Die of the Month with Brutus Monroe

Hello everyone!

Today I'm bringing you this beautiful Die of the Month from Brutus Monroe!

It's detailed and gorgeous!

To begin, I covered a piece of scrap white card stock with 2" double sided

tape.  My card stock piece was 4" x 5 1/2".  I pressed a piece of glitter foil

over the tape and die cut my image.  I have to say this cut like a dream!

Next I cut the base of my card.  That measures 5 1/2" x 8 3/4".  I scored that

at 4 1/4" and then 1/4" on the longer end.  I used one of the new card stock

colors from Brutus Monroe - Holly.  It's a wonderful deep red!  I folded my

card stock on the score lines and then using a very strong liquid glue

adhered my die cut piece to the 1/4" fold.

So this makes the die cut looks like an envelope flap and when you open

it, the front folds down.  Then you have both panels to write on!  The red card stock

with the glitter gold foil looked very minimal and elegant, but I wanted to just

bring it up a notch.  I chose a piece of paper from the Totally Tie-Dye Collection.

When paired with the gold glitter foil my project looked exotic!  

My die cut was not heavy enough to create a flap that would stay closed

by itself.  I decided to tie the flap down with ribbon so the recipient could

just untie it to open up the card.  To do this, I first used the tiniest circle

from the Circle Foundation Dies and cut 2 pieces from the left over foiled

card stock.  

These fit perfectly over the center part of the flower in the middle.  I adhered

one on top of the other to give this part more stability.  

Then I needed to make holes on either side to thread my ribbon through.  

I first marked the spots with a white gel pen.

I made the holes with my pokey tool and pushed from the inside out.  It just

made for a cleaner hole on the inside and the outside of the holes really don't show.

Finally I heat embossed my sentiment that was from the Extra Sentimental

Stamp Set.  I first heat embossed it with gold but it didn't show up enough.

I had left my stamp in my MISTI so I was able to stamp it again and use

Raven Sparkle Embossing Powder.  I threaded my ribbon through and tied

it in a bow and my card was done!

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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.