Tutorial Time - Watercoloring with Gelatos

This is the last Tutorial Time challenge for 2014 -- the team is taking the month of December off!  As luck would have it, today's tutorial uses supplies that I didn't have in my craft room -- Gelatos.  Barb Klusendorf wrote a tutorial for simple watercoloring using Gelatos, so I went to Michaels (50% coupon in hand) and bought a small set of them to try.  Turns out it wasn't too hard.  Here's my card:

Hope you can play along with the rest of the team.

Tutorial Time - Wreath from Punched Pieces

I had a lot of fun with today's Tutorial Time challenge, making a wreath from punched pieces -- in fact, I wrote the tutorial, which you can find below and also on Speedy TV.  Here's my card:

I hope you give this tutorial a try -- and link up your card on Speedy TV.  You could win a free stamp set.

Tutorial Time - Quilling

I almost dreaded this Tutorial Time challenge for this week.  I had tried Quilling several years ago with no great success.  But I decided to give it another go.  Lis Robson wrote the tutorial, which you can find here.  Card Maker magazine has an on-going column on quilling, so between the tutorial and the article I thought I might be able to come up with something acceptable.  Here is my result, which is actually better than my first try:

How about giving it a try yourself.  Link your card up on the challenge over on Speedy TV.  You might win a free stamp set.

Tutorial Time - Let's Make Bugs!

I had a grand time with today's Tutorial Time challenge on Speedy TV.  Lis Robson wrote a tutorial for one way to make a little critter to add to your card.  She made a dragonfly, but I made a ladybug.  I used an oval punch to cut out all the pieces, slicing the red one in half.  I added some wire for legs and a pair of googlie eyes. I adhered her to my flower using a large foam dot.  I drew in the spots on the wings.

My flower in its original size was much too small proportionately to the ladybug.  So after stamping it, I masked it with a Post-It note and stamped it again (this time up-side down) twice, so that the flower was much larger.

If you'd like to try making some bugs, have fun!  Link up your card over on Speedy TV and you might win a free stamp set.

Tutorial Time - Alcohol Splatter

Today's Tutorial Time challenge was a new technique for me.  Barb Klusendorf wrote a tutorial for Alcohol Splatter, which you can find here.  As Halloween is right around the corner, I made a Halloween card.  I may have strayed just a little bit from Barb's directions.  After I spread the ink with the canned air, I turned my card stock over and twisted just a bit.  I found that the coverage was a little better for me that way.

Join us for this fun challenge over on Speedy TV.  You might win a free stamp set.

Tutorial Time - Weathered Wood

Today's Tutorial Time challenge on Speedy TV is perfect for making those guy cards, which are not always easy.  Jane Chambers wrote a tutorial for making Weathered Wood.  Here's my card:

I used three different Ranger Distress inks on my background -- Antique Linen, Tea Dye, and Rusty Hinge.  I added that classic car from Classic Dad, and . . . voila, a masculine birthday card.

If you'd like to give this easy technique a try, link up your card over on Speedy TV.  You might just win a free stamp set.

Tutorial Time - Spotlight Stamping

This week's Tutorial Time challenge on Speedy TV is brought to you by Barbie Dopson; she did a tutorial on Spotlight Stamping.   This is a fun technique, in which you color only a portion of your image or scene, leaving the rest of it uncolored.  I decided to have a little fun with it and use this cute tree frog instead of a flower, which was my first thought.

Because my "scene" contains some masking and over-stamping of several images, I was a bit concerned that I couldn't do it exactly the same the second time.  So I just used my copier and made a second copy.  I colored the original because I wasn't sure how the ink from the copier would react to my markers.

If you'd like to play along with us, check out the Tutorial Time Challenge on Speedy TV.  Link up your card and you might win a free stamp set.

Tutorial Time - Fan Fold Album

The Tutorial Time challenge this week is brought to you by Davi Reid, who wrote a tutorial on how to make a Fan Fold Album.  My brother and sister were both visiting in Florida recently, so I took some of the photos from a family dinner we had and put them into my album.

