Toile Blossoms Scene – Tutorial

80 Comments July 9, 2008 zindorfstamps

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

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

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

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

Let’s get started on the tutorial. 🙂

Supplies:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Colored the leaves with a Prismacolor Chartreuse marker.

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

Colored over the leaves and flowers with a Versamark marker.

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

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

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

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

Stamped Tree image with Palette Noir Black ink.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Used my piercing tools and a fine tip black marker to do some faux stitching all the way around the card stock.

Added some gold brads and here is the completed card measuring 5.25″ x 5.25″.

Hope your day is filled with blooming flower gardens and shade trees.

Until my next post. . . . . . .

Michelle

Party Dresses – Tutorial

22 Comments July 4, 2008 zindorfstamps

Happy Fourth of July Everyone!

This morning I decided to make my Granddaughter’s Birthday card. She is a girlie, girl for sure. Loves, loves, loves pink! So what do you put on a Girlie Girl’s card, pink dresses, of course.

These images are from Rupa Shevde’s set “Retro Boutique” that can be purchased from Gina K. Design’s online store found here: http://www.ginakdesigns.com/

Let’s get started on the tutorial. 🙂

Supplies:

Stamps: Rupa Shevde’s “Retro Boutique” from Gina K. Designs

Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Basic Black, Old Olive Cameo Coral

Ink: Stampin’ Up Basic Black, Old Olive & Always Artichoke, Palette Noir Black, Adirondack Lettuce

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, White Gel Pen, Versamark marker, clear embossing powder, heat gun, Going Grey marker, Black marker, Sponge, Adhesive Rhinestones

Stamped the dresses on a 6″x 6″ piece of Whisper White Card stock with Palette Noir Black ink.

Stamped the four purses using Palette Noir Black ink.

Used my Curvy Cutter and cut it out into a 5″ circle.

Colored the dresses on at a time using these 3 colors of Prismacolor Markers in this order, Light Peach, Deco Peach, Blush Pink. With solvent based markers, you want to work fast to try to avoid hard lines. If you do get a hard line, try going over the hard line with the lightest color to blend it some.

I blended my hard lines between the Blush Pink & Deco Peach by going over it with Deco Peach again.

Colored the purses with Light Peach.

Added Blush pink to the purse flowers.

Colored the leaves on the purse with Light Olive Green.

Colored all the images with Versamark marker and heat embossed the using clear embossing powder and a heat gun. I found it is easiest to work one image at a time, coloring with Versamark and then heat embossing before going to the next image.

Now that your images are heat embossed they will resist ink.

Sponged in a circular motion, Lettuce ink in the center of the card stock.

Sponged in a circular motion, Old Olive ink, not covering the Lettuce ink entirely.

Sponged in a circular motion, Always Artichoke ink at the edge of the card stock.

Wanted the edge to be very dark, so I sponged Black ink at the edge. Be careful when you are using black ink over embossed images, it will turn your light colors gray, yuck! If you do get it on the light colors, wipe it off immediately.

Now my image looks flat and I want to give it some life. Using the brush point of a Stampin’ Up Going Grey marker, I traced a thick line at both sides of the dresses and under the purses creating a shadow.

To bring the images forward more, I traced a line down the sides of the dresses and under the purses. Now that added some more life.

Can’t forget the bling, assembled the card and added some Brenda Walton Adhesive olive colored Rhinestones that I got from GinaKDesigns.com.

Put dotes in the corners of the card with a white gel pen.

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

Hope you will try this emboss resist tutorial.

May your day be filled with fireworks and party dresses.

Until my next post. . . . . .

Michelle

Chickadee in the Woods – Tutorial

378 Comments July 3, 2008 zindorfstamps

Here it is Thursday already! Wow, the older I get the faster time flies. Am I the only one that feels this way?

Anyway, today I got back to nature with the Stampin’ Up’s Set “Touch of Nature”. I love this little Chickadee. Isn’t he the cutest little bird? I have Chickadees all over my yard. They are such happy little souls. I can’t help but smile when I see and hear them.

Also, today I’m giving BLOG CANDY! Anyone miss out on the Studio G Series 8 stamps? I have 12 packs here just waiting for some lucky stamper.

