Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Brutus Monroe & Waffle Flower Instagram Hop

 


Welcome to the Brutus Monroe & Waffle Flower Collab!
Waffle Flower is introducing several new products and we've paired
those with some of our favorite Brutus Monroe Products!

Waffle Flower has introduced their new Stencil Mat and
Blending Brushes!  You will see those in action in this post as
I showcase them with Brutus Monroe Aqua Pigments, Embossing Powder
and Conversation Clippings.

For my stencil I chose to use Spread Your Wings from Waffle Flower.  I
also used the coordinating stamp set - Spread Your Wings.  I am
using Aqua Pigments to stencil with - yes - liquid watercolor to stencil with!
Let me show you how well that works!


I cut a piece of 6" x 6" heavy white card stock - mine was 120lb.  I
set my card stock on the Stencil Mat and taped the stencil down with
Purple Tape.  The mat keeps the card stock secure and it doesn't move.
And the Blender Brushes are a dream to work with!  I would never have
guessed that you could get such a smooth blend of color stenciling with
Aqua Pigments!


I was so pleased with how these blended!  And everything stayed secure
on the Stencil Mat.  This went so well I decided to use a stencil for my
background as well.  I used the Sunburst Stencil and used the same colors
of Aqua Pigments to do my stenciling.  All colors are listed below.


Using the Rectangle Foundation Dies from Brutus Monroe I cut my
panel 3 3/4" x 5".


Next, with the coordinating stamp set - Spread Your Wings - I heat
embossed all the butterflies with Raven Sparkle Embossing Powder.


These came out so pretty and sparkly!  I fussy cut my butterflies
right up to the embossed lines.


There are matching dies but I don't have those.  I did not cut out the
antennae of the butterflies.  Next I took a sentiment from the Brutus Monroe
Conversation Clippings - Butterfly Wishes and die cut it with a
banner die from my stash.


Now it was time to assemble my card.  I started with a standard A2
size top folding white notecard.  I adhered the Sunburst panel to the card
base.  Next I added the sentiment which I popped up on foam tape.
I then attached 5 of my 6 butterflies.  I put adhesive on the centers of
the butterflies except the half butterfly which I popped up on foam
tape and is right next to the sentiment.  For just a touch of some added
bling and detail, I adhered black gems to all of the butterflies, adhering
the tiny ones in patterns.


Products used:

Brutus Monroe
Aqua Pigments: Amber, Watermelon, Lime,
Delphinium & Violet
Rectangle Foundation Dies

Waffle Flower
Stencil Mat
Blending Brushes
Spread Your Wings Stencil
Spread Your Wings Stamp Set

  Make sure to catch us
on Instagram @brutusmonroe and @Waffleflower where we are having a hop! 
 There are prizes to be won.  You can find everyone's blog post here:


Thanks so much for stopping by!

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.

















48 comments:

  1. I think these butterflies are just so pretty! And I’m very intrigued with the mats snd the brush holder too! I like to have things I use often on my work table! Thanks ! Debbie dsegler@gmsil.com

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  2. Love to color butterflies. The brushes
    make shading so much easier. thanks for
    sharing. txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com

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    1. I was amazed at how well the butterflies stenciled with the Aqua Pigments and those dreamy new brushes!!!

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  3. I love seeing what you did with the stencils and brushes. I find myself using more stencils and have gotten a few brushes to use but now I think I need more…😂

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  4. Love the colorful ink blended butterflies and the new Waffle Flower media mat.

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  5. Beautiful card. Love the vibrant colors

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  6. Those butterflies are gorgeous!
    I like the new stencil mat.
    Thanks for sharing1

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  7. Love the smooth blending on your fun butterflies.

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  8. I so love the stenciled butterflies. They are just gorgeous!

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  9. The butterflies are beautiful! The stencil mat seems awesome too.

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  10. You do beautiful blending! Makes everything "pop" with the black ink. Ooh la la!

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  11. thank you! The dreamy brushes made the blending very easy!

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  12. OMG your projects are gorgeous - so bright and cheerful

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  13. What a beautiful card. I love all the bright colors, thanks for the great inspiration!!!

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  14. I love the color scheme for this card. So pretty.

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  15. Beautiful card! Love the vibrant colors.

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  16. Wow such beautiful colors! Love brutus monroe amd these mats are amazing

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  17. Love your use of bright happy colours!

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  18. Love the bright colours on you card ... gorgeous!

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  19. I am intrigued by these aqua pigments. Colors are very bright and beautiful

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  20. So pretty! Awesome background and butterflies!

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  21. Pretty colors on this butterfly card.

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  22. Beautiful card. The colors are amazing.

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