Going Vintage – Tutorial #485

13 Comments February 6, 2012 zindorfstamps

Well Hello There,

Whew! I had been put down completely by a respiratory virus. Nasty illness that was. Took two rounds of antibiotics to start feeling human again. If you come down with it, run, don’t walk to your doctor. Believe me you will not shake it without medication. Any how, I am back and ready to stamp and create. Feels so very good to be back in my office. Funny how we take these things for granted until we can’t do them.

Today, I picked a new set from the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini Catalog (Take It to Heart) and one from the Stampin’ Up! Sale-a-bration Catalog (Fresh Vintage) to use in my project. The fresh Vintage set is one that you can get for free with a Fifty Dollar order. Gotta love beautiful free stamps!

Reminders before I start on the tutorial:

Stampin’ Up! Sale-a-bration sales period runs from January 24 – March 31, 2012. During this sales period you will receive your choice of a free stamp set from the Sale-a-bration catalog for every $50 in product you order. CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT THIS YEAR’S SALE-A-BRATION CATALOG! You won’t want to miss out on the sale-a-bration sets, paper and embellishments.

Don’t miss out on my Customer free stamp set program. Check it out! Along with a thank you card from me for your order you will receive a token for each $50 in product you order 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.

Don’t forget the Stampin’ Up! new Occasions Mini Catalog CLICK HERE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT. I know you will fall in love with the new stamp sets, dies and accessories. They are to die for. . .

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

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Fresh Vintage and Take it to Heart

Card Stock: Stampin’ Up! Whisper White, Pool Party and Everyday Enchanted Designer Series Paper

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Basic Black Ink, Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, Calypso Coral and Daffodil Delight

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Sponges, Basic Black marker, Brayer, Basic Black Ribbon, Everyday Enchanted Brads, Mat Pack and Piercing Tool, Big Shot Machine and 3.75″ Clear Circle Die.

Want a free copy of the current Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini Catalog? Just e-mail your address to mzindorf@aim.com and I will get one right out to you. Get your copy of the 2011-2012 Stampin’ Up! Idea Book & Catalog by sending $9.95 to me at P.O. box 116, West Alexandria, Ohio 45381 or via paypal to mzindorf@aim.com, shipping is free. 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. Click HERE for more information.

Cut a 3.75″ circle from Whisper White card stock using the Big Shot Machine and Clear Circle Die.

Brayered Daffodil Delight ink on 3/4 of the card stock.

Brayered Calypso Coral ink over the Daffodil Delight ink without covering it completely.

Brayered Pool Party ink at the top of the card stock.

Colored just the kids on the bike using a Basic Black marker and then huffed on the stamp and stamped it on the card stock.

Sponged Lucky Limeade ink at the bottom of the card stock up to the bike.

Stamped the Take it to Heart flower stamp using Basic Black ink.

Sponged Basic Black ink around the main image panel edge.

Cut a 5″ x 6.5″ piece of Pool Party card stock and sponged Basic Black ink around the edges.

Added two panel of Everyday Enchantment Stampin’ Up! Designer Series paper. One 4.50″ x 6″ and one 4″ x 5.5″.

Using the Mat Pack, added Pierced holes around the edge of the center panel.

Drew a line from one pierced hole to the next using a Basic Black marker to create faux stitching.

Stamped the small heart using Basic Black ink 4 times on Whisper White card stock and cut them out. Adhered them to the corners of the faux stitching. Added Basic Black ribbon and two Everyday Enchantment brads.

A little note: When I plan on using designer series paper (DSP) in a project, I pick the paper out first and then pull my scene colors out of the paper. 🙂 Makes for much easier matching.

May your day be filled fun 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.

Austin, Texas

Seattle, Washington

Greeneville, Tennessee

Indianapolis, Indiana

Indiana, Pennsylvania

Sparta, New Jersey (Sold Out)

Piedmont, Alabama

Post Falls, Idaho (outside of Coeurd’Alene)

Sand Lake, Michigan (just North of Grand Rapids)

Lawrence, Kansas

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

West Bend, Wisconsin

Longmont (Gunbarrel), Colorado

Orange, Massachusetts

Sacramento, California

Staley, North Carolina

Here is a link to my workshop calendar where you can see all of my travel schedule and to get info on beginner and advanced Brayer workshops, along with the newly added Direct to Paper Workshop: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/workshop-calendar

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

Link to my Stampin’ Up website where you can order all of your must have Stampin’ Up products from me 24-7: http://michellezindorf.stampinup.net

The Path – Tutorial #483

14 Comments January 23, 2012 zindorfstamps

Hi There,

Well I am back from Las Vegas, NV and from San Antonio, TX. Back to back trips. Had a super fabulous time in both locations but rather glad to be home to re-energize and to stamp and create new projects for you to view here on my blog. Bet you thought I fell off of the plant since it has been over a week since my last post. I’ll post some trip pictures in travel pics page here as soon as I have some time to edit them. But for now, here is a new tutorial for you to try out. This scene is created on a piece of Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper from the “Well Worn Paper Pack”, item number 122359. Love this paper pack.

