Thumped Hummingbird – Tutorial #512

Hey There,

I’m patiently waiting on my large Stampin’ Up! order that is filled to the brim with all the new goodies from the brand new catalog.  Tap, tap, tap, tap, where is Mr. Brown. . . .. . . . . . lol.  I’m feeling like an expectant mother.    Actually, my order won’t be here for a couple of more days, tap, tap, tap, tap. . . . . . .   Guess, I have to play with the wonderful things I already have and my chicks, grin.   Love the chicks!   I have a chick update for those who are interested at the bottom of this post.  Yep, once again they are trying to learn how to stamp.

Today’s tutorial uses the wonderful Elements of Style Stamp set and the Tiny Tags Stamp set.   I’ve also pulled out the Big Shot and used a great stamping technique “Thumping”.    If you haven’t tried thumping, grab a solid stamp and an ink pad and a contrasting marker with a brush end and follow along.  It’s a simple but very lovely looking technique.

Reminders:

Check out what’s new at Stampin’ Up!  The brand new Annual Catalog has been released.   CLICK HERE TO LOOK AT THE CATALOG ONLINE. I got my order in and I’m ecstatic about the new products and, of course, the new stamps!    CLICK HERE TO PLACE AN ORDER. Contact me at mzindorf@aim.com or 937-344-1312 with product questions.

Want a new annual catalog shipped to you?     I will be happy to send you one.  The catalog is free, but there is a $5 shipping charge.   Note, I will only sell or ship within the United States do to Stampin’ Up! policies.  Please contact me at mzindorf@aim.com.  Payment can be sent via Paypal or check.

You can join my Stampin’ Up! team and become a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator now for the great new price of $99, CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT.

Want to purchase one of my original cards or some Stampin’ Up! retired sets CLICK HERE. I’ll be updating the sales page all this week.  So check back daily.

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

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Elements of Style and Tiny Tags

Card Stock: Stampin’ Up! Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo and Whisper White

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Bashful Blue, Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Sponges, Basic Black Marker, Sahara Sand Marker, Island Indigo Marker, Brayer, Antique Brads, Top Note Die, Framelits Labels Collection, Big Shot Machine, Mat Pack and Piercing Tool.

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!

 

Here is a picture of the Stampin’ Up! framelets – Labels Collections.  Love them!

 

Used the 3rd to the largest framelet and die cut it using Whisper White card stock and the Big Shot Machine.

Also die cut a Top Note from Whisper White using the Big Shot Machine.

Brayer Bashful Blue ink at an angle on the card stock.

Loaded the hummingbird stamp with Lucky Limeade ink, tapped the side of the brush end of an Island Indigo marker on the inked up stamp and then huffed my breath on the stamp to moisten it and then stamp the image on my card stock.     This technique “thumping” gives this great marbled look.

 

Did the same process for the flourish.

Sponged Island Indigo ink around the edge of the card stock.

Added an eye on the bird using a Basic Black marker.

Added a shadow to the wing and bottom of the bird using the brush end of a Sahara Sand Marker.

Sponged Lucky Limeade ink on the Top Note die cut, sponged Island Indigo ink around the very edge of the it and then stamp the flourish from the Tiny Tags set using Island Indigo on each corner.

Added a 3.75″ x 4.75″ piece of Island Indigo card stock to the front of a 8.5″ x 5″ piece of Lucky Limeade card stock that has been folded in half.

Using a piercing tool and mat pack, pierced holes around the edge of the card stock.

Adhered the main image panel to the top note panel and added 2 antique brads.   Adhered the top not then to the front of the card using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

 

Here is the finished card measuring 4.25″ x 5.5.

Now for a little chick update. . . . .

This is Red.  She is the most friendliest one of the bunch.  When I put my hand down in the brooder (cage) she jumps right up in my hand.    See how very big she is getting.    The girls are all looking like they are having a very bad feather day while their feathers are coming in and their fuzzy down feathers are being pushed out.   I bet you didn’t know that ink pads are great to perch on.

Red, spent just a couple of minutes on my stamp table before she decided to go to her favorite place, the crook of my arm.

Now, in walks Buffy.   Buffy has these creamy/gold beautiful feathers.   She will be a stunner when she reaches maturity, just wait!   Buffy is very laid back.   Her favorite thing to do is fall a sleep in your lap.  Hmmm, maybe I just bore her.

