Two Bucks – Tutorial #364

28 Comments September 29, 2010 zindorfstamps

I have a winter scene for you today. Just in case you want to start those Christmas cards. What could be better than a couple of deer in the snow, right?

Today’s tutorial shows how to create hills of snow and then a reverse image.

I’m a bit slow at posting right now, the blog administrators upgraded my blog and now I have to learn how to post again. It is all so very different behind the scenes, Yikes! I do want to thank the people at Split Coast Stampers. They do such a terrific job keeping my blog up and running when I have problems, they Rock!

Now on with tutorial #364.

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Winter Post and Plant Hope

Paper: Stampin’ Up! Whisper White, Sahara Sand, Baja Breeze and Basic Black

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

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Sponge, White Gel Pen, Basic Black marker, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Brayer and ruler

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Ripped a couple of post it notes and masked the bottom of a 4″ x 5.5″ piece of Whisper White card stock (Snow area).

Brayered Not Quite Navy ink in the sky area. Also brayered Night of Navy at the top of the card stock.

Stamped the Pine trees from the Stampin’ Up set Plant Hope using Basic Black ink.

Repositioned the post it note mask to show some of the snow area above it. Sponged Baja Breeze ink at the post it note edge.

Removed the post it note mask and sponged Baja Breeze ink at the bottom of the card stock.

Stamped the Deer from the Stampin’ Up set Winter post on the card stock using Basic Black ink. Stamped the deer again on a Stamp-a-ma-jig plastic using Basic Black ink and flipped it over onto the card stock and rubbed the back of the plastic to transfer the image.

The reverse image will come out faint.

Colored in the reverse image using a Basic Black marker.

Added a star in the sky by making a cross and then an “x” over it using a ruler and a White gel pen.

Added random dots of White Gel pen in the sky area.

Added a panel of Sahara Sand so it showed only at the bottom and left side of the main image panel.

Added Whisper White, Baja Breeze and Basic Black panels.

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

I hope your day is much warmer than this scene.

Until my next post. . . . . . .

Hugs,

Michelle

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Elk Grove Village, Illinois

Savannah, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

Milton, West Virginia

Soledad, California

Columbus, Ohio

Fayette, Tennessee near Nashville, TN & Huntsville, AL

Tucson, Arizona

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Houston, Texas

Wichita, Kansas

Syracuse (Bridgeport), New York

St. Peters, Missouri

La Porte, Indiana

Orlando (Davenport), Florida

St. Cloud, Minnesota

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Cleveland (Euclid), Ohio

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: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/workshop-calendar

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Pink & Purple Floral – Tutorial #186 and a Blog Candy Winner

18 Comments March 16, 2009 zindorfstamps

I am back and I had a fantastic time teaching my brayer workshops in Wheaton, Illinois. It was such a pleasure meeting so many dynamite ladies, most of which are stamping fanatics like myself. There are a lot of us out there, lol. Thank you ladies for giving me such a warm welcome.

Before I left last Thursday, I announced that I would be giving this set of Basic Grey Stamps away as blog candy. I have a winner! The random number generator selected. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Congrats to CHERYL LOSIECZKA who wrote: THAT IS A FANTASTIC CARD~! I’m a first time visitor, but I’ll be back! Put me in the drawing, please and thanks!

Cheryl please e-mail your address to mzindorf@aim.com and I will put these in the mail to you.

Thank you to all 396 of you that played along!

Now a bit about today’s tutorial, I brayered the background on this at an angle to create a bit more interest in the scene. I also added a shadow at the flower pot base to create some depth. Grab a cup of your favorite beverage and hang out a while.

Let’s get started. 🙂

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up Bloomin’ Beautiful & Frames with a Flourish

Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Lovely Lilac & Not Quite Navy

Ink: Stampin’ Up Kiwi Kiss, Not Quite Navy, Night of Navy & Bordering Blue, Palette Noir Black

Accessories: Versamark Pad & Marker, Clear embossing powder & a heat gun, Brayer, Sponge, Piercing Tool, Prismacolor Markers, White Gel Pen, Stampin’ Up Ticket Corner Punch

Please don’t forget you can order your Stampin’ Up products from me 24-7 from this link: http://michellezindorf.stampinup.net or e-mail me at mzindorf@aim.com if you are within the United States. Also, please consider being part of my Stampin’ Up Team. We have valuable monthly meetings in Miamisburg, Ohio.

