Mister Cardinal – Tutorial #127

33 Comments October 2, 2008 zindorfstamps

BEWARE, enablers are every where!!!!!

I found an enabler in Austin, TX at one of my workshops, her name is Joy McHargue. Joy showed me this set “Season of Splendor” from Close To My Heart. She wanted to know what I would do with this set. Well I took one look at the beautiful stamps and the great envelope packaging with the cute snap closure and I instantly wanted to see more of this line.

Joy the Enable gave me a catolog. I can’t believe I haven’t seen this line of stamps before. Anyway, I had a nice crisp Close to My Heart Catolog and a long plane ride from Austin, TX to Ohio. The very next day I was placing my order, lol. I’m so very, very weak!

Long story short, Joy, here is an example of what I would do with this set, lol.

If you wish to be enabled too, here is Joy’s website at Close to My Heart: http://joysfunprojects.myctmh.com/WebSites/Templates/MyCTMH/Template1.aspx?Reload=Yes you can shop 24/7.

Let’s get started on the tutorial. 🙂

Supplies:

Stamps: Close to my Heart “Season of Splendor”

Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Bordering Blue, Not Quite Navy

Ink: Stampin’ Up Bordering Blue, Not Quite Navy, Old Olive

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Brayer, Versamark Marker, Fine Detail Clear embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Silver Brads, Photo Corner Punch, White Gel Pen, Sponges

Stamped Holly leaves with Palette Noir Black ink on a 4″ x 5.5″ piece of Whisper White card stock.

Stamped the Holly Leaf stem stamp with Noir Black to extend the branch.

Stamped the image one more time to continue to extend the branch.

Colored the top half of the leaves with a Prismacolor Light Olive Green marker.

Colored the bottom half of the leaves with a Dark Olive Green Marker.

Went over the Leaves and branch with a Versamark marker.

Heat embossed the images with fine detail clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Stamped the Cardinal with Palette Noir Black ink.

Colored the Cardinal in with a Crimson Red marker.

Added Mahogany Red to the bottom of the bird, wing and head.

Went over the bird again with the Crimson Red marker to blend the colors together.

Colored in the beak with a Burnt Ochre marker.

Colored over the entire Cardinal with a Versamark marker.

Heat embossed the Cardinal with clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Note: I use a small paint brush to brush away any stray embossing powder before heating the image.

Brayered Bordering Blue ink at the top of the card stock.

Note: I test images and colors on my scrap paper before I stamp them on my project. This helps to keep me from groaning in agony so early in the morning. 🙂

Stamped Olive leaves with Old Olive ink.

Stamped the leaves solid image with Bordering Blue to fill the leaves in.

Stamped some berries with Palette Noir Black ink and colored them in with a Prismacolor Crimson Red marker.

Sponged Bordering blue on the left side top half of the card stock.

Added some Not Quite Navy ink at the top left side of the card stock.

Oops! I had an ink smug at the lower left side of the card stock. Time to sponge some Bordering Blue to cover that up. Yep, I do that all the time. 🙂

Added some highlights to the tops of some of the embossed leaves and stems with a White Gel pen.

Assembled the card front and here you have it finished measuring 5″ x 6.5″.

Note: those are Photo corner punches in the corners under the main image. 🙂

May your day be filled with the sweet sounds of birds singing and please watch out for those enablers! They can be deadly to your check book.

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

Hugs,

Michelle

Links to all my tutorials can be found here: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/tutorials-ive-written/

Here is a link to my workshop calendar if you want to get info on beginner and advanced Brayer workshops: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/workshop-calendar

Frosty Tree – Tutorial #126

45 Comments September 30, 2008 zindorfstamps

When I woke up this morning I decided to check out the Color Challenge on Split Coast Stampers http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=386411

The color challenge today was to use Stampin’ Up colors Baja Breeze, Really Rust and Chocolate Chip. This combo really intrigued me so I gave it a whirl. This is what I came up with. The Baja Breeze really gives an icy feel to this piece. I know, I know, I know it is Autumn, not Winter yet, but this is what came to mind.