This wild feather girl is Sophie.  Sophie is shy and growing super fast.  She is, like the rest, are starting to get their combs in and check out those wings.   All those feathers weren’t there last week.

Now this is Bunny, she is my crazy girl.   If you let her, she would be into everything.   She doesn’t want to sit still like the rest.  She perched on as many things as she could in the short time she was on my desk.   It’s hard to tell in these pictures, but Bunny has Baja Breeze colored legs and multi-colored feathers.

The chicks get held daily so they won’t be a pain to hold and take care when they are full grown.   They really love being held.   Do you remember the Dr. Seuss book “Are you my Mommy.”   I think that they all asked me that daily and the answer now is yes.  🙂

May your day be filled with all the peeps you love.  🙂

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.

Sand Lake, Michigan (just North of Grand Rapids)

Lawrence, Kansas

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

West Bend, Wisconsin

Purcellville, Virginia

Orange, Massachusetts

Scottsdale, Arizona

Sacramento, California

Staley, North Carolina

St. Petersburg, Florida

Newburge, Indiana

I hope you can make it to one of my workshops in 2012.  I have decided not to travel after this year, so be sure to catch one this year!

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

 


Sunset Oak – Tutorial #511

Hey There,

Hope you had a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend.   Mine was spent helping one son move, up keep on the vegetable garden, some work on wedding invites for my youngest son’s wedding that will be in August, making and canning strawberry jam and a cookout with family.   Needless to say, it was a busy but wonderful weekend.

This morning I decided to create a project using the most popular of Stampin’ Up! sets, Lovely As A Tree.  That is in my opinion anyway.

Tree sets are so very easy to use and your creations can be either for a male or female.  Trees are unisex, correct?

Oh yeah, if you want to see how very much my chicks have grown since last week (they have doubled their size), you can see them at the bottom of this post.  🙂

Reminders before I start the tutorial:

You can join my Stampin’ Up! team and become a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator now for the great new price of $99, CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT.

Today and tomorrow (May 30-31, 2012) is the last chance to get some of the retired sets and accessories from Stampin’ Up!

. . .  . Check out what’s going, going, going by clicking here.

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

Want to purchase one of my orginal cards or some Stampin’ Up! retired sets CLICK HERE.

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

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Lovely as a Tree

Card Stock: Stampin’ Up! Basic Black, Cajun Craze and Whisper White

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Basic Black, Cherry Cobber, Daffodil Delight and Cajun Craze

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Sponges, 2.5″ Circle Punch, Post it note, gold brads, Brayer, Daffodil Delight and Sahara Sand Markers, Gold Metallic Marker

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.  New special join price of $99.   Click HERE for more information.

 

 

Punched a 2.5″ Circle from a Post it note and used it as mask for the sun on a 3.5″ square piece of Whisper White card stock.

Brayered Cherry Cobbler ink all over the card stock.

 

Removed the sun mask and sponged Daffodil Delight ink in the sun.

Sponged Cajun Craze ink around the edge of the sun.

Stamped the Oak Tree using Basic Black ink.

Sponged Basic Black ink in for the ground.  The ink is darker at the top of the ground and very light at the bottom of the ground.

 

Colored in the trunk of the tree using a Sahara Sand marker.

Colored in the middle of the tree using a Daffodil Delight marker.  The marker will mix with a bit of the Basic Black from the tree and create a warm gray tone.

Edge the main image panel and a 2.5″ x 6.5″ piece of Basic Black card stock using a Gold Metallic Marker.

Added a Cajun Craze card base 6.5″ x 10″ folded in half, a 3 5/8″ Whisper White square, 3.75″ Basic Black Square, 4 Gold Brads and popped the main image panel up using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

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

Before I close, here is a little update on the chicks.  In just a weeks time they have doubled their size and now have feathers sprouting out.    We did a little photo shoot of them hanging out on my desk.

My girls all have names now.  From top left to bottom right here are their names:    Red, Buffy, Sophie and Bunny.   Yep, we are weird and so our chicks have weird names, lol.  They are all different breeds, top left to bottom right here are their breeds:  Speckled Sussex,  Buff Orpington, Black Australorp and Ameraucana.

They love to sit on my shoulder, lap or just take a nap in my hand.  They are super cute!  They live in a big plastic container with their light keeping them at a steady temperature in my living room for another 3 weeks.   I see these little ladies growing up fast and will be sad to put them outside in the coop when the time comes.  Or on the other hand, they will be quite big if they keep growing at this rate and will desperately need to be up out in the coop.

