Card Marking

30 Comments June 24, 2009 zindorfstamps

Good Morning, Good Morning, Good Morning! I finally feel like I could catch my breath this morning and slooooowwww down to create a little something at a leisurely pace. Sometimes the world just seems like it is going 100 miles an hour. I try not to get caught up in the race, but it sneaks in sometimes anyway, lol. We moved to the country 4 years ago to step back from things a bit and enjoy the slower pace. I forget that now and then.

This mornings project hopefully reflects a peaceful scene, that was my intention anyway.

Let’s get started. . . . 🙂

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up “Scene in the Garden” & “Branch Out”

Paper: Stampin’ Up Old Olive Designer Paper, Whisper White & Basic Black card stock

Ink: Stampin’ Up Basic Black, Sahara Sand, Old Olive, Always Artichoke & Close to Cocoa

Accessories: Versamark marker & pad, Stampin’ Up Markers, Old Olive Brads, Black Gingham Ribbon, White Gel Pen, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Post it Note, Clear embossing powder, Heat Gun, Sponge

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On a 3.5″ x 4.25″ piece of Whisper White card stock stamped the bench with Close to Cocoa ink.

Now this is what happens to your photographs when you accidentally hit the wrong button on your camera, your pictures go out of focus and you don’t realize it until you start to edit them. 🙂

So there are no in focus photos for a few of these next steps, but I will walk you through it.

Colored the bench with a Creamy Caramel marker.

Colored the shadow areas on the legs of the bench with a Close to Cocoa marker.

Colored over the bench legs again to blend the shading with the Creamy Caramel Marker.

Colored over the bench with a Versamark marker and heat embossed the image with clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Stamped the boots with Basic Black ink using a Stamp-a-ma-jig for placement.

Now we are back in focus, lol.

Colored the middle boots with an Old Olive marker.

Added Always Artichoke marker to the boots.

Colored the boots on the left with an Apricot Appeal marker.

Added More Mustard marker to the boots.

Colored the boots on the right side with a Rose Red Marker.

Added Bravo Burgundy marker to the boots.

Colored over the boots with a Versamark marker and heat embossed them using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Created a clap board wall behind the bench by using a post it note to mask and sponge at the edge of the post it note with Sahara Sand ink. Moved the mask and repeated sponging over and over until my wall was built. 🙂

Sponged in the ground with Old Olive ink.

Added Always Artichoke ink with a sponge at the bottom of the card stock.

Stamped the tree leaves by first loading the stamp with Versamark and then with Old Olive ink before stamping. Heat embossed the image using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Stamped the tree over the leaves using Close to Cocoa ink, omitting the grassy section of the stamp by not inking it. Extended the trunk of the tree at the bottom using a Close to Cocoa marker.

Sponged a bit of Old Olive ink in the leaf area of the tree.

Added a bit of shadow in the middle of the tree by sponging in Always Artichoke ink.

Added a few dots of White Gel pen to the tree.

Assembled and added Black Gingham ribbon and Old Olive Brads.

Here it is finished measuring 5.25″ square.

I hope this tutorial has inspired you to create a peaceful scene of your own, either in real life or on paper.

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

Huge Hugs,

Michelle

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58 Comments January 15, 2009 zindorfstamps

I’m in the mood again for a little coloring fun with my Prismacolor Markers. Coloring really relaxes me. I can just while away the hours playing with markers. Today’s tutorial also has a reverse image in it. You can do a reverse image in quite a few different ways. I used a reverse image stamp by Rubber Stampeded to create my reverse image.

Let’s get started. 🙂

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up “Summer by The Sea” & “Embrace Life”, Rubber Stampeded “Reverse Image Stamp”

Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Kiwi Kiss & Baja Breeze

Ink: Stampin’ Up Baja Breeze & Kiwi Kiss, Palette Hybrid Noir Black

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Brayer, Fine Detail Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Versamark Marker, White Gel Pen, Aqua Painter

Stamped onto my reverse image stamp with Palette Noir Black ink and then stamped the reverse image stamp onto my Whisper White card stock.

I like to start out stamping my reverse image first. It’s easier for me to line the original image up with the reversed one instead of lining the reversed image up with the original one.

Stamped the Original image right side up with Palette Noir Black ink having the feet of the two images meet.

I used Palette Noir Black Hybrid ink because it won’t smear as much with solvent based coloring mediums, such as Prismacolor markers.

Colored the images pants with Cloud Blue Prismacolor Marker.

Added Teal Blue to the pants.

Colored over the pants again with the Cloud Blue to blend the colors together.

Colored the Shirts, hats and rim of boats with Eggshell.

Added Burnt Ochre to the shirts.

Blended the Burnt Ochre in with the Eggshell marker.

Added a bit of dark to the shirt creases with a Sienna Brown Marker.

Added Cloud Blue to the band of the hats.

Went over the shadow parts of the hats with the eggshell marker again.

Tip you can add shadow by using the same color of marker over itself, just let it dry a bit between colorings.

Added a bit of Sienna Brown to the hats.

Colored the boat with Cold Stone marker.

Added Teal Blue to the bottom of the boats.

Went over the boat again with Cold Stone marker to blend the colors together.

Colored the skin in the two images with Buff marker.

Colored over the original image with a Versamark marker and heat embossed it using fine detail clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Note: I did not use Versmark on or emboss the reverse image.

Brayered Baja Breeze ink at the bottom and very top of the card stock.

Highlighted the ripples in the water with a White Gel pen.

Yikes! I missed a photo here. I brayered Kiwi Kiss at the bottom of the card stock not covering the Baja Breeze ink entirely.

Assembled card front with a couple of simple panels.

Stamped the Weed from the Embrace Life set over all the panels.

Used my Aqua Painter and Kiwi Kiss ink to color in the leaves of the weeds.

Note: If you squeeze an ink pad when it closed, pressing the lid down onto the ink pad it will make a puddle of ink on the lid. You can use the puddle of ink to watercolor with.

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

May your day be filled with great reflection.

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

Hugs,

Michelle

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