It’s Here!!!! The New Stampin’ Up Annual Catalog

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Check out what’s new at Stampin’ Up!  The brand new Annual Catalog has been released.   CLICK HERE TO LOOK AT THE CATALOG ONLINE. I got my order in and I’m ecstatic about the new products and, of course, the new stamps!    CLICK HERE TO PLACE AN ORDER. Contact me at mzindorf@aim.com or 937-344-1312 with product questions.

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.

I’m off to the farmer’s market and then to see Snow White and the Huntsman today at the cinema.  Have a super weekend!

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.

Sand Lake, Michigan (just North of Grand Rapids)

Lawrence, Kansas

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

West Bend, Wisconsin

Purcellville, Virginia

Orange, Massachusetts

Scottsdale, Arizona

Sacramento, California

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 this year!

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

Strawberry Jam Time

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Hey There,

This post has nothing to do with stamping, but does have to do with another passion of mine, preserving food.   Whether freezing, dehydrating or canning, it’s very comforting to me.

Reminder regarding ordering from the brand new Stampin’ Up! catalog on June 1, 2012.   Ordering will be down until 12:00 noon Mountain Time while they switch over to the new catalog products.   After that we can order all those new products!!!!!   There are so many sets I cannot wait to get my hands on.

So in the mean time. . . . .

As you can tell I’ve been jamming, lol.  Strawberry jam that is.

I have made a few batches now.  My little strawberry patch, which is full of June barring strawberry plants has been a bit confused by the very mild and warm Spring we have been having.  So my June barriers gave me wonderful strawberries in May instead.

This is my little strawberry patch.  Nothing fancy, but it works for us.

We get a good bunch of berries every day.  Yummy!

So, with Russ and I picking berries everyday we needed to do something with them.   I did freeze a couple of batches of clean strawberries.  That’s the easiest thing to do to preserve them.  All you need to do is wash and hull them.  Put them on a cookie sheet lined with freezer paper so they don’t touch each other.  Put the cookie sheet in your freezer until the berries are frozen solid and then put the berries in a freezer bag, squeeze the air out and continue freezing the berries for up to 6 months.   Great to throw in those smoothies.

My favorite thing to do with strawberries is make jam.  I’ll walk you through my process.

Ingredients:

8 cups strawberries, hulled and halved if large

2 cups sugar

1/4 cup bottled lemon juice

Okay, here we go. . . . .

Clean and hull your berries.  Cut them up into a bowl, add the sugar and stir it in.   Cover and refrigerate the berries over night to coax out the wonderful berry juice.

 

Boil your jars and lids to sterilize them.

Put the berry/sugar mixture in a non-reactive deep pan.   Bring to a boil, stirring and crushing the berries.  Stir in the lemon juice.  Continue to cook, stirring frequently until the jam reaches the desired gel point, about 25 minutes.  Remove the pan from the heat and then let it rest for 5 minutes.    Skim the foam off of the top of the jam and then fill your jars, leaving 1/2″ head room.   Put your lids on.

 

Process using the boiling water method for 10 minutes with the lid on.  Turn the heat off and remove the lid and let the jars set in the canner for another 5 minutes.

Remove the jars from the water and let set for 24 hours.  Check seals, label and store.   Yummy!

I used my cricut machine and cut these cute little strawberry tags and used them as my labels.  Punched a hole in the strawberry and ran twine through and around the lid to attach them to my jars.

Gotta love Spring time and Strawberry Jam.   This is good on ice cream too!

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.

Sand Lake, Michigan (just North of Grand Rapids)

Lawrence, Kansas

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

West Bend, Wisconsin

Purcellville, Virginia

Orange, Massachusetts

Scottsdale, Arizona

Sacramento, California

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 this year!

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

Sunset Oak – Tutorial #511

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Hey There,

Hope you had a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend.   Mine was spent helping one son move, up keep on the vegetable garden, some work on wedding invites for my youngest son’s wedding that will be in August, making and canning strawberry jam and a cookout with family.   Needless to say, it was a busy but wonderful weekend.