On a 4.5″ square piece of Whisper White card stock I stamped the sentiment by first loading the stamp with Versamark and then with Kiwi Kiss Dye based ink before stamping it. Then heat embossed it using fine detail clear embossing powder and a heat gun.Stamped the pot of flowers with Palette Hybrid Noir Black ink. After stamping it, I heated the ink a bit with my heat gun to set it. This helps to keep it from smearing.

I colored the shaded areas of the pot with a Prismacolor Cloud Blue marker.

Added a bit of Cold Stone marker to the the pot, just below the leaves.

Colored the flowers with Deco Pink marker.

Added Violet Mist marker to the center of the flowers.

Colored the leaves with Lime Green marker.

Added Light Olive Green to the dark areas of the leaves.

Put a dot of Parma Violet marker in the center of the flowers.

Colored over the flowers and pot with a Versamark marker and then heat embossed it using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Now that I have my images all heat embossed they will resist the ink I put on for the background.

Brayered Bordering Blue ink at an angle on the bottom of the card stock.

Flipped the panel upside down and brayered Bordering Blue ink at the top of the card stock at an angle.

I felt I need a break in the background so I stamped the flourish twice with Bordering Blue ink.

Wiped the ink off of my embossed images with a cotton towel.

Sponged Not Quite Navy ink around the edge of the card stock and to the right and under the flower pot to create a shadow.

Sponged Night of Navy at the very edges of the card stock and a little right under the pot to get a deeper shadow.

Used the Stampin’ Up Ticket Corner punch on my main image panel and a 4 5/8″ square Whisper White Panel.

Adhered a 5 3/8″ Square Lovely Lilac Panel to a 5.5″ Square Not Quite Navy Panel and then Sponged Not Quite Navy ink at the corners of the Lovely Lilac panel.

Adhered all of my panels together and added a dot of White Gel pen right in the center of the flowers to make them pop a bit more.

Used my Piercing tool to start my brads in the corners.

Here is the finished card measuring 5.5″ Square.

May your day be filled with wonderful images!

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

Huge Hugs,

Michelle

Get ready for Brayer Workshops! I am coming to:

Wheaton, Illinois

Fort Smith, Arkansas

Dayton, Ohio

Savannah, Georgia

Covington, Indiana

Buffalo, Minnesota

Webster, New York

Stoughton, Wisconsin

Castro Valley, California

Yardley, Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia)

Knox, Maine

Broomfield, California

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: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/workshop-calendar

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

Here is a link to all of my tutorials: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/tutorials-ive-written/

Frequently asked questions answers: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/frequently-asked-questions/

Inspiration Imagine – Tutorial #102 and Blog Candy Winner

19 Comments August 16, 2008 zindorfstamps

Happy Saturday!!!!!

One thing before I get going on today’s tutorial, we have a blog candy winner out of 137 comments, the random number generator selected #26, LittleSeaOtter~Kecia , Who wrote “Oh, how I love this card. Makes me happy just looking at it. Favorite thing about fall? That’s a no brainer…..Ohio State Football!!!” Kecia, please e-mail your address to me at mzindorf@aim.com.

Alrighty then, about today’s piece. Split Coast Stampers.com has a great challenge on Saturday mornings. It is the inspiration challenge and I love it. I use inspiration pieces all the time to come up with my creations. For example today’s inspiration piece is this swimwear. I took the color palette and swirl from the inspiration piece. Those are the elements from the swimwear that most inspire me. I didn’t feel the need to work in any paisley, or try to duplicate the pattern exactly 🙂

Let’s get started.

Supplies:

Stamps:Innovative Stamp Creations “Flair of Summer”, Cape Arago “Bird”, Inque Boutique “A Word or Two”

Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Kiwi Kiss, Purely Pomegranate

Ink: Stampin’ Up Kiwi Kiss, Purely Pomegranate, Baja Breeze, Basic Black & Chocolate Chip

Accessories:Versamark Pad, Clear embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Brayer, Ticket Corner Punch, White Gel Pen

Stamped half of the plant image on a piece of Whisper White card stock by first loading my stamp with Versamark and then Kiwi Kiss ink before stamping. Note I only put the Versamark and the ink on the part of the image I wanted to stamp. I then heat embossed the image using fine detail clear embossing powder and a heat gun. Heat embossing the image makes the image resist any ink put on the panel (emboss resist technique).

