Apr 27 2008
A Daisy of a Day - Tutorial
Happy Sunday!
I took a break from blogging on Saturday in order to meet, for the first time, a fellow Split Coast Stamper, Karen Barber, (aka on SCS as Karen B Barber) . We started by meeting for lunch at Twin Creek Tea Room in my little country town of West Alexandria, OH. Here is the link if you want to check it out http://www.twincreektearoom.com/, yum yum. After that we, of course, did some brayering and stamping at my house. Here is a shout out to Karen, my new stamping friend!
Ok, on with the tutorial!
Supplies:
| Stamps: Cornish Heritage Farms “Who’s That? Horse and Stampin’ Up Trees Three |
| Paper: Stampin Up Whisper White and Creamy Caramel, Design paper Archaic by Basic Grey |
| Ink: Stampin’ Up Taken with Teal, Always Artichoke, Cool Caribbean, Old Olive and Creamy Caramel, Walnut Stain Distress Ink |
| Accessories: Versamark pad and marker, Brads, Ribbon, Distressing Tool, Sponges, Brayer, Clear embossing powder and heat gun, Aqua Painter, paper towel |
Stamped Cornish Heritage Farms stamp “Who’s that? Horse” on Whisper White card stock with Palette Noir Black ink.
I watercolored the horse using Creamy Caramel ink and an Aqua Painter. Note: if you squeeze your ink pad while it is closed it makes a puddle of ink on the lid that you can use for water coloring. I happened to have a reinker in Creamy Caramel so I put a few drops of reinker on the lid area to work with.
Using the same ink, Creamy Caramel and the Aqua Painter I went over the image’s shadowed areas to make them darker.
Went over entire image with a Versamark Marker being very careful to stay within the image lines. Heat embossed image using clear embossing powder and a heat gun. Note: This will make your image darker in color.
Stamped flowers on ground area using a Versamark Pad. Heat embossed flowers using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.
Brayered Cool Caribbean ink over sky area.
Brayered Old Olive ink on the ground area.
Brayered Always Artichoke ink at the bottom of the card stock.
Brayered Taken with Teal at the top of the card stock.
Wiped ink off of embossed images with a paper towel. I will do this again after I am done with this panel.
Sponged Taken with Teal ink at the top of the sky to create some interest.
Decided I wanted my foreground to be darker, so I sponged on Always Artichoke at the bottom of card stock.
Used my distressing tool on the card stock edges.
Sponged Walnut stain distress ink on edges.
Also, sponged Walnut Stain Distress ink on the edges of my Creamy Caramel card stock panel.
Assembled card and here it is completed.
Hope your day is filled with daisy fields and sunshine.
Until the next post. . . . . . .
Michelle
Glad you met a new friend, how lucky we are to have our friends. This card is so cute, and I think I ;must have this stamp, its darling. I might even be able to do this one Thanks for the tutorial. Have a nice Sunday……..
Ks.stamper
Love your daisy field, love to watch your step by step coloring of the horse too!
Your field of flowers is just too cute! I can’t figure out where you used the basic grey paper, maybe its just too early for this old brain.
Oh my gosh…I LOVE this one!
Glad you had a good time with your new stamping buddy! I love Daisy the cow in a field of daisys! tfs your wonderful tutorial.
Gorgeous! I love how you put the ribbon over the bottom of your top layer and used brads in the ribbon. Great idea! Thanks for sharing with us!
So, so nice Michelle! I really love the white flowers in the grassy field. Gives me an idea
Thanks again so much for sharing your talent!
What a fantastic scene and a marvelous tutorial! It’s like I am there watching you do it! Awesome, Michelle!
Another wonderful card and tutorial, Michelle. Thanks so much!
Oh my gosh, this is beautiful and your tutorial is so well put together. I really can’t thank you enough for taking the time to do this. I try but it doesn’t really turn out to much like yours. But I have to keep practicing. Lovely card
Beautiful card!! Love the image of the horse and your beautiful coloring!!
loved this card…Missed your post on Sat. But, glad you had a day off with a new friend. Thanks for sharing…
Thank you for another great tutorial. They are all wonderful.
I really like the distressing on this card - it goes great with the horse image! A wonderful card. When you brayer over the embossed images it makes the card come to life. It is so fun to watch it appear!
another great tutorial, love those flowers they are so cute
Cute cow! I love the white daisies all over the field! What a cute scene!
I am so going to try the daisy’s inthe field….I never use my little background stamps anymore…but you have now brought a new light to them! Thank you!
This is so adorable. I have the horse on my wishlist. Great scene.
love your step by steps michelle, they are always so clear and easy to follow. As soon as I get my brayer in my next order, I am having a go at your fantastic techniques.
keep them coming.
Oh, and i LOVE the idea of an art appreciation week. you are so clever!!!!
Thank you for sharing the step by step tutorial for this very cute card. I don’;t have a horse stamp, but after several attempts I have managed to create a similar card with a mother and baby elephant. Not as good as yours though. I still need lots of practice. I’m just wondering how I can clean the color off my versa mark pen so that it doesn’t come off on next card. Love all your cards and tutorials.
Lynne asked “I’m just wondering how I can clean the color off my versa mark pen so that it doesn’t come off on next card?”
Lynne, all you need to do is color a little with it on a scrap piece of paper until the color is clear again.