Nope...I thought instead of watching the minutes, and seconds tick down on the clock till I could place my first order out of the new Stampin' Up! catalog I would upload a video to YouTube and show you how I did the Sansodor with Watercolor Pencils Technique. A few of you have asked me to show you how it was done, and since you live far far away and can't come to class, I thought hey why not. I have taken videos before, but never uploaded them anywhere, I don't think I can upload them directly to Typepad (nope I tried) so I am using YouTube, so here goes nothing.
Now let me apologize before you even watch it. I literally had the camera on a tripod right in front of me. A little tip from my friend Linda Hansen. I wanted it to be close enough so you could see what I was doing, and for ME to see what I was doing, and that I was in the camera view thing. Plus you had to be able to hear me. So I am sure it is not the best quality, but I hope to get better. Also who woulda thunk it...you can hear my dang computer fan in the background, and it is like 8 feet away. I will have to turn that off from now on.
So anyway, I hope you enjoy it, and I hope to do more in the future. It was way easier then taking the pictures using the timer on the tripod and then uploading them, and then adding them here, and typing what was going on, but now you have to listen to my voice..sorry! And it took some time to load up in YouTube and all that stuff, oh and then I realized my user name made no sense at all to anyone but me, so I deleted the video and my account, and added a new account and re-added the video...ha! So it might not be faster in that regards...this time... but it was fun. Here is the original post with the completed card.
Here goes, fingers crossed:
Let me know what you think! Hugs, Di
I've never heard of Sansodor either. I went to Michaels and another craft store and neither has it. Is it the same as Gamsol? or Zest? It is an oil, solvent, or ? I really like the technique you used. Your card is great.
Posted by: MaggiLiz | July 09, 2009 at 06:01 PM
Thanks so much for sharing this!! I love the look and that fact that you can to this on Whisper White cardstock! We have a Michael's here, so I just have to make a trip there! You did a great job!
Posted by: Phyllis Johnson | July 05, 2009 at 03:40 AM
Hey Di,
Dont know if you answered above, but you can SHARPEN/TRIM your stumps with a pencil sharpener, so you can do multi colors with the same stump!
YAY on your video! ZOOM OUT! shoot! LOL!!!
*HUGS*
Posted by: Bunny | July 03, 2009 at 11:20 PM
You did a great job on your video. Look forward to watching many more.....Good Job!!
Posted by: Silvia | July 03, 2009 at 08:30 AM
You did a great job on the video and explained everything perfectly. I love this way of learning! I have been admiring your beautiful blending and now I know how! Thanks for all the effort you put into this. Guess I'll be going to Michael's today to get Sansodor and stumps! Can you trim them, or sharpen them? And I'll repeat the earlier question...do you have one for each color?
Posted by: memphisrobin | July 03, 2009 at 07:11 AM
Thanks for the tutorial. What a clever way to make clouds! I'm looking forward to the next video.
Posted by: Sheila L. | July 03, 2009 at 06:04 AM
Great video! Thank you so much for posting this technique. Your card is awesome. And, it's nice to now have a voice to go along with the face!
Posted by: lisa808 | July 03, 2009 at 05:46 AM
BRAVO!!!! Awesome..you did great!!!
Posted by: Sue | July 03, 2009 at 01:55 AM
Di, that was so fun to see the tutorial...how well the watercolor pencils blend with the sansodor! I realy, really appreciate seeing the video - it made a lot more sense in terms of how well the sansodor blends.
Posted by: Stephanie P | July 03, 2009 at 12:11 AM
Nice!!! I guess we really DO have to do everything together...lol! :) I just did my second one...gonna be addictive me thinks. Great job on the video, chickie-poo! I love this technique...never tried Sansodor before...very cool!
Posted by: Cindy Lawrence | July 02, 2009 at 08:57 PM
Hi Di! You did so awesome!! I loved your tutorial! I love how the sansodor blends different colors too!!
You're fabulous as usual!
Posted by: Julia | July 02, 2009 at 05:43 PM
VERY COOL!i saw somewhere how to make those blending stumps yourself,i think i'd have to do that to keep the costs down.Whats the advantage to using the sansodor rather than water if they are watercolour pencils....is it so the cardstock doesn't buckle?
Posted by: michelle jadaa | July 02, 2009 at 05:02 PM
Nice job on the tutorial!!!! I imagine it will get easier the more you do! How about one on the sepia-tone card? I haven't tried it yet form your written instructions, I tend to do better with a visual! :>) Thanks, Brenda
Posted by: Brenda | July 02, 2009 at 12:56 PM
Oh my gosh such a good tutorial, thanks so much for sharing!
Posted by: Penny P | July 02, 2009 at 12:33 PM
Love your video, Di! It is so nice to hear your voice...finally. The card is sooo cute and I love this technique. Great job!
Posted by: Kim Burmeister | July 02, 2009 at 10:51 AM