Jun 09 2009
Getting Patriotic - Tutorial #220
Hello out there! Did you miss me? LOL
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I have an announcement to make before my tutorial today. I will be teaching in Raleigh, North Carolina for just one day on March 14, 2010 and in Colorado Springs, Colorado on April 10-11, 2010. :) E-mail me at mzindorf@aim.com for workshop information and registration.
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I am feeling a bit patriotic today after driving from Ohio to Minnesota. My 12 hour route took me through Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and then into Minnesota. How can you not feel patriotic driving through such beautiful farm land.
So today’s tutorial uses the Stampin’ Up set “The Free & the Brave”. I altered the image after stamping, making the soldier a silhouette. Check it out in today’s tutorial below.
Let ’s get started. 
Supplies:
| Stamps: Stampin’ Up “The Free & the Brave” |
| Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Baja Breeze & Bravo Burgundy |
| Ink: Stampin’ Up Basic Black, Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, BravoBurgundy & Night of Navy |
| Accessories: Stampin’ Up Markers, Ruler, Tim Holtz Muse Tokens & Brads, Versamark marker & pad, Sponge, Clear embossing powder, Heat gun, Brayer, White Ribbon, White Gel Pen |
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Stamped image on a 4″ square piece of Whisper White card stock by first loading my stamp with Versamark and then loading my stamp with Basic Black ink before stamping it. Heat embossed the image using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.
Colored in the soldier with a Basic Black marker.
Colored over the soldier with a Versamark marker and then heat embossed the image using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.
Added Bordering Blue marker to the flag.
Added Brilliant Blue marker to the flag. Working fast before the ink dried I went over the two blues again with the Bordering Blue Marker to blend them a bit.
Added Real Red marker to the flag.
Added a bit of Bravo Burgundy Maker to the darker red areas of the flag.
Colored over the stars with a White Gel pen and heated the ink to set it with a heat gun.
Colored over the flag with a Versamark marker being careful to work from light to dark areas and cleaning my Versamark marker on my scrap paper often.
Note: The colors will smear. Color one color area at a time and clean your marker in between colors.
Heat embossed the flag using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.
Brayered Baja Breeze at an angle on the top and bottom of the card stock.
Brayered Not Quite Navy ink at an angle at the top and bottom of the card stock, not covering the Baja Breeze ink entirely.
Sponged Night of Navy ink around the outside edge of the card stock.
Using a ruler, drew in a flag pole with a Basic Black marker.
Sponged Bravo Burgundy ink around the outside edge of a 5″ square Baja Breeze panel.
Stamped second generation stars with Bravo Burgundy ink.
Note: Second Generation means to load your stamp with ink and stamp off on your scrap paper once before stamping it on your project.
Added Ribbon and Tim Holtz Muse Token that reads “Courage”.
Added making Brads.
Assembled the card front putting Stampin’ Dimensionals under my top three layers.
Here is my completed card measuring 5.25″ square.
Next I have some photos from my trip to Minnesota.
This was taken while I was driving (I don’t recommend doing this). I am a morning person so my journey started at around 3:30 a.m. So as you see I don’t deal with much traffic the first part of the drive. :) One thing, if you take a trip and you are going to drive through Wisconsin be sure to remember to bring a cooler. I wish I had so I could have brought some Cheese home with me.
Now this is what I seek out on my frequent stops at antique stores. A girls got to stretch her legs, right? My wooden duck decoy collection is expanding fast! Here are a few of my treasures.
The rest of the photos are of the terrific ladies I had the pleasure of meeting.
See how small I keep my workshops, way more fun this way!
A big thank you and huge hugs to Deb Murray for hosting me.
Also thank you for hanging out with me today. I hope the tutorial has inspired you to create an unexpected silhouette in your project.
Until my next post. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hugs,
Michelle
Get ready for Brayer Workshops! I am coming to:
Dayton, Ohio
Webster, New York
New Johnsonville, Tennessee
Stoughton, Wisconsin
Columbia, Missouri
Lynchburg, Virginia
Greenwood, Indiana
Castro Valley, California
Yardley, Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia)
Knox, Maine
Broomfield, Colorado
Moore, Oklahoma
Nashville, Indiana
Portland, Michigan
2010
Phoenix, Arizona
Monroe, Louisiana
Jacksonville, Florida
Mechanicsville, Virginia
Raleigh, North Carolina
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Salem, Oregon
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
Frequently asked questions answers: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/frequently-asked-questions/
Hi Michelle. Although I missed you, I am envious of your road trips and the chance to meet so many new people who share the same passions. Your card today is a tribute to our men and women who serve our country. Thank you. It is beautiful.
Welcome back Michelle. Your road trip looks like it was fantastic. Spring is such a great time of year to travel. I think your card is awesome and I find it very patriotic even though I’m Canadian. Both of our countries have soldiers fighting in the war and losing their lives. God bless them all! I love how you made the soldier into a silhouette. Great job!
