I've been mooned by Zindorf!

Michelle and me at the workshop
The teacher

Michelle's sample

My first zindorf card!

Here is Michelle "mooning" the class, lol!

Here's my moon.

This is how she keeps up with her class samples and steps.

This is called Le Jardin Bontanique on a golden lake.

I was one of the lucky ones that was able to get into the Dallas area Zindorf brayer class today! This is the first Texas class that I have seen on her calendar. I barely got in and she had a looooong waiting list. She did 4 classes, two yesterday and two today. She does a beginner and an advanced. I got into the beginner only, but I will keep an eye out for her to come my way again so that I can get into that advanced class. Michelle was so much fun and her class was too. We were all amazed by our end products. There were many aha! moments. I'm sure you have drooled over her cards and often wondered how she gets those wonderful effects with her brayer. Well there IS a technique to it. I can't wait to demonstrate it to my down/side line and club members. I will let you in on a secret though ......start off the paper!

Circle Circus

Here are two cards I made using the new set Circle Circus that will make it's debut in the NEW SU catalog on July 1st. When I saw this set, I thought I would really like it and come up with lots of ways to use it. Well let me tell you it hasn't been as easy as I thought. And I haven't seen many cards posted on SCS that have used it or that I particularly liked. But I am determined to conquer this set and find a good use for it. On these cards, I first stamped the circle with versamark and clear embossed. Then brayered over them with the new in-colors, curry on one and mambo on the other. Next I wiped off the excess ink so that the embossed circles were whiter looking. Last I stamped a different circle with black ink. The designer paper is from the razzleberry lemonade pack. I am really excited about the dotted ribbon!!! If you like it please leave comments and let me know if I should make any for convention to swap. Is it "swap worthy"? lol

Brayered Autumn Days

I love my brayer but forget to pull it out and use it sometimes. I have wanted to try some of the brayer techniques shown on this blog. She is amazing with her brayer! Check it out. I actually followed the steps posted over on SCS for this card using the new SU set Autumn Days that I got to preorder as a demonstrator. It brayered with Summer Sun, More Mustard, Dusty Durango (one of the new In-Colors), and Old Olive. I used glossy cardstock and mounted it on basic black and dusty durango cardstock. You can't tell in this photo, but the pheasant was stamped first in veramark and then into Rich Razzelberry and clear embossed.