Well my Stampin’ Up Pre-Catalog Order came in yesterday afternoon along with my copy of the new Catalog that will be in effect July 1st.  Holy Moly!  I was out weeding in the garden when the UPS truck pulled in.  I literally dropped everything, weeds, gardening gloves, tools and ran toward the truck, lol.  In fact my gardening stuff is still laying out there, grin.  I did manage to wash my hands before opening the box.  There it was my new catalog!  Off to the swing in the yard I went with my catalog and sat there for about an hour and a half just leafing through it, savoring it.  It’s an addiction I tell you!!!   Oh, but wait after looking at the catalog I ran into the house because I almost forgot about the pre-order sets I was able to get since I am a Demonstrator and the new in colors. . . . . . .  Hello they are gorgeous!

Like, check out this new Hostess Level II set “Asian Artistry” that I am using in this tutorial, love it!  Just remember that this set will not be available to hostesses until July 1st.

Anyway, I could not wait to stamp it on paper so here it is colored with Prismacolor Pencils and Odorless Paint Thinner. 

Let’s get started on the tutorial.  🙂

Supplies:

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Sponged Close to Cocoa on a 4″ x 5.5″ piece of Real Red card stock.

Sponged Basic Black ink at the top of the card stock.

Stamped the bird image 3 times using Basic Black ink.

Now look at this new item from Innovative Stamp Creations, it’s their version of the reverse image stamp.  They call it the Opposite Stamp.  This stamp is only $4.

I stamped the bird stamp on the Opposite Stamp with Basic Black ink and then stamped it on my card stock to create a verse image of the original.  🙂

Any time you do a reverse image it stamps lighter than the original image so you will need to go over the image with a marker to darken it, unless you like the lighter effect.

Now it is time for some coloring fun.

I used my Prismacolor pencils and a little bit of Odorless Paint Thinner in a little container to color my panel images.   When you dip the tip of your Prismacolor pencil in the Paint Thinner and than color with it, it melts like butter onto your card stock.   It blends beautifully too.

Note this method works great on darker card stock.

Dipping the point of my pencil in the Odorless Paint Thinner before coloring, added a bit of Limepeel Prismacolor Pencil to the tops of the black leaves.

Colored in the bellies of the birds with Odorless Paint Thinner and White Prismacolor Pencil.

Added Deco Yellow to the birds wings and bellies.

Added Spanish Orange to the birds.

Time for some White Gel pen highlights.

Used the Stampin’ Up Ticket Corner Punch on the main image panel.

Used my Sharpie Metallic Gold Medium Point Paint marker on the edges of the main image panel and another Real Red panel of card stock.

Punch twice the Stampin’ Up Window Punch out of black card stock.   Cut one end off of both punches.

Assembled the card and here it is finished measuring 5″ x 6.5″.

May the birdies sweet song reach you today.

Until my next post. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I’ll be drooling over the new catalog, lol

Hugs,

Michelle

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