A little announcement before we get started on today’s tutorial, tomorrow starts the Stampin’ Up! Sale-a-bration sales period that runs from January 24 – March 31, 2012. During this sales period you will receive your choice of a free stamp set from the Sale-a-bration catalog for every $50 in product you order. I’ll post a link tomorrow to the Sale-a-bration catalog when it is released. So stay tuned! You won’t want to miss out on the sale-a-bration sets, paper and embellishments.

Also starting tomorrow January 24, 2012 I will be starting a new program of my own for my Stampin’ Up! Customers. Check it out! Along with a thank you card from me for your order you will receive a token for each $50 in product you order 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. 🙂

So, be sure to save your order and place it after today so you can take advanced of both Sale-a-bration and my new free stamp set program. 🙂

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

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Thoughts & Prayers and Just Believe sets

Card Stock: Stampin’ Up! Basic Black, Cajun Craze card stock and Stampin’ Up! Well Worn Designer Series Paper

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Basic Black, Soft Suede, Chocolate Chip and Cajun Craze

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Sponges, White Gel Pen, Brayer, White Ribbon, Old Olive Marker, Chocolate Chip Marker, Stampin’ Dimensionals and Post it notes

Started with a 3″ x 7″ piece of Well Worn Designer Series Paper, item number 122359.

Added torn post it notes to mask for the hill and path.

Sponged Cajun Craze in the hill.

Sponged Chocolate Chip ink at the top of the hill and along the edge of the path.

Removed the post it note masks and drew a fine line across the top of the path using a Chocolate Chip marker.

Masked along the top of the hill using a post it note and then stamped the tree from the Thoughts & Prayers stamp set, item number 113252, using Basic Black ink.

Removed the mask and stamp the flowers from the Just Believe set, item number 116948, using Basic Black ink.

Added a dot of Old Olive Marker to each leaf on the tree.

Brayered Soft Suede ink on the top and bottom of the card stock.

Added White Gel pen to the flowers. Now that makes them pop!

Added the following Basic Black and Cajun Craze card stock panels.

Added Whisper White Ribbon, item number 109025 and then popped my main image panels up using Stampin’ Dimensionals, item number 104430.

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

May the path you take today bring you to a very special place.

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.

Dayton, Ohio – Brayer Workshops

Austin, Texas

Seattle, Washington

Greeneville, Tennessee

Indianapolis, Indiana

Indiana, Pennsylvania

Sparta, New Jersey (Sold Out)

Piedmont, Alabama

Post Falls, Idaho (outside of Coeurd’Alene)

Sand Lake, Michigan (just North of Grand Rapids)

Lawrence, Kansas

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

West Bend, Wisconsin

Longmont (Gunbarrel), Colorado

Orange, Massachusetts

Sacramento, California

Staley, North Carolina

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

Link to my Stampin’ Up website where you can order all of your must have Stampin’ Up products from me 24-7: http://michellezindorf.stampinup.net

Just Swinging – Tutorial #482

10 Comments January 11, 2012 zindorfstamps

Hey There,

I’m knee deep in packing for my trip to LAS VEGAS BABY! I leave Friday, I hope Las Vegas is ready for me. . . . I’m super excited about this trip since Las Vegas is one of the places I haven’t made it to yet in the whirl wind traveling career I have. Not to mention, I get to teach some awesome stampers how to brayer and create using some other technique tricks I have up my sleeve.

I needed a bit of a break from packing so I sat down and created this project for your enjoyment, please give it a try. It features the sweet set Forever Young. This stamp goes with brayering especially well.

Let’s get started. . . . .

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Forever Young

Card Stock: Stampin’ Up! Whisper White, Basic Black, Old Olive, Peach Parfait and Stampin’ Up Designer Series Paper “Paisley Petals”

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Basic Black, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie and Cajun Craze

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Sponges, Basic Black brads, Big shot Machine, 3.75″ circle Die, White Gel Pen, Brayer and Heart Punch

Die cut a 3.75″ circle using the Big Shot Machine and Whisper White card stock.

brayered Daffodil Delight ink on one side of the card stock.

Brayered Pumpkin Pie ink on the other side of the card stock. I don’t show it here, but I brayered a little Cajun Craze at the bottom of the Pumpkin Pie side.

Stamped the image using Basic Black ink.

Sponged Old Olive ink at the bottom of the card stock. Make sure you image is dry before doing this step or you will risk smearing the black ink, not pretty.

Sponged Basic Black ink at the bottom of the card stock, not covering the Old Olive ink entirely.

Added White Gel Pen highlights to the tree and also added a bit of grasses.

Added a 5.25″ square Basic Black panel, 5″ square Design Series Paper Panel, 4 3/8″ square Peach Parfait panel, (2) 2″ x 4 1/8 Basic Black panels, 4 small Peach Parfait Punches, 2 Black and 2 Old Olive Large hearts.

Added 2 Basic Black brads.

Here is the finished card measuring 5.25″ square.

May your day be totally awesome!

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.

