Heart Felt Thank You – Tutorial #100

61 Comments August 12, 2008 zindorfstamps

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up Lovely As a Tree & Holidays & Wishes, Cornish Heritage Farms Hinges

Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Brilliant Blue

Ink: Stampin’ Up Brilliant Blue, Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Bashful Blue, Basic Black, Barely Banana, More Mustard

Accessories: Stampin Up Black & Gray Markers, Post it Notes, Brayer, Corner Round Punch, Gold Brads

Starting out with a 4.5″ x 4.5″ piece of Whisper White card stock.

Mask a little under half of the bottom of the card stock with a post it note.

Brayered on Bashful Blue ink at the top of the card stock.

Brayered on Brilliant Blue ink not covering the Bashful blue ink entirely.

Sponged Brilliant Blue ink at the top of the card stock very heavily to create some drama in the sky.

Sponged a bit of Black ink at the edge of the Post it Note mask to create a couple of hills in the distance.

Removed Post it note Mask.

Masked Sky area with a clean Post it Note.

Brayered on Barely Banana ink on the unmasked section of the card stock.

Tore a piece of post it note in a triangle shape to mask a section to create a road. This is an experiment, I have not tried this before. The sticky part of the Post it note is at the bottom of the card stock.

Brayered on More Mustard ink.

Removed triangle post it note, but left the post it note that is masking the sky on.

Sponged More Mustard ink in the middle of the Road.

Sponged Close to Cocoa ink in the middle of the road and the bottom of the card stock, not covering the More Mustard ink entirely.

Sponged Chocolate Chip ink at the very bottom of the card stock.

Took the Post it Note off of the Sky.

Colored in the middle tree with a black marker, huffed on it and stamped it.

Colored in the two trees on the right side of the stamp with a black marker, huffed on it and stamped it to the left of the first tree I stamped.

Sponged a bit of black ink under and to the left side of the trees to create a shadow.

Used my corner rounder punch on two corners of my main image panel and the Brilliant Blue panel that will go under it.

Stamped two hinges on with Basic Black ink and colored them in a bit with a gray marker.

Assembled card, added a gold brad to each hinge and then stamped my sentiment using Basic Black ink.

Here you have it, the conclusion of tutorial #100 with the finished card measuring 5.25″ x 5.25″.

May your day be filled with dreamy scenery. Thanks again for your encouragement!

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

Hugs,

Michelle

Fenced View – Tutorial & Convention Shopping

55 Comments August 10, 2008 zindorfstamps

Happy Sunday Everyone!

I didn’t get a chance to post on Saturday due to the Stamp Away USA, Stamp Convention that was held in Sharonville, OH at the Convention Center. This was my first time attending one of these stamp conventions and man oh man, can a Gal get into lots of trouble at one of these things.

Below is a picture of my purchases and believe me I wanted just about everything, but I set a limit for myself before I went and only took that much in cash with me and left my credit cards at home. That turned out to be a smart move on my part, lol. I think I made wiser choices too.

The day was so enjoyable, Karen Barber let me drag her along on the road trip and I also met a few of you blog readers 🙂 A big hello to Colleen and her friends and to Priscilla.

Today’s tutorial was created with one of the stamps I purchased. By the way this is tutorial number 99. If you would like to see the other 98 tutorials check out the tab at the top of my blog that reads “all my tutorials”.

So let’s get started. 🙂

Supplies:

Stamps: Stamp by Judith T-40

Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Not Quite Navy, Kiwi Kiss

Ink: Stampin’ Up Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Old Olive, Basic Black & Kiwi Kiss

Accessories: Post it Notes, Brayer, Markers, White Gel Pen, Sponges, ribbon, Brads

Brayered Baja Breeze ink at the top of a 5.5″ x 4.2″ piece of Whisper White Card stock.

Brayered Kiwi Kiss ink at the bottom half of the card stock.

Tore through the sticky part of two post it notes and used them to mask the ground portion of the card stock.

Sponged Baja Breeze ink at the torn edge of the card stock to create a horizon line and to put in a couple of mountain shapes.

Right at the torn edge of the post it notes sponged in Not Quite Navy to darken the horizon line so it would really stand out.

Removed post it note masks and sponged Not Quite Navy ink at the top of the card stock to create a more dramatic sky.

Sponged Old Olive ink at the bottom of the card stock to create some depth in the foreground.

Stamp my new “Stamp by Judith T-40” with Basic Black ink.

Colored the rocks with a Going Gray maker.

Colored the tree trunk with a Chocolate Chip marker.

Colored the fence posts with a Close to Cocoa marker.

Colored the tops of the fence posts with a Creamy Caramel marker. Also created a shadows for the tree and fence post with the Creamy Caramel marker.

Colored the flowers in with a white gel pen.

Colored the flower stems with an Old Olive maker.

Added some Close to Cocoa to the center of my tree and fence post shadows.

Sponged Note Quite Navy ink on the edge of my Kiwi Kiss card stock panel.

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

Hope you enjoyed this country scene and will give it a try.

May your day be filled with soft scenery and daisies!

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

Hugs,

Michelle

Birds on a Wire – Tutorial

47 Comments July 21, 2008 zindorfstamps

The idea of birds sitting on a wire has been rattling around in my head for some time. This morning it finally made it to paper.

Here is the tutorial. 🙂

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up Spring Solitude & Lovely as a Tree

Paper: Stampin’ Up Basic Black, Kiwi Kiss & Whisper White

Ink: Stampin’ Up Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Old Olive and Basic Black

Accessories: Ruler, Fine point black marker, Old Olive marker, White Gel Pen, Stampin’ Up Piercing Tools, Sponge & Brayer

Brayered Baja Breeze ink at the top 2/3rds of a 3.5″ x 8″ piece of Whisper White card stock.