Let’s get started. 🙂

Supplies:

Stamps: Impression Obsession “Branches of a Tree”, The Saltbox Studio “Fences” & Stampin’ Up “Lovely as a Tree”

Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Baja Breeze & Chocolate Chip

Ink: Stampin’ Up Baja Breeze, Really Rust & Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Chocolate Chip marker, White Gel Pen, Aqua Painter, Sponge, Ribbon, Silver Brads, Brayer

Brayered Baja Breeze ink at the very bottom of a 4.5″ x 6″ piece of Whisper White card stock.

Brayered Really Rust at the very top of the card stock.

I decided to not use any emboss resist this morning, so this scene is being built from the background to the foreground, so I had to keep in mind to go from lighter objects to darker ones. So the darker (foreground) objects cover up the lighter ones underneath them. Clear as mud?

Stamped trees from Lovely as a Tree set with Baja Breeze ink, by stamping off on my scrap paper first to make them lighter (this is called second generation stamping).

Stamped fence with Chocolate Chip ink.

Stamped large tree with Chocolate Chip ink.

Stamped tree again to make a shadow using Baja Breeze ink.

Note, I did not ink up the root part of the tree trunk in order to omit it.

While my Baja Breeze stamp pad was closed, I squeezed it to make a pool of ink in the lid of the stamp pad. I used the pool of ink and an Aqua painter to make shadows for the fence posts. I made the ink pretty watery here.

Used the Aqua Painter again with a watery Chocolate Chip ink to color in the fence posts.

Sponged Baja Breeze along the bottom of the background trees and around the sides and bottom of the card stock.

Note: I use a dry sponge when sponging. If you are getting dots and streaks you don’t want, keep adding more ink until they disappear. Another problem could be you are using a card stock that is not super smooth.

Sponged Really rust at the very top of the card stock.

Darkened some of the large tree branches with a Chocolate Chip marker. Added some snow on the branches with a White Gel Pen.

Added Panels, Front to back, Main image panel, Chocolate Chip Panel, Baja Breeze Panel, Chocolate Chip panel.

Assembled card front and here it is finished measuring 5″ x 6.5″.

I hope you enjoyed this icy scene tutorial and will give this color combo a try.

May your day be filled with laughter and joy.

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

Hugs,

Michelle

Links to all my tutorials can be found here: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/tutorials-ive-written/

Here is a link to my workshop calendar if you want to get info on beginner and advanced Brayer workshops: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/workshop-calendar

A Witchie Night – Tutorial #125

49 Comments September 29, 2008 zindorfstamps

This morning I brought back out this witch from the set “All Hallow’s Eve” by Inkadinkado. This has to be one of the funniest images for the Autumn season this year. The trees at the bottom of this card are from the Stampin’ Up set “Lovely As a Tree”.

Let’s get started on today’s tutorial. 🙂

Supplies:

Stamps: Inkadinkado “All Hallow’s Eve” & Stampin’ Up “Lovely As a Tree”

Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Apricot Appeal, Not Quite Navy & Basic Black

Ink: Stampin’ Up Apricot Apeal, Craft White, Basic Black, More Mustard, Night of Navy, Not Quite Navy, Baja Breeze

Accessories: Circle template & Coluzzle, White Gel Pen, Sponges

Sponged Apricot Appeal ink on the upper right hand corner of a 4.5″ square piece of Whisper White card stock.

Cut a 2.5″ circle of card stock with my Coluzzle to use as a mask for the moon.

Held the circle mask in place as I sponged Baja Breeze ink around the out side of the mask.

Removed the masked and sponged Not Quite Navy on the card stock, not covering the Baja Breeze ink entirely.

Ignore the witch being stamped, lol. Missed taking a photo. 🙂

Sponged Night of Navy ink on the card stock, not covering the Not Quite Navy ink entirely.