Dayton, Ohio – Direct to Paper Workshops

Dayton, Ohio – Brayer Workshops

Las Vegas, Nevada

Austin, Texas

Seattle, Washington

Greeneville, Tennessee

Indianapolis, Indiana

Indiana, Pennsylvania

Sparta, New Jersey (Sold Out)

Piedmont, Alabama

Post Falls, Idaho (outside of Coeurd’Alene)

Sand Lake, Michigan (just North of Grand Rapids)

Lawrence, Kansas

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

West Bend, Wisconsin

Longmont (Gunbarrel), Colorado

Orange, Massachusetts

Sacramento, California

Staley, North Carolina

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

Link to my Stampin’ Up website where you can order all of your must have Stampin’ Up products from me 24-7: http://michellezindorf.stampinup.net

Here’s to You – Tutorial #479

4 Comments December 28, 2011 zindorfstamps

I feel like celebrating this week so here is one of my quicker cards that features a Martini Glass made from triangles. This project could easily be transformed into a Happy New Year card. I needed a few girlfriend cards so I kept with a hot pink theme. Check it out, the tutorial is below. 🙂

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Reminder!

The brand new Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini Catalog will be out January 4, 2011. My current customers will automatically get the mini. If you would like one mailed to you, please e-mail your address to mzindorf@aim.com and I will pop one in the mail to you.

Also, My customer drawing for December 2011 is a full set of Stampin’ Up! Clear Mount Acrylic Blocks and a rockin’ Stampin’ Up! Clear Block Storage Caddy to store them in. The block set includes 9 different block sizes. Total prize package is an $86.90 value. How do you enter? For the month of December, 2o11, when you place a Stampin’ Up! order using me as your Demonstrator, you will receive one entry toward this months prize for each $25 increment in merchandise purchased. Place an order for $50 and get two chances and so on and so on. CLICK HERE TO PLACE AN ORDER OR TO BROWSE. Your order will be shipped directly to you from Stampin’ Up!.

If you stamp with clear-mount stamps, you’ll need a clear block to adhere your stamps to. Stampin’ Up’s blocks are a clear choice. Made from high-quality, sturdy acrylic, these blocks can hold one stamp or multiple stamps if you want to create a collage of images.

This compact storage caddy holds one of each size of our clear-mount blocks. The foam insert securely holds the blocks in place; an additional foam insert sits between the blocks to protect them when the caddy is closed.

■ Opens flat for easy access
■ Locks shut
■ Built-in handle makes it easy to carry
■ 8-1/16″ x 10-5/8″ x 1-13/16″

I will use a random number generator to determine the winner on January 1, 2012.

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Now on with the tutorial. . . . .

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Cottage Garden and Friendly Phrases

Card Stock: Stampin’ Up! Melon Mambo, Basic Black and Whisper White

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Melon Mambo, Rose Red, Not Quite Navy, Tempting Turquoise and Basic Black

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Top Note Die, Big Shot Machine, Brayer, White Gel Pen, Basic Black marker, Sponges 1 3/8″ circle punch and 1 3/8″, 1″, 1 1/4″ Square punches.

Want a free copy of the current Stampin’ Up! Mini Catalog? Just e-mail your address to mzindorf@aim.com and I will get one right out to you. Get your copy of the 2011-2012 Stampin’ Up! Idea Book & Catalog by sending $9.95 to me at P.O. box 116, West Alexandria, Ohio 45381 or via paypal to mzindorf@aim.com, shipping is free. 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. Click HERE for more information.

Punched a 1 3/8″ square and a 1″ square from Basic Black card stock. Cut the two squares in half.

Punched a 1 1/4″ square from Pretty in Pink card stock and then cut it in half.

Sponged Melon Mambo and then Rose Red on the triangle of Pretty in Pink.

Glued the colored triangle onto the largest Basic Black triangle.

Die cut a Top note from Whisper White card stock using the Big Shot Machine. Punched a 1 3/8″ circle from the sticky part of a post it note and used it as a mask for my moon.

Brayered Tempting Turquoise on the card stock.

Brayered Not Quite Navy ink at the top of the card stock, not covering the Tempting Turquoise ink entirely.

Removed the moon mask and put a 3″ x 5″ post it note on so only about 1/2″ of the top note is showing at the bottom. Sponged Basic Black ink on the un-masked portion of the card stock.

Adhered my two triangles on the top note and drew a line for the glass stem using a Basic Black marker.

Stamped two small flowers on using a Basic Blacker marker to load my stamp.

Added a stem for my flowers using a Basic Black marker and then added centers to the flowers using a White Gel Pen.

Stamped my sentiment using Rose Red ink.

Added 2 Melon Mambo panels and 2 Basic Black panels.

Here is the finished card measuring 5.25″ square.

May you have many things to toast about in the coming year!

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.

Dayton, Ohio – Direct to Paper Workshops

Dayton, Ohio – Brayer Workshops

Las Vegas, Nevada

Austin, Texas

Seattle, Washington

Greeneville, Tennessee

Indianapolis, Indiana

Indiana, Pennsylvania

Sparta, New Jersey

Piedmont, Alabama

Post Falls, Idaho (outside of Coeurd’Alene)

Sand Lake, Michigan (just North of Grand Rapids)

Lawrence, Kansas

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

West Bend, Wisconsin

Longmont (Gunbarrel), Colorado

Orange, Massachusetts

Sacramento, California

Staley, North Carolina

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

Link to my Stampin’ Up website where you can order all of your must have Stampin’ Up products from me 24-7: http://michellezindorf.stampinup.net

Tea Shoppe Sneak Peek – Tutorial #478

8 Comments December 26, 2011 zindorfstamps

Hey There,

I hope you have had a wonderful holiday. I sure did. It was spent with family, celebrating and eating great food. 🙂 We did have something extra special to celebrate, my youngest son, Mitch proposed to his lovely, lovely girlfriend, Jamie and she said “YES”.

