I’m a bit late posting today.   I just arrived home yesterday evening from Colorado Springs where I had the best time teaching and this afternoon I spent some quality time with my oldest son, Jesse, who is 29.  No matter how old my sons get I still love spending time with them one on one.  We went out to lunch at a local diner and then came back here and played a few Wii Bowling games where I handed him a can of Whoop A**.   He still loves me though.

Also Spring is on my mind today and I cannot wait to see the first butterfly of the season.  Especially, since I just received my pre-order for the Stampin’ Up! Summer Mini catalog that will be in effect on June 1st.  I received in the pre-order this beautiful butterfly stamp, named All a Flutter and a bunch of other great stamps and products that I cannot wait to use.

Today’s tutorial shows how dramatic Prismacolor Pencils are when you use them on dark card stock with Odorless Paint Thinner.  It is so very easy.

Let’s get started. .. . . . . . . . .

Supplies:

If you are a Stampin’ Up Customer of mine the new Summer Mini will be hitting your mail box any day now.  🙂  If you would like to be a customer of mine, please e-mail you address to me and I will send you free Stampin’ Up Summer Mini catalog.  Are you getting inspiration from this blog?   One way you can help support it is to order your Stampin’ Up products through me.   Click HERE to place an order.  Want to become a Stampin’ Up Demonstrator and earn instant income?  Consider being part of my Stampin’ Up Team and start your own business.  Click HERE for more information.

Used the Big Shot machine and the Circles #2 die cut to cut a 2.5″ circle from Basic Black card stock.

Stamped the “All a Flutter” butterfly stamp with White Craft ink on the circle.

I used Prismacolor pencils and Odorless Paint Thinner to color in the image. 

To do this I pour a little bit of the paint thinner in the cap of the bottle and dip my Prismacolor Pencil point into it.  This will make the pencils melt like butter on to the card stock and blend oh so easily.

Started coloring with a True Blue Prismacolor Pencil.

Added Lilac Prismacolor Pencil.

Added Violet Prismacolor Pencil.

Added Rose Prismacolor Pencil.

Added White gel pen and a Lovely Lilac, Whisper White and Basic Black panels.

Added Elegant Eggplant Punched Photo Corners.  Butting the Photo-corners up to the Whisper White Panel corners.

Layered a Tempting Turquoise panel, an Elegant Eggplant Panel and a Basic Black Panel.  Then Stamped the Bella’s Bloom Flower stamp around the edge of the Elegant Eggplant Panel using Basic Black ink.

Colored the flowers in with Odorless Paint Thinner and Lilac, True Blue and Violet Prismacolor Pencils.

Added Basic Black Photo Corners.  Here is the finished card measuring 5.5″ square.

I hope this tutorial has inspired you to do some coloring today on dark card stock.

May the sights and sounds of Spring warm your heart.

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

Hugs,

Michelle

    Get ready for Brayer Workshops!  I am coming to:

Boise area of Meridian, Idaho (seats available)

Riverside, California (Southern California)

Salem, Oregon

Wheaton, Illinois

St. Cloud, Minnesota

Rockville, Maryland (Sold Out)

North Chili, New York (near Rochester) (Sold Out)

New Johnsonville, Tennessee

Kenova (Huntington), West Virginia

Helena, Montana

Middleburg Heights, Ohio

Venice, Florida

Grinnell, Iowa

Piedmont, Alabama (Near GA border close to Cedartown)

Auburn, Washington (near Seattle)

Elk Grove Village, Illinois

Savannah, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

North Liberty, Indiana

Saledad, 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 

Link to my Stampin’ Up website where 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/