Monday, November 15, 2021

Whimsy Stamps + Brutus Monroe!

 


Hello everyone!  So excited to be sharing in this collaboration with

Whimsy Stamps
and

What fun to mix and match brands!  Let me show you how I combined
products from Whimsy Stamps and Brutus Monroe to make a stunning
winter thank you!
My card started as out as something different, but it kept morphing into
other lay-outs!  My original plan was to have an acetate overlay on the
front of the card.  So, we'll begin there.  I stamped the Snowflake Frame
from Whimsy Stamps onto a piece of heat-resistant acetate.  I heat
embossed it and used Sterling Sparkle Embossing Powder from Brutus
Monroe.  Using a piece of paper from Whimsy Stamps' Blurry Flurries,
I stamped the same stamp with Alabaster Embossing Powder from
Brutus Monroe.


I die cut one of the snowflakes from Snow Scenes Stamp and Die
Set from Brutus Monroe.  I used Silver Glitterstock to die cut the
snowflake and a scrap of the Blurry Flurries paper for the circle in
the middle.  I quickly realized because my acetate warped during heating,
My plan was not going to work.  I decided to simply cut out some of the
snowflakes from the acetate and adhere them to the paper panel with
the same stamp on it.  However, before I did that, I ink blended the
edges just to give a bit of definition with Simon Hurley's Breakup Blue ink.


I snipped out 5 of the acetate snowflakes and adhered them to the
corresponding snowflakes on my card panel.

I adhered some Sparkletz in December Dream from Whimsy Stamps.  I
basically enhanced more of the snowflakes that were stamped.  For my snowflake
focal, I added some holes with my hole punch just to give the die cut
snowflake a bit of airiness.  I heat embossed my sentiment from the


It fits inside the frame created by the stamp so perfectly!  I did
have to cut my sentiment stamp so it would fit properly.  I added a
few of the gems/snowflake mix to this sentiment piece.


I adhered the snowflake part flat to the card and the sentiment piece
I popped up on foam tape.  My card base is a stared A2 size top folding
card base made with Whitewash card stock from Brutus Monroe.  As
a final embellishment I liberally dabbed on Glitter Glaze in Fallen
Snow from Brutus Monroe.  And that finished my card!


@brutusmonroe and @whimsystamps are taking their collab to the
next level with an Instagram Hop!  Both companies are giving away
a $25 gift certificates if you comment on Instagram!  You won't want to
miss out on this great hop!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Look for the products I've used
at Brutus Monroe and Whimsy Stamps!

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.