Hello, hope all is well with you.  Things are busy as usual here, but all is well. 

I have a fun scene for you today.  I live in a rural area and this is a scene that I often get to see in person.  Farms, fields, animals, love it!  The banner at the top of my blog is a photo of a pastel painting I created of the farm directly across the road from my house.  I truly love living in a home that is surrounded by farms.  I get to enjoy the country life without having to work a farm.  🙂  Anyhow, today’s tutorial uses brayering along with the emboss resist technique.  This is a great way to get light colored images in front of dark backgrounds.  It also makes it possible to get depth in your scenes.

Let’s get started. . . .  . . .

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Colored my Stampin’ Up! Farm Life stamp in with a Versamark marker and then with a Basic Black marker before stamping it on a 3″ x 5.5″ piece of Whisper White card stock.   I did not color the clouds on the stamp.

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

Colored the right side of the barn and silo using a Sahara Sand marker.  Colored the roofs, twice using the same Sahara Sand marker, letting the marker dry in between coats.  This gives you a darker color.

Colored the hay bales using a So Saffron marker.

Added Crumb Cake marker to the base of the hay bales.

Colored the trees and bushes using a Certainly Celery marker.

Colored over the embossed images (be very careful to stay within the lines) using a Versamark marker.  Heat embossed the images using clear embossing powder and a heat gun to protect the images.

Now that my images are embossed I can brayer over them.

Brayered So Saffron ink at the top of the card stock.

Ripped the edge off of a couple of post it notes and used them to mask the sky area of my scene.

Brayered Cajun Craze ink at the bottom of the card stock.

Removed the mask and gently wiped my embossed images off with a paper towel.

Added Certainly Celery marker to the horizon line.

Stamped the Wheat Stamp using Chocolate Chip ink.

Stamped the Wheat stamp a bit lower using Basic Black ink.

I wanted a bit more drama in the sky area so I brayered More Mustard ink right at the top of the card stock.

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

Stamped the stampin’ Up Inspired by Nature Stamp using Whisper White ink on Basic Black card stock.  Cut the images out with Stampin’ Up Paper Snip scissors.

Added a Basic Black panel, Pear Pizzazz panel and a Whisper White Panel.  Used the Stampin’ Up! Ticket Corner punch on the Whisper White panel and the Main Image panel.  Adhered the cut our flowers to the front of the card stock.  Added white Gel Pen highlights to the flowers.

Added a strip of Basic Black card stock and 2 Old Olive brads.

Here is the finished card measuring 5″ x 6.5″.

May your day be filled with peace and sunshine.

Until my next post. . . .  . .

Hugs,

Michelle

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