Beach Bum with Brutus Monroe

 

Hello everyone!  I'm hoping all of you are enjoying great weather!  Today I am

sharing more beach vibes with

Brutus Monroe

Beach Bum Stamp Set

Aqua Pigments

This giraffe stamp was just too cute not to use this time!  He looks totally ready to

hit the waves!  Let me show you how I made my card!  I first taped a panel of

140lb watercolor paper to my hardboard.  This measured bigger than an A2 size

panel so I could cut it down.

I used a 1/2" flat watercolor paintbrush and used water down Blue Aqua

Pigment for the sky.  The water was Blue and Green Aqua Pigments - not as watered 

down.  In both the sky and water I brought the color to white.  I helped that

along by taking a tissue and absorbing the color very randomly.  My paper

with Aqua Pigment on it was not soaking wet, but damp enough so that the

tissue was able to absorb some of the color.  I did the same for the clouds

in the sky and sea foam.  For the sand I started with Brown, added yellow and then added

water.  Once this was all dry I trimmed this panel out to 3 3/4" x 5".

I stamped my giraffe image on Aqua Pigment Paper and put it on my

Stick & Stamp Mat along with the Pigment Palette.

I laid out my pigments and painted up my image.  I didn't do any shading

on my images...just straight painting.

I painted at least 2 coats on my images, letting them dry in-between.  Once

they were dry I fussy cut the image up to the outline and then ran a black marker

along the cut edges.

I added Glossy Accents to the sunglasses.  While waiting for that to dry, I

stamped my sentiment and birds onto the background.

I next ran a bit of the brown mix right up against the sea foam.  As I was

doing it I was thinking this shadowing makes the sand look more real.  And then

I thought, who am I trying to kid, it's a giraffe with sunglasses holding

a surfboard...LOL!  😂  Once that was done I added some fine splatter to

the sand.  I used the brown just a bit darker for this.  The on the water, sea

foam and sand I added Fallen Snow Glitter Glaze.  Once that was dry I

popped up the panel onto an A2 size white top folding card base with a piece

of foam.  And then I added the giraffe with the surfboard also popped up

on foam.  And that finished my card!

This Beach Bum Stamp Set has been so fun to create with!  The images

are darling and your creative talents can just run away with this set!  Find

this set and everything else I used at

Brutus Monroe

Thanks so much for stopping by and 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.

 

Beach Time with Brutus Monroe

 

Hello everyone!  It's time to break out the beach themed cards and this one

is made out of products from

Brutus Monroe

Beach Time Stamp Set

Glitter Glaze

This was sofun to make!  It's always so inspiring to make your own scene cards.

There's something about them that triggers our memories of time spent on 

the beach!  Let me show you how I made my card.

I first cut an A2 size panel of white card stock.  I ink blended the sand,

water and where the sun would be.  I used Antique Linen for the sand,

Broken China for the water and Scattered Straw for the sun.  I was going for

soft edges and I didn't want the colors to butt up against each other.

I next stamped out my images onto Aqua Pigment paper.  I chose to stamp 3

each of the little bits and just one chair, towel and boat.

I chose to color my images with Copic Markers.  I went with soft

summer colors, although I did deepen the colors later.  Copic colors used:

R00, R02, R05, E31, E33, E35, RV000, RV10, BG 10, BG11,

Y21, R32, E21, Y00

When I fussy cut these images I cut away all of the ground underneath

the beach chair.

I heat embossed with Gilded Sparkle Embossing Powder the sun image from the

Beach Bum Stamp Set.

I then added my Glitter Glazes...I used a bit of Periwinkle on the water,

Alabaster on the sea foam, and then Fallen Snow on the sun, water, 

sea foam and beach sand.

I cut my panel to 4" x 5 1/4" and mounted it onto a white A2 size top

folding card base with foam for a bit of dimension.

I added my sentiment which was also heat embossed with Gilded

Sparkle Embossing Powder and die cut.

Time to put all of the little elements on and build this beach scene!

After adding the shells I added more Glitter Glaze in Fallen Snow.  I

didn't add a lot, just a bit here and there.  I had an extra crab so I adhered

him to the inside of my card.  And that finished my beach card!

This card was fun to make...especially adding all of the little elements that

truly brought my card to life!  You can find the products that I used at

Brutus Monroe

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope I've inspired you!