 

 

Have the best day ever!  Cheep, cheep!

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.

Sand Lake, Michigan (just North of Grand Rapids)

Lawrence, Kansas

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

West Bend, Wisconsin

Purcellville, Virginia

Orange, Massachusetts

Scottsdale, Arizona

Sacramento, California

Staley, North Carolina

St. Petersburg, Florida

Newburge, Indiana

I hope you can make it to one of my workshops in 2012.  I have decided not to travel after this year, so be sure to catch one this year!

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

 

 

 

 

 


Purple Fish – Tutorial #509

Hey There,

As promised, here is another Cricut project, this time using the Splish Splash cartridge.   Love combining my Stampin’ Up! products with the Cricut Dies.  It’s a breeze to get everything to be color coordinated since the Stampin’ Up! paper, markers and inks all match.   I’ve had this under water scene in my head for a while so, here it is finally on paper.   My brayer work is done at an angle so I got this great light effect.  🙂   Hope you enjoy this project!

Reminders before I start the tutorial:

You can join my Stampin’ Up! team and become a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator now for the great new price of $99, CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT.

The Stampin’ Up retired stamp and retired accessory lists are out.  Hop on over to my Stampin’ Up! sales page to check it out.  Once the products are gone, there gone!

. . .  . Check out what’s going, going, going by clicking here.

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

Want to purchase one of my orginal cards or some Stampin’ Up! retired sets CLICK HERE.

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

Supplies:

Stamps: None

Card Stock: Stampin’ Up! Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum, Always Artichoke and Lucky Limeade

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Crumb Cake, Elegant Eggplant, Island Indigo and Pool Party

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Sponges, Stampin’ Up Markers (Soft Suede, Elegant Eggplant and Island Indigo), Brayer and Post it note.

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.  New special join price of $99.   Click HERE for more information.

Cut my dies using the Cricut Imagine and set my machine to cut the images at 3″.  The main body of the fish is cut out of Perfect Plum, fish accents out of Elegant Eggplant and the plants out of Always Artichoke and Lucky Limeade.

Masked the bottom 1″ of the 4.5″ square piece of Whisper White card stock using a post it note with a wee bit of the sticky edge torn off.

Brayered Pool Party ink at an angle.  Starting at the bottom right.

Brayered Island Indigo ink at that same angle, not covering the Pool Party ink entirely.

Sponged a bit of Elegant Eggplant at the back and bottom of the fish’s head.

Glued the accents onto my fish.

Removed the post it note mask and glued my dies on the card stock.

Added bubbles using the Island Indigo marker.

Sponged Crumb Cake ink at the bottom of the sand area.

Colored in the fish’s eyes and spots using an Elegant Eggplant Marker.

Added a 5.25″ Lucky Limeade panel and a 4 7/8″ Elegant Eggplant panel.  Also added some dots in the sand area using a Soft Suede Marker.

Here is the finished project measuring 5.25″ Square.

May your mind be filled with happy thoughts today.

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.

Sand Lake, Michigan (just North of Grand Rapids)

Lawrence, Kansas

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

West Bend, Wisconsin

Purcellville, Virginia

Orange, Massachusetts

Scottsdale, Arizona

Sacramento, California

Staley, North Carolina

St. Petersburg, Florida

Newburge, Indiana

I hope you can make it to one of my workshops in 2012.  I have decided not to travel after this year, so be sure to catch one this year!

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

 

 

 


Dinoroar – Tutorial #508

 

It’s Prehistoric Time!

My project today uses the emboss resist technique, brayering and a bit of masking.   Hope you hang out a while and check out this project or better yet, how about getting out those stamps and ink and follow along.

Reminders before I start the tutorial:

You can join my Stampin’ Up! team and become a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator now for the great new price of $99, CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT.

The Stampin’ Up retired stamp and retired accessory lists are out.  Hop on over to my Stampin’ Up! sales page to check it out.  Once the products are gone, there gone!

. . .  . Check out what’s going, going, going by clicking here.

