Apr 20 2008
At the End of the Day - Tutorial
Feels very good to be back in my craft-room stamping again. These stamp images are from http://www.mypapermoon.com
Ready for a tutorial? If so, let’s get started.
Supplies:
| Stamps: Stamps by My Paper Moon |
| Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Going Gray & Basic Black |
| Ink: Stampin’ Up Going Gray, Stazon Black, Adirondack Hazelnut, Salmon, Terra Cotta, Rust & Oregano |
| Accessories: Sponges, Post it note, 1 3/8″ circle punch, brayer, white Gel pen, Prismacolor Metallic Silver Paint Pen |
On Whisper White card stock brayered Hazelnut ink on both ends, leaving a white space.
On both ends again, brayered on Salmon ink, not covering the Hazelnut completely.
Punched a 1 3/8″ circle in a post it note and used the negative image as a mask.
Sponged Terra Cotta ink in a circular motion over circle in post it note.
Sponged Rust ink in a circular motion over bottom and top of circle in post it note.
Tore a cliff shape from a piece of Going Gray card stock.
Sponged Going Gray ink along the front edge of the cliff shape and Oregano ink along the top edge.
Ignore the color at the bottom of the card stock.
Stamped bird in tree stamp with Stazon black ink.
Stamped Tree stamp with Stazon Black ink at top of card stock.
Adhered cliff shape to main card stock.
Stamped tree stamp along bottom of card stock with Stazon Black ink.
Sponged Going Gray ink at bottom of card stock using a bouncing motion.
Sponged Stazon Black ink at bottom of card-stock not covering all of the Going Gray ink.
Decided I wanted the scene to be a lot darker at the top of the card stock so I brayered on Rust ink along the top.
Used a white gel pen to color in the bird.
Sponged Going Gray in at the backside of the cliff.
Used a Prismacolor Silver Paint Pen to go around the edge of the card stock. Note: just hold the pen so it is half on the card stock and half on your scrap paper and you will get a straight line without a ruler.
Used the white gel pen again to make highlights in the trees and to add a few specks on the ground area to simulate weeds and grasses.
Here is the assembled card.
Thanks for following along with me and I hope you will give it a try.
May your evening be filled with a sunset!
Until tomorrow. . . . .
it’s good to have you
back LOL good to have you back…no coffee yet
What a beautiful card. A great welcome back. Thank you.
I hope you had an enjoyable time away and have come back full of new ideas to share with us.
No one looking at the visual simplicity of your new card would realise how much time and effort must have gone into designing and making it. You’ve started back at the top. Long may it continue.
Hope your vacation was wonderful.
Glad you are back, have been missing your tutorials.
I am just in awe when I see your work. It is amazing.
Thank You so much for sharing.
Michelle, Thank you so much for another great tutorial. As you saw at SCS (vlstrs) I have been putting them to good use. LOL! I have never been so inspired. I cannot thank you enough. I am going to try to work through every one of them. I learned how much work goes into them just by entering the information on SCS. How on earth do you do it and work?
Thanks, Veee
Veee asked “I learned how much work goes into them just by entering the information on SCS. How on earth do you do it and work?”
Well Veee, My day starts at 4:00 or 4:30 a.m. I spend 2 to 2 1/2 hours on creating and posting a card. I need to be done by 6:30 a.m. in order to get ready for work. I must be nuts, lol.
So very glad you are trying the tutorials out. You have made my day!
Michelle, so pleased to see you back, I was getting withdrawal symptoms LOL!! This is a beautiful piece of art. Thank you so much as always for sharing with us. I have been trying your brayering techique, but have a way to go yet, I can’t seem to get the light airiness( is that a word ) that you are able to get.I think I am too heavy handed !! Hope your trip left you refreshed.
Welcome back Michelle, you were missed…….This card is beautiful, I love how you did the scenery and the colors are just right……love it. Hope your vacation was relaxing for you. I am so excited to have your tutorials start again.
Ks.stamper
Wow! How you can pull nature into your cards with such ease. I saw the photos this morning and when I saw this post, and my first thought was the photo I saw this morning. I scrolled down to make sure and there it was.
