Pear Thank You – Tutorial #533

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Hey There,

I got out the brand new Stampin’ Up! Perfectly Preserved stamp set from the new Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini Catalog for today’s tutorial.   Thought I would use the pear stamp and add a couple of shadows for some depth.  Pears are on my mind since I have a bag of them in my kitchen from our pear tree just waiting on me to do something with them.   I hear them telling me to cook them up in a fresh pear cake, lol.  Actually, I think that would be my belly telling me that, grin.  You can find the tutorial for this card below, enjoy!

Did you know at the top of my blog is a link for all the 533 tutorials I have created?  Click here if you would like to view them.

533 Tutorials, whew!  Have you had enough?  Need more?

Here are a few Stampin’ Up Reminders before I start the project.

The new Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini catalog is now in effect.  I love all of Stampin’ Up’s products, but the new mini catalog just blew me away (CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE HOLIDAY MINI CATALOG).  I especially love the coordinating products that you can get as a bundle at a discount.    Gotta love a discount, right?  Especially for those products to make your holiday gifts and cards.

Don’t miss out on my Customer free stamp set program. Check it out!  Along with a handmade thank you card from me for your order you will receive a token for each $50 in product you ordered using me as your demonstrator.  After you have collected 10 tokens you will receive a free current stamp set of your choosing, a value of $39 or less.   Here is a link to my online shopping page that you can shop at 24/7 (from the comfort of your home, even in your pj’s) and the products will be shipped directly to your door step from Stampin’ Up:   CLICK HERE TO SHOP.   My free stamp set program will be an on going program.  :)

Want a new annual catalog shipped to you?     I will be happy to send you one.  The catalog is free, but there is a $5 shipping charge.   Note, I will only sell or ship within the United States do to Stampin’ Up! policies.  Please contact me at mzindorf@aim.com.  Payment can be sent via Paypal or check.

You can join my Stampin’ Up! team and become a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator now for the great new price of $99, CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT.  Contact me whether you want to start your own business or just enjoy the 20% discount on products.

Want to purchase one of my original cards or some Stampin’ Up! retired sets CLICK HERE.

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

Card Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Perfectly Preserved (item number 126692)

Card Stock: Stampin’ Up! Early Espesso, Whisper White, Lucky Limeade and Core Color Early Espresso

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Daffodil Delight, Cajun Craze, Early Espresso, Lucky Limeade, Old Olive and Always Artichoke

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Sponge, Sponge Daubers, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Big Shot Machine, Polka Dots and Fancy Fan Embossing Folders, Sanding Block, Framelits – Label Collection, White Gel Pen, Markers (Early Espresso, Old Olive, Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake and So Saffron), Old Olive Ribbon.

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 and have your order delivered directly to your door step from Stampin’ Up!

 

 

Cut the main image panel using the second to the smallest Label Framelit and the big shot machine.

Sponged Daffodil Delight at the top of the card stock and Cajun Craze ink at the bottom of the card stock.

 

Stamped two pears on Whisper White card stock.  One in Lucky Limeade and one in Old Olive.

Colored the Old Olive pear in using an Old Olive Marker.

Cut the pears out using paper snips.

Added Shadows, Old Olive marker on the lucky limeade pear and Always Artichoke marker on the Old Olive pear.

 

Adhered the pears to the main image panel and then stamped the leaves on using Old Olive ink.

Sponged Early Espresso ink around the edges of the card stock.

Added a shadow under the pears using a Crumb Cake marker.

Used Old Olive marker around the heart and Colored over the stem using an Early Espresso marker.

Colored the leaves in using a So Saffron marker.

Added White Gel Pen highlights.

Die cut a Color Core Early Espesso card stock Label using the second to the largest label die and the Big Shot Machine.

Embossed the die cut using the Polka Dots Embossing Folder and the Big Shot Machine and then sanded the dots a bit some the core color would show.

Cut a 4″ x 5.25″ Lucky Limeade Panel and embossed it using the Fancy Fans Embossing Folder and Big Shot Machine.

 

Added a 8.5″ x 5.5″ Whisper White panel fold in half for the card base, a 4.25″ x 5.5″ Early Espresso panel and Old Olive Polka Dot Ribbon.

Here is the finished card.

May your day be filled with the people you love.

Until my next post. . . . .

Hugs,

 

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

Purcellville, Virginia

Orange, Massachusetts

Scottsdale, Arizona

Sacramento, California (Sold Out)

Staley, North Carolina

St. Petersburg, Florida

Newburge, Indiana

I hope you can make it to one of my workshops in 2012.  I have decided not to travel after this year, so be sure to catch one now!

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

 

 

 

Gently Falling Branch – Tutorial #532

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Hey There,

Are you ready for Autumn?  I am sooooo ready!    I love to craft during the Autumn season.  It’s the time of year when all of my favorite colors are splashed all over the landscape.   But I will need to wait a few months, but that doesn’t mean I will need to wait for Autumn to get here before I start creating Autumn projects.   With that being said, here is a card using the Stampin’ Up! Gently Falling two step stamp set and the very fun color core Early Espresso card stock.  This new card stock from Stampin’ Up! is just begging to be sanded, so I obliged, using the new sanding block, grin.   Also, I brayered the background in so that it looks like filtered light.