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

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

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Dinoroar (item #122537)

Card Stock: Stampin’ Up! Whisper White, Basic Black, Cajun Craze, More Mustard and Old Olive

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Basic Black, Old Olive, Island Indigo, Not Quite Navy, Cajun Craze and More Mustard

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Sponges, 1 3/8″ square punch, 1″ square punch, Post it note, Brayer, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Veramark Marker, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Basic Black brads, Markers (Old Olive, Lucky Limeade, So Saffron and Certainly Celery).

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.  New special join price of $99.   Click HERE for more information.

 

 

Started this project by stamping the Dinosaur with Basic Black ink on a 4.25″ x 4″ piece of Whisper White card stock.

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

Colored the underside of the dinosaur with a So Saffron marker.

Added Certainly Celery to the edges of the underside of the dinosaur.

Colored in the rest of the Dinosaur using a Lucky Limeade marker.

Added Old Olive marker to the dinosaur’s back, 2 legs and the edges of the Lucky Limeade areas.

Colored over the Dinosaur with a Versamark Marker (be careful to stay within the embossed image) and heat embossed the image using clear embossing powder.

Brayered More Mustard ink at an angle over 1/2 of the card stock.

Brayered Cajun Craze ink at an angle, not cover the More Mustard ink entirely.

Brayered Island Indigo ink at the opposite side of the card stock at an angle.

Brayered Not Quite Navy ink at an angle, not covering the Island Indigo ink entirely.

Ripped a post it not in a mountain shape to use as a mask to create the mountains.

Sponged Island Indigo ink in at mountain shape and then moved the post it note and sponged in the second mountain.

 

Sponged Old Olive ink at the bottom of the card stock.

Sponged Basic Black ink at the very bottom of the card stock.

Punched two 1 3/8″ Squares from Cajun Craze card stock and two 1″ squares from More Mustard ink.  Cut the squares in half at an angle.

Added a 5″ x 6.5″ Basic Black panel, 4.75″ x 6.25″ Old Olive Panel, 4.5″ x 5″ Basic Black panel, the triangles and Basic Black brads.

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

May you be right were you want to be today.

 

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.

Sand Lake, Michigan (just North of Grand Rapids)

Lawrence, Kansas

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

West Bend, Wisconsin

Purcellville, Virginia

Orange, Massachusetts

Scottsdale, Arizona

Sacramento, California

Staley, North Carolina

St. Petersburg, Florida

Newburge, Indiana

I hope you can make it to one of my workshops in 2012.  I have decided not to travel after this year, so be sure to catch one this year!

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

 

 

 


Direct to Paper Tree – Tutorial #507

Hey There,

I have a little direct to paper project for you today.  This card is one that I used for my Stampin’ Up! Disney Trip swap, plus my customers have received it for a thank you this month.

The Direct to Paper Technique is done by taking an ink pad and directly applying the ink to the paper with it.    This is a very free form technique and no two pieces will look just a like.   One thing to remember when working with this technique is to leave some of the light paper showing through.  This adds sparkle to your piece.

Reminders before I start the tutorial:

The Stampin’ Up retired stamp and retired accessory lists are out.  Hop on over to my Stampin’ Up! sales page to check it out.  Once the products are gone, there gone!

. . .  . Check out what’s going, going, going by clicking here.

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

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

Supplies:

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree (item #115026), Flourish from the Everything Eleanor (this set is a sneak peek set, it will be out in the June 1, 2012 annual catalog)

Card Stock: Stampin’ Up! Pink Pirouette, Basic Black and Whisper White

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Basic Black, Pink Pirouette and Regal Rose

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Sponge, 1 3/4″ circle punch, Post it note, corrugator, Basic Black dot ribbon, silver brads

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.  New special join price of $99.   Click HERE for more information.

Started with a 3.5″ x 4.25″ piece of Whisper White Card Stock.  Punched a 1 3/4″ circle from the sticky part of a post it note and used it as a mask for the moon.

Swiped the Pink Pirouette ink pad across the card stock from Left to Right using a light hand.

Swiped the Regal Rose ink pad across the card stock from Left to Right using a light hand.

Sponged Pink Pirouette ink around the edge of the moon mask to darken it and get rid of any ghost line.

Removed the moon mask and sponged Regal Rose in the middle of the moon.

Stamped the Flourish using Regal Rose ink.  (The flourish is from a Stampin’ Up! set that will be out in the up and coming new Annual Catalog on June 1, 2012).

Stamped the Lovely As a Tree Pine using Basic Black Ink.