Then I stamped the Witch with Basic Black ink.

Stamped Trees with Basic Black ink at the bottom of the card stock.

Sponged More Mustard ink on the moon leaving the outer edge light.

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

Stamped more trees at the bottom of the card stock. Used White Craft ink this time.

Using the edge of the stamp pad, smeared some stripes of White Craft ink across the card stock.

Using a ruler and a white gel pen, made some dashy lines across the card stock. Also, colored in the stars and added a few dots here and there.

Here is the finished card front measuring 5.5″ square.

Thought I would show you my new tool. I’m so excited! No more crooked card bases for me. 🙂 I got a Scor-it Board so I can make the scores on my card bases. I never show it in my tutorials but I attach all of my card fronts to a White card stock base card. I’ve tried to get an even fold by folding my card base in half, but it never is really straight. Now that I have this Scor-it Board, I won’t have that problem any longer, YEAH!!!

Let me show you how simple I found this tool to be.

This is what the board looks like. It looks heavy, but is very light.

I cut my card stock for my base card. Move the little brace at the top to the measurment I want.

Insert the scor-it tool at the “zero” notch and pull in streight down the middle rail.

Nice straight score line. This makes me so happy.

Fold the card at the score line and there you have a straight card base. There are all kinds of folded cards, bags, etc. you can make with a scoring tool. I’ll have to check those out.

I got my Scor-it board from Marco’s Paper. Here is a link: http://www.marcopaper.com/

Hope your day is filled with crisp Autumn breezes and sunshine.

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

Hugs,

Michelle

Links to all my tutorials can be found here: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/tutorials-ive-written/

Here is a link to my workshop calendar if you want to get info on beginner and advanced Brayer workshops: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/workshop-calendar

Winter Cardinal – Tutorial #124 and Blog Candy!

195 Comments September 27, 2008 zindorfstamps

Happy Saturday! I love the weekends when I can take my time doing a project in the morning as I drink my pot of coffee. No rushing off to work today.

I’ve had some requests to do some winter type scenes so I got out this great set of stamps by Fire Cracker Designs by Pamela. Here is a link if you want to check out their great online store: http://www.safesecurestore.com/stores/merchant.mvc?Screen=SFNT&Store_Code=firecrackerdesignsbypamela

For those people already making their Christmas cards, MORE POWER TO YOU! I won’t be starting mine until November at the earliest, lol.

The frame I used in this project is one I picked up at a garage sale for 75 cents. It had a horrible picture in it, but that’s all the better. I didn’t feel bad throwing the picture in the trash. I get frames and then make stamped pieces to go inside. It’s easier to know what frame you are going to use and then cut your cardstock to fit it, instead of making the piece a certain size and trying to find a frame to fit the piece. Clear as mud? 🙂

I’m giving this framed piece away as blog candy. I will use a random number generator next Saturday, October 4th to select the winner. To enter all you need to do is leave a comment on this post telling me an item you like to re-purpose. It could be anything. If you are getting this post update by e-mail, you will need to click this link and then leave a comment on the post: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2008/09/27/winter-cardinal-tutorial-124-and-blog-candy/

Good Luck!

Let’s get started on today’s tutorial. 🙂

Supplies:

Stamps: Fire Cracker Designs by Pamela

Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Basic Black, Baja Breeze & Not Quite Navy

Ink: Stampin’ Up Not Quite Navy, Baja Breeze, Basic Black, Night of Navy

Accessories: Versmark Pad and marker, Fine Detail Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Brayer, Sponges, Sharpie Gold Paint Marker, Prismacolor Markers, Fine Black marker, Garage Sale Frame, Post it Notes

Stamped tree by first loading stamp with Versamark and then loading it with Black ink before stamping it on a piece of 4″ square Whisper White card stock.

Heat embossed tree using fine detail clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Stamped Cardinal by first loading the stamp with Versamark and then loading it with Black ink before stamping it.

