Category Archives: Michelle Zindorf tutorial

Autumn Landscape anniversary card

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For this card I used Michelle Zindorf’s tutorial  #379 to make the swooshed direct to paper  background and stamped trees.  I just kept a white border around the card and didn’t stamp any greeting or other words over it.  I wanted a darker look overall but I do like the sunny look to Michelle’s card.  I also used some different colours and patted my white pen marks to make them slightly less obvious.

Inks:  Distress inks Stormy sky, Milled lavender, Spun sugar and Barn door.  Stampin up Not quite navy, So saffron, More mustard, Old olive, Crumb cake and Soft suede.
Card:  white card
Stamp: Stampin up Lovely as a tree
Other:  white gel pen

Birthday and anniversary cards.

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I found this tutorial the other day and loved the card Michelle made so much that I just had to have a go for my mum’s birthday card. I didn’t have the same stamps or colours (nothing new there!) but I used her overall design. Mine is not nearly as good as Michelle’s but I would definitely try this again. (thank you for sharing Michelle)

Inks: Brilliance pearlescent yellow, Adirondack stream and terra cotta, Archival coffee, Versafine onyx black, Stampin up certainly celery and cream caramel, dark green, Distress ink weathered wood
Card: black, white, teal
Stamps: Papertreyink Out on a limb, Basic grey Flourish corners (small flower), Rubber Stamp Tapestry (foliage), Stampers anonymous Urban tapestry (splotches for leaves in tree), a text stamp unknown
Other: Silver brads

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This cute little car stamp by Mabel Lucie Atwell was perfect for dad, I can just imagine him playing with one of these as a little boy. Actually it was probably a go-cart that he played with! I decoupaged the image and shaded the outside with distress inks.

Inks: Black document ink, Distress inks Antique linen and walnut stain
Card: Ivory
Stamp: Mabel Lucie Atwell Boy with car
Other: Prisma pencils and sansador to colour, silver pen

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Yet another fabby tutorial (thank you for sharing Nathalia) but I didn’t make an accordion book I just used the idea to make this card.

I used grunge paper instead of chipboard.

Inks: Distress inks frayed burlap and walnut stain
Card: grunge paper, white card
Stamps: I stamped the inside using selective colouring with Marvy pens with various stampin up pocket silhouette stamps and Rubber stamp tapestry stamps having brayered lightly for the sky and ground first. The greeting is from stampin up cheer and wishes. Dragonfly on shrink plastic from Aspects of design 38 Daisy daydreams
Other: Ckalky emulsion French turquoise for the undercoat, Crackle paint Picket fence paint, eyelets, small terracotta pot, flowersoft and wire, lucky white heather (plastic), filigree button for the handle, shrink plastic dragon fly with some thin black wire for it’s legs.

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The inside
Just when I thought I was taking better photos
I go and do something like this – C’est la vie!
You get the idea anyway.