Will He Make It? – Tutorial #305 and Blog Candy!

407 Comments February 12, 2010 zindorfstamps

Baby it’s cold outside. . . . . So I am still hold up in my nice warm cozy house. Although, I do have to venture out today to pick up some groceries and to check my P.O. Box in town, brrrrrrr. Before I bundle up, I want to share this card that I put together this morning. It features one of the Extreme stamps from Stampin’ Up!, Extreme Dirt Bike to be exact. 🙂

At the bottom of this post you will find a few pictures of the view from my kitchen window very early this morning. Too darn cold to step out to take pictures, lol.

Before we get started on the tutorial though, how about a bit of sugar free blog candy! Yeah!!!!

All you need to do to throw your hat in the ring to try to win this Stampin’ Up! set Winter Post is leave a comment here on this blog post telling me to enter you. If you are getting this blog update via e-mail, please click this link and then leave your comment at the bottom of the Blog Post: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2010/02/12/will-he-make-it-tutorial-305/

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I will select the winner via random number generator on Monday, February 15, 2010. Good luck everyone! Remember, you can’t win if you don’t enter.

Now let’s get started on the tutorial. . . . . . . . . . . .

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Extreme Dirt Bike and Sanded Background Stamp

Paper: Stampin’ Up! Whisper White, Basic Black, Tempting Turquoise and Pumpkin Pie

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Summer Sun, Really Rust, Basic Black and Pumpkin Pie

Accessories:Stampin’ Up! Sponges, Brayer, Basic Black marker, Star Punch, Label Punch, Gold Brads, Post it notes and Brayer

Don’t forget to request your copy of the new Stampin’ Up Occasions mini catalog and Sale-a-bration mini. Just e-mail me your address and I will be glad to send you a set for free. The new Occasions mini catalog can also be viewed on-line here: http://204.228.150.61/catalogs/20091231/OccasionsMini10_US.pdfThe New Sale-a-Bration Mini Catalog can also be viewed on-line here:http://204.228.150.61/catalogs/20091231/SAB_10_US.pdfAre you getting inspired and enjoying this blog. One way you can help support it is to order your Stampin’ Up products through me. You can order from me 24-7 from this link: http://michellezindorf.stampinup.net or e-mail me at mzindorf@aim.com. Want to become a Stampin’ Up Demonstrator and earn instant income? Consider being part of my Stampin’ Up Team and start your own businessBrayered Summer Sun ink at the top of a 4.5″ x 6″ piece of Whisper White card stock.

Brayered Pumpkin Pie ink at an angle on both the right and left top corners.

Tore a post it note and used it as a mask to sponge in a hill with Summer Sun ink.

Moved the post it note down a little and sponged in another hill using Pumpkin Pie ink.

Flipped the post it note over and moved it down a bit and sponged in a hill using Really Rust ink.

Stamped the Biker using Basic Black ink.

Sponged in some cliffs using Basic Black ink.

Added some dots behind the back tire with a Basic Black marker.

Stamped the Sanded Background stamp over the entire panel using Pumpkin Pie ink.

Cropped the left side of the panel and then cut the right side of the panel in to slices.

Punched the label punch out of Pumpkin Pie (2) and Basic Black (1) card stock. Punched a star out of Tempting Turquoise (2) card stock.

Cut the left ends off of the Pumpkin pie pieces and the both ends off of the black label.

Grunged them up a bit with a sponge and Basic Black ink.

Assembled the card front and added silver brads, a few more dots behind the front tire with a Basic Black marker and then Grunged the whole card front using Basic Black ink and a sponged around all the edges.

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

This is the end of the tutorial. Enjoy!

Now this is what it looked like early this morning from my kitchen window. I love that we have views of farms but don’t have to work one. 🙂 Yep, the barn you see in the first photo is the one you see at the top of my blog that I painted in the Fall.

Stay Warm and drink some hot chocolate with marsh-mellows!

