The combination of embossed Creamy Caramel & Brayered Chocolate Chip ink reminds me of tooled leather so that is why I’m naming it Faux Tool Leather, lol.  Oh, the Power one has on their own blog

I’m also using the set from Gina K. Designs, Comfort & Peace.  You can get this set from http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/main.sc

or you may be the lucky winner of this set from yesterdays blog candy, which I will announce at the end of this tutorial.

Ready for todays tutorial?  Let’s give it a go.

Supplies:

Started out with a piece of Creamy Caramel card stock that measures 5″ x 5″,  used a ruler to find the center of it.  I put a little dot in the center with a creamy caramel marker so it wouldn’t show up later in the finished piece.

Stamped the larger floral image on my Stamp-a-ma-jig plastic with basic black ink.

Using my Stamp-a-ma-jig for placement I stamped the floral image using Versamark and lining the stem end up with the center dot and the leaf point with the corner.

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

Repeated the last two steps again 3 more times, embossing each image as I stamped it.

Colored the un-embossed centers of the flowers with a Tempting Turquoise marker.

Went over the Tempting Turquoise with a Versamark marker and heat embossed using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Heavily brayered on Chocolate Chip ink over the entire piece of card stock, turning the card stock different directions to get good coverage over the entire piece. 

Note:  The ink will look almost black, but as it dries it lightens up a whole lot.

Let it dry a few moments and then wipe the Chocolate Chip ink off of the embossed images with a paper towel.

Using the smaller floral stamp in the set, I colored just part of the image on the stamp with a Chocolate Chip marker and then stamped it on my Stamp-a-ma-jig plastic.

Used my Stamp-a-ma-jig for placement.

Colored the same particle part of the stamp I did before, I colored it in with a Chocolate Chip Marker.  Stamped it on the card stock four times, coloring the same part of the stamp between stampings and huffing my breath on it to get the color moist.

Let the images dry for a few moments and then wiped the ink off of the embossed images again with a paper towel.

Stamped large floral stamp around the edge of the card stock with black ink.

Let the black ink dry a few moments and then wiped the ink from the embossed images again with a paper towel.

Used a Sharpie Gold Paint Pen and drug it along the outside edge of the card stock on all sides.  This creates the look of a gold layer with out the bulk or cost of gold card stock.

Note:  Hold the tip of the Paint Pen half on the card stock and half on your scrap paper and drag it straight down the edge.  It’s easier than it looks to get a nice straight line.

Punched a small flower from Tempting Turquoise card stock and a large flower from Creamy Caramel card stock.

Adhered them to the center of the layered card front.  Poked a hole in the center of the flowers and each corner with my piercing tool.

Added gold brads and here you have it, the finished card that measures 5.25″ x 5.25″. 

Yesterday I offered as blog candy this great set from Gina K. Designs. 

But first, I want to thank everyone who left a comment.  You all are the most wonderfully supportive group of stampers ever!  I received so many good suggests for things to added to this blog.  Thanks again.

Well my Husband, Russ selected a number and we have a winner, Charmaine!  Charmaine left this comment:

Have a super Saturday!

Until my next post. . . . . . .

Michelle

I’m not a blog candy kind of girl.  Meaning you won’t see me giving stuff away constantly in order to create traffic to my blog.  I would rather give you tutorials you can use.  But I stayed up way to late last night and I slept in this morning and find myself having two of these beautiful stamp sets Comfort & Peace from Gina K. Designs.  A gal only needs one set so the other one I am giving away as my first ever blog candy.  So leave a comment on this post telling me the things you would like to see in the future on my blog.  I will have my husband, Russ draw a random number tomorrow morning and that number will receive this set for free! 

Fair enough, I got to sleep in this morning and you have a chance at a beautiful free Gina K. Designs stamp set.

Hey, have a fabulous Friday!

Until my next post. . . . .

Michelle

Before I started my blog, I would start each day by doing one of the challenges on Split Coast Stampers.  The challenges really helped me grow as a stamper and come out of my secure little box.

I decided to do my favorite SCS challenge, the sketch challenge.  Here is a link to the challenge:    http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=346067

Supplies:

Stamped fisherman with Black ink, using a Stamp-a-ma-jig for placement.  Note:  I used Classic Black dye ink to stamp on the plastic sheet of the Stamp-a-ma-jig, not the Palette Hybrid ink.  The Palette Hybrid ink is very hard to get off of the plastic, if you can get it off at all.

Decided to use my Prismacolor markers to color with today.  I store them on their sides and I have them cataloged in my binder since I am a visual person.  This way I can instantly see what color I would like to use and how it will look when it is dry.

Colored his pants with Blondwood.

Colored the creases & knees of his pants with Light tan.

Also colored his hat with Light Tan.

Colored his face and hands with Eggshell.

Colored his jacket with Limepeel.

Colored the creases of his jacket with Light Olive Green.

Colored over the fisher man with a Versamark marker and then heat embossed him with clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Brayered Soft Sky ink on the sky area of the card stock.

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

Brayered Not Quite Navy ink on the water area of the card stock.

Used my curvy cutter to cut a circle from Soft Sky card stock.  Cut the circle in half.   Stamped the lures with Black ink on each half.

Colored Lures with Limepeel marker.

Added White Gel Pen highlights on his gills and on the hooks.

Added some stripes of Mediterranean Blue on the lures.

Sponged on Soft Sky ink on the curved part of each half circle.  Ooops, missed taking a picture of this but I also, sponged on Not Quite Navy ink on the outer most part of the circles and under the lures.

Sponged on Old Olive around the edges the Soft Sky card stock panel.

Added some Not Quite Navy sponging around the edge of the panel too.

Used a distressing tool and distressed the half circles, main image panel and Soft Sky panel edges.  Drug each distressed edge across a Night of Navy ink pad to make the white edges dark.

Assembled card front.

Used my piercing tools to pierce holes in the upper left and bottom right corners of the card front.

Used a Not Quite Navy Marker and created faux stitching by running the marker from one hole to another.

Here is the completed 5″ x 6.5″ card.

Hope your day is filled with creative challenges that will bring growth to your crafting!

Until next post. . . . . .

Michelle