This morning I decided to create a project using the most popular of Stampin’ Up! sets, Lovely As A Tree.  That is in my opinion anyway.

Tree sets are so very easy to use and your creations can be either for a male or female.  Trees are unisex, correct?

Oh yeah, if you want to see how very much my chicks have grown since last week (they have doubled their size), you can see them at the bottom of this post.  🙂

Reminders before I start the tutorial:

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.

Today and tomorrow (May 30-31, 2012) is the last chance to get some of the retired sets and accessories from Stampin’ Up!

. . .  . Check out what’s going, going, going by clicking here.

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

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

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Lovely as a Tree

Card Stock: Stampin’ Up! Basic Black, Cajun Craze and Whisper White

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Basic Black, Cherry Cobber, Daffodil Delight and Cajun Craze

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Sponges, 2.5″ Circle Punch, Post it note, gold brads, Brayer, Daffodil Delight and Sahara Sand Markers, Gold Metallic Marker

Are you getting inspiration from this blog?   One way you can help support it is to order your Stampin’ Up products through me.   Click HEREto place an order and have your order delivered directly to your door step from Stampin’ Up!    Want to become a Stampin’ Up Demonstrator , receive a 20% discount on product and earn instant income on orders, get to purchase products before they are released to the public?  Consider being part of my Stampin’ Up Team and start your own business or become a Hobby Demo just for the discount.  New special join price of $99.   Click HERE for more information.

 

 

Punched a 2.5″ Circle from a Post it note and used it as mask for the sun on a 3.5″ square piece of Whisper White card stock.

Brayered Cherry Cobbler ink all over the card stock.

 

Removed the sun mask and sponged Daffodil Delight ink in the sun.

Sponged Cajun Craze ink around the edge of the sun.

Stamped the Oak Tree using Basic Black ink.

Sponged Basic Black ink in for the ground.  The ink is darker at the top of the ground and very light at the bottom of the ground.

 

Colored in the trunk of the tree using a Sahara Sand marker.

Colored in the middle of the tree using a Daffodil Delight marker.  The marker will mix with a bit of the Basic Black from the tree and create a warm gray tone.

Edge the main image panel and a 2.5″ x 6.5″ piece of Basic Black card stock using a Gold Metallic Marker.

Added a Cajun Craze card base 6.5″ x 10″ folded in half, a 3 5/8″ Whisper White square, 3.75″ Basic Black Square, 4 Gold Brads and popped the main image panel up using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

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

Before I close, here is a little update on the chicks.  In just a weeks time they have doubled their size and now have feathers sprouting out.    We did a little photo shoot of them hanging out on my desk.

My girls all have names now.  From top left to bottom right here are their names:    Red, Buffy, Sophie and Bunny.   Yep, we are weird and so our chicks have weird names, lol.  They are all different breeds, top left to bottom right here are their breeds:  Speckled Sussex,  Buff Orpington, Black Australorp and Ameraucana.

They love to sit on my shoulder, lap or just take a nap in my hand.  They are super cute!  They live in a big plastic container with their light keeping them at a steady temperature in my living room for another 3 weeks.   I see these little ladies growing up fast and will be sad to put them outside in the coop when the time comes.  Or on the other hand, they will be quite big if they keep growing at this rate and will desperately need to be up out in the coop.

 

 

Have the best day ever!  Cheep, cheep!

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.

Sand Lake, Michigan (just North of Grand Rapids)

Lawrence, Kansas

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

West Bend, Wisconsin

Purcellville, Virginia

Orange, Massachusetts

Scottsdale, Arizona

Sacramento, California

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 this year!

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

 

 

 

 

 

We Have a Stampin’ Up Color Coach Winner!!!!

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The winner of the Stampin’ Up Color Coach is. . . . . . . . . . .

Phyllis Freese, who wrote “I think this would be very useful for stamping inspiration, as I tend to use the same colors often”.

Phyllis Freese, Congratulations!!!   Please e-mail your address to mzindorf@aim.com within 30 days and I will be this great tool out to you.

Thanks to all who played along!

