Nov 12 2009
Fall Lake - Tutorial #279
I noticed last Monday when I was driving to Ohio from Oklahoma that most of the leaves were off of the trees but the grass was still green in a lot of areas. This tutorial is my interpretation of what I saw.
Tomorrow morning I will be traveling to Nashville, Indiana to teach my brayer technique there. Driving from location to location is so very inspiring. I cannot wait to hit the road once again!
The Stampin’ Up Set, Branch Out is on the dormant list with Stampin’ Up! so it can still be ordered although it is not in the current catalog, item #113200.
This is one of my longer tutorials so grab a cup of your favorite warm drink and hang out a while.
Supplies:
| Stamps: Stampin’ Up Branch Out, En Francais, Falling Leaves Sentiment |
| Paper: Stampin’ Up! Whisper White & Basic Black |
| Ink: Stampin’ Up! Basic Black, Old Olive, Apricot Appeal, Bashful Blue, Creamy Caramel, Going Gray & Chocolate Chip |
| Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Chocolate Chip Ribbon, Bashful Blue Brads, White Gel Pen, Stamp-a-ma-jig, piercing tool & Sponges |
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I wanted to do a large main image panel for this card. Started out with a 4.75″ x 6.26″ piece of Whisper White card stock. Masked over 1/2 of the card stock at the bottom with two large post it notes.
Brayered Apricot Appeal ink at the bottom of the unmasked area.
Brayered Bashful Blue at the top of the card stock.
Brayered Going Gray ink at the top of the card stock, not covering the Bashful Blue ink entirely. I think I have found another great winter sky color combo. 
Using the edge of the Old Olive ink pad, streaked in some color at the bottom of the unmasked area.
Sponged some Chocolate Chip ink over the Old Olive, not covering it entirely.
Moved the post it note mask down 1/2 inch.
Streaked in some Old Olive ink in the white unmasked area with the edge of the Old Olive ink pad.
Sponged some Chocolate Chip ink at the bottom of the unmasked area.
Sponged some Basic Black ink right at the post it note edge.
Stamped the tree from the Stampin’ Up Branch Out set across the card stock using Basic Black ink.
Took the inky post it notes off of the card stock. Turned the card stock upside down and masked the sky area of the card stock with two clean post it notes.
Brayered Apricot Appeal ink on the card stock.
Brayered Bashful Blue ink on the card stock.
Brayered Going Gray ink over the Bashful Blue ink, not covering it entirely.
Lightly sponged a bit of Old Olive ink over the Apricot Appeal ink.
Sponged on a little Chocolate Chip ink at the post it note edge.
Marked on the side of my wood block with a marker to indicate where the trunk of the tree is so when I stamp it I can line up the reflection tree trunk with the Original stamped images trunk.
Used the clear plastic sheet that came with my Stamp-a-ma-jig to mask the top of the card stock so I can still see the original stamped trees.
Stamped the reflection trees using Going Gray ink and lining the tree trunks up with the original trees that are stamped with Basic Black.
Added White Gel pen streaks in the water area.
Sponged Basic Black ink around the edge of the card stock.
Stamped the Stampin’ Up Background stamp, En Francais using Creamy Caramel ink on the left third of the card stock.
Stamped the “Grateful” sentiment from the Stampin’ Up set Falling Leaves using Chocolate Chip ink.
Added Chocolate Chip Ribbon and Bashful Blue brads.
Finished assembling card. Here it is finished measuring 5″ x 6.5″.
I hope this tutorial has inspired you to look at what surrounds you so you can put it on paper.
Until my next post. . . . . . . . .
Huge Hugs,
Michelle
Get ready for Brayer Workshops! I am coming to:
Nashville, Indiana
Portland, Michigan
2010
Dayton, Ohio at Marco Paper
Phoenix, Arizona
Monroe, Louisiana
Jacksonville, Florida
St. Louis, Missouri
Mechanicsville, Virginia
Raleigh, North Carolina
Colleyville, Texas
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Boise area of Meridian, Idaho
Riverside, California (Southern California)
Salem, Oregon
Wheaton, Illinois
St. Cloud, Minnesota
Rockville, Maryland
North Chili, New York (near Rochester)
New Johnsonville, Tennessee
Kenova, West Virginia
Helena, Montana
Middleburg Heights, Ohio
Venice, Florida
Grinnell, Iowa
Piedmont, Alabama
Auburn, Washington (near Seattle)
Elk Grove Village, Illinois
Atlanta, Georgia
Soledad, 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
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You are such an amazing artist, Michelle! I have always followed your work on SCS. This tutorial is fabulous! Thank you for the inspiration. I wish I lived in one of the places you are visiting. Those lucky workshop participants!!
althought I think all your cards are amazing today you took my breath away. I am in awe of your sense of color.
Linda
This is one of the most beautiful cards I have Ever seen!
Thank you so much!!
This is absolutely brilliant!! It looks like a photograph! Beautiful! =)
Hugs, SannaS
This has to be one of the most BEAUTIUL cards you have ever made! I follow you also and I am always so delighted to see your amazing work but this time…you did a piece that does take ones breath away!
