Ladybug Roses with Brutus Monroe

Hello everyone!  Today I'm bring you a bit of bright spring with

products from

Brutus Monroe

Ladybug Roses Stencil

Chroma Mists

Nothing says ladybugs than bright red!  I chose to make my mini slimline card

in that bright red!  Let me explain how I made my card!  I started by cutting

my red card stock to 2 3/4" x 6".  I like my finished mini slimline cards to

measure 3" x 6 1/4".  This red panel would be what I stencil on.  Using my Stick

and Stamp Mat I laid down my piece of red card stock, then my stencil.  I

wanted to stencil the ladybugs first.  I used Post-it tape as a mask to cover any spots 

that were too close to where I wanted to stencil.  I mixed Chroma Mists with some white

texture paste.  To make black I mixed all the colors I have of Chroma Mists on my

glass mat and mixed them with the texture paste.  I had my doubts because when

I mixed this it came out a gray sludgie purple.  😱. I went for it anyway.

Imagine my surprise that when it dried, it came out quite black!

I was so surprised that this came out so black!  After this was dry, I

scraped off what little texture paste actually got on my Stick and Stamp Mat

and repositioned the stencil.  I mixed Yellow Orange Chroma Mist with

the texture paste and stenciled the roses.  Once again I used Post-it tape to

mask off areas that were close enough for me to mess up!

I was spreading this texture paste quite thick.  I wanted the colors to really

stand out and not have a red shadow to them.  Once the yellow was dry I

laid the stencil back on and stenciled the dotted trail with Yellow Green Chroma

Mist and the texture paste...once again masking off any areas that were already

stenciled.

After the green was dry I took my panel off the Stick and Stamp Mat and

ran my scissors up the sides of the panel just to get rid of any texture paste

that was hanging out the side.  I took a scrap of the red card stock and

heat embossed in black my sentiment.  Then I cut it down so it would

fit in the lower right corner of my panel.

I made my base from Buttercream Card Stock and cut a panel that was

about 1/8" smaller in Key Lime card stock.

I adhered the stenciled panel onto this base.  I felt my yellow roses could use

a bit of brightening up so I took some straight Yellow Orange Chroma Mist

and painted each point of the roses.  This just darkened those edges a little bit

and made them stand out a bit more.  I used a shimmer pen on the ladybugs

and on the roses.  I added some tiny yellow iridescent stars and added my

sentiment with foam tape.  I felt there needed to be a bit of definition between the red card

 stock and the Key Lime so I added some thin black peel-offs.  And that completed my 

sweet ladybug card!

This stencil is so cute and you could do so much with it.  You can find the

products that I used for this card at

Brutus Monroe

Thanks so much for spending time here today!

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.