    Beautiful tutorial as usual. I want to be like you when I grow up. You’re so talented and you have such an eye for color. I love it. Thank you for all that you share.

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  20. Johanne's avatar Johanne

    Hi Michelle,

    I am always stunned by your work and I really appreciate your tutorials.

    Thank you for your wonderful blog and thank you to give us a chance to win your blog candy!

    Johanne

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  21. Suzie H's avatar Suzie H

    another stunning card. I have become addicted. I get up every morning and am on the computer checking your blog to see what new and wonderful thing you have done. You have given me the creative boost that I have needed. Thank you, Thank you, thank you.

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  22. Kimberly Eagle's avatar Kimberly Eagle

    Michelle –
    Love the colors .. and how you can “mute” (hope that is the right word) the colors … so artsy! Just love it!

    Thanks for the chance to win some candy …

    Kimberly

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  24. Melanie's avatar Melanie

    Good Morning Michelle!

    I love the card! I wish the baby birds around me would take up residence in YOUR nest rather than in my hanging baskets! I love your inspiration and how you make it all look so easy. Once again, you’ve given my day a bright start! Thanks for your very generous blog candy.

    Melanie

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  26. Sally McDonald's avatar Sally McDonald

    Nature cards are quickly becoming my thing! I like the way you add deminsion to the nest by punching out the center. Always looking for great new ideas!

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  28. Crystal's avatar Crystal

    Every morning I love to come to this site and see what is new. This card uses my favorite background stamp. I love this card!

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  29. Ophthalmologist's avatar Ophthalmologist

    Hi Michelle,

    usually I avoid commenting at blog candy days because shipping things to Germany is always that expensive, so I don’t want you to do this. But I HAVE to tell you how cute this card is! Such a simple idea with just punching out the nest and setting the rest onto dimensionals to get the depth into the nest – and it makes such a WOW!
    As always, I love your coloring, sponging and brayering. You give me so much inspiration, and although I already learned a lot from your tutorials you are and ever will be the goddess of brayering, no chance to get there myself, LOL!
    Please keep on your great work!

    Christiane

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  30. Gail's avatar Gail

    Hi Michelle!!
    Love this card. My husband just asked, “Now, what are you doing on the web?” Watching your latest, of course! You give me so many tips!! I am having a stamp camp this morning and wanted to make sure I knew a technique really well, when I got caught up in your new card. We too live in a rural area and we feed and adore watching the birds and wildlife out here. I love the new SU colors too. I am already into the packs of paper and five of the inks for today’s camp. Keep up the great tutorials.
    gail

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  31. Denise Bryant's avatar Denise Bryant

    Great blog candy! Thanks for your generosity! And thanks for sharing your techniques with us…. I love the step-by-step tutorials!
    DeniseB

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  32. Beth's avatar Beth

    I’m glad you used the new colors, to see them in “action” is a treat. I really like the last set of colors and am looking forward to using the new ones.

    Love how you made the nest 3D.

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  34. Betsy Bombick's avatar Betsy Bombick

    Another beautiful card…I learn from you each time! Thanks SO much for sharing rather than keeping all this to yourself!

    Betsy

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  35. Veee (vlstrs)'s avatar Veee (vlstrs)

    This card is just too cool! I’ll be digging out some stamps and sponges. Of course I don’t have the new colors so it’ll be different. Thanks. I don’t know what I’d do without you for inspiration.

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  36. Gidget-Trish's avatar Gidget-Trish

    Love the new colours! Can’t wait to try them myself. I love the way this card seems to have light dancing in it. Thanks for the chance at the “candy”. Take care.
    Trish

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  38. Eileen McClean's avatar Eileen McClean

    Wonderful Michelle, you are so talented and inspiring and your instructions are so detailed that in following them I feel like an artist. Thanks for your inspiration.
    Eileen

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  41. sandyh50's avatar sandyh50

    Good morning and the birds are singing here in Montana too! Cute story about the the “bird seed”! I love the card ,Michelle, and the first thing I asked myself is “Do I have those colors?” Then I read that they were the new in colors! LOL! I love the new baja breeze color, it reminds me of soft sky. I would love to win your blog candy! Gee, I would just love one of your cards, you don’t even have to buy anything. Great tutorial.

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  42. Michelle's avatar Michelle

    Love those new colors, thanks for the sneak peak! I love you card, they are all so beautiful and you make it look so easy. Thanks for the chance to win such a great group of stamps!
    Michelle

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  45. Dawne's avatar Dawne

    Hi Michelle, I love to see the art and I follow all you do and the links you provide with which you participate! I would love a chance to win some stamps! I get so excited in the mornings to find the email for the next tutorial and beautiful display of artwork, that if it is not there yet, I cheat and go straight to your website to check it out–to beat my email!! LOL–I’m a Zindorf groupie–so much so, that I have my family asking what did Zindorf create today–each day!! Thank you for offering this opportunity to everyone! What a lovely RAK and what alovely person to do so! I love the birds too and my DH just built a feeding station for mine! Thank you so much for inspiring us each day!

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  46. Phyllis Gunn's avatar Phyllis Gunn

    These new ink colors from Stamp N Up are beautiful and you used them to perfection on this creation. I’ve begun to look at stamps differently since I’ve been studying your techniques. Some sets I looked right past before are now on my “wish list”. As said a hundred times before by me and others, thank you for taking your time to create such easy to follow instructions on your blog. Also appreciate the opportunity to win these fabulous stamps!

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  49. Dawn Frost's avatar Dawn Frost

    OK first of all what are you doing up at 4:00am??? Oh my goodness, I wouldn’t be able to cut any paper let alone stamp and take pictures. I don’t function coherently until at least 7:00am!!LOL Thank you so much for sharing the new in-colours they look awesome. You use so many different colour combos that I would never think of I can’t wait to see what you do with the new colours. Of course I can’t wait for fall and christmas to see what cards you do! Basically its a rush to the computer first thing in the morning to look at the “new” card of the day! Thank you for bringing creativity to us each day (well most days) I don’t know how you do it but I’m eternally grateful.

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  50. Tonya's avatar Tonya

    I am so inspired by your work. I just found your blog last night. I’ve seen your work on SCS, but never thought about looking for your blog…duh!

    Your work is truly amazing, and you make it look so easy with the tutorials. I’ve gotten some great tips — so I’m going to give it a try soon.

    Thank you for sharing your talent and art with us.

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