Fall Prairie with Brutus Monroe

 

Hello everyone!  Hope everyone is well and enjoying summer while it

is here!  Today I'm bringing you a slimline card made with products from:

Brutus Monroe

Fall Prairie Stamp Set

Chroma Mist: Leaf Green, Candy Apple Red, & Bumblebee Yellow

While this stamp set from the New Release is a scene building set, I chose

to do 3 different vignettes instead!  Let me show you how I did this.

I took one piece of cold pressed watercolor paper and cut it in half

length-wise.  I took one and embossed it with sn embossing folder

that has leaves on it.

I love to emboss a background as it lends texture and interest without

overpowering the main image(s).  I cut another panel of watercolor paper

I then ink smooshed this panel and the other plain panel.  I only used

the red and yellow.

The other panel I blended with the Chroma Mists until I achieved

the color blend I wanted.  I let both of these panels dry naturally.  Using

the heat tool is a sure way to warp the paper and I needed these to be

flat.  I have a laptop and I sandwiched the panels in copy paper and

placed them underneath my laptop.  It's warm without being hot and

the weight of the computer keeps it flat.  In the meantime I inked up

my elements in my MISTI and stamped them twice onto more 

watercolor paper using Raven Detail Ink.

I wasn't sure at this point what I was going to use so I made sure to

stamp enough elements.  I next watercolored my elements with

the Chroma Mists.  These make lovely watercolors and the colors

mix well.  As you can see on my palette, I put a few drops of

yellow, red and green into their own well.  Then I mixed the colors 

that were next to each other.

So I was able to get 3 additional colors:  Orange, brown and a lime green.

I watercolored my elements without getting too fussy...they are small.  I

used a #2 brush and it was damp...not wet, and I didn't wet my area before

painting.  This ensures that the Chroma Mists retain their vibrancy.

Once these were dry I fussy cut them.  My background panels were

dry so I trimmed down the embossed one to 3" x 8".  I took the other

panel and die cut 3 circle out of it.  One was 2 3/4" and the other

2 were 2 1/4".  I used the Circle Fountain Dies to cut these.

I stamped my sentiment onto the bigger circle die cut and I

inked up the edges for definition.

I had in mind what my vignettes would look like, so I went ahead

and foam taped the circles to my embossed panel.  Then I adhered this

main panel onto a darker orange slimline card base that measures

8 1/2" x 3 1/2".

I adhered all of my small elements flat to my circles.  I added a few

white highlights with a white gel pen to the berry clusters and

to the top of the mushrooms.  I added 2-tone tiny pearls to all of the

vignettes and some extra confetti to the bigger middle one for some

extra sparkle and my card was finished.

I hope you enjoyed today's tutorial!  This release was so awesome with

all of the Fall themed products.  Find them at:

Brutus Monroe

Thank you so much for spending time here and I

hope I've inspired you to create something beautiful!

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.