I have a little butterfly action for you on today’s tutorial and also I’m giving this card away as blog candy.

All you need to do to enter for a chance to get this card is leave me a comment here on this post.  If you are getting this blog update by e-mail and you wish to comment, please click this link that will take you to my blog so you can comment for a chance to win this card:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2008/07/08/isc-flutterby-tutorial-blog-candy/

I’ll use a random number generator to pick a number on Thursday morning, July 10th.

The images used in today’s tutorial are by Innovative Stamp Creations from their “Flowers & Elements” & “About Me” Sheets.  Here is a link to their online store:

http://www.innovativestampcreations.com/ischomepage.html

Ready for some Emboss Resist, Resist?  Let’s get started on today’s Tutorial. 

Supplies:

Stamped Butterfly with Palette Noir Black ink on a 3.75″ x 5.25″ of Whisper White card stock.

Colored in the image with a Prismacolor Sky Blue Light marker.

Darkened the middle of the image with a Faber Castell Black marker.

Colored over the entire image with a Versamark marker, by coloring the light parts first and then going to the dark parts.

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

Over Stamped butterfly image with the Flower image using Craft Going Gray ink.

Note:  if you don’t have craft ink you can load your stamp first with Versamark then your Classic ink before stamping.  The Versamark will let your embossing powder stick to your image.

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

Colored in the flower using an Aqua Painter and Barely Banana ink. 

Note:  While your ink pad is closed you can squeeze the lid down on the pad to create a little pool of ink on the lid in which to water color with.

Added some Going Gray ink to the top half of the flower.

Colored the entire flower with Versamark marker.

Heat embossed it with clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Used the Barely Banana ink pad directly on the card stock, covering all of the it.

Sponged More Mustard ink on ramdomly, but leaving the lower left corner light.

Sponged on Really Rust ink.

Sponged on some Baroque Burgundy ink.

Sponged a little black ink to get really dark under the butterfly and at the top of the card stock.

Added a Going Gray marker shadow at the bottom of the flower.

Traced fine line around the bottom of the flower and butterfly to create some depth. 

Added some Faber Castell Yellow marker on top of the embossed flower to punch up the color a bit. 

Heated the embossing powder on the flower to melt the marker in a bit.

Assembled card and added ribbon, brads and punched photo corners.

Here the card is finished measuring 5″ x 6.5″.

Thanks for checking out the tutorial today.  Why don’t you give emboss resist, resist a try?

May your day be filled with dreamy sweet smelling flowers and butterflies.

Until my next post. . . . . . .

Michelle

A few things this morning before I get on with the tutorial.

During this 4th of July weekend, please give a shout out to Chad who is on his FIFTH deployment  to the Middle East and to his Unit.  Here is a link to his mothers blog that the unit is reading, please leave a comment for them:  http://flatfishpaperarts.blogspot.com/2008/07/happy-4th-of-july-chad_04.html

Secondly, we have a Blog Candy winner!   Drum roll please. . . . . . . . . . .

It’s lucky number 80, Grace O’Neal who wrote the following comment:

I just started getting your newsletters this week and love your creations! Absolutely beautiful. I plan on trying a few for myself in the next few weeks - can’t wait! Very inspiring. … Thanks and have a great 4th!

Grace, please e-mail your address to mzindorf@aim.com and I will get those stamps mailed out to you.  Congratulations!

Everyone else who left a comment, thank you so very much!

Regarding the terrific stamp images used for the piece, they came from http://www.mypapermoon.com

OK, let’s get started on the tutorial!

Supplies:

Using a Stamp-a-ma-jig for placement, stamped 4 palm trees on a piece of 4.5″ x 4.5″ Whisper White card stock.  First one with Soft Sky ink, second with Bordering Blue ink, third one with Not Quite Navy ink and Fourth one with Basic Black ink.

Colored the trucks in with matching colored markers.

I don’t have a Soft Sky Marker so I used my Aqua brush and reinker to color the Soft Sky tree trunk in.

Using a circular motion, sponged Soft Sky ink at the top of the card stock and under the Soft Sky Tree.

Sponged Bordering Blue ink under the Bordering Blue Tree.

Sponged Not Quite Navy at the bottom of the card stock, up to the Not Quite Navy Tree.

Sponged Basic Black ink at the bottom of the card stock and lightly sponged in some in the blue area behind the trees.

Made Dash markers with a White Gel pen in the water area and along the left side of the tree trunks.   Also, added a bit in the leaves of the darker trees.

Traced the right side of the tree trunks with a black marker.

Stamped the bird with Basic Black ink.

Assembled the card and here it is finished measuring 5.25″ x 5.25″.

Hope your day is filled with Soft Balmy Breezes.

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

Michelle

Happy Fourth of July Everyone!

This morning I decided to make my Granddaughter’s Birthday card.  She is a girlie, girl for sure.  Loves, loves, loves pink!   So what do you put on a Girlie Girl’s card, pink dresses, of course. 

These images are from Rupa Shevde’s set “Retro Boutique” that can be purchased from Gina K. Design’s online store found here:  http://www.ginakdesigns.com/

Let’s get started on the tutorial. 

Supplies:

Stamped the dresses on a 6″x 6″ piece of Whisper White Card stock with Palette Noir Black ink.

Stamped the four purses using Palette Noir Black ink.

Used my Curvy Cutter and cut it out into a 5″ circle.

Colored the dresses on at a time using these 3 colors of Prismacolor Markers in this order, Light Peach, Deco Peach, Blush Pink.  With solvent based markers, you want to work fast to try to avoid hard lines.  If you do get a hard line, try going over the hard line with the lightest color to blend it some.

I blended my hard lines between the Blush Pink & Deco Peach by going over it with Deco Peach again.

Colored the purses with Light Peach.

Added Blush pink to the purse flowers.

Colored the leaves on the purse with Light Olive Green.

Colored all the images with Versamark marker and heat embossed the using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.  I found it is easiest to work one image at a time, coloring with Versamark and then heat embossing before going to the next image.

Now that your images are heat embossed they will resist ink.

Sponged in a circular motion, Lettuce ink in the center of the card stock.

Sponged in a circular motion, Old Olive ink, not covering the Lettuce ink entirely. 

Sponged in a circular motion, Always Artichoke ink at the edge of the card stock.

Wanted the edge to be very dark, so I sponged Black ink at the edge.  Be careful when you are using black ink over embossed images, it will turn your light colors gray, yuck!  If you do get it on the light colors, wipe it off immediately.

Now my image looks flat and I want to give it some life.  Using the brush point of a Stampin’ Up Going Grey marker, I traced a thick line at both sides of the dresses and under the purses creating a shadow.

To bring the images forward more, I traced a line down the sides of the dresses and under the purses.  Now that added some more life.

Can’t forget the bling, assembled the card and added some Brenda Walton Adhesive olive colored Rhinestones that I got from GinaKDesigns.com.

Put dotes in the corners of the card with a white gel pen.

Here is the card all finished measuring 5.25″ x 5.25″

Hope you will try this emboss resist tutorial.

May your day be filled with fireworks and party dresses.

Until my next post. . . . . .

Michelle