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

Huge Hugs,

Michelle

Get ready for Brayer Workshops! I am coming to:

Jacksonville, Florida (One beginner spot open)

St. Louis, Missouri (Sold Out)

Mechanicsville, Virginia

Raleigh, North Carolina (Sold Out)

Colleyville, Texas

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Boise area of Meridian, Idaho

Riverside, California (Southern California)

Salem, Oregon

Wheaton, Illinois

St. Cloud, Minnesota

Rockville, Maryland

North Chili, New York (near Rochester)

New Johnsonville, Tennessee

Kenova (Huntington), West Virginia

Helena, Montana

Middleburg Heights, Ohio

Venice, Florida

Grinnell, Iowa

Piedmont, Alabama (Near GA border close to Cedartown)

Auburn, Washington (near Seattle)

Elk Grove Village, Illinois

Savannah, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

North Liberty, Indiana

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

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

Powerful Tree – Tutorial #205

20 Comments April 28, 2009 zindorfstamps

Sometimes a simple design can be very powerful. This is an example of such a design.

Of course I gravitate to trees when I want to do a simple design. Who am I kidding I gravitate to trees all the time, lol. Anyway, this tree from the Stampin’ Up’s set Thoughts & Prayers just screams “Tree of Life” to me. That’s right my stamps speak to me. Don’t yours? Now you do think I am crazy, lol.

There is not very many steps to this project, but it is one that can be used for many occasions.

There is a reason I picked a simpler design today. I am busy packing for my trip to Savannah, Georgia Baby! I cannot wait to head down South and teach my brayer workshops. This is my first trip to Savannah so I am especially excited. Watch out Savannah, here I come!

One more thing before I get started on today’s tutorial. Please check out these fantastic stamps which 100% of the profit will go to Bernie Berlin’s no kill animal shelter ” A Place to Bark and Meow. ” http://www.scrapbookingsuppliesrus.com/?action=product1

Let’s get started on the tutorial.

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up Thoughts & Prayers

Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Baja Breeze & Pacific Point

Ink: Stampin’ Up Classic Ink Basic Gray, Going Gray, Pacific Point & Baja Breeze

Accessories: Post it Note, Sponges, Curvy Cutter

Are you inspired by this Blog? One way for you can help support this blog is by ordering your Stampin’ Up products through me. You can order 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. Want to become a Stampin’ Up Demonstrator and earn instant income? Consider being part of my Stampin’ Up Team. My Upline, Karen Barber and I have valuable monthly meetings in Miamisburg, Ohio.

Cut a 4.5″ circle out of scrap card stock to use as a mask for the moon.

Held the circle mask at the bottom of a 4.5″ square piece of Whisper White card-stock and sponged on Baja Breeze ink around the mask.

Removed the mask.

Sponged Going Gray ink at the top of the card stock leaving white area in between the Baja Breeze ink and the Going Brayer ink.

Stamped the tree by first loading it with Going Gray ink and then tapping a Pacific Point ink pad on the leaves before stamping it.

Tore a post it note in the shape of a hill and used it as a mask.

Flipped the card stock upside down and sponged Going Gray ink right at the post it note’s torn edge to create the hill.

Sponged Basic Gray ink at the very top of the card stock.

I used a very simple layout with no embellishments. Here it is finished measuring 5.25″ square.

May your life be one of simplicity!

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

Hugs,

Michelle

Get ready for Brayer Workshops! I am coming to:

Dayton, Ohio

Savannah, Georgia

Covington, Indiana

Buffalo, Minnesota

Webster, New York

New Johnsonville, Tennessee

Stoughton, Wisconsin

Castro Valley, California

Yardley, Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia)

Knox, Maine

Broomfield, Colorado

Lynchburg, Virginia

Columbia, Missouri

Portland, Michigan

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/

Pink & Blue Floral – Tutorial #201 and a Blog Candy Winner

20 Comments April 20, 2009 zindorfstamps

Hey there everyone, I’m back from Arkansas. Thank you Linda Carson for hosting me while I was there. Also thank you to the wonderful ladies that attended my workshops. I had a great time.

