Monthly Archives: January 2010

I’m in the mood to smear some ink around today so I put together this scene.  The one thing to think about when doing direct to paper scenes is not to get hung up on small details.  The main thing is to just suggest things in your scene.  For instances the smeared in spot of Tempting Turquoise ink, your mind fills in that it is a pond in the distance.

Let’s get start.. . . .  . . . . . .

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Inspired by Nature

Paper: Stampin’ Up! Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise and Basic Black

Ink: Stampin’ Up! More Mustard, So Saffron, Bordering Blue, Pale Plum, Brocade Blue, Basic Black, Always Artichoke, Tempting Turquoise and Old Olive

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Gold Brads, White Gel Pen, White Water Color Wonder Crayon

Don’t forget to request your copy of the new Stampin’ Up Occasions mini catalog and Sale-a-bration mini.   Just e-mail me your address and I will be glad to send you a set for free.  If you are a customer of mine your copy will come to you automatically.  🙂 

The new Occasions mini catalog can also be viewed on-line here: 

https://204.228.150.61/catalogs/20091231/OccasionsMini10_US.pdf

The New Sale-a-Bration Mini Catalog can also be viewed on-line here:

https://204.228.150.61/catalogs/20091231/SAB_10_US.pdf

Are you getting inspired and enjoying this blog.   One way you can help support it is to order your Stampin’ Up products through me.   You can order from me 24-7 from this link:  https://michellezindorf.stampinup.net or e-mail me at [email protected].  If you are within the United States.  Want a copy 2009-2010 Stampin’ Up Catalog for $9.95 with free shipping, just e-mail me at [email protected] and I will get one in the mail to you.  Want to become a Stampin’ Up Demonstrator and earn instant income?  Consider being part of my Stampin’ Up Team.  Also check out the Stampin’ Up specials, click this link to check it out:  https://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/michellezindorf/promotions

Up until the rubber stamping at the end of this project, the complete scene is done with the direct to paper technique.  The Direct to Paper Technique is using the stamp pad and smearing the ink onto the card stock.

On a 4.5″ square piece of Whisper White card stock, smear Pale Plum at the top, stroking from the left side.

Smear Bordering Blue ink on, stroking first from the right side and just a bit from the left side.  I used the corner and edge of the ink pad here.  Try it on your scrap paper before using it on your card stock.  🙂

Smear in a bit of Tempting Turquoise ink using the edge of the ink pad and stroking from the right side.

Smeared on So Saffron ink to fill in the bottom of the card stock.  Be careful not to mix the So Saffron and Tempting Turquoise.  Remember yellow and Blue make green.  🙂

Smear More Mustard ink in an upward motion from the bottom of the card stock.

Smear a bit of Old Olive ink, stroking from the bottom of the card stock.

Added a bit of Always Artichoke ink at the very bottom right corner.

Added a bit of Brocade Blue to the sky, not covering all of the Bordering Blue ink.

Stamped the grasses stamp from the Stampin’ Up! set Inspired by Nature at the bottom of the card stock using Always Artichoke ink.

Stamped the grasses again, only using Basic Black ink at the very bottom of the card stock.

Added some White Watercolor crayon the the middle of the sky to indicate a white cloud.

Added White highlights to the grasses left side with a White Gel Pen.

Assembled the card adding Tempting Turquoise and Basic Black panels.   Also added gold brads to the main image panel corners.

Here is the finished card measuring 5.5″ square.

I hope you give this technique a try.  It is very freeing.  Just remember not to get hung up on the details.  🙂

May your day be out of this world wonderful.

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

Hugs,

Michelle

  Get ready for Brayer Workshops!  I am coming to:

2010

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 (Huntington), West Virginia

Helena, Montana

Middleburg Heights, Ohio

Venice, Florida

Grinnell, Iowa

Piedmont, Alabama (Near GA border close to Cedartown)

Auburn, Washington (near Seattle)

Elk Grove Village, Illinois

Savannah, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

North Liberty, Indiana

Saledad, 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:   https://zindorf.splitcoaststampers.com/workshop-calendar 

Link to my Stampin’ Up website where you can order all of your must have Stampin’ Up products from me 24-7:  https://michellezindorf.stampinup.net

Frequently asked questions answers:  https://zindorf.splitcoaststampers.com/frequently-asked-questions/ 

Well, I have been trying to post to my blog for a couple of days now and finally they have it fixed.  YEAH!  I felt like my left arm was cut off, lol.   You are still with me, right?    Did you miss me as much as I missed you?

Today’s project is actually last Friday’s project, but here it is anyway.  I hope you enjoy this tutorial using the Free Stampin’ Up! Sale-a-bration set, Good Neighbors.

