Jan 17 2009
Skateboarder’s Shadow - Tutorial #165
Hey, thanks everyone for the great tips, leads, prayers and kind word yesterday. I really needed lifted up and you all came through for me. Huge Hugs!
Enough with me and my personal problems. Let’s Stamp!!!!
Today’s project is for that teen that you just can’t give that sappy, mushy greeting card to. This card even came out to look a little like a comic book picture, bonus!
I decided to add a shadow today, which I love!
Let’s get started. 
Supplies:
| Stamps: Stampin’ Up Over The Top |
| Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, More Mustard & Basic Black |
| Ink: Stampin’ Up Brilliant Blue, Distress Ink Black Soot & Palette Noir Black |
| Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Brayer, Fine Detail Clear embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Versamark marker, White Gel Pen, Black Faber Castell Marker |
Stamped image using Palette Hybrid Noir Black ink. I chose this ink because it works well with solvent based coloring mediums like the Prismacolor Markers I will be using.
Colored his shirt with a Blush Pink Prismacolor Marker.
Added Crimson Red to his shirt.
Went over his entire shirt with the Blush Pink marker to blend the harsh lines between the two colors.
Colored his board, gloves and stripes on his socks with Goldenrod.
Colored his knee pads & helmet with Cool Grey 50%.
Colored his Shorts with Sepia.
Colored his skin with Buff.
Colored over the entire image with a Versamark marker.
Heat embossed the image using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.
Now that my image is heat embossed I can brayer over the image and the embossing will resist the brayered ink (emboss resist technique).
Brayered over the entire card stock with Brilliant Blue ink. I only brayered back and forth a couple of times. It came out streaked and I liked the look so I left it that way.
Wiped the ink off of the embossed image with an old soft rag.
Smeared a Black Soot Distress Ink Pad directly on the card stock to create a ramp.
Stamped the image again with Palette Noir Black ink.
Colored the image in with a black marker creating the shadow.
Added a few white highlights to the right side of the original image with a White Gel Pen.
Add a couple of simple panels and some brads, no frills for this card.
Here it is finished measuring 5″ x 6.5″.
I hope this gets you looking at your stamps to see if you can come up with some sort of scene using a shadow in it.
May your day be filled with only good things.
Until my next post.. . . . . . . . .
Hugs,
Michelle
Links to all my tutorials can be found here: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/tutorials-ive-written/
Here is a link to my workshop calendar if you want to get info on beginner and advanced Brayer workshops: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/workshop-calendar
Frequently asked questions answers: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/frequently-asked-questions/
I love ideas for “guy” cards and “teen” cards. They are the hardest for me and I have lots of them to make for family members. This card is fabulous! Thanks for the inspiration. (And I would definitely buy a video if you made one! Continued good luck on the job search.)
What a great idea. I am always stuck for masculine card ideas. I can never find enough stamps or images to use. Your card is simple and perfect for any boy/teen.
Glad to hear you had gotten some great leads and ideas.
Adding the white gel pen makes a big difference in the design. Love thecard. Have a great weekend, Michelle.
Super card for any young man!! What is also a plus is that it looks like, from your description, a pretty quick card - you got to love those:) Thanks for sharing and good luck on your job search! I’ve been out of the job market for a while and live in MA so I can’t be of any help, though I wish I could.
Great card for the teen boys out there. I hope you get a new job soon and it will be one made for you.
Wow! I like it!
Dude!!!! Great card. AWESOME! That shadow technique sure looks easy! Gotta look through my stash and see what I can come up with. Keep your chin up girl. Just put it in God’s hands, he’ll see you through.
WOW awesome tutorial Michelle Thanks!! I hope everything works out for you job wise. I’m to far away to help much but I will keep you in my prayers!!
Glad there were people to help you with ideas and leads.
Wow this card is fabulous and so inspiring. Thanks for making my day everyday with your wonderful creations.
What a great card for a teenage boy!!!! Love it!!!!
Your work is amazing! You are a true artist. I wish I had half of your talent. Thanks for sharing your work!