The happy couple. . . . . . . .

I heard the news and cried tears of joy! Jamie has already won all of us over and has been a part of this family from the day we met her. I’m looking forward to them making it official.

Now, with the personal stuff set aside, I’m happy to bring you a tutorial today. I took a little hiatus from stamping to have some spare time to prepare for the holidays and just have some general down time. But now I’m back and was anxious to get back into my office to create. I received my pre-order from Stampin’ Up! which included stamps from the up and coming Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini Catalog. The catalog will be in effect January 4 – April 30, 2012. My current Stampin’ Up! customers will receive this mini catalog automatically from me. If you would like an Occasions Mini Catalog, please e-mail your address to: mzindorf@aim.com and I will get one in the mail to you. You won’t want to miss out on the exceptionally wonderful things in this mini!

As the title of this post suggests, I am giving you a sneak peek of a project using a new set from the new mini. The set name is Tea Shoppe and it’s right up my ally, I’m a tea drinker.

The tutorial below gives you instructions on how to create a stenciled wall, striped table cloth and embossed teacup. Check it out below and then put this stamp set on your list of stamps you must have in 2012.

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Reminder!

My customer drawing for December 2011 is a full set of Stampin’ Up! Clear Mount Acrylic Blocks and a rockin’ Stampin’ Up! Clear Block Storage Caddy to store them in. The block set includes 9 different block sizes. Total prize package is an $86.90 value. How do you enter? For the month of December, 2o11, when you place a Stampin’ Up! order using me as your Demonstrator, you will receive one entry toward this months prize for each $25 increment in merchandise purchased. Place an order for $50 and get two chances and so on and so on. CLICK HERE TO PLACE AN ORDER OR TO BROWSE. Your order will be shipped directly to you from Stampin’ Up!.

■ Opens flat for easy access
■ Locks shut
■ Built-in handle makes it easy to carry
■ 8-1/16″ x 10-5/8″ x 1-13/16″

I will use a random number generator to determine the winner on January 1, 2012.

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Now on with the tutorial. . . . .

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Tea Shoppe

Card Stock: Stampin’ Up! Elegant Eggplant, Wisteria Wonder, Very Vanilla and Whisper White

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Old Olive, Always Artichoke, Elegant Eggplant and River Rock

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Old Olive and Wisteria Wonder Markers, Wisteria Wonder Ribbon, Elegant Eggplant brads, Brayer, Clear embossing powder, heat gun, sponges, Versamark Pad and marker, Label punch, scissors, post it notes.

Stamped the teacup by loading it with Versamark and then with River Rock before stamping it on Whisper White card stock.

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

Colored the openings in the cup design using a Wisteria Wonder and Olive markers. Wiped the excess marker off of the embossed image using a paper towel.

Cut the cup out.

Laid my cup (don’t adhere yet ) on a 4.25″ x 5.75″ piece of Whisper White card stock and then added a few steam lines using my Versamark marker above the cup. Heat embossed the steam lines using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Masked the bottom of the card stock using a post it note.

Brayered Elegant Eggplant ink at the top of the card stock.

Unmasked the bottom of the card stock and masked the top of the card stock. Brayered Old Olive ink at the bottom of the card stock.

Using another post it note, sponged in stripes on the table cloth using Elegant Eggplant ink. Sponged at the post it note edge and then moved a bit down for the next stripe.

Continue until you have the whole table cloth striped.

Sponged Always Artichoke at the top of the table cloth.

Remasked the bottom of the card stock and stamped the pansy stamp repeatedly across the bottom of the wall using Elegant Eggplant ink.

Sponged Elegant Eggplant ink at the bottom of the wall at the post it note edge.

Created a shadow for the cup by sponging a spot of Always Artichoke ink and then inside that spot sponged a spot of Elegant Eggplant ink.

On a scrap of Very Vanilla card stock stamp the label outline stamp using Old Olive ink.

Stamped the sentiment inside of the label stamp using Elegant Eggplant ink.

Punched the image out.

Added two Elegant Eggplant panels, one Wisteria Wonder panel, my tea cup, Wisteria Wonder ribbon, my label and Elegant Eggplant brads.

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

May your day be as warm and inviting as a good cup of tea!

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.

Dayton, Ohio – Direct to Paper Workshops

Dayton, Ohio – Brayer Workshops

Las Vegas, Nevada

Austin, Texas

Seattle, Washington

Greeneville, Tennessee

Indianapolis, Indiana

Indiana, Pennsylvania

Sparta, New Jersey

Piedmont, Alabama

Post Falls, Idaho (outside of Coeurd’Alene)

Sand Lake, Michigan (just North of Grand Rapids)

Lawrence, Kansas

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

West Bend, Wisconsin

Longmont (Gunbarrel), Colorado

Orange, Massachusetts

Sacramento, California

Staley, North Carolina

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

Link to my Stampin’ Up website where you can order all of your must have Stampin’ Up products from me 24-7: http://michellezindorf.stampinup.net

Trendy Night to Day – Tutorial #476

2 Comments December 12, 2011 zindorfstamps

Hey There,

Today’s tutorial shows how you can have a scene go from Day to Night. Check it out in the tutorial below.

