As promised, I used a random number generator to select the winner of the Innovative Stamp Creations Stamp Sheet titled “Passion Flower”.  The winner is. . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . .

Lori who wrote “Hi Michelle, I so enjoy your tutorials (via email), your site, and your work of course! I sure wish you were coming to Seattle Washington!! I keep my eyes open ‘just in case’ all the time.

I would love to win this; it’s been that kind of month!
Thanks for the chance

Lori, please e-mail your address to me at mzindorf@aim.com.

Thank you to everyone who played along!

I don’t have a tutorial finished yet for you today.  I have been busy with my cousin’s twin Daughters, Lauren and Lindsay.  They spent the night and had a fun time using the my Cuttlebug to create these cards for their Aunt.  They gave them to her yesterday at her baby shower.  It was so fun watching them create.   If you were wondering I did not even get the embossing powder or brayer out to show them, lol. 

Girls, your creations are terrific! 

May your day be a fun one. 

Until my next post. . . . . . . . . . . . .

Hugs,

Michelle

Get ready for Brayer Workshops!  I am coming to:

Fort Smith, Arkansas

Dayton, Ohio

Savannah, Georgia

Covington, Indiana

Buffalo, Minnesota

Webster, New York

New Johnsonville, Tennessee

Stoughton, Wisconsin

Castro Valley, California

Yardley, Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia)

Knox, Maine

Broomfield, Colorado

Lynchburg, Virginia

Columbia, Missouri

Here is a link to my workshop calendar where you can see all of my travel schedule and to get info on beginner and advanced Brayer workshops:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/workshop-calendar

Link to my Stampin’ Up website were you can order all of your must have Stampin’ Up products from me 24-7:  http://michellezindorf.stampinup.net

Here is a link to all of my tutorials:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/tutorials-ive-written/

Frequently asked questions answers:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/frequently-asked-questions/

Spring is in the air and I cannot wait for the return of the butterflies to my garden.  I made use of my Big Shot Die Cut system and the swirly die.  This die would be great for scrap-bookers due to it’s length.  This card finished measures 9″ x 4″ and fits well in a #10 business size envelope.

Let’s get started so I can get out in my garden and start clearing away the dead stuff from last fall, lol.

Supplies:

Please don’t forget you can order your Stampin’ Up products from me 24-7 from this link:  http://michellezindorf.stampinup.net or e-mail me at mzindorf@aim.com if you are within the United States.  Also, please consider being part of my Stampin’ Up Team.  We have valuable monthly meetings in Miamisburg, Ohio.

Stamp the butterfly by first loading my stamp with Versamark and then Basic Black dye based ink before stamping it on a 2 1/4″ x 3 1/4″ piece of Whisper White Card stock.

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

Colored in the Butterfly with Deco Yellow Prismacolor Marker.

Added Deco Orange marker.

Added Parma Violet marker.

Went over the entire butterfly again with Deco Yellow to blend the color together.

Added Light Olive Green to the body of the butterfly.

Colored over the entire butterfly with Versamark marker and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Sponged Bashful Blue ink over the card stock.

Sponged on some Brocade Blue ink.

Got darker yet by sponging on Night of Navy ink around the outside edge of the card stock.

Used my Big Shot Die Cut machine and the Swirly die with Basic Black Card stock.

Stamped The Embrace Life stamp a few times at the bottom of a Lovely Lilac card stock panel.

Sponged Night of Navy at the left side of the panel.

Sponged Black at the right bottom corner of the panel.

Colored the leaves in with Parma Violet marker.

Highlighted a few of the leaves with a white gel pen.

Assembled card and here it is finished measuring 4″ x 9″.

I hope Spring weather has reach you where ever you are.

Until my next post. . . . . . . . . . . .

Hugs,

Michelle

Get ready for Brayer Workshops!  I am coming to:

Fort Smith, Arkansas

Dayton, Ohio

Savannah, Georgia

Covington, Indiana

Buffalo, Minnesota

Webster, New York

New Johnsonville, Tennessee

Stoughton, Wisconsin

Castro Valley, California

Yardley, Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia)

Knox, Maine

Broomfield, Colorado

Lynchburg, Virginia

Columbia, Missouri

Here is a link to my workshop calendar where you can see all of my travel schedule and to get info on beginner and advanced Brayer workshops:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/workshop-calendar

Link to my Stampin’ Up website were you can order all of your must have Stampin’ Up products from me 24-7:  http://michellezindorf.stampinup.net

Here is a link to all of my tutorials:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/tutorials-ive-written/

Frequently asked questions answers:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/frequently-asked-questions/

I have blog Candy for you today.  It is a brand new stamp sheet from Innovative Stamp Creations titled Passion Flower.  Here is a link to Innovative Stamp Creations web store if you would like to check out all their stamps:  http://www.innovativestampcreations.com/ischomepage.html

To enter yourself in the blog candy drawing, please leave a comment telling me to enter you at the bottom of this post.  If you are getting this blog update via e-mail you will need to click this link and then leave a comment:   http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2009/03/19/blog-candy-today/

I will be using a random number generator to select the winner on Monday, March 23, 2009.  Good luck to all!