Now the card was so fun to make I decided to make this 12 x 12 scrapbook page using the same techniques I used in the card.   The photo is of my son Mitchell with his daughter Hailie Jade.  This was taken back in 2003, lol.  I’m a bit behind on getting some of my photos scrap booked.

Here are a few Stampin’ Up Reminders before I start the project.

The new Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini catalog is now in effect.  I love all of Stampin’ Up’s products, but the new mini catalog just blew me away (CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE HOLIDAY MINI CATALOG).  I especially love the coordinating products that you can get as a bundle at a discount.    Gotta love a discount, right?  Especially for those products to make your holiday gifts and cards.

Don’t miss out on my Customer free stamp set program. Check it out!  Along with a handmade thank you card from me for your order you will receive a token for each $50 in product you ordered using me as your demonstrator.  After you have collected 10 tokens you will receive a free current stamp set of your choosing, a value of $39 or less.   Here is a link to my online shopping page that you can shop at 24/7 (from the comfort of your home, even in your pj’s) and the products will be shipped directly to your door step from Stampin’ Up:   CLICK HERE TO SHOP.   My free stamp set program will be an on going program.  :)

Want a new annual catalog shipped to you?     I will be happy to send you one.  The catalog is free, but there is a $5 shipping charge.   Note, I will only sell or ship within the United States do to Stampin’ Up! policies.  Please contact me at mzindorf@aim.com.  Payment can be sent via Paypal or check.

You can join my Stampin’ Up! team and become a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator now for the great new price of $99, CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT.  Contact me whether you want to start your own business or just enjoy the 20% discount on products.

Want to purchase one of my original cards or some Stampin’ Up! retired sets CLICK HERE.

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

Card Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Gently Falling

Card Stock: Stampin’ Up! Summer Starfruit, Basic Black, Cajun Craze and Color Core Early Espresso

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Basic Black, Always Artichoke, Lucky Limeade, Cajun Craze and More Mustard

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Sponge, Sponge Dauber, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Big Shot Machine, Wood Embossing Folder, Sanding Block, Brayer, Crystal Effects

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 and have your order delivered directly to your door step from Stampin’ Up!

 

Brayered More Mustard ink at the bottom of a 4.5″ x 6″ piece of Summer Starfruit card stock.

Brayered Cajun Craze ink at the bottom of the card stock not covering the Summer Starfruit ink entirely.

Stamped the solid leaf stamp on Lucky Limeade card stock using the following colors, Lucky Limeade, Always Artichoke and Cajun Craze.

Over stamped the solid images with the fine line stamp using the following colors, Always Artichoke, Basic Black and Cherry Cobbler.

Stamped the solid seed pods on Lucky Limeade card stock using Lucky Limeade ink.  We called these seed pods helicopters when I was growing up.

Stamped the fine line image over the solid image using Always Artichoke ink.

Cut all the images out using my Paper Snips.

Tip:  When cutting out things with curves move the paper not the scissors.  This helps to give you a smoother look to your cutting and it’s much easier too.

Tip:  Put a piece of rubber shelf liner under your Big Shot Machine so it doesn’t slide around when in use.

Using the Big Shot Machine and Wood Embossing Folder, embossed a 4.5″ x 6″ piece of Color Core Early Espresso card stock.

Sand the top of the card stock to bring out the inner core color and the design.

Cut a 1″ strip of the card stock and adhere it to the main image panel.

Draw in a limb using an Early Espresso marker.

Adhere the leaves using 3 Stampin’ Dimensionals and a bit of glue at the bottom of the leaf.  This will pop the top of the leaf up and have the bottom of the leaf flat on the card stock.

 

Adhere the seed pods flat on the card stock.  Crinkle up the edges of the  leaves.

Darken the stems of the leaves and seed pods using the Early Espresso marker.   This makes things look a bit more natural.

Sponge Basic Black ink at the bottom and left sides of the card stock.

Add Crystal effects dots on the leaves as dew drops.  This goes on milky but dries to a clear.  Let dry very well.

Add a couple of very fine twigs using the Early Espresso marker.

Added a 5″ x 6.5″ Cajun Craze panel and a 4.75″ x 6.25″ Basic Black panel.

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

May your day be filled with the colors of nature.

Until my next post. . . . .

Hugs,

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

Purcellville, Virginia

Orange, Massachusetts

Scottsdale, Arizona

Sacramento, California (Sold Out)

Staley, North Carolina

St. Petersburg, Florida

Newburge, Indiana

I hope you can make it to one of my workshops in 2012.  I have decided not to travel after this year, so be sure to catch one now!

