On The Dock – Tutorial #428

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Today’s tutorial was created for my Stampin’ Up! Down Line Technique Swap.  The Technique was to use a word stamp over and over in a background.  I used the word “Thank you” in the sky of my scene.  🙂 

Let’s get right into today’s tutorial. . .  . . . .

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Thank you Kindly
Paper: Stampin’ Up! Whisper White & Soft Suede
Ink: Stampin’ Up! Tempting Turquoise, Pacific Point, Sahara Sand & Early Espresso
Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Sponges, Brayer, Linen Thread, Sahara Sand Marker, Large Bird Punch, Post it note
Techniques: Brayering, Punched art

 

The Stampin’ Up USA Idea book and Catalog is here.   For your copy, please send a check for $9.95 to Michelle Zindorf, P.O. Box 116, West Alexandria, OH 45381 or send it via paypal to mzindorf@aim.com USA only.     My current customers will receive a new  Summer Mini Catalog automatically from me.   Not a current customer and want a free copy of the new Summer Mini Catalog ?  E-mail your mailing address to mzindorf@aim.com and I will get one in the mail to you.  )  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 , receive a 20% discount on product and earn instant income on orders?  Consider being part of my Stampin’ Up Team and start your own business or become a Hobby Demo just for the discount.  Click HERE for more information.

Started with a 3.75″ x 5.5″ piece of Whisper White card stock.  Brayered Tempting Turquoise ink at the top and bottom of the card stock.

Brayered Pacific Point ink at the top and bottom of the card stock, not covering the Tempting Turquoise ink entirely.

Masked the sky are with a post it note and sponged Pacific Point ink at the edge of the post it note creating the horizon line.

Punched the bird and wing out of Whisper White card stock.

Sponged Sahara Sand ink at the bottom of the bird and the bottom of the wing.  Colored the beak and eye in using a Sahara Sand Marker.

Stamped the sentiment “Thank you” over and over in the sky area of my scene using Tempting Turquoise ink.

Cut two strips of Soft Suede card stock.  One measuring 1″ x 3.5″ and the other measuring 1″ x 2.5″.  Cut the very top of the strips off to round them.

Rubbed top and left side of  the strips on an Early Espresso ink pad.

Wrapped Linen thread around the strips, securing with a glue dot on the back.

Assembled my pieces and then added two legs to the bird using a Sahara Sand marker.

Added 2 Soft Suede and a 1 Whisper White card stock panels.

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

May your day be oh so very tranquil. 

Until my next post. . .  . . .

Hugs,

Michelle

   Get ready for Brayer Workshops!  I am coming to the following locations, click the location name for more information.    

 

Ottumwa, Iowa       

Owings Mills, Maryland (Baltimore Area)      

Cleveland (Euclid), Ohio       

Staley , North Carolina (South of Greensboro)       

Monroe, Connecticut       

Dayton, Ohio     

Leesburg, Florida       

Montreal, Wisconsin       

Savannah, Georgia       

Lincoln, Illinois       

Jefferson, Louisiana (New Orleans Area)       

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        

Don’t see a workshop in your State?  Interested in hosting the workshops in your area in 2012?   Click HERE to get hostess information.       

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   

 Link to my Scentsy website where you can order the best smelling, safest wickless candles from me 24-7:  https://zindorf.scentsy.us/Home

Rooster Weathervane – Tutorial #427

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Howdy!   I’ve had this little country creation rattling around in my head for almost a week now.  Thought it was time to get it on card stock and share it with you.  But first, another segment of Stampin’ Up! Alaska cruise pics.  🙂

 Myself and my friend and fellow demonstrator, Kristin Kortonick sporting our Stampin’ Up! cruise jackets while viewing the icy Hubbard Glacier. 

Everyone had to wake early in the morning not to miss the wonders as the ship approached the Glacier. 

So here we are out on deck in the early morning looking at the mountains with fog circling their tops and icy blue chunks of ice floating by.  It was amazing!

You can see the Glacier in between the two mountains in the pics below.

    

 Already the largest tidewater glacier in North America, Hubbard Glacier continues to press forward each year. This one of Alaska’s more than 5,000 glaciers has a recorded fastest speed of just less than 5.5 feet per hour.

Below are some more pics of other views from that morning.

 

      

Now, I hear that Rooster crowing.  Time to get on with today’s tutorial.