Trish
Wow! My favorite of yours yet (and it’s hard to pick). This is one of the best patriotic cards I’ve seen! Thanks for sharing! ~:-)
OMG!!! I love it!!! I am so sad this one is retiring. But have you seen the new one??? It is beautiful!! I can’t wait to see what you do with it! Looking forward to CO visit! Take care!
AWESOME card, tugs at the heart strings. The tutorial is great, as always. I keep watching you class schedules and hoping to find one close to me. Someday…
Beautiful patriotic card! Love the “create your own silhouette” technique! Always gather the best tips and hints from your tutorials! Thanks for sharing them AND the photos of your work shop. What a terrific looking group of stampers! Glad you’re home!
Good Morning!
Glad you made it home safely. Thanks for coming to MN and sharing your talents with us!! Now I need to practice so I’ll be ready for your advanced class the next time you come to MN. (need more stops to look for ducks - right?!)
Thanks again for coming to MN. I had a GREAT time!!
Beautiful card and great tutorial!
Marian
Terrific card. Does not have to go to just service men. Makes a great male card as well. Love your tutorials that go step by step…I can actually follow them well….ty ty ty. Wow a 12 hr. road trip. All by yourself? I have done 7 1l2 hrs by myself. I start early but not as early as you do Michelle. Five am is about the earliest I will start out. Meet lots of truckers but hardly any cars. Love it. Keep the pictures coming really enjoy them. ekc
Wow!!!
Another beautiful card, Mish!!!! Looks like you have a busy schedule ahead of you!!
This is awesome. The feeling it conveys to me is how proud you are to be an American and how proud you are of these young men fighting for our freedom and our safety in our world. Thanks again for sharing your work. Can’t wait to see you in Columbia Mo.
Hi Michelle, Welcome Back.
I love this card. Being a naturalized citizen, I was born in Canada, I am very patriotic and I just love this card. Thank you so much for sharing all of your talents. I really do have to give this another try with this card. I failed at my last attempt - just turned out way tooooooo dark. But this has inspired me to get the brayer out again. Wish I could take one of your classes - I hope some day you make it to Southern California. Take care. Thanx again.
Gloria
I love this card. I will have to look on my mapquest and see how far away castro valley is from me. It would be so great to take one of your classes.
fabulous patriotic card Michelle!! hugs
Great card… Nice pictures of the workshop too.
Another beautiful card. I love to check you website and see what new ideas you come up with. You are truly the “brayer queen”. I hope you make it to Southern California in the future…I’d love to take a class from you. Keep up the good work, and thanks for sharing your creations with all of us.
This card is beautiful Michelle. Thank you so much for making it. We just had a young man in our family who was killed last week in Iraq. I am going to make this card into a sympathy card - it is very beautiful - thanks for the tutorial.
Beautiful! You have so much more patience for coloring than I do. lol
Another wonderful card you have come up with Michelle……..thank you so much for such a wonderful workshop on Saturday in Minnesota………I REALLY enjoyed the workshop’s and enjoyed meeting you in person. I cannot thank you enough!!
Another shout out from one of the Minnesota attendees. I showed them to several of my (non-stamping) friends and they are all suitably impressed! I can’t wait to get into the craft room and get back to brayering! Life is crazy busy as usual, though. Hopefully by the weekend…….
Thanks again, it was so wonderful to learn from you! You are my stamping guru!
Of course we missed you! Glad that you had such a fun and safe trip. I love this card. I do a lot of cards for Cards for Hero’s and have done some similar ones, but I like yours even better. For anyone who’s interested, CFH is a great organization. Check out their website at http://www.cardsforheros.org. Thanks again for all your tutorials, I get new ideas from you each time!
Michelle, I follow your blog faithfully. It has been a while since I have commented on your art. This one is amzing and a bit different than most of the things you have done. Gorgeous work!
That’s another winner!
Michelle, glad you had a safe trip! Your duckies look great, but that redhead, lol…what a hottie!! Thanks SO much for this card, really. I have this set and always struggle with it…and I don’t even know why! Making it a silhouette….fabulous!
Welcome back! Yes, we missed you! Great card.
I adore your work. It inspires me. Question on sponging for you. I read where you get your sponges and what type they are, so that’s answered. Some of my sponging shows up with faint markings. Best I can describe is swizzle marks, instead of the softness your comes across as. I’ve tried starting off the paper and going onto it with circular motions. Using classic SU pad too. It doesn’t always happen so am confused. Thank you for all you teach us! It is wonderful!
Awesome!
Wow. You did indeed show how much a stamp can be improved upon. Your silhouette is fantastic! I would have looked at this stamp and thought it was way too busy, but you took it and made an incredible card. Great job!
Thank you for your incredible tutorial. WOW, this card completely blew me away! I made it for a 22 year old friend of my son who was wounded by gun fire in Afganistan and is recovering in a Maryland Naval hospital. We are so proud of what he has given our country and I wanted to send him a card worthy of what he has done for us. This card was a lot of work but SO MUCH fun! I learned so many things. I just wanted to let you know how grateful I am that I found your tutorial! I love everything you do! Pat
P.S. I posted the card on SCS!