Sponged Basic Black ink at the bottom of the card stock using a bouncing motion.  Also distressed the edges of the card stock using Basic Black ink and a sponge.

Added a 4.25″ x 5.5″ piece of Basic Black card stock and a 4″ x 5.25″ piece of Pink Pirouette card stock.  Ran the Pink Pirouette card stock through the corrugator.

Add Basic Black Dotted ribbon.

Added Silver Brads and a Whisper White Base Card.

Here is the finished project measuring 4.25″ x 5.5″.

Note if you wish to step this card up try using a corner rounder on the main image panel corners and highlight the flourish and tree using a white gel pen.  🙂

May your day be over flowing with joy!

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.

Sand Lake, Michigan (just North of Grand Rapids)

Lawrence, Kansas

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

West Bend, Wisconsin

Purcellville, Virginia

Orange, Massachusetts

Scottsdale, Arizona

Sacramento, California

Staley, North Carolina

St. Petersburg, Florida

Newburge, Indiana

I hope you can make it to one of my workshops in 2012.  I have decided not to travel full time after this year, so be sure to catch one this year!

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

 

 

 

 


Black Butterfly & Flowers – Tutorial #506

Hey There,

Today’s tutorial uses just one set of stamps (Stampin’ Up! Creative Elements) and I layered the floral vine in order to get some depth in the scene.  I hope you like it and decide to follow along and create it.  This is a quarter card so make a couple.  🙂

Reminders before I start the tutorial:

The Stampin’ Up retired stamp and retired accessory lists are out.  Hop on over to my Stampin’ Up! sales page to check it out.

. . .  . Check out what’s going, going, going by clicking here.

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

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

Supplies:

Stamps: Creative Elements

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

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Basic Black, Marina Mist and Bashful Blue

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Sponge, Baja Blue Taffeta Ribbon, Bashful Blue and Basic Black Markers, Brayer, Basic Pearls.

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.

Stamped the vine using Marina Mist ink on a 4.25″ x 4.5″ piece of Bashful Blue card stock.

Colored in the image using a Bashful Blue marker.

Brayered Bashful Blue ink at the bottom of the card stock.

Stamped the vine again using Basic Black ink.

Colored in the image using a Basic Black marker.

Stamped the Butterfly using Basic Black ink.

Darkened the vines using the fine point of the Basic Black marker.

Sponged a bit of Marina Mist ink at the bottom of the card stock.

Darkened the Bashful Blue vines using the Bashful Blue marker to get them to stand out a bit more.

Added a 4.25″ x 5.5″ Basic Gray card stock panel and a 4.25 x 4.75″ Basic Black panel.  Also added Baja Breeze ribbon.

Added Basic Pearls.

Stamped the flourish with Basic Black ink on the top of the card stock.

Here is the finished card measuring 4.25 x 5.5″.

I will leave you with a little funny today.

So this duck walks into a drug store and goes to purchase chap stick.  The clerk says will this be cash or charge and the duck says just put it on my bill, grin.  🙂

Have a super great weekend.

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.

Sand Lake, Michigan (just North of Grand Rapids)

Lawrence, Kansas

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

West Bend, Wisconsin

Purcellville, Virginia

Orange, Massachusetts

Scottsdale, Arizona

Sacramento, California

Staley, North Carolina

St. Petersburg, Florida

Newburge, Indiana

I hope you can make it to one of my workshops in 2012.  I have decided not to travel full time after this year, so be sure to catch one this year!

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

 

 

 

 

 


Horses – Tutorial #505

Hey There,

I bet you thought I have fell off of the plant since I haven’t posted for so long.  Well, in the last 3 weeks I had 3 trips.  Two out of state brayer workshop locations and a fantastic Stampin’ Up Incentive trip to Disney with my family.    Let me tell you this girl is wore out!

Here is a picture of Russ, Hailie (my grand daughter) and me in front of the magic castle.   I think the clouds worked in our favor for this shot!

 

I have a super fun tutorial for you today.   This one has a bit of Southwest feel, thanks to the Cricut Horse Die Cuts from the Yee Haw Cartridge.  That’s right I have a Cricut machine.   I resisted and resisted for years and then my wonderful Husband, Russ bought me the Cricut Imagine this past Christmas.   Like stamps I have been collecting cartridges (over 200 now), lol.  I know, I know, I have major issues.  I keep my cartridges stored in these Art Bin boxes.  Each box holds 16 cartridges with the books.

