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STAMPTEMBER Inspiration with Brutus Monroe!

 

STAMPtember with Brutus Monroe

 

Hello everyone!  It's STAMPtember time again!  This is something

that we, as cardmakers, look forward to every year.  And this year

we have a beautiful stamp set from Simon Says Stamp and

Brutus Monroe

featuring

Sweet Seasonal Apples

I love caramel apples so I had to make a card with this stamp!

Let me show you how I made my it!

I first stamped out my images separately with Raven Detail Ink.

These images were relatively easy to color with Copic markers.

Simple 2 to 3 color blends worked perfectly for these images.

Copic colors used:

C1, C2

YG11, YG03, YG23

YR23, YR24, E97

E51, E31, E33, E35, E37

I darkened up the caramel with the E97.

...and it's always good to have help from the peanut gallery!

I fussy cut these images and went around the edges with a black pen.

I cut an A2 size top folding card base from Lunchbag card stock. I

used a piece of plaid paper from the Playful Plaid Paper Pad.  I cut

3 strips about 1 5/8" wide.

I also cut a panel from Cabbage card stock 3 1/4" x 4 1/2" and

embossed it using a plaid embossing folder.

I adhered the plaid strips leaving space in-between each piece.

I decided my green panel needed a bit of definition so I cut a piece

of Marsala card stock just slightly bigger than the green and panel and

adhered the two together.  The Marsala card stock mimics the darker

color stripes in the plaid.

I also decided the main card panel could use a bit of the Marsala

color so I cut 2 very narrow strips of it and adhered them in-between 

the plaid pieces.

I adhered my green panel onto the card base.  I really loved how

it looked!

I stamped my sentiment onto a piece of Marsala card stock and heat

embossed it using Gilded Embossing Powder.  

I die cut it with a banner die not realizing that it would be too long

for it to fit across my card without hanging over the edges.  When I did

realize that, I snipped off each end and adhered it underneath each end

of the sentiment banner, making it look like it had folded ends.

I foam taped my main sentiment and my caramel apple image to

the panel for dimension.  I added a few cream color enamel dots

to it and also added a bit of highlighting with a white gel pen.

And my card was finished!

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial using the STAMPtember

exclusive stamp set - Sweet Seasonal Apples from

Brutus Monroe

Thank you so much for stopping by and seeing inspiration

for this delightful STAMPtember collaboration set from

Simon Says Stamp and Brutus Monroe!

Betsy

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Autumn Border with Rachel Vass Designs

 

Hello everyone!  Happy fall!  The leaves are slowly starting to change in

my part of the world.  How about yours?  Are you welcoming cooler weather?

Today I am bringing you a beautiful and versatile design from:

Rachel Vass Designs

Autumn Border

I love this digistamp set.  It's so pretty and fall-like.  Let me show you

how I made my slimline card!

I composed my design in my computer.  I actually placed the design twice - 

side by side to make the design.  And then dropped in the sentiment.  I printed

it out onto Altenew 140lb Watercolor Paper.

I decided to use Prima Marketing Watercolor Confections in Terrain.  This

palette really has a fall feel to it and I love the colors.

I painted the background of the lower half in Maple.  My initial plan

was to paint the upper half as well, but when I was finished with the

lower half I decided to wait and see if that was what I really wanted

to do.

I painted the berries on the top and bottom with Blue Shadow.

Since the design is a mirror image, I wanted to visually break that

up and achieved that by alternating my colors.  I used the Sassafras,

Sourwood, Fern, Vine Leaf and Purple Smoke Tree for colors.

I was please at how this came out.  I wasn't too fussy about the

painting and I didn't shade everything - only some of the elements.

For the spruce branches I used my dot card from Iuile Watercolors 

and chose the Gold Finger to paint the center vein of each.

This gave the design a bit of sparkle.  I also splattered the top

portion of the panel only with the Gold Finger.

For my last bit of embellishment I used gold peel-offs from Love From Lizi

along the lines above and below the sentiment.

I cut a card base from Martini card stock from Brutus Monroe - it's a

gorgeous fall color.  I adhered my panel to the card base and

my card was done!

I hope you've enjoyed today's tutorial.  I love making fall cards and

they one came out so colorful!  Find this digital stamp set and many others at

Rachel Vass Designs

I appreciate you 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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