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.

Floral Joy with Joy Clair Designs

Today I'm bringing you another sweet card using the Floral Joy Digital Stamp Set from Joy Clair Designs.  This is such a beauty and there are more than enough florals in this set to create so many beautiful projects!  Let me show you how I made my card.  I first started by sizing my image in the computer and printing it out onto white smooth card stock.   I also cut down a foilable panel to roughly fit onto an A2 size card base.

Before foiling the panel, I ink blended it with Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide Ink.  I also die cut my floral image with a 3 3/4" circle die.

I then foiled the panel with a bright green foil.  I next colored my floral image.  I used Copic Markers for this.  Colors used:  YG03, YG25, YG17, YG67, YG01, YG00, R11 and R22.

I left the berry circles blank with no color.  I added shimmer to the center of the flowers.  I next prepped an A2 size white top folding card base.  I adhered my foil piece that I had trimmed down a bit further to a piece of black card stock. This gives a thin black outline to the foiled panel.

I popped up my circle floral piece on foam and placed it in the center of the card.  I added some blue/purple gem stones where the berries are.  For a final touch I added Limoncello Jewel Drops to the centers of the flowers for some dimension. 

 And that finished my card!

I love the overall effect of the foiled background with the simpler floral design.  You can find this beautiful floral digistamp set and many more at

Joy Clair Designs

Thanks so much or stopping by and spending time here!

Betsy

In my capacity as a design team member for Joy Clair Designs, 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.

 

Hawaiian Shirt with Brutus Monroe

Hello everyone!  Hope everyone's spring is warming up!  Today I am

sharing with you a fun summer project using products from

Brutus Monroe

Hawaiian Shirt Mixed Media Stencil

Chroma Glaze

This was a fun card that allowed me to use a new tool from Brutus Monroe -

the Blending Buddy with my Stick & Stamp Mat.  The Blending Buddy

holds onto your stencils that allows you to use them with no extra low

tack adhesive.  So I cut a panel from Buttercream card stock and laid

out the panel and my stencil on my Stick & Stamp Mat.  I decided to do

a little rainbow stenciling with the Chroma Glaze.  Everything worked

really well and clean-up was a breeze!

I used Green, Yellow, Orange and Pink Chroma Glazes.  After it

was stenciled I immediately washed everything off.  When Chroma

Glaze first goes down it's very creamy.  But when this dries it packs

a powerful punch of color and remains plyable!

Once this was dry I cut it down to 4" x 5 1/4".  Using some warm colored

holographic card stock from my stash and the Slim Line Sentiment Die Set.

(these are currently on sale at an AWESOME price!)).This set does not have the word 

Aloha in it, but I was able to make the word from other words that are in the set.

I made a base for my card from more of the Buttercream Card Stock.  I

attached my stenciled panel to the base using a piece of double sided

adhesive foam.  I adhered my Aloha kind of wonky in the lower center

of the panel with liquid adhesive.  For embellishments, I added some tiny

clay fruit pieces in the centers of my flowers and my card was done!

This card project was a snap to make!  And it's so colorful and

summery!  Purchase the products I used at

Brutus Monroe

Thanks so much for stopping by and letting me inspire you!

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.

 

Bunch of Love with Joy Clair Designs

Hello everyone!  Today I'm bringing you a lovely digital stamp set from

Joy Clair Designs 

 Bunch of Love Digistamp Set

This is such a lovely set with the rose bouquet.  Let me show you how I made my card!  I started by composing my design in the computer.  I made the sentiment away from the design so I could work with it separately.  I recolored my image so it was light gray - for a no line look.  I made a card base using 2 coordinating patterned papers onto a standard A2 size top folding white card base.  To separate the papers I used rose gold peel-offs.  This gives just a bit of definition and refinement.

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I wanted to key my Copic Colors to the colors in the paper. I used R000, R00, R20, R32 and then a glaze of RV10.

I went ahead and colored all of the roses the same way using the same colors.  I did not do a really deep shading on these flowers.  I used W2, W3, W5 and E04 for the ribbon and bow.

The last to color in were the stems.  I used YG11, YG63, YG17.