Here's the front cover.  I used several of the dies from Spellbinders Timeless Rectangles set.

 This is my brother, my sister, and me.

And this was my brother and sister-in-law, my sister, my son and his family (including his mother-in-law), my niece, and me.

A good time was had by all!  If you'd like to try making one of these mini-albums, please share it with us over on Speedy TV.  You might win a free stamp set.

Tutorial Time - Distress Stains Background

It's Tutorial Time again -- this week brought to you by Barbara Klusendorf, who wrote the tutorial on the Distress Stains Background.  I've done this with ink pads before but never with distress stains.  Here's my card:

If you'd like to try Barbara's technique, link your card up on Speedy TV and maybe you'll win this week's free stamp set.

Tutorial Time - Twisted Easel

This week's Tutorial Time challenge is a Twisted Easel card.  I learned how to do this technique some time ago and wrote the tutorial on Speedy TV.  I hope you try it -- it's not as difficult as it looks at first glance.

I used this fun image that was released from MFP last month.  That starry design paper has been in my blue paper drawer forever!  If you decide to try this technique, link up your card over on Speedy TV.  You might just win a free stamp set.

Tutorial Time on Speedy TV - Secret Door

Today's Tutorial Time on Speedy TV challenge was totally new to me -- a Secret Door.  Barbie Dopson wrote the tutorial for this very clever card.  Here's my card:

Here's the inside:

And, when you know the trick, here's inside the secret door:

Be sure to check out Barbie's tutorial and then see what the rest of the team did with it.  If you decide to play along, you might win a free stamp set.

Tutorial Time on Speedy TV - Shaving Cream Technique

This week's Tutorial Time challenge is a fun, though messy, technique -- Shaving Cream Backgrounds.  Some time ago I wrote the tutorial for Speedy TV and enjoyed revisiting it.  And I hope our challenge team had fun too.  Here's a new card I created for this technique.  I used three different reinkers for the background, SU Bashful Blue, Tempting Turquoise, and Taken With Teal.  My image is MFP Peace at Mt. Fuji, the give-away for participating in the June Oriental Swap on Speedy TV.

I hope you give this technique a try.   BTW, gloves are almost a requisite for this -- unless you want stained hands for a few days after doing it!    If you do make a card, link it up at the end of the Tutorial Time challenge; and you could win a free stamp set.

Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Peace at Mt. Fuji
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Reinkers - Bashful Blue, Tempting Turquoise, Taken With Teal
Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers - Bang Up Blue, Snow Storm Smooth, Glossy White
Accessories:  Shaving Cream, Copic markers, Scallop Petite Ovals Nestabilities die

Tutorial Time - Stencils and Colored Pencils

The Tutorial Time challenge on Speedy TV today is Stenciling with Colored Pencils.  I have used stencils before -- but usually with distress ink and sponges, never with colored pencils.  Barbie Dobson wrote our tutorial for today.  I used a Tim Holtz stencil and a sentiment from MFP Out of Time mini set for my card.

Check out the Challenge post on Speedy TV and see how the rest of the team handled this challenge.  If you'd like to play along with us, you might win a free stamp set.

Tutorial Time - Beyond Borders

Today's Tutorial Time on Speedy TV challenge is "Beyond Borders," based on a tutorial written by Jane Chambers.   When I first read the title of the challenge, I was not quite sure what was in store for me.  But when I read Jane's tutorial, I recognized it as something I had done before -- called "out of the box."   Here's my card -- you can see where portions of the tiger lily are outside the edge of the oval Nestabilities die.

If you'd like to play along with the rest of the team, link up your card at the end of the post over on Speedy TV.  You could win a free stamp set.

Tutorial Time - Flower Pounding

This week's Tutorial Time challenge was brought to us by Cheryl Miller.  Check out her tutorial for Flower Pounding.  I tried it with some crepe myrtle that grows in my front yard.  The first time I worked on the leaves, I left them attached to the stem.  However, I didn't like the results.  So I did it again with just the leaves, and then I brushed in the stem with a marker.  The results were much cleaner.

