Bunny Hugs with Brutus Monroe

Hello everyone!  Spring is right around the corner and today I'm sharing

this adorable spring themed mini slimline featuring products from

Brutus Monroe

Bunny Hugs Stamp Set and Dies

Aqua Pigments

This stamp set is so adorable!  It features 35 stamps and there are 32 matching

dies!  Let me show you how I made my card.  I first made a mini slimline

card base from white card stock.  I make mine 3" x 6 1/4".  I laid it flat

and taped off the back edge with mint tape.  I then ink blended Simon Hurley

Ink Break Up Blue on the upper third of the card base.

I set that off to the side and using my MISTI I stamped all of my elements

with Raven Detail Ink.

Using Key Lime card stock - which is my favorite spring green - I die

cut layers for the grass using a wavy grass die.  I die cut my elements

at this point.

I felt the grass pieces could use some variation in color so using more ink

from Simon Hurley I did the tips of the grass in Shooting Star and the

main part of the grass with Later Gator.  I was not fussy about really

blending the colors - you can see it's quite blotchy but it smooths out

as it dries.

Now it was time to use the Aqua Pigments to give my elements color.

I used Red, Yellow Orange, Green and Tinsel Blue.  I mixed colors to

get a brown for the animals, a purple for the flowers and butterfly and 

a true orange for the center of the daffodil and a yellow green for the leaves.

I knew I was going to be tucking in the animals so I did not bother to

paint the whole rabbit.  I did end up cutting off the bottom of him.  I

did, at this point, I forget to paint the bow on the sheep, but I did catch

it and painted it purple.  Next I needed to adhered my grass layers

to my base.  I was placing my elements in temporarily so I could see

where I would put my sentiment.

I used Raven Sparkle Embossing Powder for the sentiment.  Now it

was time to adhere all of my elements.  I first tucked in the animals,

trimming off the bottom of them as needed.  When I adhered the grass

pieces I only put glue on the bottoms of those pieces so I could freely

tuck in my elements.  I applied liquid glue to the base of the elements

and used foam tape on the upper portions.  Once those were in place

I added sequins - most of which came from the current Inspiration Box.

As a last bit of embellishment, I used a shimmer pen for the flowers,

the bows and the butterfly.  I also added dots of gold with a metallic pen

to the wings of the butterfly.  And that finished my card.

I hope you enjoyed today's tutorial.  This is such a fun set and really the

possibilities are endless with so many elements to chose from!  Find the

products I used at

Brutus Monroe

Thank you so much for spending time here today!  I hope I have inspired

you to create something!

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.