Fall Coffee Joy with Brutus Monroe

 

Hello Brutus Monroe fans!  Since we're all on a coffee theme this week I decided to make a coffee themed card!  I used a variety of products carried at www.Brutus Monroe.com.  Let me show you how I made my card!

I stamped out my images using the Cozy Coffee Stamp Set and the Autumn Essential

Stamp Set onto Neenah 80lb Classic Crest Solar White card stock with Raven Detail

ink.  I chose my paper from the Autumn Foliage Paper Pad and also decided to use

one of the new Felt Doilies in Wheat.  I chose to color my images using Copic

markers.  After coloring them I fussy cut them out (not realizing there's a cut file!).

Copic colors used:

Leaves & Stems:  BG11, BG93, BG96  Glaze:  G00

White Pumpkin:  W1, W2, BG93

Orange Pumpkin:  Y38, YR16, YR18

Coffee Cup:  E21, E31, E33  Lid:  W1

Buttons:  E31, E33, E35, E37

Sweater:  Y11, Y21, Y17

I prepared a top folding A2 size card base from Whitewash card stock.  I cut my

patterned paper to 4" x 5 1/4" and adhered it to the base.  Before adhering the doily

I trimmed off about 3/8" off the left side and adhered that down to the center left

of my card.  I only put glue on the solid middle part.  The felt is nice and sturdy

and I knew it would be ok not to glue it down.

Next I stamped my sentiment on Whitewash card stock using the new Collab stamp set

Simple Strips - Crafty!  This is a crafty collab with Taylored Expressions and Brutus Monroe.  If

you are not familiar with these sets - there are 18 sentiments!  One stamp - one die!  So

handy!  And Taylored Expressions now sells a container with trays that holds all the

sentiments!

I cut a piece of card stock 4 3/4" x 6".  That fits exactly into my Mini Misty.  The stamp

also fits exactly into it!  I stamped with Raven Detail Ink.

The black squares on either side are so there to line up the die.  After die cutting the

sentiments I put them away in my handy container and kept out the one I wanted to use.

I arranged my images in the center of the doily.  I did not use foam tape, but just adhered

everything flat.  I used a liquid glue for this.  After coloring in the little heart on the

sentiment I adhered it across the bottom of the doily and just need a bit of foam tape

on the right side.  And my project was done!

This was so much fun to make!  So many products from Brutus Monroe!

Cozy Coffee Stamp Set

Autumn Essentials Stamp Set & Cut File

Simple Strips-Crafty Stamp Set

Whitewash Card Stock

Felt Doily - Wheat

Autumn Foliage Paper Pad

Raven Detail Ink

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  I hope I've inspired you

to create your own Autumn Coffee card!

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.

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Mid-Month Inspiration with Jan's Digistamps Challenge

 

Hello everyone!  Time for some mid-month inspiration for

Jan's Digistamps Challenges Blog!

using:  Pear-fection #3330J

This is a beautiful stamp set and I love Jan's take on it!  Let me show you

how I made my card!

I started by printing out my image onto Neenah 80lb. Classic Crest Solar

White card stock.  I also printed out a sentiment but did use it.

I decided to color my image with Copic markers and I had already chosen my

background paper so I had a color palette in mind.

I kept the coloring pretty simple.

Copic markers used:

Leaves:  YG91, G21, G85, G94

Branches:  E15, E59

Pears:  Y21, Y35, Y38, Y28, R02

Vase:  BG70, BG72, E08, E15

I chose a patterned piece of paper from the Falling Leaves Paper Pad from

Unity Stamp Company.  I trimmed it down to 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" and adhered it

to a standard white top folding A2 size card base.

I die cut my colored panel with a dotted rectangle die that measures

3 1/2" x 4 3/4" and adhered it flat to the card center.  I though that this might

make a good sympathy card so I didn't embellish it or put a sentiment on it.

I think it just makes a nice soft statement.

I hope you found some inspiration in today's tutorial.  Find this stamp

set and 2 other new stamps sets in Jan's Shop

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I appreciate your interest!

Betsy

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Fall Leaves

Hello everyone!  It's New Release Day at:

Rachel Vass Designs

Fall Leaves

This is such a fabulous new release!  I love making fall cards and this digistamp set

has so many possibilities!  

I decided to really work with my patterned for this design.  This paper pad comes from

Unity Stamp Company and it's gorgeous!  Yellow is not my favorite color, but this

paper is so yummy!!!!!!  I first composed my design in my computer and printed it

out onto a piece of the patterned paper by taping it onto a sheet of copy paper that

had the design printed on it, then running it through my printer again.

This is a coated paper and my printer is inkjet.  I actually let it sit overnight before

I started coloring, but I think you could hit it with a heat tool and it would help.

Even so, in my Copic coloring I was very careful with the outline...particularly with

light colors as they contain more blender.

Copic colors used:

Yellow: Y06, Y08, Y17, Y38

Brown:  E33, E35

Red:  R02, R14, R35

Orange:  YR15, YR07, YR16

I did not do any vigorous blending.  The ink sits on top of this paper and

it blended quite easily.

I made my card base out of some plain yellow card stock.  I made an A2 size

card base and covered it with another piece of the patterned paper leaving

1/8" on the top and bottom of the card base.  So that piece measured

4" x 5 1/2".  Next I trimmed down my printed and colored piece and that

measured 3 1/4" x 5 1/2".

For trimmings, I wanted them to be subtle so I used copper peel-offs

on the top and bottom of the printed focal piece.  I went over the veins in

the leaves with an orange glitter gel pen and used tiny orange triangle

bits instead of traditional sequins.  And that finished my card!

    

I hope you enjoyed today's project!  I just love the brilliance of fall

colors!  This design would look awesome on a slimline card!

You can find this design and more at

Rachel Vass Designs

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

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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