Artsy Victorian Tile – Tutorial

36 Comments June 30, 2008 zindorfstamps

I love to color. It is so relaxing to me. Last night I sat down to color and came up with this creation. This is a variation on Karen Barber’s Black and White Magic technique that I did a post on last week. The technique of coloring with Prismacolor Pencils and then outlining the image with a White gel pen apparently can be done on any color of card stock other than white with wonderful results. It even showed up very well on SU River Rock card stock.

I love making cards that look like tiles, they are so versatile you can use them for so many different occasions.

The images used in todays tutorial are from Innovative Stamp Creations “Artsy Victorian Sheet”. Here is a link to their online store: http://www.innovativestampcreations.com/ischomepage.html

Let’s get started on the tutorial. 🙂

Supplies:

Stamps: Innovative Stamp Creations “Artsy Victorian”

Paper: Stampin’ Up Basic Black & River Rock

Ink: Stampin’ UP Craft White and Basic Black

Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Odorless Paint Thinner, Flower Punches, White Gel Pen, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Piercing Tools, Copper Brad

Stamped image on Basic Black card stock with White Craft ink.

Dried the ink with a heat gun. You can also just wait for it to dry, but I’m not that patient.

When I color with Prismacolor Pencils, I dip my pencil point in Odorless Paint Thinner and then color. The pencil melts like butter on the card stock and blends very nicely.

Started coloring with a Yellow Ochre pencil.

Then added Pumpkin Orange Pencil.

Colored part of the center of the image with a Warm Grey 30% pencil.

Then colored the rest of the center image with a True Blue pencil.

Colored around the center image with a Poppy Red pencil.

Used the True Blue pencil again on the outer frame of the design.

Here is where the magic happens. Outlined the image with a white gel pen. Wow! That makes it come to life.

Trimmed the image down, leaving a bit of black card stock showing all the way around.

Stamped with Black ink part of the flourish image at each corner of a 4.5″ x 4.5″ piece of River Rock card stock using a Stamp-a-ma-jig for placement.

Colored the flourish with the Yellow Ochre and the True Blue pencils.

Outlined the images with the White Gel Pen.

Assembled card front and then felt the corners needed a bit more pop, so I added some of the Pumpkin Orange pencil to the center of the flowers.

Add some punched flowers to the center.

Added a copper colored brad to the center and used my piercing tools to add piercings in between the corner images.

And here you have it, the finished card measuring 5.25″ x 5.25″.

Hope your day if filled with warm rich colors!

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

Michelle

Beginning of the Day – Tutorial

45 Comments June 28, 2008 zindorfstamps

I’m wrapping up leaf week here on my blog. I hope you have been inspired this week to get out those leaf stamps and use them for projects other than Fall themed ones. Now you know I had to wrap the week up with a brayered sky scene!

Let’s get started on the tutorial. 🙂

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up Best Blossoms

Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Basic Black & Soft Sky

Ink: Stampin’ Up Apricot Appeal, Basic Black, Really Rust, More Mustard & Soft Sky

Accessories: Photo Corner Punch, 1 3/8″ Circle Punch, Brayer, Sponges, Piercing Tools & White Gel pen,

Brayered Apricot Appeal on the bottom 2/3rds of a piece of Whisper White Card stock that measures 4.5″ x 4.5″.

Punched a 1 3/8″ circle from the sticky part of a post it note and used it as a mask for the sun.

Brayered More Mustard over the bottom 2/3rds of the card stock.

Brayered Really Rust ink at the bottom 1/2 of the card stock.

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

Decided I wanted some more interest to the sky so I sponged More Mustard ink in a “U” shape around the sun.

Sponged Really Rust ink just under the More Mustard sponging.

To add more interest, sponged black at the bottom, left top corner and then lightly through the center of the card stock.

Removed post it note mask and sponged Apricot Appeal ink at the bottom of the sun so it isn’t so stark looking.

Stamped leaves with Basic Black ink.

Highlighted the leaves by outlining just the side of the leaf that is facing the sun.

Assembled my card front and used my piercing tools and a White Gel pen to put in some faux stitching around the main panel edge.

Added some Soft Sky card stock photo corner punches and a brad to the bottom two corners.

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

I hope your day today started with a fantastic sunrise and ends with a fantastic sunset!