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Good Neighbors

Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Basic Black and Blush Blossom

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Night of Navy, Going Gray, Not Quite Navy, Bashful Blue, Blush Blossom, Apricot Appeal

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Markers, Apricot Appeal, Sahara Sand, Bashful Blue, Basic Black & Blush Blossom, Aqua painter, White Gel Pen, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Brayer, Star Punch, post it notes, Sponge

Don’t forget to request your copy of the new Stampin’ Up Occasions mini catalog and Sale-a-bration mini.   Just e-mail me your address and I will be glad to send you a set for free.  If you are a customer of mine your copy will come to you automatically.  🙂 

The new Occasions mini catalog can also be viewed on-line here: 

https://204.228.150.61/catalogs/20091231/OccasionsMini10_US.pdf

The New Sale-a-Bration Mini Catalog can also be viewed on-line here:

https://204.228.150.61/catalogs/20091231/SAB_10_US.pdf

Are you getting inspired and enjoying this blog.   One way you can help support it is to order your Stampin’ Up products through me.   You can order from me 24-7 from this link:  https://michellezindorf.stampinup.net or e-mail me at [email protected].  If you are within the United States.  Want a copy 2009-2010 Stampin’ Up Catalog for $9.95 with free shipping, just e-mail me at [email protected] and I will get one in the mail to you.  Want to become a Stampin’ Up Demonstrator and earn instant income?  Consider being part of my Stampin’ Up Team.  Also check out the Stampin’ Up specials, click this link to check it out:  https://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/michellezindorf/promotions

Stamped the house reflections in a line across a 3″ x 7″ piece of Whisper White card stock.  To stamp the reflections, stamped the house on my Stamp-a-ma jig plastic using Going Gray ink and then turned the plastic over on my card stock and rubbed the back of the plastic to put the image on the card stock.  Repeated this until I had all of the house stamped across the card stock.

Stamped the house roofs reflection in the same way as the house, using going gray and the stamp-a-ma-jig plastic.

Brayered Not Quite Navy ink at the bottom and top of the card stock.

Brayered Night of Navy ink at the top and bottom of the card stock, not covering the Not Quite Navy completely.

Added a 1 3/4″ mask punched out of the sticky part of a post it note.  Brayered Night of Navy again at the top of the card stock to get the moon to show up.

Removed the moon mask and stamp the houses across the card stock using Basic Black ink, matching them up the reflection images using a stamp-a-ma-jig for placement.

Stamped the roofs in Basic Black ink using a Stamp-a-ma-jig for placement.

Colored in the windows of the houses with an Apricot Appeal marker.

Added a little bit of watery Apricot Appeal ink with an Aqua Brush to the window in the reflection images.

Colored one of the house with a Blush Blossom marker and the reflection for that house with watery Blush Blossom ink using an Aqua Painter.

Colored one of the houses with a Bashful Blue Marker and the reflection of the house with watery Bashful Blue ink using an Aqua Painter.

Masked the houses with a post it note and Sponged Not Quite Navy at the post it note edge.

Traced along the edge of the post it note with a Basic Black marker.

Removed the post it note mask and added dashes in the water with a White Gel Pen.

Assembled the card adding Basic Black and Blush Blossom panels.  Added a Sahara Sand line in the top and bottom right hand corners of the Large Blush Blossom Panel to make this look like a window frame.

Added a punched Whisper White Star to the sky and here is the finished card measuring 4″ x 9″.  This will fit in a #10 size envelope.

May your day be filled with fun and laughter.

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

Hugs,

Michelle

  Get ready for Brayer Workshops!  I am coming to:

2010

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 (Huntington), West Virginia

Helena, Montana

Middleburg Heights, Ohio

Venice, Florida

Grinnell, Iowa

Piedmont, Alabama (Near GA border close to Cedartown)

Auburn, Washington (near Seattle)

Elk Grove Village, Illinois

Savannah, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

North Liberty, Indiana

Saledad, 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:   https://zindorf.splitcoaststampers.com/workshop-calendar 

Link to my Stampin’ Up website where you can order all of your must have Stampin’ Up products from me 24-7:  https://michellezindorf.stampinup.net

Frequently asked questions answers:  https://zindorf.splitcoaststampers.com/frequently-asked-questions/ 

I was in Phoenix, AZ at the end of last week and returned home to Ohio on Saturday and was greeted with quite a bit of snow and cold weather.  That along with the new Stampin’ Up! Sale-a-Bration set Good Neighbors inspired this card.  I made this a window scene because I plan on viewing the snow at my house from the inside.  🙂  You can get the Good Neighbors set for free with a $50 purchase of Stampin’ Up Products during Sale-a-Bration.

But before we get into today’s tutorial, I have a blog candy winner to announce.  The winner of the Stampin’ Up set Wings of Friendship is. . . .  .

 

Dawn Frost   who wrote “Michelle I love all of your beautiful cards, I try to do the tutorials as least once a week. I’m actually getting much better, lol. Thanks so much. Please enter me for a chance to win such a great set.”  