My post it short and sweet today. Time to decorate my home for Christmas.

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Reminder!

■ Opens flat for easy access
■ Locks shut
■ Built-in handle makes it easy to carry
■ 8-1/16″ x 10-5/8″ x 1-13/16″

I will use a random number generator to determine the winner on January 1, 2012.

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Now on with the tutorial. . . . .

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Trendy Trees

Card Stock: Stampin’ Up! Cajun Craze, Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise and Autumn Meadows Designer Series Papers

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Basic Black, More Mustard, Cajun Craze, Tempting Turquoise and Night of Navy

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Tempting Turquoise Brads, Brayer, Trinket Key, Oval Die, Big Shot Machine, 1 3/4″ & 1 3/8″ circle punches, Sponges, Soft Suede Ribbon.

Want a free copy of the current Stampin’ Up! Mini Catalog? Just e-mail your address to mzindorf@aim.com and I will get one right out to you. Get your copy of the new 2011-2012 Stampin’ Up! Idea Book & Catalog by sending $9.95 to me at P.O. box 116, West Alexandria, Ohio 45381 or via paypal to mzindorf@aim.com, shipping is free. 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? Consider being part of my Stampin’ Up Team and start your own business or become a Hobby Demo just for the discount. Click HERE for more information.

Cut an oval using the Stampin’ Up! Ovals Die (Largest Oval on the Die) out of Whisper White card stock using the Big Shot Machine.

Brayered More Mustard on one half of the oval.

Brayered Cajun Craze ink on the More Mustard ink, not covering it entirely.

Brayed Tempting Turquoise ink on the other half of the card stock.

Brayered Night to Navy ink over the Tempting Turquoise ink, not covering it entirely.

Stamped the leaves and trunk of the tree using Basic Black ink.

Sponged Basic Black ink in for the ground and around the edges of the card stock.

Punched a 1 3/4″ circle from Cajun Craze and a 1 3/8″ circle from Whisper White.

Sponged Tempting Turquoise ink around the edges of the Whisper White circle.

Added a Tempting Turquoise panel, 2 Cajun Craze panels, 2 panels from Autumn Meadows designer paper, Soft Suede Ribbon and Key Trinket.

Added Tempting Turquoise brads and another Cajun Craze card stock panel.

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

May your day be filled with light.

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.

Dayton, Ohio – Direct to Paper Workshops

Dayton, Ohio – Brayer Workshops

Las Vegas, Nevada

Austin, Texas

Seattle, Washington

Greeneville, Tennessee

Indianapolis, Indiana

Indiana, Pennsylvania

Sparta, New Jersey

Piedmont, Alabama

Post Falls, Idaho (outside of Coeurd’Alene)

Sand Lake, Michigan (just North of Grand Rapids)

Lawrence, Kansas

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

West Bend, Wisconsin

Longmont (Gunbarrel), Colorado

Orange, Massachusetts

Sacramento, California

Staley, North Carolina

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

Link to my Stampin’ Up website where you can order all of your must have Stampin’ Up products from me 24-7: http://michellezindorf.stampinup.net

Winter Red Bird Card Blog Candy and Tutorial #475

64 Comments December 11, 2011 zindorfstamps

Hey there,

I put together a rustic Winter scene for you today. I was gearing this card more towards manly than feminine so, I left off any form of frill, such as, ribbon and glitter. I also, left off any type of sentiment since this scene could be used for so many occasions and I don’t know what the user would be using it for.

Follow along with the tutorial below to make one of these cards or you could leave a comment at the bottom of this blog post telling me to put your name into the blog candy drawing and try to win this one. 🙂 I’m putting this card up for blog candy and will use a random number generator on Wednesday, December 14, 2011. If you are getting this blog post via e-mail, please CLICK HERE, and then leave a comment. Please no e-mail entries.

Good Luck!

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Reminder!

■ Opens flat for easy access
■ Locks shut
■ Built-in handle makes it easy to carry
■ 8-1/16″ x 10-5/8″ x 1-13/16″

I will use a random number generator to determine the winner on January 1, 2012.

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Now on with the tutorial. . . . .

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Plant Hope

Card Stock: Stampin’ Up! Baja Breeze, Soft Suede, Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Basic Black, Soft Suede, Baja Breeze and Not Quite Navy

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Basic Black Brads, Brayer, Bird and Decorative Label Punches, Mat Pack, Piercing Tool, White Gel Pen, Hole Punch, Sponges, Craft Knife, Cherry Cobbler and Basic Black markers, Stampin’ Up! Frostwood Lodge Designer Series paper, Glass Mat and post it notes.

Want a free copy of the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini Catalog? Just e-mail your address to mzindorf@aim.com and I will get one right out to you. Get your copy of the new 2011-2012 Stampin’ Up! Idea Book & Catalog by sending $9.95 to me at P.O. box 116, West Alexandria, Ohio 45381 or via paypal to mzindorf@aim.com, shipping is free. 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? Consider being part of my Stampin’ Up Team and start your own business or become a Hobby Demo just for the discount. Click HERE for more information.