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

 

Shaped Christmas Card – Tutorial #531

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Hey There,

I have a tutorial today on how to make a shaped card using a die cut.   This card will easily fit into an A-2 envelope (quarter card).   My scene was put together using the emboss resist technique.  This technique allows you to put your background in over your main image.  🙂   Hope you hang out and give this card try.  It’s fun stepping outside the box and making a different shape than square or rectangle.

Here are a few Stampin’ Up Reminders before I start the project.

The new Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini catalog is now in effect.  I love all of Stampin’ Up’s products, but the new mini catalog just blew me away (CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE HOLIDAY MINI CATALOG).  I especially love the coordinating products that you can get as a bundle at a discount.    Gotta love a discount, right?  Especially for those products to make your holiday gifts and cards.

Don’t miss out on my Customer free stamp set program. Check it out!  Along with a handmade thank you card from me for your order you will receive a token for each $50 in product you ordered using me as your demonstrator.  After you have collected 10 tokens you will receive a free current stamp set of your choosing, a value of $39 or less.   Here is a link to my online shopping page that you can shop at 24/7 (from the comfort of your home, even in your pj’s) and the products will be shipped directly to your door step from Stampin’ Up:   CLICK HERE TO SHOP.   My free stamp set program will be an on going program.  :)

Want a new annual catalog shipped to you?     I will be happy to send you one.  The catalog is free, but there is a $5 shipping charge.   Note, I will only sell or ship within the United States do to Stampin’ Up! policies.  Please contact me at mzindorf@aim.com.  Payment can be sent via Paypal or check.

You can join my Stampin’ Up! team and become a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator now for the great new price of $99, CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT.  Contact me whether you want to start your own business or just enjoy the 20% discount on products.

Want to purchase one of my original cards or some Stampin’ Up! retired sets CLICK HERE.

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

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! For the Birds

Card Stock: Stampin’ Up! Whisper White

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Baja Breeze, Island Indig, Real Red and Basic Black

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Sponges, Sponge Daubers, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Versamark Marker, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Post it Note, Printed Designer Brads, Labels Collection Framelits Die, Big Shot Machine, Real Red Ribbon, Markers (Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Old Olive, Basic Black and Soft Suede).

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 and have your order delivered directly to your door step from Stampin’ Up!

 

Love the Framelits.  🙂

Die Cut the frame using the second to the largest framelit, Whisper White card stock and the Big Shot Machine.  This piece will be the front of my card.

Folded a Whisper White card stock and put the fold just below the edge of the framelit as shown below.

Run it through the big shot machine.  This piece of the card base.

Die cut another frame.  This time I used the 3rd to the largest Framelit, Whisper White and the Big Shot Machine.   This piece is for the main image panel.

Stamped the image using Craft Basic Black ink on the main image panel.

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

Colored the bird in with Pumpkin Pie marker.

Added Real Red marker.

Blended the color together using the Pumpkin Pie marker.   Now there is a shadow at the bottom of the bird and it’s wing.

Added Old Olive marker to the hat, scarf and ornament.

Added a thin line to the bottom of the wing and belly using a Soft Suede marker.

Colored the beak in with Basic Black marker.

Colored in the image using a Versamarker.  Be sure to stay inside the embossed lines and start with the lightest part and work toward the darker parts.   Heat emboss the image using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.   Now the whole bird is embossed.

Ripped the sticky part of a post it note and masked the sky of the scene.

Sponged Baja Breeze ink on the unmasked area.

Sponged Island Indigo ink on the top of the unmasked area.

Removed the post it note mask and ripped a hill shape in the post it note.   Sponged Baja Breeze ink a the top of the post it note edge.

Removed the mask and sponged Real Red ink around the main image panel edge.

Sponged Baja Breeze ink around the edge of the card front panel.

Added Real Red Ribbon.

Adhered the card front to the card base lining up the die cut edges.

Added brads to the right and left sides of the main image panel.

Adhered the main image panel to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.   Here is the finished card.  🙂

May your day be filled with love and laughter.

Until my next post. . . . .

Hugs,

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

Purcellville, Virginia

Orange, Massachusetts

Scottsdale, Arizona

Sacramento, California (Sold Out)

Staley, North Carolina

St. Petersburg, Florida

Newburge, Indiana

I hope you can make it to one of my workshops in 2012.  I have decided not to travel after this year, so be sure to catch one now!

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

Happily Ever After – Tutorial #530

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They There,

I have a wedding card tutorial for you today.  This is the card that I gave my son, Mitchell and his lovely bride, Jamie on this past Saturday for their wedding.

The wedding was soooooo stunningly beautiful.  The ceremony was preformed outdoors by a weeping willow tree with a pond back drop.  The weather was perfect.   The wedding party was a large one, 6 bridesmaids, Maid of Honor, 6 groomsman, Best Man, 2 Flower Girls, Ring Barrier and Jamie and Mitchell’s English Bulldog, Slug.  Also of course, the bride and groom.

I love this picture of Jamie and Mitchell.  Too fun!

I don’t have any pictures of the ceremony yet.   They had a professional photographer so I left the camera at home and truly enjoyed watching my youngest get married through my teary eyes.  Such a happy occasion.   Jamie has really been a part of our family for a couple of years now, but now it is official.

