Whirlpool with Brutus Monroe

 

Summerlicious Release w/Joy Clair Designs

Hello everyone! Today I have another beautiful digital stamp set from the

 Summerlicious Release 

Joy Clair Designs

Sending a Little Message

It is gorgeous!  Let me show you how I made my card!  As always I started out by composing the design in the computer.  I use Word in my Mac for a program...nothing fancy.  I took the one floral image and copy and pasted it at lease 7 times.  I wasn't quite sure where I was going with this!  I finally decided on where I wanted my elements and sized them accordingly.  I ended up only using 4 of the floral image and manipulated them by flipping and turning.

I print the image out onto copy paper and then place my designer paper over it and send it through the printer again.  Works beautifully with 6 x 6 papers.  I chose a yellow paper (and this one is quite desaturated) because green and red or pink both would look good with an underlay of yellow.  This particular paper had an ombre effect.  Once that was printed I die cut it with a pierced rectangle die.

I took a piece of the scrap designer paper and tested out some colors.  Originally I chose only one green color combination.  But I did add another and glazed over both color mixes.

I ended up glazing the smaller leaves with a blue and the larger leaves with one of the reds.  I decided to go with red tones, knowing that the yellow underneath would alter the color somewhat.

I used the following Copic colors: YG11, YG63, YG67, YG23, YG06.  Glaze on the smaller leaves was B02 and on the other leaves was R02.  I moved onto the flowers.  I used: R81, R83, R85, R35 and my blender for lightening the outer edges.  The center were Y02, Y35, Y28.  I decided to add a cast shadow so I used W2 for the first and wider shadow and W3 to darken right up against the flowers.

I mounted the panel flat to an A2 size card base made from some very cool green card stock.  This really picked up the blue in the leaves.  I added some coral sequins and my card was done!

This was such a lovely set to work with!  See this set and the other sets released in the 

Summerlicious Release at Joy Clair Designs!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

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.

O-Fish-Ally Awesome with Brutus Monroe

 

You Fill My Day with Joy Clair Designs

Hello everyone!  Today I'm sharing another card made with one of the sets from the

  Summerlicious Release from

Joy Clair Designs

You Fill My Day

To me, this is a perfect summer card!  Let me show you how I made it!  As I normally do, I first sized my floral image in the computer and the sentiment.  I didn't want to to print this out attached to each other so I set the sentiment off enough to either fussy cut or die cut.  I printed the image out onto Neenah Ivory card stock.

I trimmed away the sentiment part and set it aside while I did my coloring.  Of course, this image looks like a sunflower and it being summer, I chose to Copic color my image in yellows and a bit of red.

I colored the centers first using browns and yellow/golds.  I did this first so I would have something to gauge the rest of the coloring.

I started with my palest yellow first and then slowly worked toward the center of the flower.

I kept coloring around and around the design.  The back petals I mostly colored as one unit, the front ones I varied the colors more.  I kept the veins in the front petals just a light pale color.

When everything was colored, I fussy cut the image and used a black marker around the cut edges and the bits in-between the petals.  Copic colors used: E57, E59, E79, E08, Y21,Y28, YG91, YG95, Y11, Y15, Y17, Y38, R05 and 100.  I made a base from yellow card stock, added a layer of red and on top of that added my black patterned paper...all 1/8" smaller than each other.  I fussy cut my sentiment and went over it with one of my yellow Copic.  I positioned my flower in the upper left corner, adhered it flat to the card and trimmed off the excess.  For embellishment I used a gold glitter gel pen.  I put it in the center of the flower, I dotted the yellow ring in the flower center and I went up part way on the veins in the petals.

 And that finished my card!

The Summerlicious Release is so gorgeous!  So many great sets to choose from!  And it's available as a bundle!  Great way to save!  Check it out at

Joy Clair Designs

Thanks for being here 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.

 

Underwater Friends with Brutus Monroe

Hello everyone!  To me, nothing says summer like a trip to the ocean.  I

hope you are fortunate to live near one...if not, here's a project I made

with products from

Brutus Monroe

Underwater Friends Stamp Set

Embossing Powder

This fun card has lots of dimension and I love adding gold to sea inspired

projects.  Let me show you how I made my card!  I started by setting up a

scene in my MISTI with my stamps.  I would stamp and heat emboss with

Gilded Embossing Powder 3 times.

I would end up stamping some elements again, as this card really ended up

having a mind of it's own!  I took one panel and ink blended it with

Simon Hurley Inks in Tropical Teal, Clear Skies and Midnight Snack.  I went

a bit lighter on a second panel and the 3rd panel was done like my first one, but

without the Midnight Snack.  I also ink blended the other elements.

My idea was to cut the layers and stock them on each other in varying sizes.