Best of luck with your job search!
marie t
This is neat! I would love to do this for a boy! My grandson would love it! One of his favorite things to do.
Excellent! I love the shadow effect! Great job. TFS Wanda
Great card, I had to take a second look, I thought it was a scrapbook layout with a picture that had been taken with a camera, haha, LOL. I have several guys in the family that would love to receive a card like this, I hope I can do half as good as you have. Thanks again fo another great, ‘free’ lesson. You’re the best!!!
WOW…did I mention WOW….I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS!!!
What a delightful surprise to see this card this morning! My boys would love a card like that, but I’m pretty sure I will have to visit the store for action stamps! Great job Michelle! You are definitely an inspiration and my favorite enabler!
amazing as always
hugs
Norine
so cool!
OMG, You so rock, this is awesome and a great idea for a teen boy.
Is this a new stamp set or an old one Michelle?
Have a great weekend
Great card!
Sweeeeeeeeet! (LOL, I have a teenage boy, so this phrase comes naturally!) Definitely a winner here with this card, Michelle!
Wow Michelle, this one is Over the Top (like I noticed the stamp said…hehehe). Seriously this is awesome - what a great guy card!!
Michelle, this is a amazing genius technique. I appreciate you sharing your wonderful ideas. What an inspiration you are. Wishing you God’s blessings.
Great card, Michelle! I mean…ahem… Dude! That Rocks!
Love the shadow!
Have a great weekend…{Hugs}
Very nice card!!
Have a great weekend.
Dude, the card is rad, man!!!
Great shadow idea, again! I have some flowers in a vase stamp (an old SU set, Simply Florals) that I think I could try a shadow on the wall as well!
(don’t you like all us crafty chicks trying to talk hip - we better stop before we hurt ourselves …) Hang in there, or hang ten … whichever comes first
How cool is this …. Love the shadow. How cute this would be for a boy’s card. Good luck on your job hunt. I hope you get something you love to do. Happy STampin !!!
Wow, Dude this is real narly…
Love this! My son would love this! He’s only 6 but thinks skating is so cool!
Gr8 sk8rboy card!
This is brillant. I love how you did this one, I know of a few males who would like it. Thank you very much for all these tuts!
This card enticed my husband to scroll through your blog! Card-making is my passion and I can barely get him to look at what I make!! Thanks for shedding some light on my hobby and thanks again for the inspiration! Creativitity must be coming out your pours!
Wow Michelle I thought you rocked before this card but holy cow you are the bomb!!! This shadowing is awesome thank you so much opening our minds to other possibilities.
I know things will work out for you just keep stamping and keep the faith we are all pulling for you. Can you feel it? Take care and TSF.
Debbie/Phx AZ
I loved this card and the shadow made the whole thing–love your site.
BRILLIANT! You should sell your artwork on Etsy if you don’t already!!
Very cool card!
Oh wow, oh wow, oh wow! This card is really “over the top”. Totally awesome!
Incredible!!
Hi Michelle~
Been meaning to ask…what brand of white gel pen do you use?
hugs,
~jeanie.
Totally awesome! Any guy would love to receive this card! The use of the shadow is amazing. *hugs*
wow…love the shadow idea!
I love it! It is so cool to see the brayer techniques used in this teen card. I guess I have just thought of it as mainly landscape cards. I love it!
whoa, that shadow is TOO neat!! what a fabulous idea. I love that you left the brayer marks and used them. I’m all for brayer marks being used in a creative way
very cool ramp as well, this card is a top favorite for me 
My son was very impressed with this card, as was I. It is great to see some really cool boy cards, I find it hard to be inspired to make them. Thanks for the tutorial.
Love the way you did this. I bought this set to use in my classroom. Students write original poems and then make a book out of them for Mother’s Day. We decorate the book with wallpaper, ribbons, eyelets, dewdrops, flowers and of course stamps. I try to buy stamps that go along with what the students ride about and this was one of the themes one of my students wrote about. Can’t wait to show him how he can decorate his page with that.
sam