Anyhow, for you Cricut fans I will try to put some cricut projects up on this blog for you.  Plus, I will get to use some of my stash, grin.

Reminders before I start the tutorial:

The Stampin’ Up stamp and accessory lists are out.  Hop on over to my Stampin’ Up! sales page to check it out.

. . .  . Check out what’s going, going, going by clicking here.

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

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

Supplies:

Stamps: None

Card Stock: Stampin’ Up! Basic Black, Whisper White and Crumb Cake

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Basic Black, Soft Suede, More Mustard, Cherry Cobbler and Cajun Craze

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Sponges, 2.5″ Circle Punch, Decorative Label Punch, Brayer, Antique Brads, Gold Brads, Post it Notes, Cricut Imagine Machine, Yee-haw Cricut Cartridge.

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 two, 2.5″ horses out of Basic Black card stock using the Cricut machine and Yee-haw Cartridge.

 

Punched a 2.5″ circle from a Post it Note and used it as a mask for the sun.  Put the mask on a 4″ x 4.5″ piece of Whisper White card stock.

Brayered More Mustard ink, Cajun Craze ink and Cherry Cobbler ink on the card stock in the order shown below.

 

 

 

Took the sun mask off and brayered More Mustard ink over the card stock again.

 

Roughly sponged Soft Suede ink at the bottom of the card stock using a pouncing motion.

Sponged Basic Black  ink at the bottom of the card stock using a pouncing motion.

Glued the horses on the card stock, centering them over the sun.

Punched a Decorative label from Basic Black card stock and cut it in half.   Added the punch, a 5″ x 6.5″ Basic Black panel, 4.75″ x 6.25″ Soft Suede Panel and a 4 1/8″ x 4 5/8″ Basic Black panel.

Added 2 Antique Brads and 4 Gold Brads.

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

May your day be filled with blessings.

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.

Sand Lake, Michigan (just North of Grand Rapids)

Lawrence, Kansas

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

West Bend, Wisconsin

Purcellville, Virginia

Orange, Massachusetts

Scottsdale, Arizona

Sacramento, California

Staley, North Carolina

St. Petersburg, Florida

Newburge, Indiana

I hope you can make it to one of my workshops in 2012.  I have decided not to travel full time after this year, so be sure to catch one this year!

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

 


Faux Silk Love Birds – Tutorial #504

Hey There,

Happy Hump Day!   Wednesday is the day I start to panic when I have a long, long to do list for the week and have yet to even get 1/4 of it done.   I sometimes think other people must get more hours in their week then I do.  What’s your secret for getting all the things done you want to do?   I bet I just have way to many hobbies, gardening, cooking, quilting, crochet, cross stitching, drawing, pastels, reading, and the biggie STAMPING!

Yesterday, I was chatting with my new neighbor and her husband creates beautiful stained glass windows.  She says to me “come on over anytime and he will teach you how to do stained glass.”   My mind starts to race, where, oh where would I fit stained glass into my life?  Better yet, where would I put all the necessary supplies for such a hobby?   I have to admit, I have been dreaming of building a building just for my craft supplies.  I can remember being new to crafts and I started out with a basket filled with things, which grew into an iris cart, then 2 iris carts, then the smallest room in the house, then the largest room in the house.  Do we ever have enough?   Do you have a secret that you would like to share on keeping your crafting supplies to a minimum?  I would love to hear it and so would my readers.  Is there a group called crafter’s anonymous?  Where do you meet at, Hobby Lobby?  LOL

Now about today’s tutorial, I created this project using the Faux Silk technique for my Stampin’ Up Down Line Monthly Technique Swap.  This technique is so very simple, but creates this yummy background that looks like silk fabric using ordinary tissue paper.

Reminders before I start the tutorial:

The Stampin’ Up Stamp retired list came out last week.  Today the Accessory retired list comes out.  Hop on over to my Stampin’ Up! sales page to check it out.

. . .  . Check out what’s going, going, going by clicking here.

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

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

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Best Friends Forever (Item number 122807)

Card Stock: Stampin’ Up! Whisper White, Early Espresso, Old Olive and Stampin’ Up! DSP First Edition (Item number 121878)

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Pear Pizzazz and Bashful Blue

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Sponges, Large Bird Punch, Mat Pack and Piercing tool, Crumb Cake Seam Binding, Early Espresso marker, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Tissue Paper and a glue stick.

