Sep
30
2008
When I woke up this morning I decided to check out the Color Challenge on Split Coast Stampers http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=386411 The color challenge today was to use Stampin’ Up colors Baja Breeze, Really Rust and Chocolate Chip. This combo really intrigued me so I gave it a whirl. This is what I came up with. The Baja [...]
Tags: brayering, card making, Michelle Zindorf, rubber stamping
Sep
29
2008
This morning I brought back out this witch from the set “All Hallow’s Eve” by Inkadinkado. This has to be one of the funniest images for the Autumn season this year. The trees at the bottom of this card are from the Stampin’ Up set “Lovely As a Tree”. Let’s get started on today’s tutorial. [...]
Tags: card making, Michelle Zindorf, rubber stamping, Stamping tutorial
Sep
27
2008
Happy Saturday! I love the weekends when I can take my time doing a project in the morning as I drink my pot of coffee. No rushing off to work today. I’ve had some requests to do some winter type scenes so I got out this great set of stamps by Fire Cracker Designs by [...]
Tags: card making, emboss resist, Michelle Zindorf, rubber stamping, Stamped Art
Sep
26
2008
Thought I would talk a little about ink today. As you see I have a few ink pads. All of my ink pads are dye inks, not pigment. I like the way the dye inks soak into the card stock I’m using, especially when I’m brayering. I don’t use pigment inks because they take longer [...]
Sep
25
2008
This is a farewell to the hummingbirds here in Ohio. I’m always so sad when then leave. But I can hardly blame them for heading for warmer climates in preparation for the Autumn and Winter to come. I feel this card would be a good Sympathy card. Sympathy cards are always so hard for me [...]
Tags: card making, emboss resist, Michelle Zindorf, rubber stamp art, rubber stamping
Sep
24
2008
Switching gears this morning so I can crank out a Birthday card for my musician brother-in-law. Hard to drag myself away from using all the great Autumn images I have in stamps. But, I love these images too. This set is “Rock Star” by Inkadinkadoo. I pick this up at Michael’s Craft store. Well let’s [...]
Tags: card making, emboss resist, Michelle Zindorf, rubber stamping
Sep
23
2008
Happy Tuesday! I’m back to the regularly scheduled program today since I have all that traveling business out of the way, lol. So I’m coming to you with another Autumn themed tutorial. I found some great rabbit images by Stamp La Jolla at a Stamp convention this year. I purchased mine unmounted. I bought mine as single [...]
Tags: brayering, card making, emboss resist, Michelle Zindorf, rubber stamping, Stamp La Jolla