Cut 2 4″ x 9″ piece of Whisper White. I know I want my main image panel to cross over my card at a diagonal so I held the card stock the way I wanted the main image panel to appear in the finished card and then cut the sides off of it using a paper cutter.

Using a glass mat and a craft knife, cut out a curly branch from Whisper White card stock. Note: when using a craft knife, move the card stock, not the knife when cutting. This gives you better control and not such choppy lines.

Colored part of the branch using a Basic Black marker, leaving the areas that I wanted snow to appear white.

Punched 3 berries using a hole punch and Cherry Cobbler card stock.

Punched 2 birds, one from More Mustard card stock and one from Cherry Cobbler card stock.

Cut the beak off of the Cherry Cobbler bird and layered it over the More Mustard bird.

Added Cherry Cobbler marker to the bottom of the bird and the bird’s wing. Followed up with a bit of Basic Black marker at the very bottom edge of the bird and the bird’s wing. Also added a Basic Black dot for the bird’s eye.

Now back to our main image panel. Masked the bottom of the card stock using a post it note with a ripped jagged edge. This mask is masking our snow area.

Brayered Baja Breeze ink in the sky area.

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

Sponged a hint of Not Quite Navy at the horizon line (post it note edge).

Stamped a hint of trees in the distances using Baja Breeze ink and the pines from Stampin’ Up! set Plant Hope.

Removed the post it note mask and put a new one on that has a hill ripped into it. Sponged Baja Breeze ink at the post it note edge.

Move the post it note down and over and sponged in another drift using Baja Breeze ink.

Removed the post it note and sponge Baja Breeze ink at the very bottom of the card stock.

Assembled my bird, branch and berries onto the main image panel.

Cut a 3.75″ x 8.75″ piece of Stampin’ Up! Frostwood Lodge Designer Series Paper and then sponged Soft Suede ink around the edges of the both the paper and the main image panel.

Added a 4″ x 9″ Baja Breeze card stock panel and assembled.

Using the mat pack and piercing tool, pierced holes along the edge of the main image panel on both sides.

Added a dash of White gel pen from one hole to the next to create faux stitching.

Punched a decortive lable punch from Soft Suede card stock and then cut it in half. Sponged Basic Black ink around the edges of each piece.

Added them to my card front along with 4 Basic Black brads. Sponged Basic Black ink all around the card front edges.

Added a white gel pen highlight to the top of each berry and a Cherry Cobbler marker shadow to the bottom of each berry.

Here is the finished card measuring 4″ x 9″.

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.

Dayton, Ohio – Direct to Paper Workshops

Dayton, Ohio – Brayer Workshops

Las Vegas, Nevada

Austin, Texas

Seattle, Washington

Greeneville, Tennessee

Indianapolis, Indiana

Indiana, Pennsylvania

Sparta, New Jersey

Piedmont, Alabama

Post Falls, Idaho (outside of Coeurd’Alene)

Sand Lake, Michigan (just North of Grand Rapids)

Lawrence, Kansas

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

West Bend, Wisconsin

Longmont (Gunbarrel), Colorado

Orange, Massachusetts

Sacramento, California

Staley, North Carolina

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

Link to my Stampin’ Up website where you can order all of your must have Stampin’ Up products from me 24-7: http://michellezindorf.stampinup.net

Colorful Winter Scene – Tutorial #474

6 Comments December 7, 2011 zindorfstamps

Hey There,

How about a bright Winter Scene today? This card would probably help take away those Winter Blues for someone since it is loaded with bright colors. The complete tutorial is below. Hang out, check it out and then create it.

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Reminder!

■ Opens flat for easy access
■ Locks shut
■ Built-in handle makes it easy to carry
■ 8-1/16″ x 10-5/8″ x 1-13/16″

I will use a random number generator to determine the winner on January 1, 2012.

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Now on with the tutorial. . . . .

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Lovely as a Tree and You’re a Gem

Card Stock: Stampin’ Up! Baja Breeze, Cajun Craze, Old Olive and Whisper White

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Old Olive, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie and Cajun Craze

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Gold Brads, Old Olive Ribbon, Brayer, Tab and 1 3/4″ circle punches, color coach and post it notes.

Ripped the top edge off of a post it note and used it to mask the snow at the bottom of a 2.25″ x 4.75″ piece of Whisper White card stock.

Brayered Pumpkin Pie ink in the unmasked area.

Punched a 1 3/4″ circle from a post it note and used it to mask the sun.

Brayered more Pumpkin Pie ink on.

Brayer Cajun Craze ink at the top of the card stock, covering the Pumpkin Pie ink entirely.

Removed the sun mask and stamped the trees from the Stampin’ Up! set Lovely as a Tree set using Basic Black ink.

Removed the mask and cut a triangle out of the right side of the card stock.

Now, I can create a scene in a couple minutes flat, but it’s coming up with the color combo that takes me so much time. When I want to get done quickly, I turn to my Stampin’ Up! Color Coach. I just flip to the color that is most prominent in my scene and then look on the back of the card and there I find the must fabulous color combos for that color. Love it!