Heat embossed the cardinal using fine detail clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Stamped the house in the distance by first loading the stamp with Versamark and then loading it with black ink before stamping it.

Heat embossed the house using fine detail clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Colored the Left half of the tree with a Prismacolor 10% Cool Grey marker.

Colored Left side of the tree using a Prismacolor 30% Cool Grey marker, but did not cover the 10% Cool Grey entirely.

Colored the top part of the cardinal using a Prismacolor Scarlet Lake marker.

Colored the cardinal’s underside and tail using a Prismacolor Crimson Red marker.

Colored the Cardinal’s beak using a Prismacolor Burnt Ochre marker.

Colored the very left side of the tree using a Prismacolor 50% Cool Grey marker, not covering the 30% Cool Grey entirely.

Colored over all the images with a Versmark marker, making sure not to go outside the lines. 🙂

Heat embossed all the images using fine detail clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Covered the bottom of the card stock with a post it note to mask it.

Brayered on Baja Breeze ink at the top of the card stock. The embossed images will resist the brayered ink “emboss resist”.

Brayered on Not Quite Navy at the top of the card stock, not covering the Baja Breeze ink entirely.

Sponged on some mountain shapes using Not Quite Navy ink.

Note: If putting in two mountains make one mountain much smaller than the other one so it doesn’t look like your mountains need a bra, lol.

Sponged on some Night of Navy ink at the top of the card stock and at the mountain bases.

Remove the post it note and throw it away. Using a new post it note, rip through the sticky part of the post it note to create a hill shape. Put in on the card stock to mask the bottom of the card stock.

Sponged lightly Baja Breeze ink at the post it notes torn edge.

Remove post it note.

Sponge Baja Breeze ink under the tree and the cardinal to create a shadow for them.

Add a few specks of black marker around the bird. Gotta feed the bird!

Held a Sharpie Gold Paint marker tip, half on the card stock and half on my scrap paper and ran down each edge of the main image panel.

Note: Try this out before doing it on your finished panel. 🙂

Panels are as follows from top to bottom: Main image panel, Baja Breeze Panel, Basic Black panel, Not Quite Navy Panel.

One more thing before you run to craft room to start making your Christmas cards, lol, yeah right, I want to give you a great link to a Creativity Survey. Fill the survey out and you get $10 off of your Craft DVD order and it also enters you to win $300 Full Library of PageSage Craft DVDs produced by Page Sage for Artists like Tim Holtz (my hero) and Carol Duvall. Check it out: http://pagesage.com/

Well it’s time to go do some Autumn clean up in my garden, I’ve played long enough this morning.

May your Saturday be filled with really good times to remember.

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

Hugs,

Michelle

Links to all my tutorials can be found here: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/tutorials-ive-written/

Here is a link to my workshop calendar if you want to get info on beginner and advanced Brayer workshops: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/workshop-calendar

Peaceful Hummingbird – Tutorial #123

24 Comments September 25, 2008 zindorfstamps

This is a farewell to the hummingbirds here in Ohio. I’m always so sad when then leave. But I can hardly blame them for heading for warmer climates in preparation for the Autumn and Winter to come.

I feel this card would be a good Sympathy card. Sympathy cards are always so hard for me to come up with. I try to create a peaceful scene that is not sad.

Let’s get started. 🙂

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up “Baroque Motifs” & Cornish Heritage Farms “Hummingbird”

Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Handsome Hunter & Sage Shadow

Ink: Stampin’ Up Sage Shadow, Handsome Hunter & Not Quite Navy

Accessories: Versamark Pad, Fine detail clear embossing powder, heat gun, sponge, ribbon, silver brads

Stamped Baroque Motifs Flourish twice on a 4″ x 5.5″ piece of Whisper White card stock using Versamark.

Stamped Hummingbird using Versamark.

Heat embossed images using fine detail clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Sponged Sage Shadow ink all over the card stock using a circular motion.

