Mar 16 2008
My Heart is With You - Tutorial
I’m still working on my Sympathy card stash. So here is a tutorial on one of them.
Supplies:
| Stamps: Stampin Up Summer by the Sea, Hand Painted Petites, Small Sayings and Itty Bitty Backgrounds |
| Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White & Elegant Eggplant |
| Ink: Stampin’ Up Pale Plum, Elegant Eggplan, Going Gray & Basic Black, Distress Inks Milled Lavender & Dusty Concord, Palette Noir Black |
| Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils Beige Sienna, 30% Warm Gray & 50% Cool Gray Pencils, Stampin’ Up Elegant Eggplant Marker, Black marker, Exacto Knife & Glass Mat, Photocorner Punch, Brayer, Brads, Clear Embossing Powder and Heat gun, Post It notes, White Gel pen, Sponge, Versamark Pad |
Starting with a piece of Whisper White card stock and masking the sky area with Post it Notes (nope, I don’t have stock in this company, lol).
Brayered Milled Lavender ink on card stock.
I heated the ink to dry and set it on the card stock before the next step.
Stamped flowers randomly over Milled lavender with Versamark, removed Post it Notes and then heat embossed the flowers with clear embossing powder and a heat gun. Note: If I had not dried the brayered Milled Lavender ink the embossing powder would have stuck to it too.
Brayered Pale Plum ink over embossed images.
Brayered Dusty Concord ink at the bottom of the card stock being sure to not cover all of the Pale Plum ink to create a graduation in color.
Stamped leaves with Basic Black ink and then wiped the ink off of the embossed images with a sponge in a circular motion to create shadow with the leaves. I did not smear all of the leaf images.
Stamped some more flowers on the milled lavender section with Dusty Concord ink.
Stamped the Itty Bitty Background stamp with both Milled Lavender and Dusty Concord.
Outlined embossed flowers with an Elegant Eggplant marker to make them more visible.
Highlighted the centers of the flowers with a White Gel Pen.
Stamped more leaves with Basic Black ink in between embossed flower images.
Time to work on the sky.
Turned the card stock around and brayered on Going Gray ink in the sky area leaving about 1 inch of white space between sky and ground.
Time to put in the horizon line.
Masked ground area and about 1/4 inch of the white area above the ground with Post it Notes that are torn through the sticky part of the note.
Sponged basic black ink right at the Post it note torn edge to create hills at the horizon line.
Removed Post it Note masks. Wow, now that made an impact. I love using really dark colors against light ones. It makes things pop, don’t you think?
Sponged on Going Gray ink to start to create some interest in the sky.
Sponge on Milled Lavender ink in the sky area, not covering all of the Going Gray ink.
Sponge Elegant Eggplant ink but did not cover all of the Milled Lavender ink. We are creating a nice graduation in the sky.
Sponged Basic Black ink right at the top of the card stock.
Stamped girl image with Palette Noir Black ink on a separate piece of Whisper White card stock.
Colored the underside of her arm and back side of her legs with a Beige Sienna Prismacolor Pencil.
Colored the folds of her dress with a 30% Warm Gray pencil and then outlined the fold marks with a 50% Cool Gray pencil. Basically, I used a light shade of gray and then a darker one.
Brought out my Glass Mat and Exacto Knife and cut the girl image out. If you use a glass mat and a very sharp Exacto knife you can cut images out very easily. Like cutting butter. I hold the knife in one place and move the paper to cut it, especially curved areas.
I didn’t show it, but I cut out the white area between her legs too.
Adhered the girl to the scene with Tombo Mono Multi glue (love this glue). Also drew in the little flower in her hand and darkened the folds of her dress and ribbon on her hat with a Faber-Castell Black marker. Any fine point marker would work.
Using my Stamp-a-ma-jig for placement, I stamped my sentiment using Elegant Eggplant ink.
Assembled card and added some photo corner punches and brads and I have a finished card.
I hope you enjoyed following along with this tutorial and feel inspired to try it yourself.
Keep Stamping!
I’m just in awe of this! Even if I followed your tutrial, I doubt my ability to make it look this great!
I love how you show the steps in this card. It is a work of art! Thanks for sharing your creativity.
WOW!! Every time I watch one of your tutorial I think to myself Gosh I envy this ladys talent and ability to make beautiful works of art like this. Your work is so inspiring!! Thanks
I think you’ve outdone yourself with this card Michael. I love everything about it.
Not only have you shown us the techniques for making the card, but with your design, you’ve also shown us how to add feeling. Something that in a Sympathy card I find hard to do.