Michelle, Love this card. Reminds me of a peaceful ride in Maine.
Michelle, I am in total AWE! You just amaze me. Thank you so much for the inspiration.
WOW!! This card is fabulous.
Yup! Gorgeous! Reminds me of back home….
You have outdone yourself. So beautiful!
I Love, Love, LOVE this card and can’t wait to try it. I’ve been “reflecting” for some time, but never with such a realistic result. Thanks so much for sharing this great tutorial with us!
This is absolutely BEAUTIFUL!! I read all of your tutorials, but this one really blew me away! I can’t wait to get home and try putting something like this together. Thanks
what a great card, Love your blog and appreciate the time you take to ’show’ us how.
thanks.
This is simply stunning. So beautiful.
Wow, this is really supercaulifragilisticespiallydocious! You are such an artist Michelle, so wonderful!
Just so serene and beautiful. Stampin Up will have to reintroduce Branch out into the catalog again because everyone will want this set after seeing this beauty.
wow! I check your blog almost daily to see what your latest creations are , but this card leaves the others standing! It is absolutely beautiful!!!! I so wish you lived closer!!!
Gorgeous! What you ’see’ when you look around you is unbelievable. We should all take that extra time to see what surrounds us. We don’t all have the talent to put it to paper the way you do though! Your work is very inspiring. Thanks for taking the time to share the tutorial with us!!
WOW - I LOVE reflections. This is FANTASTIC. Safe travels. hugs…
This looks like a photo!! It’s totally amazing…as are you!!
Beautiful wow!
You never seem to amaze me Michelle! Just when I think I’ve seen the most beautiful card, you come up with something even better. I’m so inspired…thank you!
Love it! It’s just perfect - and beautiful! Thank you so much for the step-by-step tutorial, I can only imagine how long it takes! Safe trip.
Holy Moley Michelle!!! OUTSTANDING!! When I first took a look at the scene I thought “never in a million years could I replicate this one”. Then I read your tutorial and you make it SO do-able!!! Thank you so much! I’m off to give it a go. Please stay safe on your trip.
that is amazing!!!
Beautiful, Michelle! One of your best!
You just make it look so easy! You were using the “Branching Out” stamp set so much that I broke down and ordered it. I did two of your tutorials using that set and impressed the heck out of everyone (including me). Don’t forget that you are supposed to be coming to Savannah after the Atlanta classes to teach on Sunday. I haven’t seen it listed on your list of places you will be teaching. Let Russ know that the fish should be biting when ya’ll come. I think my sister Melanie may take a class when you go to Colorado Springs. Her only concern was what the weather would be like, but I told her it would be worth fighting bad weather to take one of your classes.
Oh that is one beautiful card! Have a safe journey.
Truly magnificent..I can’t stop looking at this card!
thanks for sharing your inspiration with us.
Travel safe, stay well.
I always love your work Michelle, but some days you totally take my breath away. This is one of those days! What a stunning piece of art!
I am in awe of your work…Thank you for sharing your amazing talent with us mere mortals. I too wish you could travel the world and visit us to give classes …but your web tutorals are so good, we might just manage.
OH MY! So gorgeous! How do you do it? This is just such work of art! You are my hero! (now if only I would get the energy to stamp from you, too!)
Wow!! Beautiful Michelle!
Take care and STAY POSITIVE!!
This is stunning. Thanks for sharing.
Jayne
This card is amazing. I took a water color class once and attempted to paint a water scene…but this is sooo much more adorable. I am so amazed at your ability to create a beautiful scene from ordinary stamp supplies!
Thanks for sharing Michelle! I saw this and had to click out of my reader to comment… it’s so beautiful!
Beautiful Michelle! You’re such a jewel to take your time & share a step-by-step tutorial of your artwork! Thank you, thank you!
ohhh wauwie!! What a fabulous card!!
This is so beautiful - I can’t stop popping back to take another look. Hubby was well impressed!
WOW! You really out-did yourself this time….again!*L* I don’t know how you keep coming up with all these fantastic ideas, but I’m glad you do and I hope that you keep doing it. Awesome!
Trish
Ooh, so beautiful!!! You never fail to inspire me, Michelle!
This card is wonderful. What an excellent job you did!
Bravo. I am glad you are back home and stamping.
beautiful, i love !
This is breathtakiing! I love it!
I dont even know what to say. It is so perfect that it reminds of home when home was the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle.
Michelle, this has got to be one of my favorite Zindorf creations of all time!!!! The colors are remarkable…the combination of sponging, brayering, stamping…good grief this is gorgeous!!
Thanks for the tips on how to do the trees in “reflection.” I don’t own this stamp set…looks like I need it now!!
WOW … when I first saw this I thought it was a photo you had taken and expected to see the card further down. Amazing!!!
All of your creations are spectacular but this one is heart-stopping. Just when you think they can’t get any better — they do. Thank you so much for bringing such beauty to us.
Gorgeous!! I had a great time in class Sunday morning. Loved our little “private” session. : ) Haven’t had a chance to play with the new techniques I learned yet but hope to soon.
