http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:04:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am currently teaching in Oklahoma but I have some blog candy for you.  If you wish to throw your hat in the ring to try to win this great Stampin' Up! set, Note to Self,  please leave a comment telling me about a favorite note you have sent someone or ... http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2009/11/07/note-to-self-blog-candy/ I know I just returned home from Colorado a few days ago, but I'm so very excited!  Tomorrow morning (Friday) 3:00 a.m., I am hitting the road again.  This time I am heading to Moore, Oklahoma to teach my brayer workshops.  It's a good thing that I like to drive.  ... http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2009/11/05/chilly-seasons-greetings-tutorial-277/ The birds in this project are from the Halloween Stampin' Up Set "Graveyard Gala".    I try very hard not to categorize my stamps by season, holiday etc. because so many stamps in the sets can be used all through the year.  It helps me think outside of the box to have ... http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2009/11/04/golden-morning-tutorial-276/ It's that time of year when my friend Claire shows up wanting to make Christmas cards.  Claire is my Dear, Evil, Friend that got me into stamping, but does not stamp, lol.  But that is a whole different story.   A couple of weekends ago we got together and mass produced 40 ... http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2009/11/03/christmas-card-time-tutorial-274/  Happy Sunday!  I am hiding out in my stamp room this morning while my husband assembles the treadmill that we purchased yesterday.  The sales person told us that it is very easy to assemble, but when the box was opened up when we got it home we are finding it ... http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2009/11/01/birds-on-a-wire-tutorial-273/ Well, I finally made it home yesterday evening after being snowed in the last couple of days in Colorado.  If I am going to be snowed in any where, I prefer it be in Colorado.  Let me say, it was breath ta-kingly beautiful!  The first photo below is a shot of ... http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2009/10/31/snowed-in-tutorial-272-and-a-blog-candy-winner/ Hi All, I'm soooo excited, I'm leaving on a Jet plane, sign along now. . . . . . .. .  and heading to Colorado to teach my Brayer Workshops in Broomfield and to spend some quality time with my Sister's family who resides in Colorado.  I will be back on ... http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2009/10/19/snow-buddies-blog-candy/ Just when you think you have me pegged, I go and make something a little off the wall, lol.   This is my attempt at a fossil rock with fall leaves on it.  My leaves are stamped, colored, cut out, heat embossed and glued on.  I know, gasp!  I actually cut ... http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2009/10/17/leaves-on-fossil-rock-tutorial-272/ I have a little Autumn scene for you today.  The main set used today is a Stampin' Up set Autumn Harvest, item number 110372, $17.95.  I teamed it up with a Stampin' Up set Baroque Motifs and used the flourish as pumpkin vines.  Check it out.  :) Let's get started. . ... http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2009/10/16/pumpkin-patch-tutorial-171/ Here in Ohio we have lots of Cardinals.  It is our state bird, by the way.  I love hearing their cheerful chirp and seeing their bright red feathers when they visit my bird feeders.  Especially love seeing them in the winter when the ground is covered in snow.  Our temperatures this week are ... http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2009/10/14/night-time-christmas-cardinal-tutorial-270/