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 piece of ordinary tissue paper larger than my Whisper White Panel that is 4″ x 4.5″.

Wrinkled the tissue paper by balling it up and then smoothing it out.   Smeared Bashful Blue ink directly on the tissue paper.

Stamped the leaves stamp on the tissue paper a few times using Pear Pizzazz ink.

Covered my Whisper White panel with Glue from a glue stick.

Crumpled the tissue up again and then smoothed it out a little.

Laid it down on the glue sticked card stock leaving some of the wrinkles.  The texture in the background is what you want.

Trimmed the tissue paper even with the card stock.

Punched 3 branches from Old Olive card stock and 3 branches from Always Artichoke card stock.

Cut some of the leaves off of the Always Artichoke branches and then glued the Always Artichoke branches on top of the Old Olive ones to get 2 toned branches and leaves.

Adhered them to my background panel.

Punched 2 birds from the Stampin’ Up! DSP, First Edition.

Sponged Soft Suede ink on the birds.

Sponged Early Espresso ink on the bottom of the birds.

Colored their beaks in using an Early Espresso Marker.

Adhered the birds to the background using Stampin’ Dimensionals so they would be popped up.

Added a 4 1/8″ x 4 5/8″ Early Espresso Panel and Crumb Cake Seam Binding.

Added an Early Espresso Panel 5.25″ square and an Old Olive Panel 5″ square.  Pierced holes down the right and left sides of the Old Olive panel using the Stampin’ Up mat pack and piercing tool.

Assembled my card.  Here it is finished measuring 5.25″ square.

May your day be out of this world wonderful!

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.

Sand Lake, Michigan (just North of Grand Rapids)

Lawrence, Kansas

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

West Bend, Wisconsin

Purcellville, Virginia

Orange, Massachusetts

Scottsdale, Arizona

Sacramento, California

Staley, North Carolina

St. Petersburg, Florida

Newburge, Indiana

I hope you can make it to one of my workshops in 2012.  I have decided not to travel full time after this year, so be sure to catch one this year!

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


Spring Tree – Tutorial #502

Well Hello There and happy tax day to those of you in the USA.   I can hear some of you groaning from here.  I’ve yet to finalize my 2011 tax returns.  It’s on my list of things to get done today.  But of course, I put stamping a card tutorial at the top of my to do list, lol.   Priorities you know. . . . . grin.

I have a couple of announcements today also. . . .  .

I have added two great locations to my brayer and direct to paper workshop calendar.  Look for me to come to Purcellville, Virginia and Newburge, Indiana.  A complete list of my workshop locations can be found by clicking here.  Hope you get the chance to come create with me.

Also Stampin’ Up! has released the retiring stamp and accessories list.   Don’t miss out on those items that are on your wish list before they are gone. . . .  . Check out what’s going, going, going by clicking here.

Reminders before I start on the tutorial:

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 ordered 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.  :)

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

Supplies

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Thoughts & Prayers (Item number 113252) and Thank You Kindly (Item number 111700)

Card Stock: Stampin’ Up! Whisper White, Old Olive, Early Espresso and Stampin’ Up Designer Series

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Basic Black, Old Olive, Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake and So Saffron

Accessories: Stampin’ Up!  Baker’s Twine (Lucky Limeade), Sticky Strip, Brayer, Stamp-a-ma-jig, mat pack, piercing tool, 3/8″ circle punch, 1/2″ circle Punch, Corner round punch, Markers (Always Artichoke and Early Espresso), white gel pen, post it note.

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.

 

Brayered So Saffron ink on a 5.75″ x 3.25″ piece of Whisper White card stock.

 

Smeared a Crumb Cake ink pad from the bottom towards the top.

Brayered Cajun Craze ink at the top of the card stock.

Loaded the tree stamp with Old Olive ink and then colored some of the top leaves with Always Artichoke marker and the trunk with Early Espresso marker before stamping it on the card stock.  I used a post it note to stamp the bottom of the tree trunk on.  That way I would not have the part of the tree trunk on the card stock that flares out at the bottom.  Makes it easier to extend the trunk to the bottom of the card stock to make the tree taller.

Extended the tree trunk to the bottom of the card stock using an Early Espresso marker and also added some Wisteria type flowers on the tree using a White gel pen.

