Feb 10 2010
In the Mountains – Tutorial #304
Good morning 
I am kinda snowed in, not really, but there is a whole heck of a lot of snow out there, lol. We probably got a 1 1/2 feet, but with the drifting we get out here in the country it seems like 15 feet. I’m not complaining because I have a wonderful husband that clears the driveway and walks so I can teeter out to my van if I want to go some where. Since I just drove for 14 hours to get home from Louisiana on Monday, I’m just not inclined to venture out.
Instead, I decided to get caught up on some paper work and then stamp a little. This is what I came up with this morning. Hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed staying snug and warm in my stamp room making it.
Let’s get started. . . . . . . . .
Supplies:
| Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Of the Earth (Hostess Set) and En Francais Background Stamp |
| Paper: Stampin’ Up! Basic Black, Whisper White, Apricot Appeal and Almost Amethyst |
| Ink: Stampin’ Up! Apricot Appeal, Basic Black, Elegant Eggplant, Close to Cocoa, Almost Amethyst and Lavender Lace |
| Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Cutter Kit, 1/2″ circle Punch, Brayer, Sponges, Silver Brads, White Gel Pen, Basic Black marker, Piercing Tools and Post it Notes |
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Punched from a 1/2″ circle from the sticky part of a post it note and used it as a mask for the moon. Put the mask on a 4.5″ square piece of Whisper White card stock.
Brayered Apricot Appeal ink at the top of the card stock.
Brayered Lavender Lace ink at the top of the card stock, not covering the Apricot Appeal ink entirely.
Brayered a little bit of Elegant Eggplant ink at the top of the card stock.
Brayered Almost Amethyst ink at the bottom of the card stock.
Tore a mountain shape in a post it note and sponged on some Lavender Lace ink to create a mountain.
Sponged some Elegant Eggplant ink right at the post it note edge to darken the top of the mountain.
Moved the post it note and sponged on some Almost Amethyst ink to create some mountains in the background.
Moved the Post it note again and sponged on Elegant Eggplant to create another mountain.
Tore the edge of another post it note and used it to put some slight hills in the middle ground with Almost Amethyst ink.
Moved the post it note again and sponge Lavender Lace ink.
Moved the post it note down again and sponged on Elegant Eggplant ink.
Removed the post it note masks.
Stamped the Flower stamp from the Stampin’ Up! set Of the Earth 4 times loading the flower head of the stamp with Elegant Eggplant and the stem of the stamp with Basic Black ink before stamping it each time.
Stamped some more of the flowers using Basic Black ink only.
Colored the Butterfly on the stamp with a Basic Black marker and then huffed on the stamp and stamped it.
Added some highlights on the flower heads and butterfly with a White Gel Pen.
Underlined the Eggplant Flower heads with a Basic Black marker to create some depth in the flowers.
Tore a couple of chunks out of the corners of a post it note and masked the middle of the main image panel. Brayered Almost Amethyst ink over the entire card stock.
Removed the post it note mask and distressed the edges with the Stampin’ Up Cutter kit.
Sponged Close to Cocoa ink on the distress edges.
Stamped the Stampin’ Up! Stamp En Francais on the left side of the main image panel lightly using Elegant Eggplant ink.
Added Basic Black, Apricot Appeal and Almost Amethyst panels, Silver Brads and Basic Black large photo corner punches.
Assembled the card and here it is completed measuring 5.5″ square.
May you experience only love and joy today.
Until my next post. . . . . . . .
Hugs,
Michelle
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59 responses so far
Beautiful card, glad you made your trip home safe from here in the sunny south.
Carolyn
Love this card – we are getting blasted with snow in NJ. They closed my company which is very rare. Good day to play with the stamps. YOO HOOO
Melba
This is beautiful! How do you come up with your creations? Do you just play until you come up with what you like?
Candy asked “How do you come up with your creations? Do you just play until you come up with what you like?”
Candy, I start with a stamp and build a scene around it.
Lovely Lovely Lovely!!!
The mountains are so beautiful. I LOVE all your creations!
Bev
Another great card but I’m so tired (new puppy in the house so I’m getting up every hour to let her out) I thought is was an image of a dinosaur butterfly flying over trees when I first look at it.
Wow! This card is gorgeous! I love the mountains. And I love the tutorials. Thanks again and again!!!!
Trish
I’ve completely run out of superlatives, Michelle! This is drop-dead gorgeous! I should feel jealous that you have the snow we usually get, but oddly…I’m not, lol!
Beautiful beyond words.
This is just absolutely gorgeous! What an eye for color you have. I love these tutorials almost as much as I enjoyed your live class in Mn. last year! Thanks for keeping them coming!
This is so beautiful!
I love the lightened area in the middle and its shape.
what a amazing card!
die farben sind so toll, passt alles super.
greetz doreen
This is just stunning! Gorgeous, dreamy colours, a beautiful mountain scene, and the lighter area in the middle makes it as though one is looking out through a window. The addition of the text on the left is an inspired finishing touch. Marvellous!
Wow! All of your work is so stunning. It’s an inspiration to see what can be done with the same stamps and inks I have.
This is stunning.. I am lost for words..:)
Stunning, just stunning. Your designs get more beautiful every day. thank you for sharing.
Linda
Wow! This is absolutely breathtaking! I just love it.
BEAUTIFUL, love the purple mountians. ‘Stay in and stay warm, SPRING can’t be too far away!
hugs…
You are a GENIUS at layering color! Completely breathtaking.