Have a terrific Memorial Day Weekend Everybody.

Until my next post. . . .

Hugs,

Michelle

 

Watercolored Butterfly – Tutorial #510

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Okay, so I had to drag myself away from this,

and this  

and two other fuzz balls in order to go stamp.  Whew, that was tough!  I swear I could just sit and watch my little chicks play all day.  Now my dog Lucas just isn’t feeling it.  When I go over to the chick’s brooder, he just lays down with the biggest huff.  I’m sure he is thinking “here we go again with Mommy making little chickie googoo noises.”   Well, can you blame me?

I had some inquiries yesterday asking what breed of chicks I got.  Well I picked 4 different breeds, Speckled Sussex, Buff Orpington, Ameraucana, Black Austrolorp.    The chicks above are (right) Speckled Sussex and (left) Black Austrolorp.  The other 2 chicks were napping during the photo shoot so I left them alone.  I’m a good Mommy, lol.

I know, I know, get to the stamping already, lol.

For today’s project, I felt like water coloring so I grabbed my Aqua Painter and went to work or play as in my case, grin.  Stamping can never be work!

I didn’t pull out the watercolor paper, I just kept my Aqua Painter on the drier side and worked on DSP, Designer Series Paper.

Reminders before I start the tutorial:

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.

The Stampin’ Up retired stamp and retired accessory lists are out.  Hop on over to my Stampin’ Up! sales page to check it out.  Once the products are gone, there gone!  Only eight days left!

. . .  . Check out what’s going, going, going by clicking here.

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

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

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Nature Walk

Card Stock: Stampin’ Up! Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade and Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper, First Edition

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Island Indigo, So Saffron, Not Quite Navy, Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke, Lucky Limeade and a Jet Black Stazon Pad

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Sponges, Aqua Painter, White Gel Pen, 1/4″ Circle Punch, Inland Indigo Ribbon, Basic Black Marker, Stampin’ Dimensionals and a Post it Note.

Are you getting inspiration from this blog?   One way you can help support it is to order your Stampin’ Up products through me.   Click HEREto place an order and have your order delivered directly to your door step from Stampin’ Up!    Want to become a Stampin’ Up Demonstrator , receive a 20% discount on product and earn instant income on orders, get to purchase products before they are released to the public?  Consider being part of my Stampin’ Up Team and start your own business or become a Hobby Demo just for the discount.  New special join price of $99.   Click HERE for more information.

Okay, here we go. . . . . . .

Stamped the plant 3 times at different heights using Stazon Jet Black ink on a 2.75″ x 5″ piece of Designer Series Paper.  I selected this ink because it does not run when using it with a watercolor method.

Stamped the butterfly so it’s feet are touching the tallest flower using the Stazon Jet Black ink.

With my So Saffron Ink pad closed, I pressed on the back and front of the ink pad in order to get ink to transfer to the lid of the ink pad.  I used this pool of ink and an Aqua Painter to water color the leaves of the plants in.

Using the same watercolor method as the last step, colored the bottom of the leaves with Lucky Limeade.  Sorry, about the fuzzy photos.

Water colored the ground in using Lucky Limeade ink.

 

Water colored Always Artichoke ink at the very bottom of the paper.

Water colored the flowers by dotting the Cherry Cobbler ink on them.

Water colored the butterfly using Island Indigo ink.

Colored in the butterfly’s body using a Basic Black marker.

Colored the dots and tips of the wings in using a White Gel Pen.

Masked the sun using a 1/4″ circle punched from a post it note.

Sponged So Saffon ink over the sun mask.

Removed the sun mask.

Now that my butterfly is dry I water colored a little Not Quite Navy ink on the wings in the darkest areas.

Added a 5″ x 6.5″ panel of Island Indigo, a 4.75″ x 6.25″ panel of Lucky Limeade with Island Indigo ink sponged around the edges and a 2 7.8″ x 5 1/8″ panel of Island Indigo.

Added Island Indigo Ruffled Ribbon and here is the finished card measuring 5″ x 6.5″.

May your day be and extra, extra special one.

