Apr 29 2008
Pansies II Inspired - Tutorial
I’m proclaiming this week “Art Inspiration Week” here on my blog. Why you ask? Because I can, lol.
I love art and find so much joy in trying to recreate a masterpiece with rubber stamps, ink and embossing powder. My pieces always fall short of the original, but I learn tons along the way. So join me this week and hopefully you will be inspired. 
Today I drew my inspiration from a painting by Anouska Vaskebova titled “Pansies II”. Here is a picture of the original.
Isn’t it stunning!
Well let’s get started on the tutorial.
Supplies:
| Stamps: Stampin’ Up Flower Garden & All Season Wreath, Stampendous Marble Texture Cube, Hero Arts Shadow stamp E2055 |
| Paper: Whisper White, River Rock & Always Artichoke |
| Ink: Stampin’ Up Barely Banana, More Mustard, Bravo Burgundy, Elegant Eggplant, So Saffron, Always Artichoke, Night of Navy, Not Quite Navy, Adirondack Cloudy Blue & Hazelnut |
| Accessories: Markers Elegant Eggplant, Apricot Appeal, Black, Bravo Burgundy, Brayer, Sponges, Versamark marker, Aqua Painter, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, post it notes |
Stamped two pansies with Elegant Eggplant ink and one with Bravo Burgundy ink on Whisper White card stock.
Using my Aqua Painter and just plain water I went over the pansies. The dye ink will bleed so it gives a watercolor effect.
Colored the center of the flowers with an Apricot Appeal marker.
Colored dark areas of the stamped images on the Elegant Eggplant flowers with my Aqua Painter and Elegant Eggplant ink.
Note: Squeeze the closed ink pad and you will get a puddle of ink on the lid in which to use for watercoloring.
Traced the outline of the Elegant Eggplant flowers with an Elegant Eggplant marker.
Colored the dark areas of the Bravo Burgundy flower with an Aqua Painter and Bravo Burgundy ink.
Traced the outline of the Burgundy flower with a Bravo Burgundy marker.
Oops, missed taking a photo, added a touch of black marker to the center of the flowers to give a nice contrast to the yellow centers.
Colored over the flower images with a Versamark marker being careful to stay within the image lines.
Heat embossed images with clear embossing powder and a heat gun. Note: heat embossing your images will make them darker
Since the flowers are heat embossed they will resist ink stamp over them so we are free to put in a second row of flowers.
Stamped second row of flowers, one in Bravo Burgundy and one in Elegant Eggplant. Repeated the same coloring steps as in the first row of flowers.
Colored over the second row of flowers with a Versamark marker and then heat embossed them with clear embossing powder and a heat gun.
Stamped leaves with Always Artichoke ink.
Colored the leaves lightly with an Aqua Painter and Always Artichoke ink.
Created a shadow on the leaves by putting more Always Artichoke ink at the bottom half of the leaves with an Aqua Painter.
Went over the leaves with a Versamark marker and heat embossed them with clear embossing powder and a heat gun.
Now it’s time for a flower pot. I dug out one of my long neglected shadow stamps and stamped the pot with Hazelnut ink, stamping off once on my scrap paper before stamping on my card stock so the image would not be so dark.
Went over flower pot with a Versamark marker and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder and a heat gun.
Now it’s time to put in the counter and wall.
Masked wall area with post it notes.
Brayered on the counter area with Barely Banana ink.
Sponged on So Saffron ink using a pouncing motion so the color is broken up little specks.
Sponged on More Mustard ink, not covering all of the So Saffron ink.
Lightly sponged a little Always Artichoke ink at the top of the counter area, where it meets the post it note.
Removed the post it notes and then add new ones to mask the counter area. Note: Didn’t mask a little bit of the counter at the top so I wouldn’t get a white line between the wall and the counter and they would blend together better.
Brayered on Cloudy Blue ink.
Used side “B” of a marble texture cube and Cloudy Blue ink at the bottom of the wall and top corners.
Stamped side “C” of the marble texture cube with Not Quite Navy ink at the bottom of the wall and the top left corner.
Sponged, using a pouncing motion, Not Quite Navy ink at the bottom and top corners of the wall.
Lastly, sponged a little Night of Navy ink not covering all of the Not Quite Navy. Also, put a few very light spots of Night of Navy in the light areas of the wall to try to create a little texture.
Removed post it note masks and wiped the ink off of the embossed images with a paper towel being careful to stay on the embossed images with the paper towel.
Assembled card and here it is finished.
Thanks and hugs to all of you who left me such wonderful encouraging comments yesterday. Now that I know so many of you fantastic, big hearted stampers are looking at my tutorials I will continue the best I can in posting them even though the weeds are growing in my gardens. They do have pretty yellow flowers on them, lol.
Have a fantastic day!
Until tomorrow. . . . . .
beautiful job…I love pansies
looking forward to the whole week…hehe
Fabulous card and informative tutorial!!!! And I don’t see one weed in it. If you really want to se some dandy weeds check out my back yard. Two dogs and no fertilizer for 10 years its a dream come true for a weed. (and my MIL is a florist, thank goodness she lives a state away - HEHE) Anyway the front yard looks good and I had to mulch this past weekend so that really cut into my stamp time. Fortunately I have your tutorials to look at!!!! thanks.
you did it again,can’t wait to try it on monday i have a bussy weekend ahead of me.