Have you seen the movie, Last of the Mohicans? With Daniel Day Lewis? If you have then you remember the beautiful scenery that was actually shot in North Carolina. Reason I bring it up is, I believe you have captured their beauty in this scene! I love how you teach us with your tutorials! Thank you
This is one of my favorite tutorials. You make it all look so easy. Thanks.
This is absolutely beautiful!!!!! Thank you!
Absolutely perfect. I love the combination of words & nature. Great job as always. I have tons of snow too and more coming down. I’m in southern Ohio so we got hit pretty hard with winter weather this week. It’s beautiful though.
This is so beautiful! I love the colours you used for this one – I never would have thought of using them. I never tire of seeing your gorgeous creations. Thank you so much for your tutorials – I am learning so much from them – now I just need the time to try them out.
Absolutely so gorgeous as usual.And those are my favorites colors.
Katou
Really beautiful card Michelle. Love the various shades of purple and the mountains. This is one of my favorite cards that you have created.
Absolutely beautiful!!! I am so looking forward to learning your technique soon in Jacksonville, FL!!
So very pretty and serene. Thank you.
I am SOOOOOOOOOO limited with the words/phrases to describe the beauty of this card. I often wonder how you come up with so many awsome ideas..and each is equally unique and magnificent. Thank you so much for sharing. I am looking forward to having you here (next year in Alabama/Tennessee) to spread your knowledge.
So Beautiful!!!
This is breathtakingly beautiful. The mountains are gorgeous & I love the feeling of depth you’ve created.
WOW! Love it, love it!
Absolutely stunning Michelle — as always!! Another one to add to my list to try out.
Another stunning card! I so admire your work. Very inspiring.
Your work totally blows my mind! I haven’t tried your brayer/masking techniques yet, but I absolutely have to soon. We all know that pics do not do art work justice – and yet your work is beautiful in the photos too. One can only imagine what your work looks like in real life – sigh…
What a BEAUTIFUL card that you shared with us today. I am so in awe of your artistic abilities. Some day, when I grow up, I might get lucky and get your skills, and make MY projects look so beautiful and be able to tell others that “It was nothing”.
Take care and enjoy the rest of the week!
Goodness this is fantastic!!! I want to go there……and take in the beauty. Your take on color-it is just outstanding!!! Wow. Thanks for the well wishes too.
Wow! This is just stunning.
OMGosh, this is utterly gorgeous!
My condolences on the snow, I feel you pain, as last year we set a record snow fall of almost 100″ out here in Washington state.
But thank goodness that the snow inspired you to stamp such an amazing card! I’m so inspired! can’t wait to go play! thanks again! KK
Beautiful card! Love it.
beautiful
I agree with MsBetsyZ; I’m also running out of superlatives! wow. I think you should contact the sticky note folks and put together little kits to sell for making your cards. Just show them some of your tutorials and they’ll be sold. I bet they never imagined so much could be done with stickies 
Enjoy the snow!
fantastic! love it!
Wonderful!!!
This card is BEAUTIFUL! You are so creative! Thank You very much for creating the step by step instructions – so time consuming! THANK YOU THANK YOU!
More purple…I love it
thank you!!!!! 3 day weekend this weekend – I love this mountain scene, had something like it in my head since you’ve been in here, but something gets lost in the translation when I tried to put it on paper. Going to give this one a try. Glad you made it home ok with all the weather thruout the country!
Patti
I agree with all that has been said above. We learn so much from you and I thank you ance again.
Awesome… Love how you made those mountains.. the final masking is a great idea.. thanks for sharing!
Wow Michelle!! Love the purple and the creativeness of blocking around the middle and just all of it!!!
So looking forward to your class in May!!! By then the snow will have melted.
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Sending warm hugs from cold Naperville. XXOO
Take care and STAY POSITIVE!
Truely beautiful! Love the colors…thanks for sharing!!!
Hooray for purple! This is absolutely stunning…..so much depth! And I love the bit of collage feel you added by masking off the center and darking the edges and adding the words on the side. Awesome!
waouh it’s a beautiful card !! I tried to make a card with your tutorial !
http://sonicscrap.canalblog.com/archives/2010/02/14/16900914.html
Merci !
Monique (from France)
Just gorgeous! Thanks so much for your tutorials!
Michelle I have to thank you for being such an inspiration to me. I’ve only just got the hang of brayering recently and when I found your site I was blown away. I never thought a technique could be so enthralling.
I’ve tried following the tut for this card though I don’t have all the same ‘ingredients’ but I was still pleased with the way it turned out.
I have so much still to learn but thanks to you I am able to take a step at a time.
Keep up the good work.
Edna x
Michelle, This is “Gorgeous”. Just when I think, this couldn’t be any better, You show up with something else. I sure am going to try this one, but it won’t come close to yours. Your work is so inspiring and absolutely beautiful. I love everything that you do. I hope you never stop posting your tutorials. Thank You for sharing….Cleo from Tennessee
THe colors are so awesome-you are so creative-you inspire me!
Michelle – I just found your website and have fallen in love! I also just bought my very first brayer! I cannot wait to try some of your techniques!!!!! I liked your site so much, I forwarded your web link to all the demo’s in the group I’m in. I especially like the fact that I can come to your website and see the tutorials for free. I get frustrated when I see a card I like and then have to pay for the instructions.
Thank you for sharing your wonderful talent!
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Michelle you are such a talented artist. Love all of your cards. I have never used the brayer technique, however now I will be more confident to try using all my stamps and this wonderful technique. Thanks so much. Hugs. Lori