What I found interesting when I did this technique was that the color of the flowers changed.  Here is a photo of the crepe myrtle from which I cut a sprig for my flower pounding.

As you can see, the flowers were definitely PINK not PURPLE.  I'm not sure how that happened!  I'm sure there's a scientific explanation, but I'm not going to go look for it!  I'm just going to enjoy my pink crepe myrtle tree.

We hope you stop over at Speedy TV and try this interesting technique.  Link up your card at the end of the post and you could win a free stamp set.

Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Bring on the Sun
Ink:  Memento Teal Zeal
Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers - Groovy Grape, Premium Heavy White; scrap of DP
Accessories:  Circle and Scallop Circle Nestabilities, Pearls, Marker, Crepe Myrtle flowers and leaves

Tutorial Time - Pocket Greetings Card

Barbie Dobson hosted the Tutorial Time challenge on Speedy TV this week.  She wrote a very nice tutorial on how to make a Pocket Greetings Card.  Here's mine:

And here's the inside showing the pocket and the extra greetings card.

Check out Barbie's tutorial and make one of these unusual cards.  Link it up at the end of the challenge post and you might just win a free stamp set.

Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Flower Blocks, Butterfly Sayings
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers - Morning Sun, Snow Storm Smooth, Black Linen
Accessories:  Copic markers, Ribbon

Tutorial Time - Using Old Photos

This week's Tutorial Time challenge on Speedy TV is Using Old Photos on your cards.  Cheryl Miller wrote a tutorial for this fun challenge.  I looked through a whole pile of photos and found one of three of my grandchildren at Halloween.  I copied it, cut it out and stamped a fun Halloween image to go with the photo.

If you'd like to play along with us, make a card using a photo and link it up at the end of the challenge post on Speedy TV.  You could win a free stamp set.

Tutorial Time - Mini Book

Jane Chambers brought us this week's Tutorial Time challenge and tutorial -- a mini book, which measures 3" by 4".  I used some images from today's featured set in the Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop, Please Snow, as well as images from several other MFP sets.  I confess I had a bit of a problem with this project; but with diligence and re-reading (and maybe some dumb luck!), I did create my little Christmas-sy book.

Here is the front of my book:

And here are the inside pages, all full of fun Christmas stuff!

I hope you like my little Christmas "gift" in the beginning of the summer.  If you'd like to give this technique a try, link up your card at the end of the challenge post on Speedy TV.  You might just win a free stamp set.

Tutorial Time - Cling Wrap Background

Lis brought us our Tutorial Time challenge on Speedy TV this week.  It was a technique I had never tried before, Cling Wrap Background.  Check out her tutorial here.

Here's my card, which is a sneak peak at a new MFP set, Great Flowers, which will be released next week:

If you'd like to try this interesting technique, give it a go and link up your card on Speedy TV.  You might win a free stamp set.

Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Great Flowers
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Onyx Black; reinkers - SU Pumpkin Pie, Summer Sun, Old Olive
Paper:  Mark's Finest Papers - Deep Olive, Snow Storm Smooth
Accessories:  Spellbinders Labels 25, embossing folder

Tutorial Time Challenge - Pillow Top Technique

Today it was my turn to do the tutorial on the Speedy TV Tutorial Time challenge.  This is one of my favorite techniques -- Pillow Top.  I actually had a tutorial for this technique on my blog back in July of 2013.   But it also appears in the Tutorial Section of Speedy TV.  I've used this technique many times.  Here's my card for today, using one of my favorite colors and flower images.

A few weeks ago I made a similar card to this one -- but it has a few more frills on it -- sort of More is More!

I hope you'll give this technique a try -- and link your card up on Speedy TV.  You might win a free stamp set.


Card #1
Stamps:  Mark's Finest Papers - Camellia, Friends
Paper:  SU Really Rust, Mark's Finest Papers Snow Storm Smooth
Ink:  Memento Potters Clay, Ranger Distress Wild Honey
Accessories:  Copic markers, Acetate sheet, Brads