Sponged Not Quite Navy ink on the card stock using a circular motion.

Wow, I can’t remember the last time I used the ink color Handsome Hunter, but I pulled it out this morning and sponged it over the Not Quite Navy ink, not covering it entirely.

Stamped Flourish at the bottom of the card stock using Sage Shadow ink.

Wiped the ink from the embossed images using a soft rag.

Sponged some more Not Quite Navy ink at the bottom left corner of the card stock.

Assembled card and here it is finished measuring 5″ x 6.5″.

I hope your day is filled with peaceful scenes and peaceful thoughts.

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

Hugs,

Michelle

Links to all my tutorials can be found here: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/tutorials-ive-written/

Here is a link to my workshop calendar if you want to get info on beginner and advanced Brayer workshops: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/workshop-calendar

You Rock – Tutorial #122

50 Comments September 24, 2008 zindorfstamps

Switching gears this morning so I can crank out a Birthday card for my musician brother-in-law. Hard to drag myself away from using all the great Autumn images I have in stamps.

But, I love these images too. This set is “Rock Star” by Inkadinkadoo. I pick this up at Michael’s Craft store.

Well let’s get rock’n on this tutorial, yeah corny I know, lol. 🙂 Had to say, just had to!

Supplies:

Stamps: “Rock Star” by Inkadinkado & Nightingale by See D’s

Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Old Olive, Basic Black

Ink: Stampin’ Up Basic Black & Close to Cocoa, Adirondack Lettuce, Bottle, Pebble & Willow, Palette Noir Black

Accessories: Star Punch, Prismacolor Metallic Silver Marker, Prismacolor Walnut marker, Tim Holtz ruler & distressing tool, White Gel Pen, Versamark marker, fine detail embossing powder, heat gun, post it note, sponge, push pin, silver brads

Stamped image with Palette Nior Black on a 3″ x 5″ piece of Whisper White card stock.

Colored in the open areas on the base of the guitar with a Prismacolor Walnut marker.

Colored over the entire guitar with a Versamark marker.

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

Masked about an inch of the bottom of the card stock with a post it note and sponged Willow ink at the top of the card stock using a circular motion.

Sponged on Lettuce ink at the top, left and bottom of the area to create the illusion of a light source.

Sponged Bottle ink at the left side corners.

Stamped the flourish over the guitar using bottle ink.

Carefully wiped the bottle ink off of the guitar.

With the post it note mask removed, sponged Pebble ink at the left side of the bottom of the guitar image to create a shadow.

Cut a 5.75″ square panel of Old Olive card stock and used a Prismacolor Metallic Silver marker and run it down all the sides.

Stamped two stars with black ink on Close to Cocoa card stock, colored the inside of the stars in with a Prismacolor Walnut marker and punched them out with a star punch.

Distress the edges of my main image panel and a 5.25″ square panel of black card stock using the Tim Holtz distress tool.

Cut to strips of Old Olive card stock, cut one end on each in a “V” shape. Ran the Silver marker down the sides of each one and then dragged the ends of the strips across my Close to Cocoa ink pad to add color to the tips.

Assembled the card front.

Used the Tim Holtz ruler and a push pin to add piercings to the card stock strips.

Added punched stars and silver brads.

Made a highlight at the right side of the guitar with a white gel pen by drawing down the whole right side of the guitar. This makes the guitar appear to be 3 dimensional.

Here you have it the finished card measuring 5.75″ square.

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial and will give the emboss resist grunge look a try. 🙂

May your day be filled with lively music.

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

Hugs,

Michelle

Links to all my tutorials can be found here: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/tutorials-ive-written/

Here is a link to my workshop calendar if you want to get info on beginner and advanced Brayer workshops: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/workshop-calendar

No More Leaves Rabbit – Tutorial #121

48 Comments September 23, 2008 zindorfstamps

Happy Tuesday! I’m back to the regularly scheduled program today since I have all that traveling business out of the way, lol. So I’m coming to you with another Autumn themed tutorial.