Brayered Baja Breeze about 2/3rds the way down the card stock from the top and then 1/4 of the way from the bottom up leaving a very light space in between the two brayerings.

Using a Stamp-a-ma-jig for placement, stamped bird with Basic Black ink.

Colored the bird in with a White Gel Pen. In the large open areas of the bird I tried to imagine which direction the feathers would go and that is the direction I colored in.

Stamp part of the plant image again by loading just part of the stamp with Chocolate Chip ink.

Brayered lightly Purely Pomegranate ink at the top and bottom of the card stock.

Oops, I got a smudge of ink at the bottom right corner of my panel. Fixed it by stamping over it with the plant image again with Chocolate Chip ink.

This is my color palette that I used with my finished panel.

Stamped my sentiment with Baja Breeze ink.

Assembled card front and then decided to add the flourish with Baja Breeze ink. Used my Stamp-a-ma-jig for placement.

Here is the finished card measuring 5.25″ x 5.25″.

Hey, give an inspiration piece a try. Remember your piece only need to take small elements from the inspiration piece. No need to try to recreate it. 🙂

May your day be filled with images that inspire you!

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

Hugs,

Michelle

Framed Scene – Tutorial and More Blog Candy

234 Comments July 25, 2008 zindorfstamps

I’m feeling generous today. It is my last day at work before my vacation starts. YIPEEEE! So today I have a tutorial for you and the finished piece is being given away as blog candy.

So to enter for a chance to win this framed piece, please leave me a comment on this post telling me to enter you. If you are getting this blog update by e-mail you will need to click this link to leave a comment on this blog post: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2008/07/25/framed-scene-tutorial-and-more-blog-candy/

I will use a random number generator to pick the winner on the morning of Tuesday, August 5th, which by the way is the next time I will be posting a stamping project. I will be posting the winner of yesterdays blog candy tomorrow morning before I leave. 🙂

A little about the frame. I don’t buy new frames for anything. I like to poke around at thrift stores, flea markets and garage/barn sales for them. When looking at framed pictures for sale, I’m really looking at the frame. What is inside of the frame doesn’t matter, because I’m going to throw it away. The little frame I used today is solid wood and has a nice easel back to it and I paid 25 cents for it. I also buy really large wood framed pictures, generally not paying more than $2 for them and use them for my pastel paintings. New they run from $50 to $75. I found I can pick the frame before I do a painting and then paint it using the dimension I need so it will fit in the frame (cart before the horse I guess, lol). I also cut my own mats, big savings also.

Ok, enough about that, on with the tutorial. 🙂

Supplies:

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

Paper: Stampin Up Whisper White & Basic Black

Ink: Stampin’ Up Blue Bayou, Perfect Plum, Close to Cocoa, More Mustard, Basic Black, Soft Sky & Pale Plum

Accessories: Brayer, Post it Notes, Sponges, White Gel Pen, Fine point Black marker, Frame

Brayered Soft Sky ink on the top 1/2 of a 6″ x 3″ piece of Whisper White card stock.

Tore Post it Notes (through the sticky part) to use as a mask for the sky while I put in the horizon line.

Sponged on More Mustard ink being darkest at the post it note edge.

Removed mask and stamped bird with Basic Black ink.

Tore a new piece of post it note to use to mask the sky and create a mountain in the distance. Sponged Pale Plum ink in the open area. Opps! Missed the photo of this.

Used torn post it notes again for a mask to create another mountain in the distance and sponged on Perfect Plum ink so it is a little darker than the first mountain.

Removed masks and used a White Gel pen to define the birds wing and eye.

Used a fine point marker to put dots on the ground at the birds feet to simulate bird feed.

Sponged a little Blue Bayou ink at the top of the sky to give it some drama.

Stamped two pine trees at the left of the piece with Basic Black ink.

