Stamp of the Month with Brutus Monroe

Hello everyone!  Today I'm sharing the new

Stamp of the Month

from

Brutus Monroe

It's so adorable!  This image would also work well for a Get Well card, too.

First I laid out my supplies.

I prepared my base first.  For my A2 size card base I used Whitewash card

stock.  This went really well with the patterned paper.  I used a piece of

embossed dotted green paper for the next layer.  I cut this to

4 1/8" x 5 3/8".  I made a separate panel for my center.  My patterned

paper, from the Paper Hearts paper pack, measures 2" x 4 1/2".  I used a

scrap of Whitewash card stock 1 1/8" x 4 1/2" leaving a bit of room for

adhering to the patterned piece.

With a decorative edge die I die cut a piece for the seam that matches the

yellow hearts in the patterned paper.

Next I stamped my image.

Again, I used the Whitewash card stock for a base.  I had decided to used

Prismacolor Pencils and this card stock is perfect for that!

I chose my colors as I went along.  I started with light layers.

I completed each color section before moving on to another.

I was swatching each color group onto a scrap of the Whitewash card stock and

making sure it matched the patterned paper before actually coloring.

Prismacolor Pencils used:

Green:  905, 992, 105, 901, 920, 1006

Yellow:  916, 917, 1011, 1002

Pink:  928, 926, 1031

Brown:  943, 945, 1030, 937

At this point I was undecided if I wanted to use Gamsol on the pencil work. I really

couldn't make up my mind.  I fussy cut the image leaving 1/8" edge around it...super

easy to cut out!  I stamped my sentiment onto the center piece using Simon Hurley

Tropical Tango ink...it was a perfect match!  I adhered my bear with foam tape to give the

 card a bit more dimension.  I added some Glossy Accents to 3 of

the pink hearts in the background and to the nose and eye of the bear.  Then I put

a couple of dots of Nuvo Jewel Drops in Aqua Plains.  My card was done, but

I did decide to use Gamsol on the coloring...I was much happier with how it looked!

I hope you enjoyed today's project!  I love how it turned out!

This project uses the Stamp of the Month which is a subscription product!

There are many more products that you can get by subscription!

Go to BrutusMonroe.com and check out all of their wonderful

products!  There's an awesome sale going on as well!

Thank you so much for stopping by and spending time here at my blog!

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.