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Countryside
Paper: Stampin’ Up! Basic Black, Whisper White, Cajun Craze and Designer Series Paper
Ink: Stampin’ Up! More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze and Bravo Burgundy
Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Sponge, Spinner, brad, Pumpkin Pie Ribbon, Mat Pack, Piercing Tool, Brayer, 1 3/4″ circle Punch, Post it note, Decorative Label Punch, Basic Black marker, White Gel Pen
Techniques: Brayering, masking, silhouette, faux stitching

 

  The Stampin’ Up USA Idea book and Catalog is here.   For your copy, please send a check for $9.95 to Michelle Zindorf, P.O. Box 116, West Alexandria, OH 45381 or send it via paypal to mzindorf@aim.com USA only.     My current customers will receive a new  Summer Mini Catalog automatically from me.   Not a current customer and want a free copy of the new Summer Mini Catalog ?  E-mail your mailing address to mzindorf@aim.com and I will get one in the mail to you.  )  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 , receive a 20% discount on product and earn instant income on orders?  Consider being part of my Stampin’ Up Team and start your own business or become a Hobby Demo just for the discount.  Click HERE for more information.

On a 2.75″ x 5.5″ piece of Whisper White card stock, masked the sun using a 1 3/4″ circle punched from the sticky part of a post it note. 

Brayered Pumpkin Pie on the top of the card stock.

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

Brayered Bravo Burgundy ink at the top of the card stock.

Removed the circle mask and sponged More Mustard ink in the sun shape.

Stamped the rooster from the Stampin’ Up! Countryside set by coloring just the rooster in on the stamp using a Basic Black marker.  I omitted the grassy area of the stamp.

Colored in the image using the Basic Black marker.  This created a silhouette.

Added a Stampin’ Up! spinner and brad, drew the legs of the rooster down to meet the spinner using the Basic Black marker.

Cut a piece of Basic Black card stock in a square.  Angled it and glued it on the card stock.

Flipped the main image panel over on my cutter and cut the square piece of card stock off to make it even with my main image panel edges.

Cut a 3″ x 5.75″ piece of Basic Black card stock.   Also punched a label punch out of Basic Black card stock.  Cut the label in half and glued each half to the bottom and top of the Basic Black panel.

Added another Basic Black panel, Cajun Craze panel, designer series paper and a piece of Pumpkin Pie ribbon.

Using a piercing tool and mat pack, pierced holes in the top and bottom of the main image panel.

Drew white gel pen lines between the pierced holes to create faux stitching.

Here is the finished project measuring 4″ x 8.5″.

May your day be something to crow about!

I’m off to prepare for my Colorado Springs, CO brayer workshops, Whoohooo!

Until my next post. . . . . .

Hugs,

Michelle

   Get ready for Brayer Workshops!  I am coming to the following locations, click the location name for more information.    
 

Ottumwa, Iowa       

Owings Mills, Maryland (Baltimore Area)      

Cleveland (Euclid), Ohio       

Staley , North Carolina (South of Greensboro)       

Monroe, Connecticut       

Dayton, Ohio     

Leesburg, Florida       

Montreal, Wisconsin       

Savannah, Georgia       

Lincoln, Illinois       

Jefferson, Louisiana (New Orleans Area)       

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        

Don’t see a workshop in your State?  Interested in hosting the workshops in your area in 2012?   Click HERE to get hostess information.       

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   

 Link to my Scentsy website where you can order the best smelling, safest wickless candles from me 24-7:  https://zindorf.scentsy.us/Home

Escape – Tutorial #426

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I have a little tropical number for you today teaming up the Stampin’ Up! stamp sets Uncharted Territory and Plant Hope.  But first, as promised, I have some more photos from my Stampin’ Up! all expense paid cruise that I earned and just got back from. 

My trip started out by being flown to Seattle, Washington.   Russ and I arrived in Seattle the morning of the cruise so we didn’t get to hang out in Seattle very long, rats!  I’ll have to plan that a bit differently my next trip.

We boarded the Celebrity Infinity Cruise Ship and made ourselves at home.  That’s me chilling on our room balcony.   The balcony was pure heaven.  One morning I was out there and low and behold there was an Orca not far from the ship showing us his magnificent spout and tail.   I couldn’t pull myself way from the railing in order to grab my camera.  I was just to in awe to move.

          

Seriously, one of the major highlights of the trip was to get to hang out with Stampin’ Up! CEO, Shelli Gardner and the Vice President of Demonstrator Relations at Stampin’ Up!, Pam Morgan a bit.   

Pam Morgan somehow escaped our camera the entire trip, but she is just the warmest most wonderful person ever, so I wanted to mention her and how much I enjoyed getting some time with her.

Poor Shelli, Russ and I just returned from our fishing excursion when we got this photo op with Shelli.   I’m sure she was wondering why we smelled like fish and camp fire.   Really Shelli, Russ and I don’t always smell bad, lol.

 

I will have more about our trip in later posts.