Sponged More Mustard ink on to create a shadow for the trees and for the bird.

Sponged on a little Close to Cocoa ink in the middle of the tree shadows to give a little more depth.

Added a Black card stock panel and here it is finished.

Everyone be safe and have a super pleasant and sunny day!

Until my next post. . . . . . .

Hugs,

Michelle

SC186 Grapes – Tutorial

36 Comments July 23, 2008 zindorfstamps

Hello Everyone! I’m just trying to make it through this week. Next week I am on vacation from my real job and my husband and I have rented a cabin in the Hocking Hills Region of Ohio for a few days at the beginning of the week and then on July 31st I’m off to sunny California for my first ever workshops. Let me tell you, I’M EXCITED!!!!

But in the mean time, I checked out the Sketch Challenge SC186 this morning on Split Coast Stampers and decided to play along. 🙂 Here is the link to the challenge if you want to play too: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=366251

Let’s get started with tutorial 94! 🙂

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up Sun Ripened II & Baroque Motifis

Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Basic Black & Mellow Moss, Basic Grey Design paper

Ink: Stampin’ Up Really Rust, Mellow Moss, More Mustard & Apricot Appeal, Palette Noir Black

Accessories: Black Ribbon, Copper Brads, Clear embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Versamark Marker, Prismacolor Markers, Faber Castell Black fine point maker, Going Gray marker, Sponge, Cuttlebug Corner Die

Stamped grapes with Palette Noir Black ink on a 3″ x 4″ piece of Whisper White card stock. Note: I use Palette ink because it tends not to smear when using solvent based markers.

Colored the grapes with a Prismacolor Violet Mist Marker.

Colored the shadow parts of the graps with a Parma Violet marker.

Colored the leaf with a Mint Cream marker.

Colored the shadow parts of the leaf with a Light Olive Green marker.

Went over the entire leaf again with the Mint Cream marker to blend it some.

Colored the stem with an Eggshell marker and extended the stem some too.

Added some French Grey 30% marker to the stem.

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

Sponged on Apricot Appeal ink.

Sponged on More Mustard ink being more heavy with it on the right side.

Sponged on Really Rust ink being heavy with it on the right side.

Added a layer of Basic Black card stock and Cuttlebug Corners.

Added a thick line of Going Gray to the right side of the grapes and leaf to create a shadow. Then added a very fine line along the right side of the grapes, leaf and under the branch.

Added highlights to the grapes and leaf with a white gel pen. (Love white gel pens!) Now that makes those grapes pop!

Sponge a bit of Really Rust ink on the left side of my two panels. Also dragged the card stock across the Really Rust ink pad at the left edge.

Stamped the flourish with Mellow Moss ink on the left side of the panels.

Assembled card and added two copper brads. Here it is finished measuring 5″ x 6.5″.

May your day be filled with wonderful highlights and sweet fruit!

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

Hugs,

Michelle

In The Nest Tutorial & BLOG CANDY!

437 Comments July 16, 2008 zindorfstamps

As I said before, I love feeding and watching the birds. I’m a city girl (spent my first 43 years in the city) and then I moved to a rural town and I’m pretty much surrounded by farm land. Well being a city girl, I got a lesson at the feed store, yep my town has a feed store, lol. I went in and asked for bird seed. I was promptly told you can’t grow birds with seed, what I was looking for was bird feed. Now how did I make it all these years not knowing the correct term for bird feed. 🙂 Lesson learned!

NOTE: TIMES UP FOR THE BLOG CANDY! THANKS TO ALL WHO ENTERED.

Anyway, I have blog candy for you all today! A set of (16) sixteen, Series 7, Studio G, Clear Stamps. All you have to do to enter to win these stamps is leave a comment on this post. If you are getting this by e-mail, please click this link to be able to leave a comment on the post: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2008/07/16/in-the-nest-tutorial-blog-candy/

I will use a random number generator and will announce the winner on Friday morning, July 18th. Good Luck everyone!

Below is a picture of the new Stampin’ Up in colors I just received in the mail. These colors won’t be available until the new Catty comes out. I just couldn’t resist playing with them, so I used a couple of them in today’s tutorial. Please forgive me, I just had to, lol.

