Whimsy Stamps + Brutus Monroe!

 

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

Whimsy Stamps

and

Brutus Monroe

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

Snow Scenes Stamp Set in Sterling Sparkle Embossing powder.

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.