Cut a 4.75″ Old Olive Panel, Baja Breeze 1.75″ x 3.5″, Cajun Craze 1″ x 1.75″. Cut the triangle out of the Cajun Craze and Baja Breeze pieces and then run all 3 pieces, one at a time, through the Big Shot using the Dots embossing folder.

Stamped my sentiment using Old Olive ink on a piece of Whisper White. Line the image up in the tab punch and punched it out.

Assembled my card, adding a 5.25″ sqare Baja Breeze panel and 5″ square Cajun Craze panel, Old Olive Ribbon and Gold Brads. Here it is finished measuring 5.25″ square.

May your day be bright and cheerful.

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.

Dayton, Ohio – Direct to Paper Workshops

Dayton, Ohio – Brayer Workshops

Las Vegas, Nevada

Austin, Texas

Seattle, Washington

Greeneville, Tennessee

Indianapolis, Indiana

Indiana, Pennsylvania

Sparta, New Jersey

Piedmont, Alabama

Post Falls, Idaho (outside of Coeurd’Alene)

Sand Lake, Michigan (just North of Grand Rapids)

Lawrence, Kansas

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

West Bend, Wisconsin

Longmont (Gunbarrel), Colorado

Orange, Massachusetts

Sacramento, California

Staley, North Carolina

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

Link to my Stampin’ Up website where you can order all of your must have Stampin’ Up products from me 24-7: http://michellezindorf.stampinup.net

A Little Birdy Told Me – Tutorial #465

11 Comments November 2, 2011 zindorfstamps

Hi There,

Sometimes I just get burnt out creating seasonal cards so here is one for you today that can be given to lighten anyone’s heart any time of year. The coloring was done with Stampin’ Up! markers and yes, you can get great shading effects with water based markers. Hang out and take a look at the tutorial for this card below.

Speaking of Stampin’ Up! Markers, check this out!

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Reminder. . . . .

I have a something to give away to one of my Stampin’ Up! customers. For the month of November, 2o11, when you place a Stampin’ Up! order using me as your Demonstrator, you will receive one entry toward a full set of Stampin’ Up! Many Marvelous Markers a $109.95 value, for each $25 increment in merchandise purchased. Place an order for $50 and get two chances and so on and so on.

About the Many Marvelous Set of Markers:

■ Dual tipped markers: .5 mm fine point and flexible brush
■ Set of 38, packaged in rigid plastic case with handle
■ Includes colors from all 4 color collections

■ Odorless, water-based dye ink
■ Coordinate with Classic Stampin’ Pads and exclusive Stampin’ Up! card stock
■ Finger grips on cap aid in easy cap removal

I hope you can get excited about this, I am! I cannot rave enough about these markers. Not sure what I would do without my set. I use them pretty much every time I create something.

I will select the winning customer on December 1, 2011 using a Random number generator. Good Luck!

CLICK HERE SHOP AT my Stampin’ Up! web site where you can shop 24/7 for all of your Stampin’ Up! products. Your order will be shipped directly to your door step straight from Stampin’ Up! You will also receive a special card made by me in appreciation for your order. My customers mean the world to me. If you would like assistance with your order, please contact me at 937-344-1312 or e-mail me at mzindorf@aim.com. I will be glad to assist you.

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Now on with the tutorial. . . . .

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ UP! Language of Friendship and Summer Solstice

Paper: Stampin’ UP! Bashful Blue, Old Olive and Whisper White

Ink: Stampin’ UP! Wild Wasabi, So Saffron, Baja Breeze and Stazon Jet Black ink.

Accessories: Stampin’ UP! Brayer, Markers (So Saffron, Basic Black, Soft Suede, Wild Wasabi, Old Olive, Riding Hood Red and Pear Pizzazz), 3/4″ circle punch, Scallop Trim punch, White Gel pen

Techniques: Brayered Sky, punch art, coloring with Waterbased Markers

Want a free copy of the brand new Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini Catalog? Just e-mail your address and I will get one right out to you. Get your copy of the new 2011-2012 Stampin’ Up! Idea Book & Catalog by sending $9.95 to me at P.O. box 116, West Alexandria, Ohio 45381 or via paypal to mzindorf@aim.com, shipping is free. 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 ordered 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? Consider being part of my Stampin’ Up Team and start your own business or become a Hobby Demo just for the discount. Click HERE for more information.

Punched a 3/4″ circle from the sticky part of a post it note to use as a mask for my moon. Put the moon up in the right hand corner of a 3.5″ x 6.5″ piece of Whisper White card stock.

Brayered Baja Breeze ink at the top of the card stock.

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

Removed the moon mask and drew in a few squiggle lines with the brush end of a Wild Wasabi marker.

Stamped the leaf from the Stampin’ Up! set Summer Solstice using Wild Wasabi ink.

Colored the bottom of the leaves using a Pear Pizzazz marker.

Colored the rest of the leaves in with a So Saffron Marker.

Added an Old Olive marker line at the bottom of the leaves and a line down the left side of the vines.

Added white gel pen to the leaves for highlights.

Stamped the bird from the Stampin’ Up! set Language of Friendship using Stazon Jet Black ink.

Colored bird and wing in with a So Saffron Marker.

Added Riding Hood Red and then quickly colored over the bird using the So Saffron Marker to blend.

Did the same to the wing and also added a bit of Soft Suede marker to the bottom of the bird and wing, beak and dark area on the face. Blended again with the So Saffron marker.