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.

Sand Lake, Michigan (just North of Grand Rapids)

Lawrence, Kansas

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

West Bend, Wisconsin

Purcellville, Virginia

Orange, Massachusetts

Scottsdale, Arizona

Sacramento, California

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 this year!

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 Chicks Are Here, Chirp, Chirp!

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Meet my four new babies.   They just arrived this very morning, express mail.

We are going to call them the girls for now.  My chicks are all girls and I want to wait just a bit to name them.

They are 2 days old now and will live in this box brooder I put together for them for 4 to six weeks and then out to the new chicken coop.

I just want to let you know what I was up to this morning.  No time for stamping today.   I have chicks to coddle!

Sorry about the fuzzy pics.  They are really fuzzy, but they also haven’t learned how to stay still for photos yet, lol.  Or it could be that their new mommy has had to much caffeine today!

These are my first chicks.  I’m looking forward to having fresh eggs in about 6 months.

Anyway, I’m going to go back to watching the chicks and will post a project for you tomorrow.  Chirp, Chirp!

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Reminders:

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.

The Stampin’ Up retired stamp and retired accessory lists are out.  Hop on over to my Stampin’ Up! sales page to check it out.  Once the products are gone, there gone!

. . .  . Check out what’s going, going, going by clicking here.

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

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.

Sand Lake, Michigan (just North of Grand Rapids)

Lawrence, Kansas

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

West Bend, Wisconsin

Purcellville, Virginia

Orange, Massachusetts

Scottsdale, Arizona

Sacramento, California

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 this year!

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

 

Stampin’ Up Color Coach Blog Candy!

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I have a great tool for you as blog candy today.  Check it out, it’s the Stampin’ Up! Color Coach.  If you are not familiar with the Color Coach CLICK HERE TO GET MORE DETAILS. This tool really helps you create projects with best color combos!

Now all you need to do to put your name in for the drawing is leave a comment on the blog post telling me to enter you.  If you are getting this blog update via e-mail/reader, please CLICK HERE and then leave a comment on the actual blog post.

I will use a random number generator to select the winner on Friday, May 25, 2012.  Good Luck!

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Reminders:

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.

The Stampin’ Up retired stamp and retired accessory lists are out.  Hop on over to my Stampin’ Up! sales page to check it out.  Once the products are gone, there gone!

. . .  . Check out what’s going, going, going by clicking here.

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

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.

Sand Lake, Michigan (just North of Grand Rapids)

Lawrence, Kansas

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

West Bend, Wisconsin

Purcellville, Virginia

Orange, Massachusetts

Scottsdale, Arizona

Sacramento, California

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 this year!

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

Purple Fish – Tutorial #509

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Hey There,

As promised, here is another Cricut project, this time using the Splish Splash cartridge.   Love combining my Stampin’ Up! products with the Cricut Dies.  It’s a breeze to get everything to be color coordinated since the Stampin’ Up! paper, markers and inks all match.   I’ve had this under water scene in my head for a while so, here it is finally on paper.   My brayer work is done at an angle so I got this great light effect.  🙂   Hope you enjoy this project!

Reminders before I start the tutorial:

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.

The Stampin’ Up retired stamp and retired accessory lists are out.  Hop on over to my Stampin’ Up! sales page to check it out.  Once the products are gone, there gone!

. . .  . Check out what’s going, going, going by clicking here.

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

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

Supplies:

Stamps: None

Card Stock: Stampin’ Up! Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum, Always Artichoke and Lucky Limeade

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Crumb Cake, Elegant Eggplant, Island Indigo and Pool Party

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Sponges, Stampin’ Up Markers (Soft Suede, Elegant Eggplant and Island Indigo), Brayer and Post it note.

Are you getting inspiration from this blog?   One way you can help support it is to order your Stampin’ Up products through me.   Click HEREto place an order and have your order delivered directly to your door step from Stampin’ Up!    Want to become a Stampin’ Up Demonstrator , receive a 20% discount on product and earn instant income on orders, get to purchase products before they are released to the public?  Consider being part of my Stampin’ Up Team and start your own business or become a Hobby Demo just for the discount.  New special join price of $99.   Click HERE for more information.

