A Bit Creepy – Tutorial #358

What’s up Peeps?   It’s Monday again already.  Where did the weekend go?

Russ and I spent the weekend fishing, fishing and more fishing.  Here are a couple of pics I took at Caesars Creek Lake.  We caught some Blue Gill and I caught my very first Large Mouth Bass.  That was exciting!    Sorry, no picture of the Bass.  Russ and I practice catch and release and we released it and then thought of the camera, lol.  You will just have to take my word for it, it was big and fabulous.  🙂

       

Update:  If you are registered for the Atlanta, GA Brayer workshops a change has been made to the location.  Please click Here to view it.   

My next Brayer workshop stop is in Grinnell, Iowa this weekend August 28-29, 2010.  Click here for information.

Ready for my creepy tutorial today?

Let’s get started. . . .  .

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Dark & Dreay, Graveyard Gala and Inspired by Nature

Paper: Stampin’ Up! Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant and River Rock

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Basic Black, Always Artichoke, Not Quite Navy and Elegant Eggplant

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Markers – Sahara Sand, More Mustard, Crumb Cake and Basic Black, Clear embossing powder, heat gun, Brayer, White Gel Pen, Piercing Tools, Sponges, Ruler, Versamark pad and Marker, Gray Brads, 2.5″ circle Punch, post it note

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Stamped the Grasses stamp from the Stampin’ Up set Inspired by Nature on a 4″ x 6″ piece of Whisper White card stock by first loading the stamp with Versamark and then with Always Artichoke ink before stamping it.  I stamped it twice loading each time.

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

Masked the bottom 1/2″ of card stock with a post it note.

Stamped the tombstone stamp from the Graveyard Gala set, at an angle, by first loading it with Versamark and then with Basic Black ink before stamping it.  Omitted the center of the stamp by not loading it with Versamark or ink.

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

Colored the edges of the tombstone and skull with a Sahara Sand Marker.

Colored in the tombstone with a Crumb Cake Marker.

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

Stamped the Owl from the Stampin’ Up set Dark & Dreary by first loading the stamp with Versamark and then with Basic Black ink before stamping it.  Heat embossed the image using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.

Colored in the Owls eyes with a More Mustard marker and then colored over the entire image with a Versamark marker and then heat embossed the image using clear embossing powder and a heat gun. 

Now my images are all heat embossed and will resist the background ink I’m about the put on.

Punched a 2.5″ circle from the sticky part of a post it note and used it as a mask for the moon.

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

Brayered Elegant Eggplant ink at the top of the card stock, not covering the Not Quite Navy ink entirely.

Removed Moon mask and brayered just a touch of Not Quite Navy ink on the top of the card stock to give the moon a bit of color.

Sponged Always Artichoke ink at the bottom of the card stock.

Sponged Basic Black ink at the very bottom of the card stock.

Wiped the ink off of my embossed images using a paper towel.

Added a cross for the owl to sit on using a Basic Black marker and a ruler.

Ripped the top left corner off of the main image panel.

Sponged Basic Black ink around the edges.

Added a bit of white gel pen highlights to the cross and the top of the tombstone.

Added Elegant Eggplant and River Rock panels.  Using piercing tools, pierced holes done each side of the card front.

Added Gray brads and here is the finished card measuring 5″ x 6.5″.

Have a super Monday!

Until my next post. . . . . .  . . .

Huge Hugs,

Michelle

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Grinnell, Iowa

Piedmont, Alabama (Near GA border close to Cedartown)

Auburn, Washington (near Seattle)

Elk Grove Village, Illinois

Savannah, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

Milton, West Virginia

Soledad, California

Fayette, Tennessee near Nashville, TN & Huntsville, AL

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Houston, Texas

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St. Peters, Missouri

La Porte, Indiana

Orlando (Davenport), Florida

St. Cloud, Minnesota

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Cleveland (Euclid), Ohio

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