Brayered Kiwi Kiss ink on the bottom 1/4th of the card stock.

Made a line across the card stock with a fine point black marker and a ruler.

Stamped birds with Basic Black ink. I also extended their legs with a fine point black marker so they would reach the black line.

Inked only the trees, with Basic Black ink, on the tree stamp to omit the ground part of the stamp. Stamp it twice.

Used a white Gel pen to make the eye and wing of the birds more prominent.

Sponged Old Olive ink on the trees.

Made dots with a white gel pen on the left side of the trees to create highlights and show light direction.

Sponged a shadow under the trees with Old Olive ink that is slanting toward the right side.

Made dots on the right side of the trees with an Old Olive marker.

Assembled card front and pierced a line at the bottom of the card stock.

Added two silver brads and here is the completed card measuring 9″ x 4″.

On a personal note, I had a great time over the weekend playing, playing and playing some more with my beautiful Grand Daughter. Here she is pictured with my Husband, Russ being silly.

Hope your day is filled with snack time and smiles!

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

Hugs,

Michelle

Wanted pony – Tutorial

45 Comments July 1, 2008 zindorfstamps

I love the western style stamp sets from Stampin’ Up and I have them all, but I don’t use them nearly enough. Drug this one out today, dusted it off and got down to business. Fussed around with this card to long to post it this morning before work, hence the late post. 🙂

Ready for the tutorial? Let’s get started. 🙂

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up “Wanted”

Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Basic Black & More Mustard

Ink: Stampin’ Up More Mustard, Craft White, Basic Black, Chocolate Chip, Really Rust, Apricot Appeal

Accessories: Brads, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Black marker, Versamark marker, White Gel pen, Piercing Tools, 1 1/4 circle punch, post it note, Brayer, clear embossing powder & heat gun, sponges

Punched a circle from the sticky part of a post it note and put in on a piece of Whisper White Card stock as a mask for the sun.

Brayered Apricot Appeal ink over the entire card stock.

Removed sun mask. Using my Stamp-a-ma-jig for placement, stamped the horse using Basic Black ink.

Colored the horse in with a black Faber Castell marker.

Be sure that your background ink is very dry before moving on to this step. 🙂 Otherwise the embossing powder will stick to the entire card stock.

Colored over the horse with a Versamark maker and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Sponged More Mustard on ink, using a left to right motion, streaking the ink across the card stock.

Put a fresh post it note sun mask on.

Sponged on Really Rust ink using a streaking motion across the card stock.

Added some Chocolate Chip ink by sponging it on using the same streaking motion.

Covered the sky area with post it note masks.

Sponged Basic Black ink all over the un-masked area of the card stock.

Removed the masks and added some More Mustard streaks acoss the sun with a sponge.

Added some Really Rust ink streaks across the sun.

Sponged on just a little black ink around the horses legs in a pouncing motion to simulate dust being kicked up.

Assembled the card front and used my piercing tools to make holes for my brads so they would be in a straight line and well spaced.

Using a stamp-a-ma-jig for placement, stamped the “wanted” stamp with White Craft ink.

Added White dots behind the stamped “wanted” with a white gel pen.

Here you have it the completed card measuring 5″ x 6.5″.

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial. Take a few moments and create a dramatic sky with some warm colors of ink.

May your day end with a fabulous sunset!

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

Michelle

ISC Leaf in Pond – Tutorial and Blog Candy

162 Comments June 25, 2008 zindorfstamps

Ok, after an over whelming response I recreated this card so you can see how it was done. 🙂 But, this also leaves me with two of the same card, so I’ll give one away here as blog candy. If you would like a chance at getting it, please leave a comment on this post. If you are getting this blog update by e-mail and you wish to comment, please click this link that will take you to my blog so you can comment for a chance to win this card http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2008/06/25/isc-leaf-in-pond-tutorial/

I’ll use a random number generator to pick a number on Friday morning.

The images used on this card are by Innovative Stamp Creations, Stamp Sheets “Summer Flair” and “Fall Leaves”. Here is a link to their online store:

http://www.innovativestampcreations.com/ischomepage.html

Let’s get started on the tutorial. 🙂

Supplies:

Stamps: Innovative Stamp Creations “Flair of Summer” & “Fall Leaves”

Paper:SU Whisper White, Old Olive & Taken with Teal

Ink: Adirondack Lettuce, Stream & Pool

Accessories:Prismacolor Markers, Versamark Marker and pad, Clear embossing powder, heat gun, Coluzzle Circle Template, Sponges, brayer

Stamped Leaf image on Whisper White card stock by first loading the stamp with Versamark and then Lettuce ink before stamping.

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

Colored in the open area of the leaf with a Prismacolor Chartreuse marker.

Colored the leaf with a Prismacolor Light Olive Green marker leaving some of the leaf points light green.

Colored over the entire image with a Versamark Marker and heat embossed using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Stamped half of the grasses image by loading only part of the stamp with Versamark and then lettuce ink before stamping.

Heat embossed grasses using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Brayered over the card stock with Pool ink.

Cut various sizes of circle with a Coluzzle out of card stock to use as mask.

Using the largest circle (3 5/8″) I held it in place as I sponged Stream ink around it. I tried to have the darkest ink area right at the mask edge.

Using a smaller circle (2.5″), I put it in the middle and sponged Stream ink around the outside edge of it.

Using the smallest circle (2″), I put it in the middle and sponged Stream ink around the outside edge of it.

I created a larger circle on the outside of the others by sponging Stream ink in the corners of the card stock. You could use a larger circle mask for this step.

Stamped the black grasses in the upper left corner by loading Basic Black ink on half of the stamp.

To give the illusion of part of the leaf being under water I made a line between the dark green and the light green areas on the image with a White Gel pen.