Cut my dies using the Cricut Imagine and set my machine to cut the images at 3″.  The main body of the fish is cut out of Perfect Plum, fish accents out of Elegant Eggplant and the plants out of Always Artichoke and Lucky Limeade.

Masked the bottom 1″ of the 4.5″ square piece of Whisper White card stock using a post it note with a wee bit of the sticky edge torn off.

Brayered Pool Party ink at an angle.  Starting at the bottom right.

Brayered Island Indigo ink at that same angle, not covering the Pool Party ink entirely.

Sponged a bit of Elegant Eggplant at the back and bottom of the fish’s head.

Glued the accents onto my fish.

Removed the post it note mask and glued my dies on the card stock.

Added bubbles using the Island Indigo marker.

Sponged Crumb Cake ink at the bottom of the sand area.

Colored in the fish’s eyes and spots using an Elegant Eggplant Marker.

Added a 5.25″ Lucky Limeade panel and a 4 7/8″ Elegant Eggplant panel.  Also added some dots in the sand area using a Soft Suede Marker.

Here is the finished project measuring 5.25″ Square.

May your mind be filled with happy thoughts today.

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.

Sand Lake, Michigan (just North of Grand Rapids)

Lawrence, Kansas

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

West Bend, Wisconsin

Purcellville, Virginia

Orange, Massachusetts

Scottsdale, Arizona

Sacramento, California

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 this year!

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

 

 

 

Dinoroar – Tutorial #508

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It’s Prehistoric Time!

My project today uses the emboss resist technique, brayering and a bit of masking.   Hope you hang out a while and check out this project or better yet, how about getting out those stamps and ink and follow along.

Reminders before I start the tutorial:

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.

The Stampin’ Up retired stamp and retired accessory lists are out.  Hop on over to my Stampin’ Up! sales page to check it out.  Once the products are gone, there gone!

. . .  . Check out what’s going, going, going by clicking here.

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.  :)

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

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Dinoroar (item #122537)

Card Stock: Stampin’ Up! Whisper White, Basic Black, Cajun Craze, More Mustard and Old Olive

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Basic Black, Old Olive, Island Indigo, Not Quite Navy, Cajun Craze and More Mustard

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Sponges, 1 3/8″ square punch, 1″ square punch, Post it note, Brayer, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Veramark Marker, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Basic Black brads, Markers (Old Olive, Lucky Limeade, So Saffron and Certainly Celery).

Are you getting inspiration from this blog?   One way you can help support it is to order your Stampin’ Up products through me.   Click HEREto place an order and have your order delivered directly to your door step from Stampin’ Up!    Want to become a Stampin’ Up Demonstrator , receive a 20% discount on product and earn instant income on orders, get to purchase products before they are released to the public?  Consider being part of my Stampin’ Up Team and start your own business or become a Hobby Demo just for the discount.  New special join price of $99.   Click HERE for more information.

 

 

Started this project by stamping the Dinosaur with Basic Black ink on a 4.25″ x 4″ piece of Whisper White card stock.

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

Colored the underside of the dinosaur with a So Saffron marker.

Added Certainly Celery to the edges of the underside of the dinosaur.

Colored in the rest of the Dinosaur using a Lucky Limeade marker.

Added Old Olive marker to the dinosaur’s back, 2 legs and the edges of the Lucky Limeade areas.

Colored over the Dinosaur with a Versamark Marker (be careful to stay within the embossed image) and heat embossed the image using clear embossing powder.

Brayered More Mustard ink at an angle over 1/2 of the card stock.

Brayered Cajun Craze ink at an angle, not cover the More Mustard ink entirely.

Brayered Island Indigo ink at the opposite side of the card stock at an angle.

Brayered Not Quite Navy ink at an angle, not covering the Island Indigo ink entirely.

Ripped a post it not in a mountain shape to use as a mask to create the mountains.

Sponged Island Indigo ink in at mountain shape and then moved the post it note and sponged in the second mountain.