Thanks so much. What size is this card?
All I can say is WOW!! Another incredible creation! TFS all your time and hard work in making these wonderful tutorials! I’m so enjoying them!!
This is absolutely lovely Michelle. TFS
This is absolutely stunning - your blog is the first visit for me each day. I have even plucked up the courage to have a go at one of the Tutorials and will now have a go at more. I just love your style and your use of colour - amazing work.
Tamara asked “What size is this card?”
Tamara, it is 5.25 x 5.25
WOW,WOW,WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just found your blog and am COMPLETELY BLOWN AWAY!!! You have taken rubber stamping to new level. Your work is GORGEOUS!! I can’t wait to try some of your tutorials out. Thank you for sharing SO MUCH inspiration! I’m looking forward to checking back often. Mary
Oh my gosh…amazing doesn’t even describe your work…it’s beyond that!
Amazing!!! I love your work.
Thank you for sharing your talent. I have been a SU customer for many years and have a nice selection of stamp sets. When you make cards, it is nice to see the sets you are using so I can find the same set or something similar. You use basic supplies that most stampers own, making it easier for us to try your technique.
I never used the pansy from that SU set so thank you for the idea.
I shared your blog site with a friend, Cathy. I know she will be blown away just like Mary.
Ohmigosh! You’ve got the most incredible eye (and mind … to be able to recreate something you see so PERFECTLY). Thanks so much for sharing your creative process.
YOU are fascinating….Thanks for sharing…I wish it was possible for you to share your talent along with your tutorials….lol
It looks like a museum piece! You need to sign your name on the front of it!
Michelle:
You are such a wonderful artist! My jaw just drops every day when I see your blog entries. Thank you so much for taking the time to post all of these tutorials.
Regina
Thanks again for providing todays artistic creation. As for those weeds, maybe they can be tomorrows inspiration! Another beautiful piece Michelle.
Such a lovely interpretation of the piece of art!
What a great idea to let pieces of art inspire your stamping. You remind us to notice and appreciate the beauty in art and nature. Love your technique for shading the pansies. They have such pretty little “faces”. This is beautiful.
Gorgeous! Love all of your tutorials1
What a gorgeous card!!!!! I’m so glad that you’re still going to do your tutorials! *happy dancing* The tutorial on this card is fantastic. Thanks so much!
Trish (waving at the other Trish :))
This is a wonderful tutorial on a great technique. You make it look soooo easy that I can even think about trying it!
Thanks!
Another incredible creation! Thank you for sharing so graciously.
Thank you so very much for taking the time to do this tutorial. I truly admire ALL of your work, and have thought that achieving similar looks would be out of reach for me…but with your step-by-step layouts, I feel much more encouraged to give it a try! Thank you BIG TIME! What a blessing you are to others!
Your art is so inspiring - it’s magical, enchanting, stimulating, and delightful. Such wonderful creations reveal a vast natural artistic ability, a great eye for color, and unconstrained creativity. You have totally mastered the use of masks and brayering. The unselfishness of devoting the time and energy required to make all these tutorials is very much appreciated by us less gifted stampers. Thank you seems inadequate. I am new to your blog and I am now a total devotee.
A huge thank you,
-mary
Beautiful card!!! You are an amazing stamper and artist. I only wish we lived closer so I could see you in action. Ever think about moving to a warmer climate???LOL
I have been stalking your blog for a couple weeks now and am so inpressed with your art! Love the tutorials, such great directions! I look forward to see what you do next. Your art is beautiful!
This is gorgeous. I love the way you use ALL the SU stamp sets, not just the new ones, but retired as well! It reminds me to pull the old ones out.
YAY for Art Inspiration Week! Are you inspired by Gustav Klimt? I’d love to see what you could do with one of his paintings as inspiration. You should have a special theme week each month!
I’m so impressed that you can do one of these amazing tutorials every day. Do you take photos as you create the original, or make a second card for the photgraphy?
Thank you, thank you!
Karen asked “Do you take photos as you create the original, or make a second card for the photgraphy?”
Karen, the photos you see are from the original card. I don’t make duplicates.
“and you think WE can do that”??????????? Bwahahahahaha!
Your card is spectacular, beyond belief! Wow, you are an amazing artist. . . I am in awe of your work!
WOW WOW amazing work, cant wait to have time to myself and give this ago
Thanks so much for sharing this with us
This is so pretty, Michelle! I love the pot of pansies and counter/wall you created! You’re such an inspiration to me, but I’m afraid that I couldn’t even come close to your artistic talent! That doesn’t mean that I won’t try, though—I absolutely love your totorials–thank you so much!
I also just love your tutorials; you are such a talented lady. This is another beautiful card. Thank you for taking the time to share.
Wow! You are one talented lady. By following your tutuorials we can all feel like artists. Thanks for sharing all your talent. Forever grateful
Retired Heather
Wow your work is absolutely amazing! This card is gorgeous. I have a question for you. I was surprised to see that you stamp the flowers before you do the vase? Is there a reason for that? I want to give this a try but I’m afraid I’ll be disappointed after seeing all your beautiful cards.
Thanks so much for sharing!
Beth Greco
Beth asked “I was surprised to see that you stamp the flowers before you do the vase? Is there a reason for that?”
Hi Beth, If I would stamp the vase first then the flowers would not appear to hang over the edge of the vase.