Cut out the bird and wing.

Added Basic Black marker to the very bottom of the bird and wing.

Assembled together a 5″ x 6.5″ Old Olive Panel, a 6.5″ x 4″ Bashful Blue Panel, the main image panel and the bird parts. I then used the Scallop Trim Border Punch on the Old Olive Panel.

Added a 5″ x 6.5″ Bashful Blue panel and here is the finished card measuring 5″ x 6.5″.

May your day be filled with sweet, sweet surprises.

Until my next post. . . . . . .

Hugs,

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

Lincoln, Illinois

Dayton, Ohio – Direct to Paper Workshops

Las Vegas, Nevada

Austin, Texas

Seattle, Washington

Greeneville, Tennessee

Indianapolis, Indiana

Indiana, Pennsylvania

Sparta, New Jersey

Piedmont, Alabama

Post Falls, Idaho (outside of Coeurd’Alene)

Sand Lake, Michigan (just North of Grand Rapids)

Lawrence, Kansas

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

West Bend, Wisconsin

Longmont (Gunbarrel), Colorado

Orange, Massachusetts

Sacramento, California

Staley, North Carolina

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

Link to my Stampin’ Up website where you can order all of your must have Stampin’ Up products from me 24-7: http://michellezindorf.stampinup.net

Autumn Thoughts – Tutorial #464

8 Comments October 31, 2011 zindorfstamps

Hey There,

Happy Halloween! I hope you are enjoying your Autumn Season.

I’ve been hanging out cooking and filling my freezer with freezer meals. I put over 50 meals in the freezer in the past few days. It is now well stocked and all Russ and I have to do is pull something out and bake it or put it in the crock pot. All the real work is done. Feels good having so much done and saving money in the long run because we were able to buy in bulk, grin.

A little about today’s project. The Stampin’ Up! Thoughts & Prayers Tree is so lovely. Don’t you think it is a beautiful image? LOL, of course I haven’t met a tree stamp that I didn’t like. If you read this blog regularly, you know that already.

This tutorial is all about layering the moutains and highlights. Hang out and check it out.

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BIG SHOT – CUSTOMER GIVE AWAY. . . . . . DON’T MISS OUT! THIS IS THE LAST DAY TO GET ENTERED!!!!!!

Until October 31, 2011 you can get a chance to win a free brand new Big Shot Die Cut Machine worth $99.95.

How to enter. . . . Every person that orders Stampin’ Up! products through my Stampin’ Up Web Site (CLICK HERE TO SHOP) until October 31, 2011 will receive 1 entry for each $25 increment of products purchased. So if you place a product order that totals $50 that is 2 chances to win! How about those beans. I love giving things away! I will announce the winner on November 1, 2011.

Click here to shop now. Your order will be delivered right to your door step straight from Stampin’ UP!

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Now on with today’s tutorial. . . . .

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up!Thoughts & Prayers

Paper: Stampin’ UP! Rich Razzelberry, More Mustard and Whisper White

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Basic Black, Rich Razzelberry, Wisteria Wonder, Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Cajun Craze and More Mustard

Accessories: Stampin’ UP! sponges, Markers (Chocolate Chip, Cherry Cobber), Brayer, Whisper White ribbon, Post it notes

Techniques: Brayered Sky

Brayered More Mustard ink on the 4″ x 4.5″ piece of Whisper White card stock.

Brayered Cajun Craze ink at the top of the card stock, not covering the More Mustard ink entirely.

Brayered Cherry Cobbler ink at the top of the card stock, not covering the Cajun Craze ink entirely.

Stamped the Thoughts and Prayers Tree using Old Olive ink.

Ripped a post it note and used it to create my mountains furthest away in the scene.

Sponged Wisteria Wonder ink on to create the mountains.

Ripped a different pattern in the post it note and put it on to create the second layer of mountains.

Sponged Rich Razzel berry ink on for the second mountains and colored over the trunk of the tree with a Chocolate Chip marker.

Added a little bit of Cherry Cobbler marker to some of the leaves on the tree.

Sponged Basic Black ink at the bottom of the card stock and distressed the edges of the panel with Basic Black ink.

Added Whisper White ribbon.

Added Three panels, 2 Rich Razzel Berry and 1 More Mustard. The measurements are in the photo.

Added a few White Gel pen highlights to some of the leaves and a highlight down the right side of the trunk.

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

May your day be filled with joy and laughter.

Until my next post. . . . . . .

Hugs,

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

Lincoln, Illinois

Dayton, Ohio – Direct to Paper Workshops

Las Vegas, Nevada

Austin, Texas

Seattle, Washington

Greeneville, Tennessee

Indianapolis, Indiana

Indiana, Pennsylvania

Sparta, New Jersey

Piedmont, Alabama

Post Falls, Idaho (outside of Coeurd’Alene)

Sand Lake, Michigan (just North of Grand Rapids)

Lawrence, Kansas

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

West Bend, Wisconsin

Longmont (Gunbarrel), Colorado

Orange, Massachusetts

Sacramento, California

Staley, North Carolina

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

Link to my Stampin’ Up website where you can order all of your must have Stampin’ Up products from me 24-7: http://michellezindorf.stampinup.net