 

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

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

Punched two 1 3/8″ Squares from Cajun Craze card stock and two 1″ squares from More Mustard ink.  Cut the squares in half at an angle.

Added a 5″ x 6.5″ Basic Black panel, 4.75″ x 6.25″ Old Olive Panel, 4.5″ x 5″ Basic Black panel, the triangles and Basic Black brads.

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

May you be right were you want to be today.

 

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.

Sand Lake, Michigan (just North of Grand Rapids)

Lawrence, Kansas

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

West Bend, Wisconsin

Purcellville, Virginia

Orange, Massachusetts

Scottsdale, Arizona

Sacramento, California

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 this year!

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

 

 

 

Direct to Paper Tree – Tutorial #507

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Hey There,

I have a little direct to paper project for you today.  This card is one that I used for my Stampin’ Up! Disney Trip swap, plus my customers have received it for a thank you this month.

The Direct to Paper Technique is done by taking an ink pad and directly applying the ink to the paper with it.    This is a very free form technique and no two pieces will look just a like.   One thing to remember when working with this technique is to leave some of the light paper showing through.  This adds sparkle to your piece.

Reminders before I start the tutorial:

The Stampin’ Up retired stamp and retired accessory lists are out.  Hop on over to my Stampin’ Up! sales page to check it out.  Once the products are gone, there gone!

. . .  . Check out what’s going, going, going by clicking here.

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.  :)

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

Supplies:

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree (item #115026), Flourish from the Everything Eleanor (this set is a sneak peek set, it will be out in the June 1, 2012 annual catalog)

Card Stock: Stampin’ Up! Pink Pirouette, Basic Black and Whisper White

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Basic Black, Pink Pirouette and Regal Rose

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Sponge, 1 3/4″ circle punch, Post it note, corrugator, Basic Black dot ribbon, silver brads

Are you getting inspiration from this blog?   One way you can help support it is to order your Stampin’ Up products through me.   Click HEREto place an order and have your order delivered directly to your door step from Stampin’ Up!    Want to become a Stampin’ Up Demonstrator , receive a 20% discount on product and earn instant income on orders, get to purchase products before they are released to the public?  Consider being part of my Stampin’ Up Team and start your own business or become a Hobby Demo just for the discount.  New special join price of $99.   Click HERE for more information.

Started with a 3.5″ x 4.25″ piece of Whisper White Card Stock.  Punched a 1 3/4″ circle from the sticky part of a post it note and used it as a mask for the moon.

Swiped the Pink Pirouette ink pad across the card stock from Left to Right using a light hand.

Swiped the Regal Rose ink pad across the card stock from Left to Right using a light hand.

Sponged Pink Pirouette ink around the edge of the moon mask to darken it and get rid of any ghost line.

Removed the moon mask and sponged Regal Rose in the middle of the moon.

Stamped the Flourish using Regal Rose ink.  (The flourish is from a Stampin’ Up! set that will be out in the up and coming new Annual Catalog on June 1, 2012).

Stamped the Lovely As a Tree Pine using Basic Black Ink.

Sponged Basic Black ink at the bottom of the card stock using a bouncing motion.  Also distressed the edges of the card stock using Basic Black ink and a sponge.

Added a 4.25″ x 5.5″ piece of Basic Black card stock and a 4″ x 5.25″ piece of Pink Pirouette card stock.  Ran the Pink Pirouette card stock through the corrugator.

Add Basic Black Dotted ribbon.

Added Silver Brads and a Whisper White Base Card.

Here is the finished project measuring 4.25″ x 5.5″.

Note if you wish to step this card up try using a corner rounder on the main image panel corners and highlight the flourish and tree using a white gel pen.  🙂

May your day be over flowing with joy!

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.

Sand Lake, Michigan (just North of Grand Rapids)

Lawrence, Kansas

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

West Bend, Wisconsin

Purcellville, Virginia

Orange, Massachusetts

Scottsdale, Arizona

Sacramento, California

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 full time after this year, so be sure to catch one this year!

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