Happy Tuesday!  I’m back to the regularly scheduled program today since I have all that traveling business out of the way, lol.  So I’m coming to you with another Autumn themed tutorial.

I found some great rabbit images by Stamp La Jolla at a Stamp convention this year.  I purchased mine unmounted.  I bought mine as single stamps, not sets.  Here is a link to their web page:  www.stamplajolla.com

I’m dedicating this tutorial to my new friend Lydia, who told me she loves my long tutorials.  Girl, I’ve got a long one for you today, lol.  Anywho, let’s get started.  🙂

Supplies:

Stamped my Rabbit image on a 3″ x 6.25″ piece of Whisper White card stock with Palette Noir Black ink.

Note:  I used this Palette black ink because it doesn’t smear when using alcohol based markers, such as Prismacolor.

I’ve shown this before, but I think they are pretty all together.  This is my organization system for my Prismacolor markers.  Not fancy, but functional.  🙂  You can find more detail on my marker organization in the tools section of this blog. 

My marker sheets showing the color number, name and a stripe of marker color for easy selection.

Anyway, back to the tutorial, focus Michelle!

Colored the rabbits hat and robe in with a Prismacolor 30% Warm Grey marker.

Colored in the shadow areas with a  Prismacolor 40% Warm Grey marker.

Added some Prismacolor 60% Warm Grey marker to the folds shadows in the hat and robe.

Colored in his inner ear with a Prismacolor Deco Peach marker.

Colored the broom handle with a Prismacolor Light Walnut marker.

Added more color to the left side of the broom handle with a Prismacolor Sienna Brown marker.

Colored the Rabbits nose and bottom of his feet with a Prismacolor Deco Peach marker.

Colored the broom bristles with a Prismacolor Yellow Ochre marker.

Colored the darker areas of the broom bristles with a Prismacolor Goldenrod marker.

Colored over the entire image with a Versamark marker being very careful to stay inside the lines of the image.

Heat embossed the image using fine detail clear embossing powder and a heat gun. 

Note:  I heat embossed the image so it will resist the inks I am going to use for the back ground.  This is called emboss resist.

Brayered on Summer Sun ink.

Used a 2.5″ circle of card stock to mask for the sun.  Held the mask in place as I brayered on Orchid Opulence ink at the top of the card stock.

Brayered Old Olive ink at the bottom of the card stock.

Used a 3 5/8″ card stock circle to mask so I could sponge Elegant Eggplant at the edge of it to create a interesting sky area. 

I masked, sponged Elegant Eggplant ink at edge and then moved the masked and repeated.

Once I got to where the sun mask is I made sure to hold both masks in place so I was sponging around the sun mask at the same time.

Removed card stock masks.

Sponged More Mustard ink around the edge of the sun leaving the middle bright.

Sponged Basic Black ink around the edge of the card stock.

Glued the main image panel to a 5″ x 6.5″ panel of black card stock.

Stamped the Inkadinkado leaf flourish with White Craft ink over both panels.

Colored the leaves in with Chartreuse & Pumpkin Orange Prismacolor pencils.

Added White Highlights to the flourish with a White Gel Pen.

Added some ribbon and here you have the finished card measuring 5 1/8″ x 6 5/8″.

Now that’s a rabbit with attitude! But he sure is stinking cute, lol.

May your day be filled with the spectacular colors of a sunset.

Until my next post. . . . . . .. . . . . . . .

Hugs,

Michelle

Links to all my tutorials can be found here:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/tutorials-ive-written/

Here is a link to my workshop calendar if you want to get info on beginner and advanced Brayer workshops:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/workshop-calendar