Here are a few Stampin’ Up Reminders before I start the project.

The new Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini catalog is now in effect.  I love all of Stampin’ Up’s products, but the new mini catalog just blew me away (CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE HOLIDAY MINI CATALOG).  I especially love the coordinating products that you can get as a bundle at a discount.    Gotta love a discount, right?  Especially for those products to make your holiday gifts and cards.

Don’t miss out on my Customer free stamp set program. Check it out!  Along with a handmade thank you card from me for your order you will receive a token for each $50 in product you ordered using me as your demonstrator.  After you have collected 10 tokens you will receive a free current stamp set of your choosing, a value of $39 or less.   Here is a link to my online shopping page that you can shop at 24/7 (from the comfort of your home, even in your pj’s) and the products will be shipped directly to your door step from Stampin’ Up:   CLICK HERE TO SHOP.   My free stamp set program will be an on going program.  :)

Want a new annual catalog shipped to you?     I will be happy to send you one.  The catalog is free, but there is a $5 shipping charge.   Note, I will only sell or ship within the United States do to Stampin’ Up! policies.  Please contact me at mzindorf@aim.com.  Payment can be sent via Paypal or check.

You can join my Stampin’ Up! team and become a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator now for the great new price of $99, CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT.  Contact me whether you want to start your own business or just enjoy the 20% discount on products.

Want to purchase one of my original cards or some Stampin’ Up! retired sets CLICK HERE.

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

Supplies:

Card Stock: Stampin’ Up! Whisper White, Baja Breeze and Basic Black

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Baja Breeze, Old Olive, Island Indigo and Basic Black

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Sponges, 1 3/4″ Circle Punch, Brayer, Antique Brads, Whisper White Satin Ribbon, Post it Note, Potpourri Basket Cricut Cartridge, Cricut Imagine Machine.

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 and have your order delivered directly to your door step from Stampin’ Up!

Punched a 1 3/4″ circle from a the sticky part of a post it note and masked the moon on a 3″ x 4.5″ piece of Whisper White card stock.

Brayered Baja Breeze on the top of the card stock.   Also brayered Island Indigo at the top of the card stock (sorry I missed the photo on this).

Sponged Old Olive ink at the bottom of the card stock.

Sponged Basic Black ink at the very bottom of the card stock.

Removed the moon mask and added a bride and groom die cut.  The die cut was cut using Potpourri Basket Cricut Cartridge at 2″ with my Cricut Imagine machine from Basic Black card stock.

Added a 5.25″ square panel of Baja Breeze, 5″ square Basic Black panel, 4 7/8″ square Whisper White Panel, 3 1/8″ x 4 5/” Basic Black panel and a 10.5″ x 5.25″ piece of Whisper White folded in half for the card base.   Also added White Satin Ribbon and two Antique Brads.   Here is the finished card measuring 5.25″ square.

May your day be filled with wonder.

Until my next post. . . . .

Hugs,

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

Purcellville, Virginia

Orange, Massachusetts

Scottsdale, Arizona

Sacramento, California (Sold Out)

Staley, North Carolina

St. Petersburg, Florida

Newburge, Indiana

I hope you can make it to one of my workshops in 2012.  I have decided not to travel after this year, so be sure to catch one now!

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

 

 

They Are Married! Woohoo!

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Well they did it!  My son, Mitchell is now a husband and I have gained the most wonderful daughter in law every.   Jamie, welcome to the family.

Congratulations to Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell VanHoose!  Cheers to ever lasting love.

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

Hugs,

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

Purcellville, Virginia

Orange, Massachusetts

Scottsdale, Arizona

Sacramento, California (Sold Out)

Staley, North Carolina

St. Petersburg, Florida

Newburge, Indiana

I hope you can make it to one of my workshops in 2012.  I have decided not to travel after this year, so be sure to catch one now!

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

 

 

 

My Digital Studio 2 is out!

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MY DIGITAL STUDIO 2 IS HERE.. . . . . .

Check out this link to see what the buzz is:

MY DIGITAL STUDIO 2

You can try out My Digital Studio for free.  CLICK HERE!

Express yourself and impress your friends when you create projects using MDS 2, My Digital Studio’s digital design software.

With the FREE 30-day trial, you’ll get:
* Full access to the software at NO COST for 30 days
* Full access to design tools to create cards, photobooks, calendars, and more
* Full access to a sample of exclusive artwork from MDS 2+
* The chance to buy additional downloads that you can keep after your trial expires
* Ability to order your projects from our professional print services

 

 

Pardon my absence.  My youngest son is gettting married this weekend.  Lots to do. .. ..  . .

See you next week!

Hugs,

Michelle

Hanging On – Tutorial #529

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Hi There,

Happy Hump Day!    Hey, you have to find something to celebrate everyday, right?

I’ve got a fun little project today.   The stamp in this project comes out of that super cute Stampin’ Up! set  Spooky Bingo Bits.   This set is so full of stamps, you got to get it.