I drove 12 hours to reach Arkansas. Here are a few sites that I seen along the way. A couple of these where taken as I was doing 70 miles an hour down the Inter State, lol. Don’t do this!

St. Louis

Maramec Springs Park in Missouri

Open Road . . . . . . . . .

I took lots and lots of pictures, but I will not bore you with them. Let’s get on to more important stuff like the Blog Candy winner. . . .

The random number generator selected. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .

Dawn Frost who wrote “Have fun driving for 12 hours tomorrow. I hate driving more than 2 hours at a time! My hat goes off to you. Thank you so much for a chance to win some blog candy. Have fun at your workshop.”

Congratulations Dawn, please e-mail your address to mzindorf@ aim.com and I will pop these in the mail to you.

Thanks to all 435 of you that played along! As always I wish I had a set to send each of you.

Now on with the tutorial 🙂

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up Friends 24-7

Paper: Stampin’ Up Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy and Whisper White

Ink: Stampin’ Up Not Quite Navy, Baja Breeze, Always Artichoke

Accessories: Brayer, Clear embossing powder, Heat Gun, Stampin’ Up Markers, Piercing Tools and Stampin’ Up Mat Pack, Versmark Marker and Pad, Photo Corner Punch, Brads

Stamped Flourish 5 times with Versamark only on a 3.25″ x 5.5″ piece of Whisper White card stock. Heat embossed embossed the images using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Stamped the flowers twice by first loading the stamp with Versamark and then Always Artichoke ink before stamping.

Heat embossed the flower images using clear embossing powder and a heat gun. Colored the stems and leaves with an Old Olive marker.

Colored the flowers in with a Blush Blossom marker.

Added Rose Red marker to the flowers.

Went over the flowers again with the Blush Blossom marker to blend the two colors together.

Colored over the flowers, leaves and stems with a Versamark marker and then heat embossed the images using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Brayered Baja Breeze ink on the card stock at an angle.

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

Wiped the ink off of my embossed images with an old cotton cloth.

Extended my flower stem with an Old Olive Marker.

Assembled card front and added a white punched Photo Corner, brads and pierced along each side of my white panel using a piercing tool and Stampin’ Up Mat Pack.

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

May your day be full of sweet smelling blossoms!

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

Hugs,

Michelle

Get ready for Brayer Workshops! I am coming to:

Dayton, Ohio

Savannah, Georgia

Covington, Indiana

Buffalo, Minnesota

Webster, New York

New Johnsonville, Tennessee

Stoughton, Wisconsin

Castro Valley, California

Yardley, Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia)

Knox, Maine

Broomfield, Colorado

Lynchburg, Virginia

Columbia, Missouri

Portland, Michigan

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/

Sailing Away – Tutorial #197

20 Comments April 9, 2009 zindorfstamps

This card I created this morning comes together pretty fast. For you people who like to sponge, you will like this project.

Without further ado . . . . . . . Let’s get started. 🙂

Supplies:

Stamps: Coastal/Maritime by Inkadinkado

Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Perfect Plum, Elegant Eggplant, Pumpkin Pie

Ink: Stampin’ Up Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum, Summer Sun

Accessories: Black marker, Sponges, Silver Brads, Post it Notes, Big Shot Die Cut “Top Note”

Using the Big Shot Die Cut machine, cut the Top Note Die out of Whisper White card stock.

Sponged a spot of Summer Sun ink on the card stock.

Masked the sky are with a Post It Note. Sponged Perfect Plum ink around the Summer Sun ink showing.

Sponged Elegant Eggplant ink around the edge of the card stock showing and a bit right at the Post It Note edge to create the horizon line.

Removed the mask.

Masked the water with a new Post it Note.

Sponged Pumpkin Pie ink around the Summer Sun ink in the sky area.

Sponged Perfect Plum ink around the Pumpkin Pie Ink.