Dragged the Old Olive pad from the bottom of the card stock toward the top to create grass.

Cut some a bit of the top of the card stock off and rounded the bottom corners of the top piece and the top corners of the bottom piece using the corner rounder.

Held the two pieces of card stock together and punched a 3/8″ circle punch in the middle of them.

Also used the 3/8″ circle punch on Cajun Craze card stock.  Then lined the holes up in the middle of a 1/2″ circle punch and punched them out.

 

Glued them on the card stock over the holes.

Layered a 5″ x 6.5″ Old Olive card stock panel, 4.75″ x 6.25″ Early Espresso panel and a 4.5″ x 6″ piece of Stampin’ Up! Old Olive DSP.   Adhered the top and bottom of the main image panel on the card stock using Sticky Strip.  I did not adhere the areas of the main image panel that have the circles punch in them.

Pierced holes around the main image panels using the mat pack and piercing tool.

Drew White Gel Pen lines from one hole to the next to create faux stitching.

Added Lucky Limeade Baker’s Twine through the circle holes.

Added White Gel pen grasses around the tree trunk.

Stamped the sentiment on the right side of the card three times using Basic Black ink and a Stamp-a-ma-jig for placement.

Here is the finished card measuring 5″ x 6.5″

May your day be one of pure delight.

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.

Sparta, New Jersey (Sold Out)

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

Purcellville, Virginia

Orange, Massachusetts

Scottsdale, Arizona

Sacramento, California

Staley, North Carolina

St. Petersburg, Florida

Newburge, Indiana


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

 


Emerging Color Butterflies – Tutorial #500

Hey There,

I really cannot believe this is card tutorial #500.  Didn’t I just start this blog yesterday?   Where does the time go . . . . . . .

If you would like a quick way to view past tutorials CLICK HERE or click on the Tutorial title at the top of my blog.

Anyhow, today’s tutorial was created for my Stampin’ Up! Down Line Technique Swap.  The technique used here is Emerging Color.   This technique gives you a beautiful background.   It’s hard to see it in it’s full glory in these pictures.  The Flowers that are stamped all over the background and then covered up really show through a bit under the dark ink put over them to give you a lovely layered look.   You just have to see in it person.  So get out those inks and stamps!

Reminders before I start on the tutorial:

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 ordered 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! Flight of the Butterfly and Cottage Garden

Card Stock: Stampin’ Up! Whisper White, Rich Razzelberry and Lucky Limeade

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Lucky Limeade, Tempting Turquoise Calyso Coral, Basic Black and Rich Razzelberry

Accessories: Stampin’ Up!  Old Olive Ribbon, Mini Brads, Blossom Punch, Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch, Boho Blossoms Punch, In Color Designer Brad, White Gel Pen, Brayer, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Piercing Tools, Versamark Pad and Basic Black Marker.

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.

Now on with the tutorial . . . .

Stamped the flowers on a 4″ x 5.25″ piece of Whisper White card stock using Tempting Turquoise, Lucky Limeade and Calypso Coral inks.

 

 

Dried the ink on the card stock using my heat gun.

Stamped two butterflies on the cards stock using Versamark.  Heat embossed the butterflies using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Brayered Rich Razzelberry all over the card stock.   Wiped the embossed butterflies off with a paper towel.

Stamped a few small butterflies on the card stock using Rich Razzelberry ink.

Added white gel pen dashes.

Punched the flowers from Lucky Limeade card stock and 3 Label Punches from Rich Razzelberry card stock.

Assembled as show below.

Added the small flower and a decorative brad.

Added a Lucky Limeade panel and some Lucky Limeade Ribbon.  Popped the flower up using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Stamped the words thank you using a Basic Black marker to color the “thank you” only and then stamped them on a scrap piece of Whisper White card stock.

Punch it out using the Word Window Punch.

Punched a Modern Label Punch from Lucky Limeade card stock.  Glued the word window Punch to it and cut the end off of both.

Added White Gel Pen to the flower.

Added my sentiment and mini silver brads to the butterflies for their bodies and to the sentiment punches.  Added another Lucky Limeade Panel and a Rich Razzelberry panel.

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

May you find your hands ink today.

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.

Indiana, Pennsylvania

Sparta, New Jersey (Sold Out)

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

Scottsdale, Arizona

Sacramento, California

Staley, North Carolina

St. Petersburg, Florida


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