I fussy cut this image and then, using a small paintbrush and some rose gold watercolor paint, I outlined the roses.  This made them stand out a bit and really matched the peel-offs down the sides of the card.

I next took the sentiment and colored over it with the R00 marker.

I die cut the sentiment with a banner die and had the fish tail on the right side so I could align it to the left side on the card.  I cut a line between the ribbon tail and stems so I could overlap the ribbon end on my sentiment.  I adhered these to the center of the card with foam tape.  For embellishments I added some small taupe pearls from my stash and my card was done!

I hope I've inspired you here today to make something beautiful!  Digital stamps are a great way to go!  They are so versatile and the price point is awesome!  Find this set and more at

Joy Clair Designs

Thanks so much for stopping by today! 

Betsy

In my capacity as a design team member for Joy Clair Designs, 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.

Beach Bum with Brutus Monroe

 

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

sharing a cute summertime card with products from:

Brutus Monroe

Beach Bum Stamp Set

Chroma Mists

This is a really cute set to get creative with to make beach themed cards!  Let

me show you how I made my project!  I first took the Circle Foundation Dies and

cut a 3 3/4" circle from 140lb watercolor paper.

Next I stamped my bear image, masked off his feet and then stamped the

beach ball and the sentiment with pigment ink.

I chose a piece of paper from the Sea Life Paper Collection to key my

colors for painting with Chroma Mists.  

I started with the sand.  To make

the sand color, since there is no brown Chroma Mist, when any 2 secondary

colors are mixed together they usually create brown.  I used the Yellow Orange

and Lilac Purple.  I made a watery mix of this for the sand.

I made this mix stronger - with no water added - and painted my bear.  After

painting the sand I moved onto the rest of the background round which was

straight Turquoise and water added.  After the background was done I painted

the rest of the elements.

I used Pink, Bumblebee Yellow, Turquoise, Lilac Purple and Yellow Orange.

Notice I still have a black ink smudge between the drink and the sentiment.

I'll be dealing with that next!  I took a white gel pen and made dots in the

bear's shirt and where the sand meets the blue water and also coming

off the drink (particularly on top of the ink smudge!).

I prepared a standard A3 size top folding white card base.  I die cut

a wavy circle out of white glitter paper and adhered it behind the

focal circle.  This give it a bit of a frame.  Using Fallen Snow Glitter Glaze,

I applied with a Q-tip to the waterline, the lemon on the drink, and the

little bubbles coming out.  This completely took care of the ink smudge.

I used Glossy Accents on the glass and a shimmer pen on my bear's eyes

and my card was finished!

This was a fun project to create!  This is a huge 17 pc stamp set!  So

many possibilities - keep your eye out all month long for creations from

the Inspiration Team!  Find the products I used at

Brutus Monroe

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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.

Forever Moments with Joy Clair Designs

Hello everyone!  Today I'm sharing a beautiful spring floral card made with products from

Joy Clair Designs

Forever Moments Digital Stamp Set  

 I love a floral spray and this one is lovely!  The set comes with some inspiring sentiments and 2 different florals.  Let me show you how I made my card!   I first composed my floral image and sentiment in the computer and then printed it out onto cream card stock.

I had my card pretty well thought out and I wanted to die cut my focal panel with an oval die.  I found a stitched one in my stash and die cut the panel. 

At this point I switched to the background.  Using a red rubber background stamp from my stash, I stamped it in black pigment ink and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.  I used the same cream card stock for this.

I next applied ink with a blending brush using Salt Water Taffy Distress Ink.  I went soft and tried not to saturate it with too much color.

I didn't bother to ink blend the center as the focal panel would cover it.  I adhered this panel to a top folding A2 size card made from the same cream card stock.  Next, using Distress Oxide Inks in Salt Water Taffy and Bundled Sage, I painted the flower branch.  Since this is plain card stock, I just painted a coat over each area.  I didn't using a lot of water and really didn't do any shading.

I backed this oval panel with a piece of double sided foam adhesive sheet and placed it in the center of my card.  The only bit of embellishment were a few drops using Key Lime Nuvo Jewel Drops.

 And that finished my project!

You can find the Forever Moments Digital Stamp set and many more great digital stamp sets at

 Joy Clair Designs

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I appreciate your interest!

Betsy

In my capacity as a design team member for Joy Clair Designs, 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.