Sponged Elegant Eggplant ink around the entire edge of the card stock.

Stamped the Inkadinkado sailboat with Basic Black ink.

Colored in the sails with a black marker.

Added a few simple layers and two silver brads. Here is the finished card measuring 4.25″ x 5.5″.

May your day be smooth sailing.

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

Hugs,

Michelle

Get ready for Brayer Workshops! I am coming to:

Fort Smith, Arkansas

Dayton, Ohio

Savannah, Georgia

Covington, Indiana

Buffalo, Minnesota

Webster, New York

New Johnsonville, Tennessee

Stoughton, Wisconsin

Castro Valley, California

Yardley, Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia)

Knox, Maine

Broomfield, Colorado

Lynchburg, Virginia

Columbia, Missouri

Portland, Michigan

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/

Wild Direct to Paper Sky – Tutorial #191

39 Comments March 25, 2009 zindorfstamps

Okay, I know this is my second tutorial today, but it has been raining all day and I am procrastinating. I should be out doing my grocery shopping. Instead I am hanging out in my PJ’s stamping away.

This is a very easy sky to create with Tim Holtz Distress ink pads. I used just the corner edge of the pad and smeared in different colors. I think I like the effect of this. I bet it would look great with pastels too.

Let’s get started. 🙂

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up Branch Out

Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White & Basic Black

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress inks Aged Mahogany, Faded Jeans, Dried Marigold, Dusty Concord, Black Soot & Scattered Straw

Accessories: Gray marker, White Gel Pen, Post it Note

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.I started out with a 4.5″ Square piece of Whisper White card stock and smeared the Scatter Straw distress ink directly on the card stock using the raised edge of the ink pad.

Smeared on a little Dusty Concord distress ink using only the corner of the raised pad.

Smeared on Aged Mahogany Distress ink using only the corner of the raised pad.

Smeared on a bit of Faded Jeans Distress ink only using the corner of the raised pad.

Add a touch of Dried Marigold Distress ink using the only the corner of the raised pad.

Smeared on more of the Dusty Concord Distress ink at the bottom of the card stock.

Tore through the stick part of a post it note and used it as a mask at an angle to create my ground area.

Using the edge of a Black Soot Distress ink pad I smeared the ink on the bottom of the card stock, pulling the pad straight down. This created those streaky lines.

Removed the post it note and added some more Black Soot ink at the bottom of the card stock. I liked the streaky look of the the black ink so I did not cover it all up. I think it adds some interest to the piece.

Stamped the tree using Black Soot Distress ink.

Added White Gel pen highlights to the right side of the tree.

Assembled card and added a Gray marker outline to the left and bottom sides of the small black card stock panel to add a casted shadow. I also added a few white gel pen dots to the ground area.

Here is the finished card measuring 5.5″ square.

I hope this has inspired you to smear some ink around today.

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

Hugs,

Michelle

Get ready for Brayer Workshops! I am coming to:

Fort Smith, Arkansas

Dayton, Ohio

Savannah, Georgia

Covington, Indiana

Buffalo, Minnesota

Webster, New York

New Johnsonville, Tennessee

Stoughton, Wisconsin

Castro Valley, California

Yardley, Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia)

Knox, Maine

Broomfield, Colorado

Lynchburg, Virginia

Columbia, Missouri

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/

ISC Goldfish – Tutorial #189

14 Comments March 24, 2009 zindorfstamps

Ahhhh, Spring is in the air today here in Ohio. Our temperature is going to get up to 70 degrees and partly sunny. I would like full sun, but I will settle for partly sunny, lol. I am one of those people that suffer from Sun Deprivation in the winter. If you are not familiar with Ohio in the winter, the sky stays pretty much grey and kind of cloudy. So bring on the Sun and blue skies Baby!

On that note, my tutorial today uses a lot of blue. It also shows how to color the stamp with markers before stamping and omitting part of the stamp image.