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up Soft as a Feather, Best Blossoms & French Script

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

Ink: Stampin’ Up Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss & Chocolate Chip

Accessories:Stampin’ Up markers, Versamark pad, 1 1/4 circle punch, Sponges, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Clear embossing powder & heat gun

OK, so I was so excited about my new color options, I started this project and realized that I wasn’t taking pictures, lol. So the first 3 pictures were staged after the fact. Bare with me it is 4:00 a.m after all. 🙂

Stamped Nest by first loading the stamp with Versamark then with Chocolate Chip ink before stamping on a 4″ x 4″ piece of Whisper White card stock.

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

Colored the sides of the nest with a Going Gray marker.

Stamped the leaves by first loading the stamp with Versamark, then Kiwi Kiss ink, then dabbed a few dots of More Mustard marker on the stamp before stamping. I like a little texture in my leaves. 🙂

Heat embossed leaves with clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Sponged some Kiwi Kiss ink on the top left side of the card stock.

Randomly sponged some Baja Breeze ink on the card stock.

Used a 1 1/4″ circle punch and punched the center out of the nest.

Flipped the card stock over and stuck on Stampin’ Dimensionals and stuck it to a 4″ x 4″ piece of Black card stock.

Glued the punched piece of nest on the black card stock.

Stamped the French Script Stamp on the card stock using Baja Breeze ink.

Stamped two eggs on Whisper White card stock using Baja Breeze ink. Cut them out.

Lightly pressed eggs on to the Kiwi Kiss ink pad to give them a hint of green.

Stamped leaves with Baja Breeze ink on a Kiwi Kiss card stock panel.

Sponged Baja Breeze ink around the card stock edge.

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

Don’t forget to comment to enter to win the Blog Candy for today!

Hope you feel safe and secure in your own nest today. 🙂

Until my next post. . . . . .

Hugs to all,

Michelle

Stardust Morning MZ – Tutorial

39 Comments July 15, 2008 zindorfstamps

I decided to check out the Color Challenge on Split Coast Stampers this morning and found Emily had posted a very interesting color combination.

The color challenge is to use Stampin’ Up So Saffron, Almost Amethyst and Wild Wasabi. Here is a link to the challenge if you would like to play along: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=364002

Here is my attempt and the tutorial for this piece. 🙂

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up Stardust & Lovely as a Tree

Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Basic Black & So Saffron

Ink: Stampin’ Up So Saffron, Wild Wasabi, Almost Amethyst & Basic Black

Accessories: Sponges, Stampin’ Up Markers So Saffron, Almost Amethyst & Basic Black, Gold Brads, Post it Notes, Photo Corner Punch

Stamped Sun on a 4.5″ x 4.5″ piece of Whisper White Card stock with Basic Black ink.

Sponged on So Saffron Ink, leaving a light spot in the middle of the sun.

Sorry about the photos, I can’t believe how blue this Almost Amethyst ink is looking in the photos. It really is purple, lol.

Sponged Almost Amethyst ink in the sky area of the card stock.

Tore post it notes through the sticky part to mask the sky area of the card stock.

Sponged on Wild Wasabi ink on the unmasked area to create a hill.

Sponged Basic Black in at the torn edge of the post it notes.

Removed mask.

Inked only the tree part of the stamp (I didn’t want to stamp the grassy part of the stamp).

Stamped Trees with Basic Black ink on both sides of the sun.

Extended the tree trunks with a Black marker.

Added So Saffron Marker to the Sun image.

Colored a little bit of outline on the sun image with an Almost Amethyst marker.

Sponged a little Wild Wasabi ink on the trees.

Attached a panel of So Saffron card stock to a panel of Basic Black card stock and punched small photo corners for each corner out of Basic Black card stock.

Assembled card front and here it is completed measuring 5.25″ x 5.25″.

Hope your day if filled with calm skies.

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

Michelle

Pond Life II MZ – Tutorial

33 Comments July 13, 2008 zindorfstamps

I still had this set by papertreyink.com “Pond Life” on my desk from Friday so I decided to give it another go.

Here is the tutorial. 🙂

Supplies:

Stamped Lily with Salmon ink on Whisper White Card stock. Turned stamp upside down and stamped lily again with Aqua ink.