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

Michelle

ISC Leaf in Pond – Tutorial and Blog Candy

162 Comments June 25, 2008 zindorfstamps

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

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

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

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

Let’s get started on the tutorial. 🙂

Supplies:

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

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

Ink: Adirondack Lettuce, Stream & Pool

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Brayered over the card stock with Pool ink.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

There you have it! The finished cards all assembled, measuring 5.25″ x 5.25″.

Hope your day is filled with peace and cool pond breezes. 🙂

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

Michelle

ISC Wood and Leaf – Tutorial

94 Comments June 23, 2008 zindorfstamps

I’m continuing on with the ways to use a leaf image week here on my blog. Why Leaf week, because I can, lol. No, really I love leaf/nature images. There is something comforting and peaceful about an image of a leaf. At least that is how I view them. 🙂 They shouldn’t just be used for fall cards, as I have been so very guilty of in the past. This creation ended up looking masculine to me, which is a plus in my world, since I’m surround by men.

The images used today are from Innovative Stamp Creations. Here is a link to their online store: http://www.innovativestampcreations.com/ischomepage.html

I also made this card, but I don’t have a tutorial for it. My camera battery died after the first shot when I was making it. I would probably be willing to recreate it, but only if there is enough interest in the tutorial. So if you are interested in the tutorial, please leave a comment on this post or if you are getting this by e-mail click on this link to leave a comment. http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2008/06/23/isc-wood-and-leaf-tutorial/

Let’s get started on the tutorial. 🙂

Supplies:

Stamps: Innovative Stamp Creations “Wood Grain” & Fall Leaves

Paper: SU Whisper White, Basic Black, Blush Blossom & Really Rust

Ink: Palette Noir Black, SU Basic Black & Handsome Hunter, Adirondack Peach Bellini & Ginger

Assessories: Prismacolor Markers Forest Green & Spearmint, Brayer, Versamark Marker, Clear embossing Powder, heat gun, Sponges, Brads, ticket corner punch, Piercing tools, White Gel pen, Grunge board hinges.

Stamped leaf on Whisper White card stock with Palette Noir Black ink.

Note: I used this ink because I am going to color the image with solvent based markers and the Palette ink will not smear with this medium.

Colored the leaf image in with a Prismacolor Spearmint marker.

Colored part of the leaf with a Prismacolor Forest Green marker.

Colored over the entire image again with the Spearmint marker to soften and blend the colors together.

Added a bit more Forest green at the bottom of the leaf. I love these solvent based Prismacolor markers because, just like I’ve shown here with just two markers, you can layer the colors to get a whole lot of variation in shading. Fun huh?

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

Brayered over the entire card stock with Peach Bellini ink.

Brayered Ginger ink on the right side of the card stock.

Using a large unmounted stamp, such as this Wood Grain stamp, is so very easy. I just put them on my work surface face side up. Ink them by swiping my ink pad across the top. Put my card stock face down on the rubber stamp. Put a scrap piece of paper over it and rub it with my hand to transfer the image onto the card stock.

Note: After inking the wood grain stamp, I used a sponge and swiped from top to bottom on the rubber stamp to get more of a stripe in the wood image.

Sponged Basic Black ink heavily at the Right side of the card stock.

Sponged a little Handsome Hunter ink at the left side of the black ink to soften the black edge.

Sponged Ginger ink at the bottom of the leaf image to create a shadow.

Outlined the top of the leaf image with a white gel pen to add some highlight.

I got this Grunge board by Tim Holtz from Innovative Stamp Creations and decided to give it a try today. First of all, this is not like chip board it is so flexible. I was amazed at how it took ink too. I inked my hinge pieces with basic black ink.

Used a ticket corner punch on the corners of my main image panel.

Assembled the card and pierced along the top, bottom and left side of the Really Rust Panel with my piercing tools.

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

Thanks for hanging out with me today while I continue on with my Leaf excursion. Hopefully, you will start to see leaves in a whole new light too.

May your day be filled with the tinkling sound of Aspen leaves.

Until my next post. . . . . . .

Michelle

Bloomin Cart – Tutorial

28 Comments May 19, 2008 zindorfstamps

I’m still feeling under the weather here. Thought a bright cheerful card might make me feel a little better. This Blooming With Love set from Stampin’ Up had not seen ink yet so I decided to use it for today’s tutorial.