Michelle,
Nice job. I really like the “reflection”. How did you come up with this? Thank you for sharing.
Absolutely gorgeous! You are amazing! I don’t know how you do it (traveling, stamping, writing tutorials). I wish I had half your talent and ability!
Looking forward to Mechanicsville, VA in 2010
Michelle, this is one of those pieces that just took my breath away. It popped up on my comptuer screen and all I could think of was “Oh wow, now that is gorgeous!”
Thank you for another wonderful tutorial - you make me think I could even try it.
Bravo! Bravo! C’est tres magnifique!
(I don’t really speak French - I was just inspired beyond the words of the English language!)
This is just gorgeose! It really inspired me when I first saw it.
This one might be my all-time favorite!!! Can’t wait until your workshop tomorrow!!!
Oh Michelle, this card is fabulous.
This has got to one of my favorite cards that you have done. I LOVE it!
I just love all of your cards and tutorials! You are one of a kind! Thank-you for such great ideas!
Michelle, this is absolutely breath-taking. I LOVE how you simply “streaked” in the background trees. And using the clear plastic from the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, how clever.
I must, must try this one. It’s simply stunning. Thank you for your inspiration!
Karen from Michigan.
I think this is my FAVOURITE card you have ever made! Holy smokes…you are one talented lady!!!
Oh my goodness, this one is just amazing!!! I say that about all of your tutorials but this one definitely takes the cake!
I saw that you’ll be on the road to Nashville, IL this week-end and that got me all excited because it was the one seminar closest to me and I had thought about attending until you clued me in about the STL seminar in late Feb. so I am now beginning to get psyched up for that and looking forward to learning a little more about brayering with some practical tips and tricks from such an awesome pro! I am so thrilled that you were able to work out a deal with the powers that be to stay a demo….you are truly a talented artist! I can’t believe they haven’t had you on stage doing a WS wow…what are they thinking???
Jan Hoyt
hej michelle,
i realy like this one.
have a nice time.
Johanna
I am TRUELY AMAZED!!!
If I hadn’t read your totorial I would have thought it was a photo… Absolutely beautiful.
Breathtakingly beautiful! I am so looking forward to the Feb. class.
Awesome scene, Michelle! It is so perfect!!!
Simply stunning. I am so looking forward to your Montana workshop next July!
I’m a big fan of trees and absolutely love this artwork you made. You are one talented gal. Thanks for sharing, Becky
You’ve outdone yourself on this one- beyond beautiful!
This card is stunning!
This is one of your best Michelle - absolutely breathtaking! It almost looks like a photograph. And what a fantastic idea to use the plastic sheet from the stamp-a-ma-jig!
Angela
This card is simply fabulous!
I so badly want to get to one of your workshops in the near future…my brayer has been collecting dust:)
I sure do miss being in Ohio…I did get to pop into Marco’s Paper when I was making a trip from Virginia to Illinois…but it was a bummer knowing I had to leave again…oh well!
You’re a freaking GENIUS!!! Want/need to case this one for sure… you’re my hero! *HUGZ*
Clapping my hands wildy! All your cards are beautiful. This card is EXCEPTIONAL!!! Thought it was a photograph when I first saw it.
wow. nice.
Well, I’m happy to annouce that this is my favorite card that you have ever made. Just stunning! I just attended one of your workshops in Colorado and I “know” I won’t be able to recreate this masterpiece Ü It is just beautiful, Michelle. Could you make one on a piece of canvas that’s approximately 5′ x 20′ for over my fireplace? Oh, fantastic!
Oh Wow that is just awesome, love every detail!
This card is absolutely stunning! The colours capture Autumn just right.
I’d love to be able to attend one of your workshops. But living on the other side of the big pond ie in England, UK reading your tutorials will have to do.
Hugs, Pauline
This card is stunning! Great tutorial! Thank you for sharing how to create a card like this.
Gosh - $279 seems a bit steep for a tutorial ..
just kidding lol
I lvoe this card - you do such a great job in making them, let alone making the tutorial and inspiring people.
This card should be framed and displayed in an art gallery or museum– next to the Mona Lisa! Just absolutely incredibly amazingly STUNNING!!!! I can’t wait to take your brayering classes when you come to California
Gorgeous! I hope that you enjoy Nashville, it is a lovely small town, but it is at its most beautiful in October.
Your cards are gorgeous, something I’d like to put in a frame, not send away! thanks for the tutorials, they are great and very detailed. I’ve become addicted to sponging on nearly every project I do for my card club ladies. They are getting used to leaving with stained hands. I’m still not up on the brayering, it’s so frustrating that I admit I’ve given up the idea of making it work, but with this card I’m inspired to give it a go one more time. Any tips for the brayer challenged? The lines!
This card is truly amazing!
Michelle, this has to be one of the most awesome card you have done. Its certainly a work of art. If it was mine, I would have to frame it up for my wall! Absolutely stunning creation. Thanks for this amazing tutorial.
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Your tutorials are always a must see in my book. And on this one you’ve outdone yourself — the tutorial is very clear and the scene is absolutely spectacular. I so appreciate how you share your creativity and your zest with all of us — thank you!