Darkened bottom of Salmon lily with a Blush Blossom marker.

Darkened bottom of reflection lily with a Going Gray and Blush Blossom marker.

Put Going Gray marker under Salmon Lily to create a shadow.

Put a fine line of Black marker under the Salmon lily to define shadow.

Colored over both the lily images with a Versamark marker and heat embossed using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Using a Mirror Image Stamp (see frequently asked questions in regards to Mirror image stamp) stamp a loose mirror image of the duck with basic black ink.

Note: to use mirror image stamp, stamp image on mirror image stamp and the stamp mirror image stamp on card stock.

Defined mirror image of duck a little with a going gray marker.

Stamp duck image above mirror image with Basic Black ink.

Went over both duck images with a Versamark marker and heat embossed using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Brayer Cloudy Blue ink over card stock, leaving it lighter at the top.

Brayered Not Quite Navy at the bottom and just a little at the top of the card stock.

Stamped lily pads with Lettuce ink.

Stamped more lily pads, but stamped off once on my scrap paper before stamping image (Second generation stamping). This makes the images lighter in color.

Sponged on more Not Quite Navy ink at the bottom of the card stock.

Added gray marker at the bottoms of the lily pads and the bottom of the main image duck.

Stamped Reeds with Basic Black ink.

Put white highlights on top lily pad, duck, lily and reeds with a white gel pen.

Glued main imgage panel to a piece of Basic Grey “Archaic” design paper and swiped some Not Quite Navy ink across the design paper and onto the main image panel.

Stamped more reeds with Basic Black ink.

Drew in some of the bottoms of the reeds from the main image panel to the design paper panel with a black marker. Used a White Gel pen to put highlights on the reeds on the designer paper.

Assembled card front and added Old Olive Photo Corner punches and copper brads.

Here is the card finished measuring 5.25″ x 5.25″.

Hope your day is filled with peace and tranquility.

Until my next post. . . . ..

Michelle

Pond Life MZ Style – Tutorial

45 Comments July 11, 2008 zindorfstamps

I use stamps from all different companies these days. My piece today uses Papertreyink.com stamps “Pond Life”.

I use to be stickily a Stampin’ Up girl, but too many fabulous companies have popped up that need my money, lol. Really, I just can’t resist a great stamp set when I see it. This is one set I just had to have. So we are going on a little trip to the pond today with this tutorial. Grab a cup of your favorite coffee, tea or soda and follow along.

Let’s get started. 🙂

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Trey Ink “Pond Life” , Stampin’ Up Canvas BG

Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Blush Blossom and Cool Caribbean

Ink: Stampin’ Up More Mustard, Adirondack Terra Cotta, Peach Bellini, Salmon, Aqua, Lettuce, Ginger, Stream

Accessories: Stampin’ Up Markers Blush Blossom, Going Gray, Barely Banana, More Mustard, Faber Castell Black fine tip marker, White Gel pen, Sponges, Versamark pad and marker, Clear embossing powder, heat gun, Copper Brads

Stamped Water lily with Salmon ink on a 3.75″ x 3.75″ piece of Whisper White Card stock.

Add some Blush Blossom marker to the bottom of the images.

Added Barely Banana marker to the center tip of the images.

Colored over the images with a Versamark Marker.

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

This set has these great stems in them. Since these stamps are unmounted you can take this stem and bend it when you stick it on the mount. Nice to make different shaped stems and grasses. It looks funny to have straight grasses. 🙂

Stamped stems by first loading stamp with Versamark and then More Mustard ink before stamping.

Heat embossed stems with clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Stamped lily pads, by first loading the stamp with Versamark, then Lettuce ink and then added some More Mustard marker to the edges of the stamp before stamping.

Heat embossed with clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Sponged on Peach Bellini ink.

Sponged on Aqua Ink.

Sponged on Terra Cotta ink.

Sponged on Stream ink.

Added some more lily pads with Lettuce ink, but stamped off once on my scrap paper before stamping on the card stock (also known as a second generation stamping).

Added some more stems with Lettuce ink.

Stamp the Cat tail head stamp with Ginger ink.

Added a shadow under some of the lily pads and lilies with a Going Grey marker.