I used the little tree in full image and just part of the image here.   Check it out in my tutorial below.

 

Here are a few Stampin’ Up Reminders before I start the project.

The new Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini catalog is now in effect.  I love all of Stampin’ Up’s products, but the new mini catalog just blew me away (CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE HOLIDAY MINI CATALOG).  I especially love the coordinating products that you can get as a bundle at a discount.    Gotta love a discount, right?  Especially for those products to make your holiday gifts and cards.

Don’t miss out on my Customer free stamp set program. Check it out!  Along with a handmade thank you card from me for your order you will receive a token for each $50 in product you ordered using me as your demonstrator.  After you have collected 10 tokens you will receive a free current stamp set of your choosing, a value of $39 or less.   Here is a link to my online shopping page that you can shop at 24/7 (from the comfort of your home, even in your pj’s) and the products will be shipped directly to your door step from Stampin’ Up:   CLICK HERE TO SHOP.   My free stamp set program will be an on going program.  :)

Want a new annual catalog shipped to you?     I will be happy to send you one.  The catalog is free, but there is a $5 shipping charge.   Note, I will only sell or ship within the United States do to Stampin’ Up! policies.  Please contact me at mzindorf@aim.com.  Payment can be sent via Paypal or check.

You can join my Stampin’ Up! team and become a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator now for the great new price of $99, CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT.  Contact me whether you want to start your own business or just enjoy the 20% discount on products.

Want to purchase one of my original cards or some Stampin’ Up! retired sets CLICK HERE.

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

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Spooky Bingo Bits

Card Stock: Stampin’ Up! Whisper White, Basic Black, Old Olive and Primrose Petal

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Daffodil Delight, Pretty in Pink, Primrose Petal, Certainly Celery, Old Olive and Stazon Jet Black

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Sponge Daubers, White Gel Pen, Basic Black marker, Certainly Celery Marker, Silver Brads, Bigz Clear Large Scallop Square Die, Bigz Scallop Squares Duo Die, Big Shot Machine

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 and have your order delivered directly to your door step from Stampin’ Up!

Die Cut the largest scallop square on the Scallop Square Duo Die using the Big Shot Machine and Whisper White card stock.

Sponged Daffodil Delight ink starting in the middle of the square working out.

 

Sponged Pretty in Pink ink on leaving a circle in the middle of Daffodil Delight ink showing.

Sponged Primrose Petals ink around the edge of the card stock (top, right and left sides).

Sponged Certainly Celery at the bottom of the card stock.

Using a Basic Black Marker (brush end), made the top half of a “C” from the top of the grass, added the line across the top.

Colored the cliff in with the Basic Black marker.

Stamped the tree using Stazon Jet Black ink.

Added Certainly Celery marker to the top of the cliff for grass.

Sponged Old Olive ink at the bottom of the grass.

Masked the grass using a post it note.  Stamped the tree 3 times so the branches are above the mask.

Removed the mask and add Certainly Celery marker to the branches of the tree and bushes and then added some white gel pen highlights to the tree.

Die cut a Primrose Petal Large Scallop Square using the Big Shot Machine.

Added 2 Old Olive panels and 2 Basic Black panels along with the scallop squares.  Also added 4 silver brads and white gel pen dots around the largest Basic Black panel.  Here is the finished card measuring 5.5″ square.

Before I close today, I want to share with you a couple of pics of one of my girls, Bunny.    That’s right, Bunny has grown a beard.  In chick talk it is a muff.  How cute is that?  She is really turning out to be a stunner and look how big she is at 11 weeks old.    I guess you have to be a chicken to be considered a cute chick if you have a beard, lol.

I imagine Buffy below saying “Hey do you have to grow a beard to get a little photo time?”

 

May your day bring nothing but smiles to your face.

Until my next post. . . . .

Hugs,

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

Purcellville, Virginia

Orange, Massachusetts

Scottsdale, Arizona

Sacramento, California (Sold Out)

Staley, North Carolina

St. Petersburg, Florida

Newburge, Indiana

I hope you can make it to one of my workshops in 2012.  I have decided not to travel after this year, so be sure to catch one now!

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

 

Golden – Tutorial #528

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Hey There,

Check out this new stamp set from Stampin’ Up!    It can be found in the Stampin’ Up! Annual catalog.     I wanted you to see that this set is not just for the Winter months although it is named Christmas Deer.  It can be used all year.   Check out how this card was made in my tutorial below.

Here are a few Stampin’ Up Reminders before I start the project.

The new Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini catalog is now in effect.  I love all of Stampin’ Up’s products, but the new mini catalog just blew me away (CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE HOLIDAY MINI CATALOG).  I especially love the coordinating products that you can get as a bundle at a discount.    Gotta love a discount, right?  Especially for those products to make your holiday gifts and cards.