I found some great rabbit images by Stamp La Jolla at a Stamp convention this year. I purchased mine unmounted. I bought mine as single stamps, not sets. Here is a link to their web page: www.stamplajolla.com

I’m dedicating this tutorial to my new friend Lydia, who told me she loves my long tutorials. Girl, I’ve got a long one for you today, lol. Anywho, let’s get started. 🙂

Supplies:

Stamps: Stamp La Jolla Rabbit, Inkadinkadoo Fall Season

Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Basic Black & Orchid Opulence

Ink: Stampin’ Up White, Basic Black, More Mustard, Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive, Summer Sun & Orchid Opulence, Palette Noir Black

Accessories: Versmark Marker, Fine Detail Clear embossing powder, heat gun, brayer, sponges, Prismacolor markers & Pencils, White Gel Pen, Coluzzle for cutting mask, Green & Purple Ribbon, Brads

Stamped my Rabbit image on a 3″ x 6.25″ piece of Whisper White card stock with Palette Noir Black ink.

Note: I used this Palette black ink because it doesn’t smear when using alcohol based markers, such as Prismacolor.

I’ve shown this before, but I think they are pretty all together. This is my organization system for my Prismacolor markers. Not fancy, but functional. 🙂 You can find more detail on my marker organization in the tools section of this blog.

My marker sheets showing the color number, name and a stripe of marker color for easy selection.

Anyway, back to the tutorial, focus Michelle!

Colored the rabbits hat and robe in with a Prismacolor 30% Warm Grey marker.

Colored in the shadow areas with a Prismacolor 40% Warm Grey marker.

Added some Prismacolor 60% Warm Grey marker to the folds shadows in the hat and robe.

Colored in his inner ear with a Prismacolor Deco Peach marker.

Colored the broom handle with a Prismacolor Light Walnut marker.

Added more color to the left side of the broom handle with a Prismacolor Sienna Brown marker.

Colored the Rabbits nose and bottom of his feet with a Prismacolor Deco Peach marker.

Colored the broom bristles with a Prismacolor Yellow Ochre marker.

Colored the darker areas of the broom bristles with a Prismacolor Goldenrod marker.

Colored over the entire image with a Versamark marker being very careful to stay inside the lines of the image.

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

Note: I heat embossed the image so it will resist the inks I am going to use for the back ground. This is called emboss resist.

Brayered on Summer Sun ink.

Used a 2.5″ circle of card stock to mask for the sun. Held the mask in place as I brayered on Orchid Opulence ink at the top of the card stock.

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

Used a 3 5/8″ card stock circle to mask so I could sponge Elegant Eggplant at the edge of it to create a interesting sky area.

I masked, sponged Elegant Eggplant ink at edge and then moved the masked and repeated.

Once I got to where the sun mask is I made sure to hold both masks in place so I was sponging around the sun mask at the same time.

Removed card stock masks.

Sponged More Mustard ink around the edge of the sun leaving the middle bright.

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

Glued the main image panel to a 5″ x 6.5″ panel of black card stock.

Stamped the Inkadinkado leaf flourish with White Craft ink over both panels.

Colored the leaves in with Chartreuse & Pumpkin Orange Prismacolor pencils.

Added White Highlights to the flourish with a White Gel Pen.

Added some ribbon and here you have the finished card measuring 5 1/8″ x 6 5/8″.

Now that’s a rabbit with attitude! But he sure is stinking cute, lol.

May your day be filled with the spectacular colors of a sunset.