Let’s get started. 🙂

Supplies:

Stamps: Innovative Stamp Creations “Artsy” www.innovativestampcreations.com

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

Ink: Stampin Up Brilliant Blue and Bashful Blue

Accessories: Brayer, clear embossing powder, heat gun, Versamark marker, Stampin’ Up markers, black fine tip marker, white gel pen, post it note, sponge, brads, white ribbon, silver brads, photo corner punch

Using Stampin’ Up Water-based markers I colored the parts of the stamp I wanted to use. This way I could omit the frame and the sentiment that this stamp has to give it little different look.

I colored the fish with Pumpkin Pie, the flower with Bravo Burgundy and the Waterlines with Bashful Blue.

Huffed my breath on the stamp to moisten it and then stamped it on a 3″ x 5″ piece of Whisper White Card stock.

Put dots of color throughout the fish with a More Mustard marker.

Added Spots of Pumpkin Pie marker to the fish.

Went over the waterlines that are crossing the fish with the Bashful Blue marker to make them more noticeable.

Colored the Leaves of the flower with an Artichoke marker and the Flower with a Pretty in Pink marker.

Outlined the leaves with a black marker.

Added Pixie Pink to the darker sections of the flower.

Outlined the fish with a Really Rust Marker.

Colored over the entire flower with the Pretty in Pink marker to blend the colors.

Colored over the entire flower, leaves and fish with a Versamark marker and heat embossed them using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Now that my images are protected with embossing powder I can put ink over them for my background and it will not stick to the embossed images. This is called emboss resist.

I put a post it note over the 1/4 of the card stock.

Sponged Bashful blue ink at the post it note edge to create the water line.

Removed post it note.

Brayered Bashful Blue ink at the bottom and just a touch at the top of the card stock.

Added Grey marker under the flower and the fish to create a shadow effect.

Outlined the bottom of the flower and the fish with a fine point black marker.

Decided I wanted a bit more color in the water so I brayered on Brilliant Blue ink at the bottom of the card stock.

Sponged Brilliant Blue ink on the card stock edges on loading my sponge with ink and then scrapping it on the edge of the card stock using a downward motion.

Cut a 4 7/8″ x 6 3/8″ Bashful Blue panel and brayered Brilliant Blue ink at the bottom and top of it.

Added White Gel pen highlights to the flower tips and the light areas of the fish.

Assembled the card and added Bashful Blue Punched Photo corners, brads and white ribbon.

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

I hope this tutorial has inspired you to try coloring a stamp and possibly omitting part of the image to get a different perspective on it.

May you have a very special day!

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

Hugs,

Michelle

Get ready for Brayer Workshops! I am coming to:

Fort Smith, Arkansas

Dayton, Ohio

Savannah, Georgia

Covington, Indiana

Buffalo, Minnesota

Webster, New York

New Johnsonville, Tennessee

Stoughton, Wisconsin

Castro Valley, California

Yardley, Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia)

Knox, Maine

Broomfield, Colorado

Lynchburg, Virginia

Columbia, Missouri

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/

Swirly Butterfly – Tutorial #188

39 Comments March 21, 2009 zindorfstamps

Spring is in the air and I cannot wait for the return of the butterflies to my garden. I made use of my Big Shot Die Cut system and the swirly die. This die would be great for scrap-bookers due to it’s length. This card finished measures 9″ x 4″ and fits well in a #10 business size envelope.

Let’s get started so I can get out in my garden and start clearing away the dead stuff from last fall, lol.

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up Wonderful Wings (retired) and Embrace Life

Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Lovely Lilac & Basic Black

Ink: Stampin’ Up Night of Navy, Basic Black, Brocade Blue, Bashful Blue

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Versamark pad and marker, sponge, white gel pen, clear embossing powder, heat gun, Big Shot Die Cut Machine, Swirly Die

Stamp the butterfly by first loading my stamp with Versamark and then Basic Black dye based ink before stamping it on a 2 1/4″ x 3 1/4″ piece of Whisper White Card stock.