Don’t miss out on my Customer free stamp set program. Check it out!  Along with a handmade thank you card from me for your order you will receive a token for each $50 in product you ordered using me as your demonstrator.  After you have collected 10 tokens you will receive a free current stamp set of your choosing, a value of $39 or less.   Here is a link to my online shopping page that you can shop at 24/7 (from the comfort of your home, even in your pj’s) and the products will be shipped directly to your door step from Stampin’ Up:   CLICK HERE TO SHOP.   My free stamp set program will be an on going program.  :)

Want a new annual catalog shipped to you?     I will be happy to send you one.  The catalog is free, but there is a $5 shipping charge.   Note, I will only sell or ship within the United States do to Stampin’ Up! policies.  Please contact me at mzindorf@aim.com.  Payment can be sent via Paypal or check.

You can join my Stampin’ Up! team and become a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator now for the great new price of $99, CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT.  Contact me whether you want to start your own business or just enjoy the 20% discount on products.

Want to purchase one of my original cards or some Stampin’ Up! retired sets CLICK HERE.

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

Supplies for the jar tag:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Christmas Deer

Card Stock: Stampin’ Up! Whisper White, Lucky Limeade and Basic Black

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Daffodil Delight, Lucky Limeade, Old Olive, Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler and Early Espresso

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Sponge, Paper Piercing tool, Paper piercing pack, White Gel Pen, Brayer, Early Espresso marker, Summer Starfruit Satin Stitched Ribbon

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 and have your order delivered directly to your door step from Stampin’ Up!

Brayered Daffodil Delight ink at the top of a 3.5″ x 7″ piece of Whisper White card stock.

Brayered Lucky Limeade at the bottom of the card stock.

Brayered Old Olive ink at the bottom of the card stock, not covering the Lucky Limeade ink entirely.

Brayered Always Artichoke ink at the bottom of the card stock not covering the Old Olive ink entirely.

Stamped deer by loading the stamp with Soft Suede ink and then sponging Early Espresso ink at the bottom of the deer stamp before stamping to create a shadow on the bottom half of the deer.

Stamped the bird using Cherry Cobbler ink.

Using the edge of the Always Artichoke ink pad used the direct to paper method to put in some grasses.  This is an upward stroke.

Adhered a 3.75″ x 8.75″ Old Olive panel to a 4″ x 9″ Basic Black panel and then put two lines of pierced holes across the bottom and top of the Old Olive panel.

Added White gel pen lines from one pierced whole to the next to create some faux stitching.

Added a 3 5/8″ x 7 1/8″ Basic Black panel underneith the main image panel.  Also added some Summer Starfruit Ribbon.

Assembled the card and added Basic Black brads.

Here is the finished card measuring 4″ x 9″.  This size card fits into a #10 size office envelope.   🙂

May your day be filled with golden light.

Well I’m off to do a little Geocaching today since it is such a beautiful day here.   “Geocaching” you ask?   Click here to check out just what Geocaching is. It is way fun!

Until my next post. . . . .

Hugs,

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

West Bend, Wisconsin

Purcellville, Virginia

Orange, Massachusetts

Scottsdale, Arizona

Sacramento, California (Sold Out)

Staley, North Carolina

St. Petersburg, Florida

Newburge, Indiana

I hope you can make it to one of my workshops in 2012.  I have decided not to travel after this year, so be sure to catch one now!

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

Salsa and Tag Tutorial #527

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Tomatoes, onions and Peppers, OH MY!

Well what do you do when you have these veggies coming out of the garden in basketful’s?  You make salsa, that’s what.     Some people may think I am crazy for vegetable gardening and canning the things that I grow in my garden instead of picking them up off of the grocery store shelf.  Let me tell you, I know exactly what’s in my canned goods.  No pesticides or preservatives, low salt etc., etc.   Also, there is nothing better than to sit down to a meal and say I grew this and canned it.   Not to mention the taste is 100 times better than store bought.   So for all those reasons, I love to can!

The next best thing to growing your own is to pick up the veggies at your  local famers market or grocery store.

One more thing I love about canning is decorating the jars, grin.  People love to get these special jars as gifts.  Stampin’ Up has made it so easy to make that jar extra wonderful with their new Friendship Preserves stamp set and coordinating Window Frames Framelits Dies and Festive Paper Piercing Pack.  Check it out below.

Here are a few Stampin’ Up Reminders before I start the project.

The new Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini catalog is now in effect.  I love all of Stampin’ Up’s products, but the new mini catalog just blew me away (CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE HOLIDAY MINI CATALOG).  I especially love the coordinating products that you can get as a bundle at a discount.    Gotta love a discount, right?  Especially for those products to make your holiday gifts and cards.

Don’t miss out on my Customer free stamp set program. Check it out!  Along with a handmade thank you card from me for your order you will receive a token for each $50 in product you ordered using me as your demonstrator.  After you have collected 10 tokens you will receive a free current stamp set of your choosing, a value of $39 or less.   Here is a link to my online shopping page that you can shop at 24/7 (from the comfort of your home, even in your pj’s) and the products will be shipped directly to your door step from Stampin’ Up:   CLICK HERE TO SHOP.   My free stamp set program will be an on going program.  :)

Want a new annual catalog shipped to you?     I will be happy to send you one.  The catalog is free, but there is a $5 shipping charge.   Note, I will only sell or ship within the United States do to Stampin’ Up! policies.  Please contact me at mzindorf@aim.com.  Payment can be sent via Paypal or check.