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

Hugs,

Michelle

Links to all my tutorials can be found here: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/tutorials-ive-written/

Here is a link to my workshop calendar if you want to get info on beginner and advanced Brayer workshops: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/workshop-calendar

Autumn Day – Tutorial #120

43 Comments September 17, 2008 zindorfstamps

I’m packing things up for my beginner brayer workshops in Austin, Texas this weekend on September 20 & 21. If you would like join me there are a few spots available, no prior brayer experience necessary and you will leave the workshop feeling you have mastered this mystery tool. If interested, please contact Lisa Itatani to sign up at litatani@pacbell.net or http://flatfishpaperarts.blogspot.com/

I’ve never been to Texas before and I’m very excited to have this opportunity to visit this great state. I even get to meet a few of my fellow Split Coast Stamper Dirty Dozen Alumi that have signed up for my workshops, way kewl!

Anyhow, between packing things up for my trip I managed to get this card tutorial completed for your viewing and hopefully doing pleasure. 🙂

Let’s get started. . . . .

Supplies:

Stamps: Inkadinkado “Fall Season”

Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Soft Sky, Not Quite Navy, Old Olive

Ink: Stampin’ Up Pumpkin Pie, Kiwi Kiss, Always Artichoke, Baja Breeze, Old Olive & Not Quite Navy

Accessories: Versamark pad, fine detail clear embossing powder, heat gun, Curvy Cutter & glass mat, Sponges, Brayer, Stampin’ Up markers Really Rust & Black, copper brads

Stamped Leaves by first loading stamp with Versamark and then with Pumpkin Pie ink before stamping.

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

Stamped Tree by first loading the stamp with Versamark, then Old Olive ink, then I colored the leaves on the stamp with a Really Rust marker and the trunk on the stamp with a Black marker before stamping.

Note: It helps to huff your breath on the stamp before stamping to moisten all the ink a bit when coloring the stamp in with markers. 🙂

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

Tore a post it note along the sticky edge and used it to mask the sky area of the card stock. Brayered on Kiwi Kiss ink in the unmasked area.

Brayered Always Artichoke ink at the bottom of the card stock.

With the post it note mask still in place, stamped leaves image two more times, but this time stamped them using Always Artichoke ink only.

Took post it note off.

Brayered Baja Breeze ink at top of the card stock.

Brayered Not Quite Navy ink at the very top of the card stock, not covering the Baja Breeze ink entirely.

Stamped Leaf flourish stamp with Baja Breeze in the sky area.

Now for a little Curvy Cutter lesson. 🙂

Taped my main image panel down on a glass mat.

Put my Curvy Cutter over the card stock and determined where I wanted my cut to be.

The cutter comes with this template so you can see exactly where your cut will be when you line up your cutter tip.

Removed the inside template without moving my cutter and made my cut by moving my cutter around the track on the Curvy Cutter.

Sponged the edge of the card stock with Not Quite Navy ink.

Stamped part of the leaf flourish stamp around the edge of a Soft Sky card stock panel using Not Quite Navy ink.

Sponged Not Quite Navy around the edge of the panel.

Sponged Not Quite Navy ink on the corners of a 4 5/8″ square Not Quite Navy Panel.

Assembled card and here it is measuring 5.5″ x 5.5″.

Hope this tutorial has inspired you to MAKE A SCENE today.

May your day be filled with all that your heart desires.

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

Hugs,

Michelle

Note: Links to all my tutorials can be found here: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/tutorials-ive-written/

Here is a link to my workshop calendar if you want to get info on beginner and advanced Brayer workshops: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/workshop-calendar/

Autumn Spider – Tutorial #119

37 Comments September 16, 2008 zindorfstamps

Hello, hello, hello! I’m in Autumn mode again today and probably will be for a while now. This is my favorite season to stamp.

Today’s tutorial takes a look at the spider in a whole new light. Usually we depict the spider as a scary creature, but I happen to be fond of the spider because he helps keep the bad destructive bugs in check in my garden. This time of year the spiders really get busy and build their webs every where around my yard, home etc. We live together peacefully, most of the time. That is until I walk through one of their web creations, YUCK!