Dawn Frost, Congratulations, please e-mail your address to [email protected] within the next 30 days and I will ship this right out to you.

Thanks Everyone for playing along!

If you want to see what was going on at the Fabulous Stampin’ Up Leadership Conference I just attended, here is a link to my friend, Lydia’s Blog, Understand Blue.  Lydia did an excellent job blogging about the conference.  https://understandblue.blogspot.com/

I took a few pictures.  You can check them out here:  https://zindorf.splitcoaststampers.com/travel-photos/

Now let’s get started on the tutorial. . . . . .  .

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Good Neighbors

Paper: Stampin’ Up! Whisper White, Sahara Sand and Bashful Blue

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Night of Navy, Not Quite Navy, Basic Black, Brilliant Blue and Ruby Red

Accessories: Stampin’ Up Markers, Hobby Blade, Glass Mat, White Gel Pen, Brayer, Sponge, Versamark Marker and Pad, Gold Brads

Don’t forget to request your copy of the new Stampin’ Up Occasions mini catalog and Sale-a-bration mini.   Just e-mail me your address and I will be glad to send you a set for free.  If you are a customer of mine your copy will come to you automatically.  🙂 

The new Occasions mini catalog can also be viewed on-line here: 

https://204.228.150.61/catalogs/20091231/OccasionsMini10_US.pdf

The New Sale-a-Bration Mini Catalog can also be viewed on-line here:

https://204.228.150.61/catalogs/20091231/SAB_10_US.pdf

Are you getting inspired and enjoying this blog.   One way you can help support it is to order your Stampin’ Up products through me.   You can order from me 24-7 from this link:  https://michellezindorf.stampinup.net or e-mail me at [email protected].  If you are within the United States.  Want a copy 2009-2010 Stampin’ Up Catalog for $9.95 with free shipping, just e-mail me at [email protected] and I will get one in the mail to you.  Want to become a Stampin’ Up Demonstrator and earn instant income?  Consider being part of my Stampin’ Up Team.  Also check out the Stampin’ Up specials, click this link to check it out:  https://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/michellezindorf/promotions

On a 3″ x 7″ piece of Whisper White card stock, stamped the houses by first loading the stamp with Versamark and then with the ink before stamping.  The left house was stamped with Versamark and Ruby Red ink and the right house was stamped with Versamark and Brilliant Blue ink.

Stamped the roofs on the houses by loading the stamps with Versamark and Basic Black ink before stamping them. 

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

Colored the doors in with Pretty in Pink and Bashful Blue markers.

Colored the chimneys in with Sahara Sand marker and the windows in with Apricot Appeal marker.

Colored over both houses with Versamark marker and heat embossed the images using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Drew a couple of smoke swirls coming from the Chimneys with the Versamark marker.  Heat embossed them with clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Cut a hill shape in a scrap piece of card stock using a Stampin’ Up Hobby Blade and Glass Mat.

Put the card stock mask over the bottom of the card stock and held it in place with my hand as I brayered on Not Quite Navy in the sky area.

Took the card stock mask and flipped it over and moved it down.  Sponged Not Quite Navy at the bottom of the snow hill leaving a bit of the white card stock showing through at the top of the hill.

Sponged Night of Navy at the mask edge (bottom of hill).

Removed card stock mask and sponged Not Quite Navy ink a the bottom of the card stock, leaving a bit of white showing at the top of the bottom hill.

Sponge a bit of Night of Navy ink at the bottom of the card stock.

Added little dots in the snow with a Not Quite Navy marker to create foot prints.

Added dots in the sky with a White Gel Pen.

Layered the main image panel with a Sahara Sand panel and a Whisper White Panel.  Added a strip of Whisper white to the middle of the main image panel. 

Drew a lines from the main image panel corners to the Whisper White panel corners with a Sahara Sand marker.   Also traced a line on each side of the Whisper White Strip in the middle of the main image panel with the Sahara Sand marker.

Added a Bashful Blue panel and two gold brads.

Here is the complete card measuring 4″ x 8″.

May you also be nice, warm and cozy where ever you are today.

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

Hugs,

Michelle

  Get ready for Brayer Workshops!  I am coming to:

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 (Huntington), West Virginia

Helena, Montana

Middleburg Heights, Ohio

Venice, Florida

Grinnell, Iowa

Piedmont, Alabama (Near GA border close to Cedartown)

Auburn, Washington (near Seattle)

Elk Grove Village, Illinois

Savannah, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

North Liberty, Indiana

Saledad, 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:   https://zindorf.splitcoaststampers.com/workshop-calendar 

Link to my Stampin’ Up website where you can order all of your must have Stampin’ Up products from me 24-7:  https://michellezindorf.stampinup.net

Frequently asked questions answers:  https://zindorf.splitcoaststampers.com/frequently-asked-questions/