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

Colored in the Butterfly with Deco Yellow Prismacolor Marker.

Added Deco Orange marker.

Added Parma Violet marker.

Went over the entire butterfly again with Deco Yellow to blend the color together.

Added Light Olive Green to the body of the butterfly.

Colored over the entire butterfly with Versamark marker and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Sponged Bashful Blue ink over the card stock.

Sponged on some Brocade Blue ink.

Got darker yet by sponging on Night of Navy ink around the outside edge of the card stock.

Used my Big Shot Die Cut machine and the Swirly die with Basic Black Card stock.

Stamped The Embrace Life stamp a few times at the bottom of a Lovely Lilac card stock panel.

Sponged Night of Navy at the left side of the panel.

Sponged Black at the right bottom corner of the panel.

Colored the leaves in with Parma Violet marker.

Highlighted a few of the leaves with a white gel pen.

Assembled card and here it is finished measuring 4″ x 9″.

I hope Spring weather has reach you where ever you are.

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

Hugs,

Michelle

Get ready for Brayer Workshops! I am coming to:

Fort Smith, Arkansas

Dayton, Ohio

Savannah, Georgia

Covington, Indiana

Buffalo, Minnesota

Webster, New York

New Johnsonville, Tennessee

Stoughton, Wisconsin

Castro Valley, California

Yardley, Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia)

Knox, Maine

Broomfield, Colorado

Lynchburg, Virginia

Columbia, Missouri

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/

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

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

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/

Thinking of My Sister – Tutorial #184

28 Comments March 9, 2009 zindorfstamps

This scene is one that makes me think of my Sister in Colorado. She has photos of her garden with bright orange flowers with a background of stunning mountains. Although my scene does not even come close to her spectacular views, I gave it a shot and was please with the results. I used the Stampin’ Up Sale a Bration set “Botanical Blooms” in the foreground of this scene. This is one of the cute sets you can get free with a $50 order during Sale-a-bration through March 31st.

Hang out a bit with me this morning and check out this tutorial.

First though, I have a blog candy winner!!!!

Drum-roll please .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . .. . .. … . . . . . . . .

The winner of the Basic Grey Stamp set chosen by the random number generator is . . . . .

Michelle B (JustPaintingAround) who wrote “You are the best! Thanks for the chance!”

Michelle B, please e-mail your address to mzindorf@aim.com and I will pop these in the mail to you!

Thank you to all 573 people who played along!

Now let’s get started on the tutorial. 🙂

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up Botanical Blooms & Thoughts & Prayers

Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Tangerine Tango, Basic Black, Baja Breeze

Ink: Stampin’ Up Tangerine Tango, Real Red, Pale Plum, So Saffron, Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip & Basic Black

Accessories: Versamark Pad & Marker, Fine Detail Clear embossing powder, Heat Gun, Brayer, Sponges, Piercing Tool, Post it notes, Photo Corner Punch, Tombo Mono Multi Liquid Glue, Silver Brads

Stamped the flowers on a 4″ x 5.5″ piece of Whisper White Card stock by loading my stamp with Versamark and then loading it with Basic Black Dye based ink. I heat embossed it with clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Note: I load my stamp first with Versamark because I use dye based inks. They dry really fast so the Versamark gives the embossing powder something to stick to. If I were using Pigment ink, I would not need the Versamark.

Loaded stamp first with Versamark and then Tangerine Tango ink before stamping it over the flowers. Heat embossed them with clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Note: Botanical Blooms is a two step stamp set. It has the out line stamps (first step) and then it has the fill in stamp (second step). This is a quick set to use and it looks like watercoloring to me.

I over stamped the flowers with the same stamp by first loading my stamp with Versamark and then loading the stamp with Real Red before stamping. I heat embossed the images again with clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Although you cannot see it in this picture, the Red ink does give me a bit of variance in the flower color.

Stamped a second set of flowers using the very same steps I used above, heat embossing the images with clear embossing powder.

