Falliday Fun with Brutus Monroe

Summer Fruit Background Border with Rachel Vass Designs

Hello everyone!  Hope everyone is doing well.  It's New Release Day at

Rachel Vass Designs

Summer Fruit Background Border

This is such a great summer design!  Let me show you how I

created my colorful version!

I composed and then printed my design on Stonehenge White which is a

smooth paper with a weight of about 95 lbs.  This paper is excellent for

colored pencil work.  My panel measures 4 1/4" x 3 1/4".

I started coloring my image with Prisma Colored Pencils.

I wanted my images to be very colorful and I used lots of colors!

Blueberries: 1087, 133, 208, 933, 944

Orange Slice: 914, 918, 921

Lime Slice:  1089. 989, 913

Strawberries: 1004, 913, 109, 923

Blackberries:  1030, 996, 1078

Raspberries:  994, 195, 930, 1029

Apples:  989, 913, 1093

Apricots:  940, 1034, 1003, 1032, 1014

Plums:  989, 912, 120, 956, 996, 1008, 934

Background:  140

After the coloring was done, I trimmed my panel down and backed it with

some black card stock and left a narrow edge showing.  I used an A2 size white card

base that was folded in half and I adhered my background paper to cover it

completely.  This paper is from the Rainbows paper pack from Whimsy Stamps.

As a bit of embellishment, I adhered tiny iridescent flowers all over.

And my card was completed!

I hope you enjoyed today's project!  It was fun to color and it's  nice

way to tell a friend you are missing them!

If you haven't seen Rachel's other designs, please visit her shop!

Rachel Vass Designs

Thanks so much for spending time here today!  I appreciate you!

Betsy

In my capacity as a design team member for Rachel Vass Designs, I do receive the products I use from them. 

All opinions and creative decisions remain my own, and I only work with companies/use products that I love.

ATC's with Brutus Monroe

Hello everyone!  Today I'll be showing you how I created these fall inspired

ATC's using products from Brutus Monroe!

I can't wait for fall!  It's my favorite season for weather and color!  So I was very

inspired to create a fall vibe for these!

I started my cards by giving each ATC a coat of white gesso.  This gesso will

seal the chipboard so products aren't absorbed completely.

You'll see I started with 4 but only completed 3.  I fell and broke my wrist in 2 places

after starting the second one.  My creative mojo was slightly impacted!!!  So I used one

of them for testing of products.  While this would be a very lengthy post to go into detail

on each ATC, I will give you a synopsis of what I used and did on each one.

For this one, I mixed media Paste with Arachnis Aqua Pigment and smeared it on

the background.  When it was dry I stamped my images which came from the

Fall Essentials Stamp Set.  I painted them with Metallic Hyper Pigments and then

went over them with Copic markers.  I enhanced the "fall' sentiment with a dark brown

fine line Unipen.  Next I used the Sequin Builder Slim Line stencil with Walnut

Sparkle Glitter glaze - this is my fav!  When that was dry I used the Metallic 

Hyper Pigments to splatter!

ATC #2 started with a stencil - this was the log ends stencil that was the March

Stencil of the Month.  I used Simon Hurley Slippery When Wet ink.  I also used

lots of Pixie Spray to hold my stencil down.  Next I stamped my images using the

same Fall Essentials Stamp Set.  I colored the images with Copic markers.  I 

decided to make some random dots and fill in a few of the tiny leaves and berries

with the Deco Foil Liquid Adhesive and when it was dry I used the Peach

Princess foil over it.  I noticed that some of the stenciled area had been "outlined" faintly 

in the foil...I figured out it was from the Pixie Spray!  The I used another Glitter Glaze - Apricot.  This is "in your face" glittery and I wanted to tone it down, so I mixed it with the media

paste and that worked!  Once that was dry I did splatter with Gold Hyper Pigment,

and a little glitter pen work.  I also went over the sentiment with a dark brown pen.

Next was my last ATC.  I added Marigold and Arachnis Aqua Pigment to some of the media paste and brush it on with a paint brush and let it dry.  Next, I stamped on my images - from the Fall Essentials Stamp Set and once again colored them with my Copic markers.  I also went over

 the sentiment with the dark brown pen.  I added Walnut Sparkle Glitter Glaze by smearing it on with a palette knife.  Once that was dry I stenciled on Apricot Glitter Glaze - full strength this time - using the Sequin Builder Slim Line Stencil.  When all of that was dry I splattered on Gold Hyper

Pigment and that finished this final ATC.