Fabulous! Very creative. I love the techniques used, its really helpful to follow along the stages visually, thanks for the inspiration.
I’d dead. I’ve officially died and gone to heaven. I need you to please come to my house and walk me through this one!!
Wow this is so totally awesomely lovely. LOL Guess I’d better go get some distressed inks now!!!! ****mutters enabler****
LOL! So you don’t own stock in post-it notes! Perhaps I should run and get some! LOL! I can certainly see they won’t be going out of business anytime soon! BTW, I use them for masks too, just not nearly as often as you do!
Secondly, I see how stained your brayer is. Do you wash it with anything special? I taught a class and they stained my brayer black so I bought a new one because I just couldn’t stand seeing it! Now two brayers is certainly handy. One of my fears is that if I use my black rubber attachment to brayer a lighter color I might get some color transfer (especially yellows since they seem to be able to draw out black ink on my rubber stamps, seems they could do the same thing on a rubber attachment.)
I love reading your tutorials! It is so easy to follow along! Your artwork is beautiful!
Stunning! You have such a way of layering colors that makes me get lost in them! Thanks so much for the tutorials. As a newbie your step-by-steps sure help to practice. I noticed you used grey pigment ink - but normally you recommend dye inks for brayering. Just what you had or was there a particular reason?
Michelle, Thank you again so very much for your awesome tutorials! They are so inspiring!
Stephanie asked “I noticed you used grey pigment ink - but normally you recommend dye inks for brayering. Just what you had or was there a particular reason?”
Stephanie, I have just a few colors of ink pads that pigment inks. I use them just the same as dye ink when brayering.
Michelle
I always think each of you cards just can not get better, but there you are bringing us another beautiful card and I think this one is my favorite, Ha go figure. I guess I’m telling you I love them all. tfs
Ks.stamper
WOW !! I just found your site and I will definitely be back. You are one talented artist..
Absolutely breathtaking!!! I am not sure I would even attempt something this beautiful cuz I would disappoint myself!! Your card is so stunning and so appropriate for a sympathy card!!! WOW - is all I can say!!!! GREAT job!!!
Chris (catt871)
Sorry Michelle, I’ve just notice that out of habit I typed my husbands name (Michael) instead of yours. Whoops!
That is an incredibly beautiful card. Thanks for sharing the tutorial.
Beautiful card! The sky is just amazing! Like Melissa, I was wondering about the stained brayer changing lighter inks. Do you ever notice a problem with that? I thought maybe I should get a separate brayer for light colors.
This is one of the prettiest cards I’ve ever layed eyes on. =)
Michele, I am just in total awe of you. Every time I visit, I think that I can’t possibly amazed anymore — your work is beautiful and I have seen it before — but every time I visit I get a feast for the eyes. Each piece is a beauty in its own right. This card is just stunning. It is clear that when you send this one, you are surely sending your heart out to that person. I love it!
Great card! Great tutorial! Thank you!
Sue and Melissa asked “I was wondering about the stained brayer changing lighter inks. Do you ever notice a problem with that?”
I have not, I use Stampin’ Mist and the scrub pad to clean my brayer. I’m not a fan of yellow though. I used YoYo Yellow on a challenge card and I didn’t see any problem come to think about it.
I have heard of this color change happening and I probably would see it if I were a yellow fan.
Having two brayers is probably a good idea. One for Yellow and one for the rest of the rainbow.
Thanks ladies, great question!
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!
I found you one day surfing blogs and am now in love. Your tutorials are so easy to follow and you cards sooooooooo wonderfully beautiful.
I am totally blown away at the amount of wk. you so loveingly put into each creation.
Wow, wow, wow.
Thank you so much for shareing your awesome talent with all of us.
Michelle, Im completely amazed and so in love with your artistic talent! Thank you for taking the time to show us *NEWBEE* folks the ropes. This is wonderful and truly inspirational. LOVE your tutorial. I’ll be back for more. TFS
WOW! I am always blown away by your process! Thanks you soooo much for taking the time to walk me (and everybody else) through your creations. You don’t know the inspiration that I receive from your blog. When I read your instructions, I actually think I might can create something that is ART! tfs
Beautiful work once again, it is such a joy to watch how you work!
Wow, I am awe struck!!! This is so beautiful and inspiring!
wow….this is totally awesome! great works of art!
This is so spectacular. GREAT work!
TFS!
NJ
You are really an inspiration!!!! Is there anyway possible you could put My Heart Is With You; Warm Wishes Wanted; Blue Stampede; Bear In the Woods; and Angler Fishin’ tuitorial on a DVD disc that I could purchase from you. Also where do you get the distressed inks?