You can join my Stampin’ Up! team and become a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator now for the great new price of $99, CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT.  Contact me whether you want to start your own business or just enjoy the 20% discount on products.

Want to purchase one of my original cards or some Stampin’ Up! retired sets CLICK HERE.

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

Supplies for the jar tag:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Friendship Preserves

Card Stock: Stampin’ Up! Whisper White, Old Olive and Stampin’ Up Designer Series Paper

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Real Red and Old Olive

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Sponge, Real Red and Old Olive Markers, Festive Paper Piercing Pack, Framelits – Window Frames Collection, Sticky Tape, glue dots, Big Shot Machine.

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 and have your order delivered directly to your door step from Stampin’ Up!

My photos are a bit wacky today.  Bare with me.  I found it is not a good idea to take a photo of a boiling pot of water with steam coming up off of it steaming up your lens, lol.   You all probably new that, but I came from the school of hard knocks so I had to learn it the hard way.

If you have never canned before, I suggest you get a book on canning to get the basics down.

Ingredients:

1 cup distilled white vinegar

1/4 cup sugar

1 tablespoon salt

3 pounds tomatoes, seeded and diced

1/2 pound onions, finely diced

1-2 jalapeno peppers, finely diced

1 cup chopped fresh cilantro (optional)

Note:  I have doubled this recipe today.  The list above is for one batch that makes 7 cups.

I started making my salsa by washing and blanching my tomatoes.

I blanched them by putting them in boiling water for 1-2 minutes to get the skin to split.  At that point, take them out and put them in ice water to cool them down.  You are not trying to cook them just killing the bacteria on them and to get the skin to loosen up.

Take them out of the ice water and drain in a colander.

The skins will now slide right off of the tomatoes.  So skin them and core them with a paring knife.  I save the skin and core to add to my compost pile, now that’s a whole different topic.

Once they have been skinned and cored slice it down the middle and remove the seeds by squeezing it.  I do this over a separate bowl to catch the seeds and juice.

I didn’t want to waste the tomato juice so I strained it through a cheese cloth and saved it for breakfast tomorrow.  To yummy to through out.

I chopped all of the tomatoes, onions and peppers I needed for the salsa.  My food processor is a great help for the onion and peppers.

Prepared my jars and lids by boiling them.

Put the vinegar, sugar and salt in a non reactive pan and brought it to a boil.

Added my tomatoes, onions and peppers and brought them back to a boil for 5 minutes.

Added the cilantro and took the pan off of the heat.

Filled my jars, wiped off the rim of the jars, put on my tops and screw bands.  Hand tightened them and put them in my canner for 15 minutes.

After 15 minutes in the canner, take the pot off of the burner and take the lid off.  Leave the jars in the water for 5 more minutes.

Remove the jars from the canner and put them on a towel on your counter.  Listen for the jars to ping.  This is an indication that they sealed properly.  🙂  You now have SALSA.  Where are the chips!

Now for the tags:

Stamped the Yum stamp using Real Red ink on Whisper White card stock.

Colored the leaves in with an Old Olive marker.

Using the Window Frames Collection Framelits, cut out the yum stamped image.  Using the next size die cut out an Old Olive piece to go under my main tag.   Also cut out the smallest die using Whisper White card stock.

 

Pierced around the edge of the Old Olive piece using the coordinating Festive Paper Piercing Pack and piercing tool.

Hand wrote Salsa and the date on the small Whisper White piece and sponged Old Olive ink around the edge.

Punched circles from Real Red card stock using the 1 3/4″ circle punch.   Adhered the salsa piece to it.

Adhered the yum tag to the Old Olive piece and then to a 1″ strip of Stampin’ Up designer series paper.  I used sticky strip to adhere the tag to the DSP strip so the tag would lay flat when wrapped around the jar.  Adhered the strip around the jar using a few glue dots so it didn’t slide around.   Also added the Salsa tag to the top of the jar.  People need to know what’s in the jar, right?

There are my salsa jars all ready to be eaten or gifted.

I hope you liked today’s tutorial.  It made me hungry.  I think I need to find those chips now.

Until my next post. . . . .

Hugs,

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

West Bend, Wisconsin

Purcellville, Virginia

Orange, Massachusetts

Scottsdale, Arizona

Sacramento, California (Sold Out)

Staley, North Carolina

St. Petersburg, Florida

Newburge, Indiana

I hope you can make it to one of my workshops in 2012.  I have decided not to travel after this year, so be sure to catch one now!

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

 

Trick or Treat Mummy – Tutorial #526

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Hey There,

Well today is August 1, 2012 and the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini catalog is now in effect.  I love all of Stampin’ Up’s products, but the new mini catalog just blew me away (CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE HOLIDAY MINI CATALOG).  I especially love the coordinating products that you can get as a bundle at a discount.    Gotta love a discount, right?  Especially for those products to make your holiday gifts and cards.