Now my flowers are not completely covered with embossing so I went over them with a Versamark marker and heat embossed them again using clear embossing powder and a heat gun to make sure they were protected from the ink I will be brayer and sponging over them (called the emboss resist technique).

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

Brayered Pale Plum ink at the top of the card stock.

Layer two post it notes together and tore through the stick part of the post it notes. I used the post it notes to mask the sky area of the scene.

Sponged Baja Breeze ink on the card stock creating a mountain.

Moved the post it notes down a bit and sponged on Basic Black ink to create a hill.

Removed the post it note mask and sponged Chocolate chip ink around the flowers at the bottom of the card stock. I also stamped the outline stamp of the leaves over the flowers.

Stamped the leaves fill in stamp with Chocolate Chip ink over the leaves out line.

Waited a few moments for the Chocolate Chip ink to dry and then I wiped the ink off of my embossed images with a cotton towel.

Stamped the tree from the Stampin’ Up Thoughts & Prayers set with Basic Black ink.

Sponged Baja Breeze ink around the card stock edge.

Punch black photo corners out.

Adhered the photo corners to my card front and then used my piercing tool to start the holes for the brads.

Here is my completed card measuring 5″ x 6″.

Last Saturday I was in Indianapolis, IN at the Rubber Stamp and Paper Crafting Festival. I had the pleasure of Demonstrating a card at Marco Paper’s booth. It was so much fun meeting so many of you stampers. Thank you for stopping by the booth to say hello!

May your day be filled with a gentle warm breeze and the smell of flowers.

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

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

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/

Nature Silhouttes Tree with Mountain – Tutorial #183

25 Comments March 4, 2009 zindorfstamps

Today’s project is a quick card for me, not so many steps. 🙂 Silhouette stamps, such as this Stampin’ Up Set, Nature Silhouettes makes scene making a breeze. The tutorial today will also show you how to add a mountain in the your background. Hang out for a moment and check it out.

Let’s get started. 🙂

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up Nature Silhouettes

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

Ink: Stampin’ Up Basic Black, Going Gray, Not Quite Navy, Baja Breeze & Apricot Appeal

Accessories: Ribbon, Silver Brads, Brayer, Sponges, Tombo Mono Multi Liquid Glue, Piercing Tool

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.

Brayered Apricot Appeal on a 2 6/8″ x 3.5″ piece of Whisper White Card stock.

Brayered Baja Breeze ink at the top of the card stock. Be sure not to over lap Blue and any color that has a yellow tint. Remember Blue and Yellow make green. Not pretty in skies, lol.

Brayered a bit of Not Quite Navy ink an angle at the top of the card stock.

Stamped the tree silhouette stamp with Basic Black ink.

Sponge Basic Black ink at the top, left side and bottom of the card stock, very heavy.

Tore a post it note sticky edge to create a mountain shape and masked the sky with it.

Sponged Going Gray on the card stock at the post it note torn edge. Added just a hint of Basic Black ink right at the post it note torn edge (Top of Mountain).

Removed post it note. Ta da. . . . . a mountain appears.

I use brads constantly in projects. The piercing tool that come in Stampin’ Up’s Tool kit is great for starting the brads. I complete my entire card front and then add the brads. The card from then gets layered on a Whisper White card. This way my brad butts are not showing. I don’t like to show my butts, lol.

Here is the completed card measuring 5.25″ Square.

I hope this tutorial has inspired you to add a mountain or hill in your scenes.

Before I close today, I have been asked a million times what my favorite Stampin’ Up ink pad colors are. I have and use them all, but right now my favorites are as follows:

Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Old Olive, Kiwi Kiss. These colors are great for making scenes.

May your day be filled with warm breezes and sunshine.

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

Hugs,

Michelle

Get ready for Brayer Workshops! I am coming to:

Wheaton, Illinois

Fort Smith, Arkansas

Dayton, Ohio

Savannah, Georgia

Covington, Indiana

Buffalo, Minnesota