Added a fine line of black marker under the lilies to really give them dimension.

Added Ginger ink to the bottom left corner of the card stock.

Stamp some more lily pads with Lettuce ink.

Added some hand drawn grasses with a black marker and put a fine line of black marker down the right side of the cattails.

Added White Gel pen highlights to a few of the grasses, tops of the lilies and tops of the cattails.

Stamped Canvas background stamp on a 5 1/8″ x 5 1/8″ piece of Cool Caribbean card stock with Aqua ink.

Stamped Canvas background stamp on a 4.75″ x 2″ piece of Blush Blossom card stock with Salmon ink.

Sponged Stream ink on the top right corner of the Cool Caribbean card stock panel.

Sponged Ginger ink on the bottom left corner of the Blush Blossom panel.

Assembled card and added Copper Brads.

Here it is finished measuring 5.25″ x 5.25″.

Hope your day if filled with the wonderful sounds of lapping water and frogs croaking. 🙂

Until my next post. . . . . . .

Michelle

Toile Blossoms Scene – Tutorial

80 Comments July 9, 2008 zindorfstamps

Today’s piece is dedicated to all the Stampin’ Up stamp hoarders. Now you know who you are, a few of you have even asked me to use some of my old, but loved stamps in projects. I was a hobby demo so I never felt the need to get rid of my old stamps when new ones came out. So I have around 300 Stampin’ Up sets, that is what is left after weeding out sets that weren’t my style. We won’t talk about my unmounted stamp collections in this same post. You all will think I’m a stamp junkie or something, lol.

Let me hear about your stamp collections/addiction in the comments section of this post. If you are getting this by e-mail update, click this link to leave me your comment:

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I know I’m not the only one that will chose new stamps over new shoes, let me hear from you. 🙂

Anyway, I have used Stampin’ Up sets “Toile Blossoms” & “Lovely as a Tree” in today’s piece.

Let’s get started on the tutorial. 🙂

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ UP Toile Blossoms & Lovely as a Tree

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

Ink: Stampin’ Up Soft Sky, More Mustard, Not Quite Navy, Basic Black & Old Olive, Palette Noir Black

Accessories: Piercing Tools, Prismacolor Markers, Going Gray marker, White Gel Pen, Black marker, Ticket Corner Punch, Sponges, Brayer, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Versamark Marker, Gold Brads

Stamped Toile Blossom images on a piece of 5″ x 5″ Whisper White card stock with Palette Noir Black ink.

Colored the center of the flower petals with a Prismacolor Deco Pink marker.

Added just a little Prismacolor Magenta marker to the flower petal centers.

Colored the leaves with a Prismacolor Chartreuse marker.

Colored the shadow (dark side) of the leaves with a Prismacolor Light Olive Green marker.

Colored over the leaves and flowers with a Versamark marker.

Note: Be careful to color the white parts first and then the colored parts so the color doesn’t smear onto the white part of your image. You can clean the tip of your Versamark marker my coloring on scrap paper for a second.

Heat emboss the images using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Brayered Soft Sky ink at the top of the card stock.

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

Stamped Tree image with Palette Noir Black ink.

Sponged More Mustard ink on the bottom of the card stock.

Note: The embossed images resist the ink. Just wipe the ink off the images with a paper towel.

Sponged Old Olive ink at the bottom of the card stock using a swiping motion from the bottom let corner toward the top right. This was done to simulate grasses. Also, sponged Old Olive Green ink in the leaf area of the tree.

Added just a bit of Black ink to the very bottom of the card stock.

Colored the tree trunk with a Going Gray Marker and added some grasses at the base of the tree with a Prismacolor Light Olive Green marker.

Sponged a bit of Basic Black ink on the right side of the leaf area of the tree and just a faint hint of black under the tree for a shadow.

Added White highlights (specks) on the left side of the leaf area of the tree with a white gel pen.

Sponged heavily some Not Quite Navy ink at the top of the card stock to give the sky some interest.

Used a black fine line marker and traced along the bottom side of the flowers and leaves to create the look of a shadow. Also colored along the right side of the tree trunk with the black marker.

Used the ticket corner punch on the main image panel and the Not Quite Navy panel.