Hey there!  I’m back from Nashville, Indiana and I have hit the ground running this morning.  I woke at 3:00 a.m. and started creating this tutorial for you first thing while I got hyped up on my coffee.

Let’s get started. . . . . .

Supplies:

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Punched a Large Oval from Very Vanilla card stock.

Punched part of an oval from the same card stock.  See in the photo the part that was omitted from the first punch oval.  🙂 

Now I have my one of my vase shapes.

Punched the Modern Label shape from Very Vanilla card stock.

Cut the bottoms off of both shapes.

Sponged Creamy Caramel ink a the left side and bottom of each vase shape.

Sponged Close to Cocoa ink at the left side and bottom of each vase shape, not covering the Creamy Caramel ink entirely.

Masked a piece of Stampin’ Up Bashful Blue Designer paper with a post it note and brayered Not Quite Navy at the bottom of the paper.

Removed the post it note mask and brayered Bordering Blue ink at the top of the Designer Paper.

Stamped the Wheat and plant with Basic Black ink.  I kept putting the vase shapes on the paper to see just where I needed to stamp the images.

Colored the wheat ends with a More Mustard marker.

Added a bit of Garden Green watercolor pencil to the plant leaves.

Added a bit of Summer Sun Water Color Pencil to the wheat ends.

Sponged Night of Navy ink at the bottom of the card stock to create shadows for my vases.

Adhered the vases.

Sponged Close to Cocoa ink around the main image panel and Not Quite Navy panel edges.

Assembled the card and here it is finished measuring 5.25″ square.

Below are some of the photos taken this past weekend in Nashville, Indiana.  You definitely want to visit this lovely town and when you do, take lots of money because there is lots of shopping to be done.  The town is filled with cute, cute shop after shop.  I made about 6 trips to my car yesterday to drop off bags of my purhcases when my arms got to full.  🙂  Good thing my husband doesn’t read my blog, lol.

May your day be filled with Autumn sites, sounds, sun and cool temperatures.

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

Hugs,

Michelle

  Get ready for Brayer Workshops!  I am coming to:

Portland, Michigan

2010

Dayton, Ohio at Marco Paper

Phoenix, Arizona

Monroe, Louisiana

Jacksonville, Florida

 St. Louis, Missouri

Mechanicsville, Virginia

Raleigh, North Carolina 

Colleyville, Texas

Colorado Springs, Colorado

 Boise area of Meridian, Idaho

Riverside, California (Southern California)

Salem, Oregon

Wheaton, Illinois

St. Cloud, Minnesota

Rockville, Maryland

North Chili, New York (near Rochester)

New Johnsonville, Tennessee

Kenova, West Virginia

Helena, Montana

Middleburg Heights, Ohio

Venice, Florida

Grinnell, Iowa

Piedmont, Alabama

Auburn, Washington (near Seattle)

Elk Grove Village, Illinois

Atlanta, Georgia

Soledad, California

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 

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