Now let’s get on with today’s tutorial. . .  . . . .

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Uncharted Territory & Plant Hope
Paper: Stampin’ Up! Whisper White, Basic Black and Melon Mambo
Ink: Stampin’ Up! Tempting Turquoise, Not Quite Navy, Always Artichoke, Basic Black, So Saffron, Melon Mambo & Rich Razzelberry
Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Sponges, Brayer, Always Artichoke & Basic Black markers, Silver and White Gel Pens, Post it notes, Big Shot Machine, Naturally Serif Alphabet Die, Linen Thread, Stampin’ Dimensionals
Techniques: Brayering, Masking

 The Stampin’ Up USA Idea book and Catalog is here.   For your copy, please send a check for $9.95 to Michelle Zindorf, P.O. Box 116, West Alexandria, OH 45381 or send it via paypal to mzindorf@aim.com USA only.     My current customers will receive a new  Summer Mini Catalog automatically from me.   Not a current customer and want a free copy of the new Summer Mini Catalog ?  E-mail your mailing address to mzindorf@aim.com and I will get one in the mail to you.  )  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 , receive a 20% discount on product and earn instant income on orders?  Consider being part of my Stampin’ Up Team and start your own business or become a Hobby Demo just for the discount.  Click HERE for more information.

Cut a 3.5″ x 7.5″ piece of Whisper White card stock and brayered So Saffron ink at the top.

Brayered Melon Mambo ink at the top of the card stock, not covering the So Saffron entirely.

Brayered a bit of Rich Razzelberry ink right at the top of the card stock.

Masked the sky with post it notes and brayered Tempting Turquoise ink at the bottom of the card stock.

Brayered Not Quite Navy ink at the top of the water area.

Unmasked the water and put a new post it note mask just under the horizon line.  Sponged Always Artichoke ink on to create an island.

Stamped the palm tree by coloring in the leaves on the stamp with Always Artichoke marker and the trunk with Basic Black marker.

Sponged Basic Black ink at the post it note edge to darken the bottom of the island.

Stamped the boat by coloring in the image on the rubber stamp, omitting the sun using Basic Black marker.

Colored in the Boat base using Basic Black marker, the sail and rope with a White Gel Pen and the pole with a Silver metallic gel pen.

Darkened some of the leave of the palm tree using an Always Artichoke marker.  Colored in the trunk of the tree with a Basic Black marker and added White Gel pen highlights to the tree using a White Gel Pen.

Cut to 0.5″ x 7.5″ strips of card stock.  One from Tempting Turquoise and one from Whisper White.

Ripped the edge from the Tempting Turquoise strip and smeared it across a Not Quite Navy ink pad to darken the ripped edge.

Glued the Whisper White card stock strip to the back of the Tempting Turquoise strip and tor the edge of the card stock so it was just showing above the Tempting Turquoise strip.

Glued the strips to the main image panel.  Added a Basic Black panel behind the main image panel.  Added linen thread that I tied knots in, wrapping it around the panels.  Added a Melon Mambo panel and Basic Black panel.   Popped the main image panel up using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Cut out the sentiment using my Big Shot Machine and the Naturally Serif Alphabet.

Here is the finished card measuring 4″ x 8.5″.

I hope you get a little time to escape and enjoy yourself.

Until my next post. .  . . . .

Hugs,

Michelle

   Get ready for Brayer Workshops!  I am coming to the following locations, click the location name for more information.    
 

Ottumwa, Iowa       

Owings Mills, Maryland (Baltimore Area)      

Cleveland (Euclid), Ohio       

Staley , North Carolina (South of Greensboro)       

Monroe, Connecticut       

Dayton, Ohio     

Leesburg, Florida       

Montreal, Wisconsin       

Savannah, Georgia       

Lincoln, Illinois       

Jefferson, Louisiana (New Orleans Area)       

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        

Don’t see a workshop in your State?  Interested in hosting the workshops in your area in 2012?   Click HERE to get hostess information.       

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   

 Link to my Scentsy website where you can order the best smelling, safest wickless candles from me 24-7:  https://zindorf.scentsy.us/Home

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Uncharted Territory & Plant Hope
Paper: Stampin’ Up! Whisper White, Basic Black and Melon Mambo
Ink: Stampin’ Up! Tempting Turquoise, Not Quite Navy, Always Artichoke, Basic Black, So Saffron, Melon Mambo & Rich Razzelberry
Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Sponges, Brayer, Always Artichoke & Basic Black markers, Silver and White Gel Pens, Post it notes, Big Shot Machine, Naturally Serif Alphabet Die, Linen Thread, Stampin’ Dimensionals
Techniques: Brayering, Masking