I used two of the new mini sets in this card.  Check it out below.  🙂

Here are a few Stampin’ Up Reminders before I start the project.

Don’t miss out on my Customer free stamp set program. Check it out!  Along with a handmade thank you card from me for your order you will receive a token for each $50 in product you ordered using me as your demonstrator.  After you have collected 10 tokens you will receive a free current stamp set of your choosing, a value of $39 or less.   Here is a link to my online shopping page that you can shop at 24/7 (from the comfort of your home, even in your pj’s) and the products will be shipped directly to your door step from Stampin’ Up:   CLICK HERE TO SHOP.   My free stamp set program will be an on going program.  :)

Want a new annual catalog shipped to you?     I will be happy to send you one.  The catalog is free, but there is a $5 shipping charge.   Note, I will only sell or ship within the United States do to Stampin’ Up! policies.  Please contact me at mzindorf@aim.com.  Payment can be sent via Paypal or check.

You can join my Stampin’ Up! team and become a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator now for the great new price of $99, CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT.  Contact me whether you want to start your own business or just enjoy the 20% discount on products.

Want to purchase one of my original cards or some Stampin’ Up! retired sets CLICK HERE.

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

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Googly Ghouls (128063), Toxic Treats (127901) and Spooky Bingo Bits (123946)

Card Stock: Stampin’ Up! Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant and Designer Paper from the new Stampin’ Up! Paper Stack Festival of Prints (126904)

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Bashful Blue, Island Indigo, Elegant Eggplant, So Saffron, Basic Black and Stazon Jet Black

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Sponges, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Paper Snips, 1 3/4″ circle Punch, Post it note, Glimmer Brads, Brayer, Basic Black and Old Olive markers, Googlies Eyes (127539)

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 and have your order delivered directly to your door step from Stampin’ Up!

 

 

Punched a 1 3/4″ circle from the stick part of a post it note and used it as a mask for the moon on a 2.75″ x 6″ piece of Whisper White card stock.

Brayered Bashful Blue, Island Indigo and Elegant Eggplant in that order at the top of the card stock.

 

 

Removed the moon mask and sponged So Saffron ink in the middle of the moon.

Stamped the house using Stazon Jet Black ink.

Sponged the hill in using Old Olive ink leaving the bottom of the card stock white.

Stamped the fence by loading the stamp with a Basic Black marker and then huffing on the stamp to moisten before stamping it.

Colored in just the fence of the fence stamp and stamped it so the fence continued.  Repeated on the other side.

 

Stamped the Sentiment in the moon using Stazon Jet Black ink.

Added a path to the house using an Old Olive marker.

Sponged Old Olive ink at the bottom of the card stock.

Cut a 4.75″ x 6.25″ piece of Designer Series paper and added 2 Elegant eggplant panels.

 

Stamped the mummy and the trick or treat bag using Stazon Jet Black ink on Whisper White card stock and cut them out.

 

Ripped a piece of Old Olive card stock for grass and sponged Basic Black ink at the bottom edge.

Adhered the grass card stock, mummy, trick or treat bag using Stampin’ Dimensionals.  Added a Googlies Eye to the mummy (super cute) and added a handle to the trick or treat bag using a Basic Black marker.  Also added to Old Olive Glimmer Brads.

Here is the finished card measuring 5″ x 6.5″.   Makes me want to go out and get some candy, lol.

I’m a little late posting today.  I’ve been busy in the kitchen doing some more freezer meal stuff.

Yesterday I got 6 lbs of ground turkey, 1 lb of cheddar cheese and 3 lbs of hamburger on sale.

So with my bargains I made the following:

50 Breakfast Burritos:

First, I made my ground turkey into turkey sausage.  Here is a link to the recipe I used CLICK HERE.  I tripled the recipe.

Then I made my breakfast burritos.   Turkey sausage, 24 eggs and 2 Tablespoons of Milk scrambled, 1 lb cheddar cheese shredded in food processor, 50 flour tortillas and large jar of salsa (I used home made salsa).  These were put together and par-frozen on cookie sheets and then transfered into freezer bags and back in the freezer.  To use, all you need to do is take one out and wrap it in a paper towel and microwave 1.3 minutes.  Super fast breakfast.

The 3 lbs of hamburger was browned along with some onion and bell peppers.   It was then drained and divided up into 3 freezer baggies.  Now I have meat all ready to add to spaghetti sauce or used in casseroles.

 

Love when I can take advantage of a sale.

May your day be filled with fun and excitement!

Until my next post. . . . .

Hugs,

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

West Bend, Wisconsin

Purcellville, Virginia

Orange, Massachusetts

Scottsdale, Arizona

Sacramento, California (Sold Out)

Staley, North Carolina

St. Petersburg, Florida

Newburge, Indiana

I hope you can make it to one of my workshops in 2012.  I have decided not to travel after this year, so be sure to catch one now!

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