Let’s get started. 🙂

Supplies:

Stamps: Inkadinkado “All Hallow’s Eve” & “Fall Season” also by Inkadinkado

Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie & Taken with Teal

Ink: Stampin’ Up Really Rust, Cool Caribbean, Baja Breeze, Old Olive, Basic Black, So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie, Adirondack Stream

Accessories: Tim Holtz Ruler, Push Pin, Black fine point marker, Stampin’ Up markers Pumpkin Pie & More Mustard, White Gel Pen, Sponges, Versamark Pad, Fine Detail Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Gun

Stamped spider by first loading my stamp with Versamark and then loading it with black ink before stamping it on a 4.5″ x 4.5″ piece of Whisper White card stock.

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

Stamped the Web in two corners of the card stock with Versamark only.

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

Stamped the leaves by loading the stamp with Old Olive ink and then tapping the paintbrush tip of my More Mustard & Pumpkin Pie markers on the stamp before stamping. This give a variation in color to the image.

Sponged in a circular motion So Saffron ink.

Sponged in a circular motion Pumpkin Pie ink, not covering the So Saffron ink entirely.

Sponged in a circular motion Really Rust ink, not covering the Pumpkin Pie ink entirely.

Sponged in a circular motion Baja Breeze ink.

Sponged in a circular motion Cool Caribbean ink, not covering the Baja Breeze ink entirely.

Stamped leaf flourish with Really Rust ink.

Used a ruler and a fine point black marker to draw the line for the spider.

Sponged Stream ink on the right side of the card stock.

Pierced two sides of a Pumpkin Pie Panel using the Tim Holtz ruler and a push pin.

Note: This is a handy ruler. It has holes in it so you can do your piercing in a straight line.

Assembled the card front and added highlights to some of the flourishes with a white gel pen.

Darkened the bottom side of the leaf flourish with a Black fine line marker to make it stand out more.

Here you have it the finished card measuring 5.5″ square.

I hope this tutorial has inspired you to look at the spider in a new light.

May your day be filled with pleasant breezes and sunshine.

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

Hugs,

Michelle

Note: Links to all my tutorials can be found here: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/tutorials-ive-written/

Here is a link to my workshop calendar if you want to get info on beginner and advanced Brayer workshops: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/workshop-calendar/

To the City – Tutorial #118

15 Comments September 11, 2008 zindorfstamps

We’re off to the City for today’s tutorial.

Let’s get started:

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT “Going Places”, Stampin’ Up “Lovely As a Tree”

Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Basic Black & Tempting Turquoise

Ink: Stampin’ Up Old Olive, Close to Cocoa, Basic Black, Creamy Caramel & Adirondack Sail Boat Blue

Accessories: Sponges, Brayer, Post it notes, White Gel Pen

Brayered Sail Boat Blue on a 4.5″ x 4.5″ piece of Whisper White Card stock.

Stamped buildings with Basic Black ink.

Colored the buildings with a White Gel Pen.

Masked Sky and Buildings with a post it note.

Brayered on Creamy Caramel ink for the ground.

Moved the post it note so it masked the ground.

Added another post it note to cover the buildings.

Sponged on Basic Black ink to create a hill.

Switch the small post it note to the left side of the buildings and sponged on Basic Black ink again to create the hill on the right side of the buildings.

Removed post it notes.

Stamped the trees only by loading basic black ink only on the tree part of the stamp. This let me omit the ground portion of the stamp image.

Sponged on Old Olive ink.

Stamped more trees with Basic Black ink.

Masked the sky and buildings again and sponged on Close to Cocoa ink.

Sponge Basic Black ink around the egdes of the card stock.

Punched to word window punches out of black card stock and cut one end of them off so they would look like hinges.

Assembled card and here it is finished measuring 5.25″ x 5.25″.

Hope you enjoyed this trip to the City. 🙂

May your day be filled with the lively sounds of the city and all of it’s treasures.

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

Hugs,

Michelle

Note: Links to all my tutorials can be found here: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/tutorials-ive-written/

Here is a link to my workshop calendar if you want to get info on beginner and advanced Brayer workshops: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/workshop-calendar/