Note:  I will be updating my sales page today adding a whole bunch more retired Stampin’ Up stamp sets.   If interested here is the direct link to the sales page:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/things-for-sale/

May your day be filled with pleasant surprises.

Until my next post. . . . . . . . . . . .

Hugs,

Michelle

Get ready for Brayer Workshops!  I am coming to:

Fort Smith, Arkansas

Dayton, Ohio

Savannah, Georgia

Covington, Indiana

Buffalo, Minnesota

Webster, New York

New Johnsonville, Tennessee

Stoughton, Wisconsin

Castro Valley, California

Yardley, Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia)

Knox, Maine

Broomfield, Colorado

Lynchburg, Virginia

Columbia, Missouri

Here is a link to my workshop calendar where you can see all of my travel schedule and to get info on beginner and advanced Brayer workshops:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/workshop-calendar

Link to my Stampin’ Up website were you can order all of your must have Stampin’ Up products from me 24-7:  http://michellezindorf.stampinup.net

Here is a link to all of my tutorials:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/tutorials-ive-written/

Frequently asked questions answers:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/frequently-asked-questions/

Happy Hump Day!  Is it bad to live for the weekends?  I am always glad to see Wednesday come and go because it signals the weekend will be around the corner.  Anyone else feel that way?

Today I have a tutorial for you that shows how you can put together a scene using Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads and the direct to paper method.   I am also using my all time favorite Stampin’ Up Stamp Set “Lovely as a Tree”.  I don’t know what I will do if they ever retire this set because it is so versatile.

Let’s get started.

Supplies:

Please don’t forget you can order your Stampin’ Up products from me 24-7 from this link:  http://michellezindorf.stampinup.net or e-mail me at mzindorf@aim.com if you are within the United States.  Also, please consider being part of my Stampin’ Up Team.  We have valuable monthly meetings in Miamisburg, Ohio.

I will start out with an assortment of Distress pads and a 4″ x 5.25″ piece of Whisper White Card stock.

Here is a shot of one of the distress ink pads.  See how the pad is raised above the plastic base.  You can use the raised pad edge to smear/streak the color on your card stock.

Using the Old Paper distress pad edge, smeared the ink on the bottom of the card stock.

Using the corner of the Frayed Burlap Distress ink pad, smeared a bit of ink on.

Used the edge of the Aged Mahogany Distress ink pad with a half of circle motion to create a bit of grasses on the card stock.

Used the edge of the Peeled Paint Distress pad and created a streak of ground in the middle of the scene.

Used the edge of the Aged Mahogany pad and smeared ink from the left side of the sky to the right side.

Tapped the edge of the Black Soot Distress Ink pad along the horizon line randomly to create some interest in the distance.

Stamped the Oak Tree with Black Soot Distress Ink.

Colored in the trunk with a Stampin’ Up Chocolate Chip marker. 

Sponged Adirondack Pesto Ink on the lower leaf area of the tree.

Sponged Peeled Paint Distress ink on the upper leaf area of the tree.

The sky area looked a little bland so I used the edge of the Tattered Rose Distress pad and smeared the ink from Left to Right across the sky area.

Added a bit of Dried Marigold Distress ink in the sky area using the edge of the ink pad.

That’s a little better. 

My tree was fading a bit in the back ground so I added some dots on the left side of the tree leaf area and outlined the left side of the trunk with a White Gel Pen.

Used a black marker to outline the right side of the tree and added some dots on the right side of leaf area.

Used my new Big Shot Die Cut machine and the Top Note Die to create my mat for my scene out of a 4″ x 5.25″ piece of Whisper White card stock.

I used the negative piece and layered it on top of my main image panel.

Sponged Peeled Paint Distress Ink on the right and left side of the white panel.

Cut an 4 7/8″ x 6 3/8″ piece of Old Olive Card stock and sponged Pesto ink at the corners of it.

Assembled my card and here it is finished measuring 5″ x 6.5″.

I hope this tutorial has inspired you to get out your ink pads and smear some ink on something. 

May your Wednesday be filled with Spring breezes and sunshine.

Until my next post. . . . . . . . . .

