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