Happy Sunday!  If you haven’t notice this week I have been working with some old retired sets from Stampin’ Up.  Some I will be parting with shortly.  This baby seal from the 2003 Stampin’ Up set Cold Weather Friends is a favorite of mine, but I am saying farewell to it.  Check out my sale page, there is a tab at the top of my blog or you can click this link:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/things-for-sale/  First come first serve.

That being said, let’s get stamping!

Supplies:

Stamped the image with Palette Hybrid Noir Black ink on a 3.5″ square piece of Whisper White card stock.

Colored the image with a Buff Prismacolor Marker.

Added Eggshell Prismacolor marker to the underside of the seal and to the dark areas.

Colored over the entire image with a Versamark Marker and heat embossed using fine detail clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Brayered the top half of the card stock with Baja Breeze ink.

Ripped through the stick edge of a post it note and used it as a mask for the bottom half of the card stock.

Sponged Baja Breeze ink right at the post it note edge.

Removed the post it note.  Ahhhhh,  just look at him. .. . . . . . , lol.

Sponge a bit of Baja Breeze ink around the bottom of the seal to create a shadow effect.

Decided to Brayer Almost Amethyst ink at the top of the card stock not covering the Baja Breeze ink entirely to give a bit of interest to the sky.

Cut a 2″ x 5.25″ piece of Baja Breeze card stock and used the swirl cuttlebug folder to emboss it.

Brayered Almost Amethyst ink over the card stock to make the swirls stand out more.

Assembled card and added some white back to the main image with a White Gel pen.  Yes that’s right, you can use white gel pen on top of an embossed image. 

Here is the finished card measuring 5 1/8″ x 6 5/8″.

May your day be filled with sweet images that make you happy.

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/

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:

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/

This is a sad little post, but I thought what the heck, you readers are my cyber friends so here it goes. . . . . .  

I am currently searching for a full time job for myself.  Anyone have any leads on job positions in the Dayton, Ohio to Richmond, Indiana area?  I can do anything from stock shelfs to bookkeeping, receptionist, secretary etc.  I am a very dedicated and hard worker.  Please let me know if I can provide you with one of my resumes.  Any leads at all are appreciated.

Huge Hugs to all of you!

Until my next post. . . . . .

Michelle

I’m in the mood again for a little coloring fun with my Prismacolor Markers.  Coloring really relaxes me.  I can just while away the hours playing with markers.  Today’s tutorial also has a reverse image in it.  You can do a reverse image in quite a few different ways.  I used a reverse image stamp by Rubber Stampeded to create my reverse image.

Let’s get started. 

Supplies:

Stamped onto my reverse image stamp with Palette Noir Black ink and then stamped the reverse image stamp onto my Whisper White card stock. 

I like to start out stamping my reverse image first.  It’s easier for me to line the original image up with the reversed one instead of lining the reversed image up with the original one.

Stamped the Original image right side up with Palette Noir Black ink having the feet of the two images meet.

I used Palette Noir Black  Hybrid ink because it won’t smear as much with solvent based coloring mediums, such as Prismacolor markers.

Colored the images pants with Cloud Blue Prismacolor Marker.

Added Teal Blue to the pants.

Colored over the pants again with the Cloud Blue to blend  the colors together.

Colored the Shirts, hats and rim of boats with Eggshell.

Added Burnt Ochre to the shirts.

Blended the Burnt Ochre in with the Eggshell marker.

Added a bit of dark to the shirt creases with a Sienna Brown Marker.

Added Cloud Blue to the band of the hats.

Went over the shadow parts of the hats with the eggshell marker again.

Tip you can add shadow by using the same color of marker over itself, just let it dry a bit between colorings.

Added a bit of Sienna Brown to the hats.

Colored the boat with Cold Stone marker.

Added Teal Blue to the bottom of the boats.

Went over the boat again with Cold Stone marker to blend the colors together.

Colored the skin in the two images with Buff marker.

Colored over the original image with a Versamark marker and heat embossed it using fine detail clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Note:  I did not use Versmark on or emboss the reverse image.

Brayered Baja Breeze ink at the bottom and very top of the card stock.

Highlighted the ripples in the water with a White Gel pen.

