Aug 25 2008
Madame Butterfly - Tutorial
Happy Monday! Well I’m trying to start the week off with a good attitude, so I’ll say again, Happy Monday! Hope everyone had a super wonderful weekend.
Today’s tutorial features a stamp sheet by Innovative Stamp Creations “Friendship”. Here is a link to their online store, check them out: http://www.innovativestampcreations.com/ischomepage.html
Let’s get started. 
Supplies:
| Stamps: Innovative Stamp Creations “Friendship” |
| Paper: Stampin’ Up Cool Caribbean, Take with Teal & Chocolate Chip |
| Ink: Stampin’ Up Taken with Teal, Tempting Turquoise, Close to Cocoa & Creamy Caramel |
| Accessories: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Photo Corner Punch, Sponges, Sharpie Gold Paint Marker, Stampin Up markers, Versamark Marker, Fine Detail Clear embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Cuttlebug embossing folde |
Stamped butterfly on Whisper White card stock using Close to Cocoa ink.
Colored the butterfly with a Creamy Caramel marker.
Added some darker touches with a Chocolate Chip marker.
Colored the inside of the wings with a Tempting Turquoise marker.
Colored over the image with a Versamark marker and heat embossed using fine detail clear embossing powder and a heat gun.
Stamped the face over the embossed image using a Stamp-a-ma-jig for placement and Close to Cocoa ink.
Cropped panel down to 2 3/8″ square.
Sponged on Creamy Caramel ink being darker toward the outside of the panel getting lighter toward the inside.
I used a circular motion with the sponge starting on the outside edge.
Colored the eyes with a Tempting Turquoise marker.
Used a black marker to define the eyelashes.
Sponged Close to Cocoa ink around the outside edge in the hair areas.
Added some streaks of Chocolate chip marker to the hair closest to the face.
Cut two panels 5″ x 2.5″ out of Cool Caribbean card stock. Yep, I’m still using up my Cool Caribbean card stock although it is retired. No sense wasting it.
Embossed the panels with a Cuttlebug folder.
Sponged Tempting Turquoise ink on one side of each panel.
Edged the main image panel with a Sharpie Gold Paint marker.
Adhered the Tempting Turquoise panels to a panel of Taken with Teal card stock. Sponged Taken with Teal ink around the out side edge.
Punched for photo corners out of Chocolate Chip ink.
Embossed them with the Cuttlebug folder.
Assembled card and here it is finished measuring 5 3/8″ x 5 3/8″.
May your day be filled with wonderful things!
Until my next post. . . . . . . . . . .
Hugs,
Michelle
Follow this link to see all of my tutorials: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/tutorials-ive-written/
Michelle, this is a beautiful card. I love the colours! I never thought of using the cuttlebug folder for photo corners. Very creative. Have a great day!
Trish
God I do love that stamp, I’ll just have to break down and order it I guess.
Another wonderful card Michelle,and Trish is right that is a great idea doing the photo corners with the cuttlebug folders.
Thanks for shareing another beauty
Happy Monday
What a beautiful card Michelle! I too am amazed every time you use this stamp set. Thanks for sharing with us! ~Debie
Wow Michelle I love this, superb work.
I too love that nice Face stamp. I wish you a wonderful week.
Anja from germany
Hi Michelle -
I love your cards, your style is kind of similar to mine (though your cards are just phenomenal). I do have a question for you. Your paper never seems to distort after using the heat gun. Not sure if I am holding it to close to the paper or having it on for too long. Any suggestions?? I do use a heavier weight paper, I think it is 80.
Thanks, Mel
what an awesome design. you always amaze me.
Oh Michelle! You are such a talent!! As I always do, I sit here with my mouth open thinking “how in the heck….”. All of your creations are works of art. When I grow up I want to be just like you
Hugs,
Joani
Michelle, Love the card and the choice of colors that you used. Hope you have a great week. Keep the cards and tutorials coming.
this is awesome Michelle. You have such talent, I wonder how you come up with so many unique ideas.
I am so grateful to have found you!!!!!
JoAnne
MAGNIFIQUE !! SPLENDIDE!!
Un grand bravo !!
Amitié
Marie France
Michelle - this if AWESOME! WOW! Thanks for sharing!
You go girl…keep that positive attitude! Here just south of Cleveland it is a beautiful summer day, cool, sunshine & breezy! Love it! After 3 days of 90 degree heat, ahhh what a relief!
Love your techniques! Great card!
This is really beautiful Michelle. I love the way you seperated the two front sections. Great idea.
Wow this is different, I just love this face stamp, as you know I posted one like the last face card you did. Now I will work on this one. tfs. Hugs, and keep a positive attitude…….
Evelynn
Well i took the plung and ordered this stamp set. I like all the cards you have made and just had to have it. Your card today is a neat lay out, can’t wait to try it.
Beautiful! and I am so excited - because I have everything you used for this one! I can make one of these too! Or at least try …
Thanks for sharing!
Sandra
Happy Monday to you too! Keep up the GREAT monday work! Smiles. Ronda
A Great and Happy Monday to you, Michelle!
Thank you for another marvelous card creation! I just love this card!
Thanks also for setting me on the right track for the Prismacolor 4-in-1 Markers!
hugs,
~jeanie.
I love this card! Love the colors and the technique!
Happy Monday to you, too! Love your tutorials…quick question about today’s lovely card…How do you get such a perfect line with the gold Sharpie around the main piece? I’ve tried it with rulers and it doesn’t work well. Help! Thanks!
Once again you have out done yourself. what a great talent you have lady.
Panda Hugs from Hong Kong. Mary
When you design a card you make everything look so easy. I don’t know where you get all the ideas, just keep them coming. Thanks for sharing your daily inspirations with us.
Christine (Vancouver Canada)
p.s. It would be so awesome if you decided to teach a class here.
Michelle,
That was beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!! Now I want a Cuttlebug more than ever!!!!!!!!!!! That and a stamp-a-majig.
Thanks for another detailed and beautiful card that anyone would feel lucky to get and not want to part with.
Do you send any of yours off? Family? Friends? Swaps?
Wow!!!! This is soooooo COOL!!!!!!!
Marqaisa asked “Do you send any of your cards off? Family? Friends? Swaps?”
Marqaisa, sadly enough I only send a few cards. Mainly make them for immediate family.
Mona asked “How do you get such a perfect line with the gold Sharpie around the main piece?”
Mona, I rest half of the marker tip on the main image panel and half of the tip on the scrap paper and use the main image panel edge as a guide for my marker.
Mel asked “Your paper never seems to distort after using the heat gun. Not sure if I am holding it to close to the paper or having it on for too long. Any suggestions?”
Mel, I only heat mine until it turns glossy and I let my heat gun heat up a moment before I start to use it on the paper.
Great job. Thank you Michelle
Neat idea with the stamping, love the coloring!
This card just blows me away. It is stunning. I don’t think anything I write would be enough.