Feb 14 2009
Lone Bird – Tutorial #176
I have fell in love with this Innovative Stamp Creations Stamp Sheet “Tranquil”. It has these great flower stamps that come with it too, but I chose to make my scene today a winter one. If you want to check out Innovative Stamp Creations’ site here is the link: http://www.innovativestampcreations.com/ischomepage.html
Also, I haven’t posted it to my calendar yet, but guess who is going to be holding workshops in Buffalo, MN in June? I cannot wait! If you are interested send me an e-mail at mzindorf@aim.com and I will give you all of the details.
By the way, I updated my sales page and added ten more Stampin’ Up retired stamp sets. Here is the link for that: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/things-for-sale/
Ready for this quick tutorial? Let’s get started.
Supplies:
| Stamps: Innovative Stamp Creations “Tranquil” |
| Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Basic Black and River Rock |
| Ink: Adirondack ink, Pitch Black, Pebble & Lake Mist |
| Accessories: Stampin’ Up Word Window Punch, Sponge, Brads, Brayer |
Brayered Lake Mist ink on the top 2/3rds of a piece of 3″ x 6″ Whisper White card stock.
Stamped the twig stamp a few times in Pebble ink. Remember with unmounted stamps you can bend them to make them different in shape when sticking them on your acrylic block.
Covered the bottom 1″ of the card stock with a scrap piece of paper and stamped the twig much lower on the card stock. Sorry I missed taking the picture of the actual stamping.
Turned the scrap piece of paper around so it is masking the top of the card stock and sponged Pebble ink at the edge of the mask.
Un-masked the card stock and stamped the twig again. This time bending the stamp quite a bit and stamped in with Black ink.
Stamped the little twig so it connected to the larger one with black ink.
Stamped the bird with black ink so it is sitting on the tree.
Sponged Pebble ink around the outside edge of the card stock.
Punched two Window punches out of black card stock. I held them together and cut the curved end off of one side of both at the same time so they would be the same size.
Added simple panels of card stock and added the punches and a couple of brads and here you have the finished card measuring 5″ x 6.5″.
May your weekend be pure delight!
Until my next post. . . . . . . . . . . .
Hugs,
Michelle
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/
25 responses so far
I absolutely love this card! It is peaceful and serene. This is one my list as a “must do card” Thank you so much!
do you have any international trips planned?
A solitary figure. Very nice, stirs the imagination of where he has been and what he has seen and what his future holds! Thank you Michelle!
Hi, You are amazing at what you can do with just stamps and ink. Such a beautiful card. Thanks for the tutorials. I have learned so much from you. Someday I want to take your classes but I live in Maryland so I have to save up to drive to OHIO. Take care,
Oh my gosh, this is beautiful! You are so creative. Thanks for inspiring us.
Bonjour Mme Zindorf,
Evoque la mélancolie. Je la vois comme carte de sympathie. Technique superbe, comme d’habitude.
Wonderful card with the lonly bird. Great effect!
Best wishes from germany,
Anja
Another gorgeous card! Simply stunning!
Love the tranquility of this scene!
This is great, Michelle, thanks for sharing it.
This is so beautiful, you create the most magfinicent scenes… and this is no exception…
Takes my breath away!!! This scene is so serene! Thank you for turning me on to the Innovative Stamps. I do love them and I especially like this set. I have three stamp pads for Adarondake and plan to get more! I do like the way they work with the clear stamps. Great card Michelle.
Bee-you-tee-ful!!!!!!!!!
LOve this one, Michelle!!
Thanks for sharing,
Carol
You have captured winter! This is just beautiful. Peaceful and serene.
Thank you for another great card.
The card is fabulous Michelle! Very peaceful. Thanks for taking the time to share with us!
Thanks for sharing this is beautiful. Off to take a look.
Evelynn
So cool, I love the lone trees in the background!
Tranquility is the perfect name for this one. Love the look of the trees!!
Sandy
OHHHHHH I nearly hurt myself as I jumped off my chair to do a happy dance seeing that you were coming to Buffalo to do a workshop!!!!!! But then I scrolled down and saw that it was Buffalo MN and not NY
… (those are tear drops by the way) I even tried to put Covington Indiana into the Garmin to see how long of a drive it would be from Canada but no luck because I need an exact address. (I can already see my DH rolling his eyes and shaking his head! LOL)
Question for you, I tried the “Thinking of you” tutorial and had a hard time getting a good image using the stamp for the reflection. Any pointers for that?? It’s so beautiful! So is todays tutorial!! You have such awesome talent! Thanks for sharing it with us, Michelle.
Beth Greco
YOU SEEM TO GET SO MUCH OUT OF A SET OF STAMPS! YOU SEE SO MUCH MORE THAN I DO AND I AM ALWAYS EAGER AT WHAT YOU MAKE OF IT. SO BEAUTIFUL!!
This is hauntingly beautiful in it’s simplicity. I thought of Poe as soon as I saw it.
I have given you the “kreative blogger” award which you can find on my blog. I chose you as one of my seven because, and I’m sure I’m speaking for so many of us, you literally changed how I look at stamps and ink. Your cards are all like miniature works of art. You’re so thorough in the tutorials that you share for each of us and you teach us so much about the art of stamping in each of them. Yes, yes, yes you’re insanely creative! But it’s not just that. You’re insanely creative and you share with all of us the skills you apply that creativity to allowing us to express our own creativity just a little bit better. So thank you very much for that.
Angelique
Beautiful card as usual Michelle!
I can’t believe you’re actually coming to MN! Buffalo is still quite a ways away from me but I’m going to have to check into this one as that’s probably the closest you’ll ever be! Yay!!!!!!
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Oh so wicked-love to use at Halloween. Very interesting.
So spellbinding! This makes me think of Edgar Allen Poe:)