Yikes!  I missed a photo here.  I brayered Kiwi Kiss at the bottom of the card stock not covering the Baja Breeze ink entirely.

Assembled card front with a couple of simple panels.

Stamped the Weed from the Embrace Life set over all the panels.

Used my Aqua Painter and Kiwi Kiss ink to color in the leaves of the weeds.

Note:  If you squeeze an ink pad when it closed, pressing the lid down onto the ink pad it will make a puddle of ink on the lid.  You can use the puddle of  ink to watercolor with.

Here is the completed card measuring 5″ x 6.5″.

May your day be filled with great reflection.

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/

One thing I would like to do this year is to use every stamp I have once.  That being said, it is a very unrealistic idea.  I have way more stamps than can be used in a year or two or three.  Even with having so many stamps I am unable to part with some very old favorites and I find I do use these stamps at least twice a year so they have earned their right to stay in my craft room.  This set by Stampin’ Up “Knobbly Gnomes” is a set that will be very, very hard for me to part with.  When I feel like coloring this is the set I turn to.  It has become like an old friend.  Just like the music I am listening to “Janis Joplin”  while creating this tutorial.  Somethings just speak to your heart.  What speaks to your heart that others may find different or out of the norm?

Well let’s get started with the tutorial already. 

Supplies:

On a 4″ square piece of Whisper White card stock I stamped a gnome with Palette Noir Black ink.  I chose this ink to use because it resist smearing when used with solvent based markers such as Prismacolor.  I also heat set the Palette Noir ink a bit with my heat gun.  Not sure if this makes a difference, but it makes me feel warm, lol.

Colored the mushroom and book pages with an Eggshell Prismacolor marker.

Colored the top of the mushroom with a Deco Peach Prismacolor marker.

Colored the very top of the mushroom cap with a Sand Prismacolor Maker.

Went over the Mushroom with the Eggshell marker again to blend the colors together so I wouldn’t have any harsh lines.

Colored his shoes and his hat with a Green Tea Prismacolor Marker.

Added Olive Prismacolor Marker to the right side of the hat and the dark parts of his shoes.

Went over his hat and shoes with the Green Tea marker to blend the colors together.

See a pattern here on how I do my shading?

Added Goldenrod Prismacolor marker to the Gnomes hair, patches on his pants, laces on his shoes and a bit on the top of the mushroom and in the dark areas of the book pages.

I try to use each color in two different areas or more so my color pallet doesn’t get too busy.

Colored his pants with Blue Slate Prismacolor marker.  Let one coat dry and then added a bit more to the wrinkles on the pants image to darken them.

Added more Goldenrod to the book pages.

Colored his face and ears with Cream Prismacolor marker.

That being done I colored over the entire image with a Versamark marker.  I start with the light colors first and color over the darkest ones last.  This helps keep dark colors from smearing into the light ones.  Clean the tip of your Versamark marker a lot by whipping it on your scrap paper until it comes out clean.

Note:  Your image will be a few shades darker after you apply Versamark over it.

Heat embossed the image using fine detail clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Cut a 3″ circle from card stock and use it as a mask for the moon.  I hold this mask in place as I sponge around it.  When done with the circle mask I put it in a baggie for another project.

So with the Circle mask in place I sponged Baja Breeze ink around the moon mask leaving a flat area at the bottom of the card stock to represent the ground.

Let’s remove the mask and take a peak.  :)  So far so good.  Back on with the mask.

Getting darker yet in the sky area, sponged Not Quite Navy around the edge not covering the Baja Breeze ink entirely.

Remove the mask and sponged Sage Shadow ink at the bottom of the card stock.

Sponged Night of Navy around the entire edge of the card stock.

Assembled my panels and felt this piece was missing something so I decided to stamp some weeds in the foreground.  

I stamped the leaves 3 times going over all the layers of card stock.  This is never a good idea.  You will end up with really big voids in your images.   Note:  be very sure you have a marker to match the ink you are stamping with so you can fill in those voids you will have.

Filled the voids in the stamped images with a Black marker.  Sometimes you really need to be creative to figure out what is missing in the stamped image.

Well here is my finished card measuring 5.5″ square.

I hope this tutorial has inspired you to get out one of your old stamps and put on some old favorite music that you haven’t heard in a while and stamp your heart out.

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/