Great job and thanks for the tutorial. Now only if I had all those ink pads
4:00 or 4:40 a.m………..good grief!!!! What time do you go to bed in order to get up that early and still be able to work all day? You must be a morning person. I love to start my day with creating something but I sure don’t start that early!!!!*L* This card is awesome in its colours and style. I love seeing your creative process in your tutorials. Thanks so much for sharing with us. It’s great to have you back!
Trish
Sooo glad you are back!! Missed you and have been checking daily for updates. Hope you enjoyed your time off. This scene is really enchanting. It has a mysterious feel to it. Thanks for returning with an outstanding piece!
Trish asked “4:00 or 4:40 a.m………..good grief!!!! What time do you go to bed in order to get up that early and still be able to work all day? You must be a morning person.”
Trish, I am definately a morning person. My mind is mush after 7:00 p.m. and I’m in bed usually by 9:00. I’m a real party animal, lol.
Michelle
When I saw your post on SCS, I couldn’t believe it! I know you told us vac. until the 20th but I thought you’d be back from vacation and then take a couple of days to unpack, etc. What a pleasant surprise! This is gorgeous as always! Looks like that perfect picture we like to capture on our cameras!!!
Oh, thank Heaven’s you’re back! I’d just barely found you and you were off! LOL….I’m lovin’ your tutorials, too, Michelle, and drool over them. Thanks so much for the work you put into your blog. Welcome home!
Betsy
Welcome home! I only found your site a week before you left on vacation, what a treasure! I totally love your style. I’ve shared your site with all my friends. They feel so sorry for me because I just started this stamping-scrapping thing about 6 months ago and I am totally obsessed. If you know a cure I might still have a chance?!? Maybe? Thanks again for a beautiful and educational site!!!
Michelle is officially back. Thanks for another beautiful card. I love your Asian inspired theme.
Wow this is a great tutorial Michelle. I can hardly wait to give it a try. Thanks for sharing your talent.
Retired Heather
omg - this is SO gorgeous! And that retreat sounds amazing! You were very missed!!!
TFS. I’m gonna have to attempt this one. Were you inspired by the Lone Cypress for that brilliant cliff on this card?
Gorgeous.
lydia
http://www.understandblue.blogspot.com
Yea! What a wonderful surprise to find my Zindorf tutorial when I logged on this morning w/ my cup of coffee. Welcome back - and its definitely glad to have you back!!!!
Blessings!
Very cool, love the rock formation with the tree!
Good to have you back!
Good to have you back :), what a another wonderful picture and great instructions. Can not tell you again what a great inspiration you are.
Carol said: I have been trying your brayering techique, but have a way to go yet, I can’t seem to get the light airiness( is that a word ) that you are able to get.I think I am too heavy handed !!
Me, too. I just have this definate line. Sigh. But I’ll keep working on it. I finally have one of the beach ones down to my liking.
4:00 a.m.! I’m still inspecting my eyelids. But then, I’m a nightowl and would rather stay up all night. Definately not a morning person. Need more coffee.
As usual, you have done a wonderful job. I love the colors and the light and shadow. Stunning! Thanks for sharing with us.
this is so beautiful… i like the ‘trick’ with den Paint Pen on the edges…. thanks for sharing!
WELCOME BACK
Another great card and tutorial. Been missing my morning fix.
I did try a few more cards useing your tutorials, you might say I’ve been brayering (?) everything in sight, and am loveing the whole process,
Lord knows I need lots more practise though.
TFS the fun
Have a good day
I love how you make those cliffs out of torn CS - what a marvelous Asian feel card! Wonderful bright sun - and love the crane on the tree. Welcome back!
Wow, this is so cool, Michelle! I love the rock outcropping for the rugged tree, the sun behind the bird and the neat hinge style pieces for the left side! Outstanding! So glad you’re back!
Nice to “see” you again! Looks like you had a productive break.
Your tutorial today is superb! What a stunning card. Thanks for taking the time to show us your gorgeous work and how to try to achieve a similar result!
Glad to hear you have a wonderful time at Monterey, CA. It is a wonderful getaway. It is such a nice place to visit, the ocean and the relaxation atmosphere.
Another great card. You make it look so easy.
This is just fabulous - love the tutorial too - something to aspire to one day!!