Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Lovely Ladybugs with Brutus Monroe

 


Hello everyone!  Spring is on it's way and today I'm sharing a project
made with products from


This stamp set is part of the Spring 2022 Release and is so adorable!  Cute
little bugs with lots of little bits and sentiments - 40 pieces in all!  And, of
course there are matching dies available.  Let me show you how I made my
card today!  I really needed to do planning to get my shaker heart balloon card
to come out right!  After determining where I wanted my stamping I used
black ink to stamp my ladybug and sentiment after die cutting my 3 heart windows


So there's not much coloring on the ladybug.  Using Candy Apple Red Chroma
Mist with a touch of Yellow Orange & Ornament Gold, I painted her wings.  I was
 unsure of the color of her face.  I tried the red...she looked like a devil! 😮. Then
 I tried a gray water base pen over the red thinking it would tone it way down.  It
turned her face a dark purple and she looked like she was about to explode! So
I stamped out her head and wings again onto Whitewash card stock and colored her 
face just plain gray.  I had also used the same gray marker to color the lines on her tummy.


This worked out so much better.  And gave the card a bit more dimension 
by fussy cutting out the wings and headband popping them up on foam tape.


For her underwings I mixed Cobalt Blue and White Choma Mists together
and put a light coat on them.  Next I made an A2 size top folding card base
from Whitewash card stock and adhered a red panel to it that was 1/8"
smaller. 


 I moved on to make the shaker.  I was using the sequins from the
kit and some of them were quite large so I knew that given how small my
hearts were there wasn't going to be lots of shaking.  I was ok with that as
my main goal was to just have the sparkle and a little shaking of the
sequins.  I wasn't shy with the foam tape on the back of the card.  I really 
wanted them secure and wanted all three sequin colors showing.


I got to this point and placed another piece of acetate on the back to cover the
sequins.  I added extra liquid adhesive on those parts before gluing this panel
to the main card panel.  For embellishments I used a bit of red ribbon from the
kit, just tied a knot and placed in the lower right corner.  I used 3 clear red
hearts and with a fine tipped pen I made stitching lines and balloon strings.  I
also used more shimmer on the wings and made cheeks with a Copic marker.
And that finished my cute ladybug card!


I hope you enjoyed today's tutorial.  Several twists and turns but I love
the end result!  You can find the products I used at


Thanks so much for being here today!  I hope I've inspired you to 
make something fun and colorful!

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.














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