Happy Mother’s Day to all you Mothers out there.  🙂

Before I start this tutorial I want to give a heart felt thank you to all of you that sent your condolence to me for the loss of my feathered friend, Phoebe.  Your sentiments were a true blessing.  🙂  They were also so very appreciated.

Now a bit about today’s tutorial.  Check out this new bicycle stamp from the new Stampin’ Up! Pedaling Past set.  This set is in the new Stampin’ Up! Summer Mini Catalog.  Also the sentiment on this card is also from another new set in the same catalog, In a Word is the set name.

I never really know what I will do with my main image panel until I am done with it.  After I finished this main image panel, I thought it looked like a garage door so I went with that idea.  Hope you enjoy this tutorial and will give a try.

Let’s get started. . . . . . . . . . .

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I started out with a 3.75″ x 5″ piece of Whisper White, but cut it down to 3.5″ x 4.5″ later, so I would advise just to start out with the smaller size.  🙂

I masked the panel with a post it note, leaving 1/4″ of the card stock showing at the top.  Sponged Going Gray ink at the post it not edge.  Moved the post it note down another 1/4″ and repeated the sponging.  Kept repeating the sponging and moving of the post it note all the way down the card stock.

Stamped the Bicycle using Basic Black ink.

Added the flower vine from the Stampin’ Up! set Thoughts & Prayers by coloring the stamp with Old Olive and Rose Red markers, huffed my breath on the stamp to moisten and then stamp it.  Repeat this process a second time below the first image.

Colored the bicycle in with a Brocade Blue Marker.

Added Basic Black marker to the tires.

Added some grasses at the bottom of the card stock using the edge of an Old Olive ink pad in a half a “C” motion, top half of the “C”.

Added Always Artichoke grasses at the very bottom of the card stock using the same direct to paper motion.

Added Always Artichoke marker to the bottom of the leaves to add a shadow.

Sponged Basic Black ink to around the edges of the card stock.

Stamped the Sentiment using Basic Black ink.

Adhered the main image panel to a Going Gray 4.75″ x 6.26″ panel.

Stamped more flower vines using the same technique as I did on the main image panel.

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

Added a bit of direct to paper grasses using the edge of an Always Artichoke ink pad.

Add a bit of shine to the chrome of the bicycle using a Silver Gel Pen.  Also added a 5″ x 6.5″ Basic Black panel.

Added some texture to the Going Gray Panel by stamping this Stamp from the Stampin’ Up set Itty Bitty Backgrounds on it with Going Gray ink.

Here is the finished card measuring 5″ x 6.5″

May your Mother’s Day be filled with Family and lots of love.

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

Hugs,

Michelle

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