This was my first time making ATC's - they are like tiny cards!  I hope you enjoyed

today's tutorial!  Lots of awesome products cane be found on the Brutus Monroe

website to create these great little cards!

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today!

Betsy

In my capacity as a design team member for Brutus Monroe, I do receive the products I use from them. 

All opinions and creative decisions remain my own, and I only work with companies/use products that I love.

Coffee Break Time with Rachel Vass Designs

Magnolia Slimline with Rachel Vass Designs

Hello everyone and a happy Wednesday!  Today I''m bringing you a

project I made with the newest release from

Rachel Vass Designs

Magnolia Slimline

If you liked the Magnolia Background from Saturday's release you will love

this slimline version!

I started by composing my design and printed it out onto Neenah 80lb. 

Classic Crest Solar white card stock.  Next I die cut my panel with a slimline

die from Studio Katia.  

I started the coloring with my background.  I did end up coloring it 3 times.

Next I colored in the stems and leaves.

The flowers were last and I only used one color on them, using that color

as I would my darkest shade.

Copic colors used:

Background:  YG61 - 3 times

Stems:  E95, E15, E18

Leaves:  G94, G95

Flowers:  R000

Next I chose my background papers.

I used another slimline die for the next layer - this one a stitched rectangle 

die from Lawn Fawn.  I covered my slimline card base, which measures

3 1/2" x 8 1/2", with the peach card stock.  I adhered all of my layers

together and that finished my card.

I hope you enjoyed today's tutorial.  So many possibilities for this

slimline digistamp set!  Check out Rachel's other designs in her shop!

Rachel Vass Designs

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by!

Happy paper crafting!

Betsy

In my capacity as a design team member for Rachel Vass Designs, I do receive the products I use from them.

 All opinions and creative decisions remain my own, and I only work with companies/use products that I love.

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Twiggy Heart Wreath & Sentiments with Quietfire Design

How to Customize Your Layered Die Cut Stamping with Glitter

Hello everyone!  Today I'll be showing you how to customize your layered die-cut stamping with glitter using the Best Glue Ever with the No-Clog Writing Cap!

This was tons of fun to create!  I got my inspiration from the owner of ScaPerfect -Amy Rozak who got her inspiration from Lindsay Weirich - The Frugal Crafter!  I decided to use a stamp and die set.  The dies actually decrease in size for the flower,  so it has a very layered look - perfect for what I was doing!   I started by stamping my image 3 times onto white card stock.  I used a hybrid ink for this.  I think a water-based ink would smear and a pigment ink would not hold up to the Copic coloring!

Next, taking a make-up wedge sponge I applied a thin layer of the Best Glue Ever to the images.  This is quite quick-drying so I had to move along.

Once the glue was dry, which really didn't take any time at all, I cut them part and then applied glitter to them.

I tapped off the excess glitter and then burnished the glitter by placing a sheet of acetate over the images and burnishing with my teflon bone folder.  Then I took my Perfect Cleaning Cloth and rubbed it over the images to remove more excess.  Then I die-cut the images with the coordinating dies.

It was at this point that I noticed I got glue on my glass mat and there was glitter everywhere!  I grabbed my Best Cleaner Ever and my Perfect Cleaning Cloth and my problem was taken care of!

It was time to do the coloring.  I looked for inspiration on my flower colors on Google.  I found a pink/yellow dahlia that was perfect!

I found the coloring to be a bit precarious!  Some glitter came off on my markers, so I kept a piece of copy paper handy to wipe the tips off.  There was no hard blending with this, so I carefully blended my colors trying not to disturb the glitter underneath.

I was really pleased with the color combination I had chosen.

Copic Marker colors used:

YG23, YG17, G07, RV04, Y17, Y06

I next started preparing my card base which was an A2 size top folding white card base.  I covered that with a pearlized bronze paper.  Out of that same paper I die cut a decorative oval piece and my sentiment.  I cut a piece of patterned paper to 3 7/8" x 5 1/8".

I adhered my flower piece together with foam tape.  I glued the over piece to the

card base and then adhered both the flower and the sentiment.  As a bit of bling, I added

some small orange and pink acrylic dew drops.  And that finished my project!

I hope you enjoyed today's card!  I could not have done it without the awesome products from ScaPerfect:

Thanks for stopping by!  I really appreciate your interest and support!

Betsy

In my capacity as a design team member for SraPerfect, I do receive the products I use from them.

 All opinions and creative decisions remain my own, and I only work with companies/use products that I love.