Hugs,

Michelle Zindorf

Get ready for Brayer Workshops!  I am coming to:

Wheaton, Illinois

Fort Smith, Arkansas

Dayton, Ohio

Savannah, Georgia

Covington, Indiana

Buffalo, Minnesota

Webster, New York

Stoughton, Wisconsin

Castro Valley, California

Yardley, Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia)

Knox, Maine

Broomfield, Colorado

Lynchburg, Virginia

Columbia, Missouri

Here is a link to my workshop calendar where you can see all of my travel schedule and to get info on beginner and advanced Brayer workshops:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/workshop-calendar

Link to my Stampin’ Up website were you can order all of your must have Stampin’ Up products from me 24-7:  http://michellezindorf.stampinup.net

Here is a link to all of my tutorials:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/tutorials-ive-written/

Frequently asked questions answers:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/frequently-asked-questions/

I am back and I had a fantastic time teaching my brayer workshops in Wheaton, Illinois.  It was such a pleasure meeting so many dynamite ladies, most of which are stamping fanatics like myself.  There are a lot of us out there, lol.  Thank you ladies for giving me such a warm welcome.

    Before I left last Thursday, I announced that I would be giving this set of Basic Grey Stamps away as blog candy.  I have a winner!   The random number generator selected. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Congrats to CHERYL LOSIECZKA who wrote:  THAT IS A FANTASTIC CARD~! I’m a first time visitor, but I’ll be back! Put me in the drawing, please and thanks!

Cheryl please e-mail your address to mzindorf@aim.com and I will put these in the mail to you.

Thank you to all 396 of you that played along!

Now a bit about today’s tutorial,  I brayered the background on this at an angle to create a bit more interest in the scene.  I also added a shadow at the flower pot base to create some depth.  Grab a cup of your favorite beverage and hang out a while.

Let’s get started. 

Supplies:

Please don’t forget you can order your Stampin’ Up products from me 24-7 from this link:  http://michellezindorf.stampinup.net or e-mail me at mzindorf@aim.com if you are within the United States.  Also, please consider being part of my Stampin’ Up Team.  We have valuable monthly meetings in Miamisburg, Ohio.

On a 4.5″ square piece of Whisper White card stock I stamped the sentiment by first loading the stamp with Versamark and then with Kiwi Kiss Dye based ink before stamping it.  Then heat embossed it using fine detail clear embossing powder and a heat gun.Stamped the pot of flowers with Palette Hybrid Noir Black ink.  After stamping it, I heated the ink a bit with my heat gun to set it.  This helps to keep it from smearing.

I colored the shaded areas of the pot with a Prismacolor Cloud Blue marker.

Added a bit of Cold Stone marker to the the pot, just below the leaves.

Colored the flowers with Deco Pink marker.

Added Violet Mist marker to the center of the flowers.

Colored the leaves with Lime Green marker.

Added Light Olive Green to the dark areas of the leaves.

Put a dot of Parma Violet marker in the center of the flowers.

Colored over the flowers and pot with a Versamark marker and then heat embossed it using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Now that I have my images all heat embossed they will resist the ink I put on for the background.

Brayered Bordering Blue ink at an angle on the bottom of the card stock.

Flipped the panel upside down and brayered Bordering Blue ink at the top of the card stock at an angle.

I felt I need  a break in the background so I stamped the flourish twice with Bordering Blue ink.

Wiped the ink off of my embossed images with a cotton towel.

Sponged Not Quite Navy ink around the edge of the card stock and to the right and under the flower pot to create a shadow.

Sponged Night of Navy at the very edges of the card stock and a little right under the pot to get a deeper shadow.

Used the Stampin’ Up Ticket Corner punch on my main image panel and a 4 5/8″ square Whisper White Panel.

Adhered a 5 3/8″ Square Lovely Lilac Panel to a 5.5″ Square Not Quite Navy Panel and then Sponged Not Quite Navy ink at the corners of the Lovely Lilac panel.

Adhered all of my panels together and added a dot of White Gel pen right in the center of the flowers to make them pop a bit more.

Used my Piercing tool to start my brads in the corners.

Here is the finished card measuring 5.5″ Square.

May your day be filled with wonderful images!

Until my next post. . . . . . . . . .

Huge Hugs,

Michelle

Get ready for Brayer Workshops!  I am coming to:

Wheaton, Illinois

Fort Smith, Arkansas

Dayton, Ohio

Savannah, Georgia

Covington, Indiana

Buffalo, Minnesota

Webster, New York

Stoughton, Wisconsin

Castro Valley, California

Yardley, Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia)

Knox, Maine

Broomfield, California

Here is a link to my workshop calendar where you can see all of my travel schedule and to get info on beginner and advanced Brayer workshops:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/workshop-calendar

Link to my Stampin’ Up website were you can order all of your must have Stampin’ Up products from me 24-7:  http://michellezindorf.stampinup.net

Here is a link to all of my tutorials:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/tutorials-ive-written/

Frequently asked questions answers:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/frequently-asked-questions/