Flakes with Brutus Monroe

 

Hello everyone!  Today we are going to be creating a winter card!

You know winter is coming!  I'll be using products from:

Brutus Monroe

Flakes Die

Chroma Mists

I had lots of fun creating this extra sparkly card!  Let me show you

how I made it!  I knew I wanted to use the Chroma Mists for this

large die cut!  I taped a piece of hot press watercolor paper  to my

hardboard and then using a 1 1/2" flat paintbrush I layered on my

color.

This was the first layer.  I let it dry completely and painted on

another coat.  I did this 2 more times making sure to dry inbetween

each coat of the Chroma Mists.  I let it air dry as there is apt to

be less warping when the paper dries naturally.

After it was completely dry, I used the Flakes die and cut

my main panel.

I needed to back this die cut and I tried quite a few things before

deciding to us the Blue Waves Foil.  I was the perfect backdrop

for this intricately foiled piece.  I also die cut some snowflakes

using the Simple Snowflakes Cutting Dies.  I cut them out of white

glitter paper.

I foiled a piece of toner paper* with the gorgeous Blue Waves

Foil.  I adhered the Flakes die cut on top of that and then cut

the excess away.

To embellish my card I adhered the 7 white snowflakes to my

die cut panel first.  

Next I adhered tiny snowflake sequins to the centers of

each of the white snowflakes.  Next I adhered tiny white crystals 

to the tiny snowflake sequins and to the points of the die cut snowflakes.

Using a leftover piece of the watercolor paper painted with the Chroma 

Mists, I heat embossed a sentiment from the Snow Scenes Stamp Set

with Alabaster Embossing Powder and die cut it with a banner die.

I adhered the die cut/foiled top of my card to a white standard A2 size

top folding card base.  I attached the sentiment to my card with foam

tape and my project was done!

I hope you've enjoyed today's tutorial.  I love all things sparkly and

shiny!  And this background die is simply gorgeous!

Find the products I used for this project at:

Brutus Monroe

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Betsy

*You can make your own toner paper by creating a word document

in the computer and filling the background black.  Then print out

on a laser printer on white card stock!

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.