Well here is your chance to get them. All you need to do to enter is leave me a comment here 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 these stamps: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2008/07/03/chickadee-in-the-woods-tutorial/

I’ll use a random number generator to pick a number on Saturday morning, July 5th.

Ready for the tutorial? Let’s get started 🙂

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up Touch of Nature

Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Basic Black, Old Olive & Bordering Blue

Ink: Stampin’ Up Bordering Blue, Old Olive & Blue Bayou, Palette Noir Black

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, White Gel Pen, Versamark Marker, Clear embossing Powder, Sponge, heat tool, Black maker

Stamped the bird with Palette Noir Black ink on a piece of 3.5″ x 5″ Whisper White card stock. I’m using the Palette ink because it doesn’t smear with the Solvent based Prismacolor markers.

Colored the bottom of the birds belly with a Buff marker.

Extended the limb to the edge of the card stock with a Fabe Castell black marker.

Colored the birds head, very bottom of the belly and back with a Cool Grey 30% marker.

Colored the dark parts of the leaves with a Light Olive Green marker.

Colored the Branch with a Buff colored marker.

Added some Cool Grey 80% colored marker to the dark parts of the birds head and back.

Added a bit more Buff marker to the birds belly.

Colored over the bird with a Versamark marker, being very careful to stay within the lines.

Heat embossed using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Sponged Bordering Blue ink in a pouncing motion all over the card stock. I want it to look splotchy.

Stamped leaves by first loading my stamp with Old Olive ink and then misting the stamp a tiny bit so it would look a bit out of focus when I stamp it. Note: I tried this out on scrap paper first to see how much misting to do for the effect I wanted.

Stamped some Bordering Blue Leaves, some I misted, some I didn’t.

Sponged Bordering Blue ink at the right side of the card stock using a circular motion for good coverage.

Stamped a few leaves using Blue Bayou ink at the right side of the card stock.

Sponged Blue Bayou ink at the right side of the card stock, not covering all of the Bordering Blue ink.

Traced the underside of the Bird and the branch with a Black marker.

Added White Gel pen highlights to the leaves on the branch and a dot on the birds eye.

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

Don’t forget to comment to enter to win the blog candy for today. 🙂

Hope your day is filled with the sights and sounds of birds singing their happy little tunes.

Until my next post. . . . . . .

Michelle

Artsy Victorian Sneak Peek – Tutorial

19 Comments June 12, 2008 zindorfstamps

I wanted to show in my tutorial today how you can use just one stamp and make something that is beautiful and dramatic. Of course, it helps to start with a beautiful image. This one is a Sneak Peek image from Innovative Stamp Creations soon to be released Stamp Sheet “Artsy Victorian”. This set with be release on June 13, 2008. Here is a link to their online store: http://www.innovativestampcreations.com/ischomepage.html

Let’s get going on the tutorial. 🙂

Supplies:

Stamps: Innovative Stamp Creations – Artsy Victorian

Paper: Stampin’ UP Whisper White, Orchid Opulence & Basic Black

Ink: Stampin’ Up Basic Black, Orchid Opulence, Tempting Turquoise & Elegant Eggplant, Adirondack Purple Twilight

Accessories: Versamark pad and marker, clear embossing powder, Sponge, Stamp-a-ma-jig

Stamped flourish, at a diagonal, on Whisper White card stock by first loading the stamp with Versamark then Tempting Turquoise before stamping. Heat embossed the image using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

I cropped the card stock at this point so the image would go all the way to the top and bottom of the card stock.

Colored the white card stock where it was showing through the image with a Versamark marker and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder and a heat gun. This step is necessary to retain the white in the image.

Using a Stamp-A-Ma-Jig for placement, over stamped the image with Purple Twilight ink just left of the original image to create a shadow.

Sponged Orchid Opulence in a circular motion all over the card stock.

Sponged Purple Twilight ink to the left side of the flourish using a circular motion.

Sponged Elegant Eggplant ink on the left side of the card stock, not completely covering the Purple Twilight ink.

Getting darker yet, sponged black ink at the left corners of the card stock.

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

Thanks so much for joining me today for this tutorial. Give it a try. I think you will be happy with the results.

Hope your day is on the light side of life. 🙂

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

Michelle

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Toile Blossoms Scene – Tutorial

Party Dresses – Tutorial

Chickadee in the Woods – Tutorial

Artsy Victorian Sneak Peek – Tutorial