Hello out there!  Did you miss me?  LOL

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I have an announcement to make before my tutorial today.  I will be teaching in Raleigh, North Carolina for just one day on March 14, 2010 and in Colorado Springs, Colorado on April 10-11, 2010.  🙂  E-mail me at mzindorf@aim.com for workshop information and registration. 

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I am feeling a bit patriotic today after driving from Ohio to Minnesota.  My 12 hour route took me through Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and then into Minnesota.    How can you not feel patriotic driving through such beautiful farm land. 

So today’s tutorial uses the Stampin’ Up set “The Free & the Brave”.   I altered the image after stamping, making the soldier a silhouette.   Check it out in today’s tutorial below.

Let ‘s get started.  🙂

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Stamped image on a 4″ square piece of Whisper White card stock by first loading my stamp with Versamark and then loading my stamp with Basic Black ink before stamping it.  Heat embossed the image using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Colored in the soldier with a Basic Black marker.

Colored over the soldier with a Versamark marker and then heat embossed the image using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Added Bordering Blue marker to the flag.

Added Brilliant Blue marker to the flag.  Working fast before the ink dried I went over the two blues again with the Bordering Blue Marker to blend them a bit. 

Added Real Red marker to the flag.

Added a bit of Bravo Burgundy Maker to the darker red areas of the flag.

Colored over the stars with a White Gel pen and heated the ink to set it with a heat gun.

Colored over the flag with a Versamark marker being careful to work from light to dark areas and cleaning my Versamark marker on my scrap paper often. 

Note:  The colors will smear.  Color one color area at a time and clean your marker in between colors.

Heat embossed the flag using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Brayered Baja Breeze at an angle on the top and bottom of the card stock.

Brayered Not Quite Navy ink at an angle at the top and bottom of the card stock, not covering the Baja Breeze ink entirely.

Sponged Night of Navy ink around the outside edge of the card stock.

Using a ruler, drew in a flag pole with a Basic Black marker.

Sponged Bravo Burgundy ink around the outside edge of a 5″ square Baja Breeze panel.

Stamped second generation stars with Bravo Burgundy ink.

Note:  Second Generation means to load your stamp with ink and stamp off on your scrap paper once before stamping it on your project.  🙂

Added Ribbon and Tim Holtz Muse Token that reads “Courage”.

Added making Brads.

Assembled the card front putting Stampin’ Dimensionals under my top three layers.

Here is my completed card measuring 5.25″ square.

Next I have some photos from my trip to Minnesota.

This was taken while I was driving (I don’t recommend doing this).   I am a morning person so my journey started at around 3:30 a.m.  So as you see I don’t deal with much traffic the first part of the drive.  🙂  One thing, if you take a trip and you are going to drive through Wisconsin be sure to remember to bring a cooler.  I wish I had so I could have brought some Cheese home with me.  🙂

Now this is what I seek out on my frequent stops at antique stores.  A girls got to stretch her legs, right?   My wooden duck decoy collection is expanding fast!  Here are a few of my treasures.

The rest of the photos are of the terrific ladies I had the pleasure of meeting. 

See how small I keep my workshops, way more fun this way!

A big thank you and huge hugs to Deb Murray for hosting me.

Also thank you for hanging out with me today.  I hope the tutorial has inspired you to create an unexpected silhouette in your project.

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

Hugs,

Michelle

  Get ready for Brayer Workshops!  I am coming to:

Dayton, Ohio

Webster, New York

New Johnsonville, Tennessee

Stoughton, Wisconsin

Columbia, Missouri

Lynchburg, Virginia

Greenwood, Indiana

Castro Valley, California

Yardley, Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia)

Knox, Maine

Broomfield, Colorado

Moore, Oklahoma

Nashville, Indiana

Portland, Michigan

2010

Phoenix, Arizona

Monroe, Louisiana

Jacksonville, Florida

Mechanicsville, Virginia

Raleigh, North Carolina

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Salem, Oregon

Here is a link to my workshop calendar where you can see all of my travel schedule and to get info on beginner and advanced Brayer workshops:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/workshop-calendar

Link to my Stampin’ Up website were you can order all of your must have Stampin’ Up products from me 24-7:  http://michellezindorf.stampinup.net

Frequently asked questions answers:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/frequently-asked-questions/