Supplies:

Stamped Flowers with Palette Noir Black ink on Whisper White card stock.

Colored some of the flowers with a Prismacolor Sunburst Yellow Marker and some with a Prismacolor Yellow Orange marker.

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

Stamped the stamp from Watercolor Minis set randomly over the flowers by first loading the stamp with Versamark and then with Cool Caribbean ink. Heat embossed them using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Repeated last step, but used Brilliant Blue ink and Versamark, heat embossed using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Same steps again, but used Versamark and black ink and only stamped a couple of times in the middle of the flowers. Heat embossed with clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Using my Stamp-a-ma-Jig for placement, I stamp the cart with Noir Black ink.

Colored the cart with a Prismacolor Sunburst Yellow marker.

Went over part of the cart with a Prismacolor Yellow Orange Marker.

Added some Prismacolor Pumpkin Orange Marker at the left side of cart.

Lastly added Prismacolor Brun Sienne along left side and bottom of cart.

Went over the cart with a Prismacolor Colorless Blender to blend the colors.

Colored the Wheel with Brun Sienna.

Added Cool Grey 50% to wheel.

Added Cool Grey 90% around the outer edge of the wheel and used the blender marker to blend the two grey colors a bit.

Note: I missed taking photos of this but I colored the cart with a Versamark marker and heat embossed it using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Sponged Lettuce ink at the bottom of the card stock.

Sponged Oregano ink at the bottom of the card stock, not covering the Lettuce ink entirely.

Sponge Stonewashed ink in the sky area.

Sponged Brilliant Blue ink on the left 2/3rds of the sky area.

Sponged Oregano ink under the cart as a shadow.

Wiped ink from embossed images.

Assembled card measures 5.25″ x 5.25″.

Feeling Blue Landscape – Tutorial

48 Comments May 18, 2008 zindorfstamps

I’m feeling a bit under the weather today with allergies, hence the blue landscape. 🙂

It’s very calming don’t you think? I thought this would be a nice sympathy card for a man.

Let’s get started on today’s tutorial.

Supplies:

Brayered Soft Sky ink all over a Whisper White piece of card stock.

Put post it notes on the card stock where I want my horizon line to be and sponged in a circular motion Blue Bayou ink to form a mountain in the distance.

Sponge on Night of Navy ink in a circular motion to create a mountain that over laps the one in the distance.

Sponged Night of Navy ink on the mountain in the fore ground, not covering the Not Quite Navy ink entirely.

Sponged a little Basic Black right at the post it note edge to really get dark at the horizon line.

Took the post it note mask off and put new ones on to cover the sky and mountains. I also masked a very small part of the water area right at the foot of the mountains to create a light beach area.

With my mask in place, I traced where my foreground mountain is on the post it notes so I can envision where I want my mountain reflection to be in the water area.

I turned the card stock up side down so I could work better. I sponged on Not Quite Navy ink to create the mountain reflection using a circular motion.

Sponged Night of Navy on the mountain reflection not covering the Not Quite Navy ink entirely.

Removed the post it note masks.

Using a gentle swiping motion with the sponge from left to right, I sponged on Blue Bayou ink in the water area.

Stamp trees with Basic Black ink.

Stamped Canvas stamp over main image panel to create the illusion of a painting with Soft Sky Ink. Sorry, it is very hard to see this in the picture.

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

This ends the tutorial part of today’s post, but if you are interested keep reading to see a bit of my Spring garden in bloom. 😉

These pictures were taken yesterday in the few hours of sunshine we have had here in a few days.

You just have to love Iris when they are blooming. They are so very elegant with their ruffled petals.

I have these Early blooming Daylilies blooming away also. Love them too!

I have these half Barrels turned over in the garden for interest.

Strawberry jar, I can’t wait to get some berries!

Just another garden ornament.

That’s all for now folks. Thanks for sticking around for a little bit of a garden tour.

Hope your Sunday is one of peace.

Until my next post. . . . .

Michelle

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Artsy Victorian Tile – Tutorial

Beginning of the Day – Tutorial

ISC Leaf in Pond – Tutorial and Blog Candy

ISC Wood and Leaf – Tutorial

Bloomin Cart – Tutorial

Feeling Blue Landscape – Tutorial