Autumn Wishes with Brutus Monroe

 

Hello everyone!  Today I'm sharing more fall inspiration with products

from

Brutus Monroe

Autumn Wishes Stamp Set

Chroma Mists

This Autumn Wishes Stamp Set is a 3" x 4" set featuring this beautiful

pumpkin vignette!  Let me show you how I made my card.

I used a new-to-me product for my card - Fiber Paper.  This is a very

versatile product and I decided that I wanted to use it for my main

background.  I started by cutting a sheet of it down slightly.  Then,

using Chroma Mists in Bumblebee Yellow, Candy Apple Red and

Ornament Gold.  I sprayed some of each of these colors onto my glass

mat and mixed a little of the red with the yellow to make orange.

I mixed in the gold as well bit by bit.  I took my piece of Fiber Paper and

just gently laid it over top of these mists and let the piece get saturated

with color.  I did have to move it around a bit to get all the areas covered.

I didn't worry about getting even color.

The addition of the Ornament Gold gives this a bit of shimmer.  At this point I laid

it on some paper towels for a few minutes and then splattered it with the Candy

Apple Red.  I left it overnight to dry as it was really wet.

I took this picture right after I splattered on the Red.  Eventually, the

red soaked in and left little blotches...which I liked.  Next I moved 

onto the main panel.  I stamped out the main image from the stamp

set onto a piece of white card stock with Raven Detail Ink.

I was going to go in a different direction with this part, but it didn't work out.

I ended up stamping and coloring this image twice.  I'll show you my

original coloring here.

Even though this is a smaller image, the pumpkin in the middle can

pack a lot of punch when colored brightly.

I used my Copic markers to color this.

Colors used:

Stem: YG91, YG95, BG96

Pumpkin:  Y35, YR15, YR07, R39

Grapes: RV34, RV17, RV69

Leaves: BG93, BG96, YG95

Wheat Stalks: Y08, Y38

I had completely colored the first image.  When I changed my mind

about how I was going to put my card together, I stamped and colored

another pumpkin image, but didn't color the pumpkin.  I fussy cut the

pumpkin from my first image and then popped it up on foam tape

on my finished piece.  For my card base I used Lunch Bag Card Stock

and made a standard A2 size top folding card base and turned it

sideways.  Then I gathered all of my materials for the background.

I made a frame from the Lunch Bag Card Stock using the Rectangle

Foundation Dies.  I used the largest and second to the largest for the

outer frame.  I also made another frame from white card stock using

the second to the largest and third to the largest dies.  I cut one of

the Felt Doilies in Cranberry in half...eventually I would cut it

down further.  The Fiber Paper is semi-transparent so the color I put

it on with the Chroma Mists would be influenced by what I put beneath it.

The Lunch Bag Card Stock dulled it down too much, so I cut a piece of

scrap white card stock to place underneath it.

I assembled my base.

I took my colored panel and die cut it to 4" x 2 1/8".  I decided the

edges really needed some color so I ink blended the edges with

the Ornament Gold Chroma Mist.

This looked very gray to me and I needed to warm it up, so I ink blended with

Simon Hurley Inks, first in Guppy, then in Traffic Cone.  That gave me the

exact orange shade I was looking for to match the Fiber Paper.  And the

amazing thing is, the Ornament Gold Chroma Mist is still shining through

both layers of ink so it makes that panel look pearlized!  😊

I cut 3 more pieces of white card stock with the same stitched rectangle

die for that panel.  By adhering them all together, my panel was about

1/8" thick and nice and sturdy.

I adhered my panel to my card using liquid adhesive.  I foam taped

my pumpkin on and applied 3 little deep orange gems.  I also went

over the the tendrils with a Gelly Roll Stardust Pen for a little more sparkle.

I added a cranberry satin ribbon knot with tails at the top and 

the Felt Doily which was cut way down, but added a nice

filagree touch.

I hope you enjoyed today's tutorial all about making a smaller

image stand out!  And by not putting a sentiment on it, I can use it

for many different occasions!  All of the products I've hi-lighted

in this post can be found at:

Brutus Monroe

Thank you so much for stopping by.  I appreciate you spending

time here!

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.