Mar 03 2008
Emboss Resist Thank You
Needed a thank you card today. So here is a new tutorial. 
Supplies:
| Stamps: Stampin Up Together Forever, Wonderful Wings |
| Paper: Stampin Up Whisper White, Barely Banana, Basic Black |
| Ink: Stampin Up Certainly Celery & Soft Sky, Palette Noir Black |
| Accessories: Versamark Pad & Marker, Stampin Up Markers, Certainly Celery & Barely Banana, White Gel Pen, Sharpie Metallic Gold Marker, Clear Embossing Powder, Cuttlebug Die Cut, Ribbon |
Stamped Butterfly with Black ink on Whisper White card stock.
Loaded flower stamp first with Versamark and then Certainly Celery ink then stamp them. Heat embossed them with clear embossing powder.
Colored Flowers and leaves with Barely Banana and Certainly Celery markers. Colored over the flowers and leaves with Versamark marker and heat embossed them with clear embossing powder.
Brayered Certainly Celery ink at bottom of card stock.
Brayered Soft sky ink over top two thirds of card stock.
Wiped ink off of embossed images with paper towel.
Cut sentiment with Cuttlebug die cut out of Certainly Celery card stock. Cropped image.
Decided I wanted the sentiment to be darker so I went over it with a Certainly Celery marker. Also, added certainly celery marker to the bottom of the butterfly wings.
I like to use Metallic Sharpie markers to out line a layer to give the appearance of another layer without the weight. Much cheaper than buying metallic cardstock too.
Stamped Flowers at side of Barely Banana layer of card stock with black ink.
Colored flowers with Certainly Celery, Barely Banana and a white gel pen.
Completed card
I hope you liked this little tutorial. If so, give a shout out in the comment section.
Also, thank you for visiting my blog. Hope your day is filled with Butterflies and flowers!
Michelle,
Thank you for starting my day with sunshine and butterflies. Thank you for your detailed photos and directions. I have learned so much from your beautiful creations. It has been so long since I used some of your techniques. We tend to leap to the latest and greatest and forget the tried and true. I am excited to get out my versa mark pad. My creations will never have your level of artistry but I am ready to try.
Linda
Another beautiful card! I wish I could come up with as many different ways of saying how much I love your work as you come up with inspiring creations!
As always a very clear easy to follow tutorial. I hope that maybe one day you’ll collect all your tutorials together and either put them onto a CD or even maybe even use them in a book that we could buy. It’s very rare to find someone who is a natural at explaining and showing how something can be done. I don’t know if you take your own pictures but they certainly a great resource in their own right.
Many thanks Michelle from someone who appreciates what you are doing.
Beautiful card! I love the color combo on this!
That is beautiful! Love the way you incorporated the Cuttlebug die! I have the cuttlebug but haven’t seen that one before! The whole effect of the card is breath taking.
I love all of your tutorials and I am still amazed that your brayering doesn’t seem to get the lines that mine always get. I think that some of my problem is that I have only stampin spots and not full stampin pads. It does make my brayering more difficult. But even with the lines, my projects look pretty good, thanks to your sharing of your techniques. Thanks so much. I look forward to every card and tutorial. Keep up the great work!!!! You are an inspiration.
Beautiful card again Michelle - the overhanging border of flowers really sets it off fantastically well.
OH, OH, OH!! I’m queer for butterflies! Love, love, love it!! It’s ZINDORFULOUS!
Many thanks for the tutorial! You ROCK!
Love the effect on the wings! Very soft and pretty card! Your blog is addictive… thank you for taking the time to share your talents in these wonderful tutorials
Great card and excellent tutorial. You always explain things so well, that I never feel like your tutorials are impossible to even think about attempting. You also do a great job at covering all the questions before they get/need to be asked.
I really like your tutorials, the pictures really help!
Beautiful! I find it so interesting to see your cards broken down into the component steps. It’s a neat insight into these marvellous creations. I love this card and it’s inspiring me to try some of these extra touches on my cards. Thanks for taking the time and trouble to do these tutorials.
Your tutorials are some of the best I have seen! So easy to follow, with FABULOUS pictures, right down to your supplies!! Keep them coming, I am learning so much!! Kelly…aka schirmcat at SCS
I have just found your blog. I think from Amy’s blog, (like aren’t there a ton of Amy’s out there??? *eyeroll*) Fantastic! Your tutorials are so clear each step of the way! I added your blog to my Google Reader so I won’t miss a post!
BTW, do you own stock in Post-It Notes? LOL! ;D
On the serious side, when you side down to make a card do you see the finished card or do you just add a little of this then that and it turns out awesome? There are so many details to each layer or section of your cards it is amazing!
Oh Michelle, I’ve been reading all your tutorials….and they are all awesome!! thanks for sharing all the details!! I love all your tutorials!!
I found your blog tonight from a link in your SCS gallery. When I first saw your cards, I thought “That is gorgeous, but so beyond my abilities!” But your tutorials are Amazing! It may take a while, but I will give these a try!
Time to buy a brayer!!!