I cut down my pieces, splattered them with water and backed each one with 

gold mirror card stock.

My base layer is 4" x 5 1/4".  The second layer is 2 3/4" x 4" and

the top one is 1 1/2" x 4 3/4".  I made a white A2 size card base and

covered it with Blue Ribbon card stock.  

My idea for the card was going well until I got the third layer on and I

realized that the shark, sentiment and scallop shell were just too much a

part of the background.  Nothing made them stand out.  Things were getting

serious...and I forgot to take photos of how I fixed it...sorry.  I restamped

and heat embossed the shark, sentiment and scallop shell.  I did a very,

very light inking with the Tropical Teal ink.  Then I fussy cut the shark and

shell and trimmed up the sentiment.  I carefully cut the shark so he would

fit all 3 layers.  I did not do that to the shell.  After adhering these pieces

onto my card I went over them at least 3 times with the shimmer pen.  The

pen not only lays down shimmer but also will lighten the ink considerably.

I added shimmer to the sand dollar and to the seaweed.  I adding a bit of

Fallen Snow Glitter Glaze, some pearls and gems and some gold scalloped

peel-offs to finish my card!

I hope you enjoyed today's process and how I fixed my card!  You

can find the products I used at

Brutus Monroe

Thanks so much for being here - until next time

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.

 

First of All with Joy Clair Designs

Hello everyone!  Today I'm sharing another gorgeous card from

Joy Clair Designs

First of All

with another gorgeous digital stamp from the Summerlicious Release !  This has the loveliest  Lotus flower image!  Let me show you how I created my card today!  I started by first choosing my background paper which was rather putty gray flower pattern.  Then I chose a coordinating plain card stock close to that gray.  It was on this plain card stock that I printed off my lotus flower and sentiment.

I Google-imaged a lotus flower to get my colors right.  I decided to go with the very deep pink one at the base that tips in white.

I colored a few petals to make sure I was on the right track with my colors.

I was pleased how this was looks.  The tips needed to be whiter so I used a white colored pencil.  This really helped.  For Copic colors I used:  RV00, RV02, RV04, RV06, RV17, RV69, Y02, Y17 & Y38.  After I finished the coloring, I fussy cut the image right up to the line and then went along the edge with a black water-base marker.

I prepared an A2 white card base.  I covered it with the patterned paper.  I took a panel of the gray card stock and and embossed it with a 3D embossing folder.  Using a die set, I cut a larger panel with the biggest die and the sentiment with the smallest die in that set.

I adhered the embossed panel with liquid adhesive to the base.  Then I added the bigger die cut with foam panel.  I adhered the lotus flower and the sentiment flat on top of that.  I added a clear pink heart to the sentiment, a few tiny dew drops to the flower and shimmer pen to the flower center.

This was not a complicated card and it came out so pretty!  I already have someone in mind to send it to!  You can find this gorgeous digital stamp set at

Joy Clair Designs

First of All digital stamp set 

 Summerlicious Release 

Happy paper crafting!

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.

 

Coral Reef with Brutus Monroe

 

Hello everyone!  Summer is upon us and I'll be showing you today how to

make this underwater scene with products from

Brutus Monroe

Coral Reef 6 x 6 Stencil

Candy Coat

Have you used Candy Coat yet?  This exciting product brings dimension and

sparkle to your projects!  Let me show you how I made my card!

I decided to stencil on acetate!  I used the heat resistant acetate although

there was no heat involved.  It is a sturdier acetate so better suited to my card.

I placed my acetate onto my Stick & Stamp Mat and I taped down my

acetate.  I made the acetate sheet 5 1/2" 5 1/2" so it was quite big.

Although this definitely looks like a hot mess (LOL), I decided to

blended my Candy Coat colors on my project.  I used Yellow, Pink and

Purple Candy Coat.  I just slightly dragged one color into another.  I

let this dry over night after removing the stencil and washing it.  I

also lifted it up off my Stick & Stamp Mat and washed the mat down.

I was pleased with the blend when it was still wet.

I was even more pleased when it dried.  It reminds of the jelly shoes of

the 1980's!  I next prepared my paper to go underneath this panel.  I used

a piece of paper from the SeaLife Paper Collection.  I inked the edges.

I adhered some of my confetti pieces to this panel which measures

4" x 5 1/4".  I next stamped out my images to color.

The Copic colors I used were: YG23, YG06, YG67, YG63, W2,

W3, W5, W0 W1, Y02, Y17, YR04, BV02, BV13, Y06 and Y38.

I fussy cut these elements and then run a black marker around the

edges.  I stamped my sentiment with blue ink and die cut

it using the Circle Foundation Dies.  I ink blended around the

edges of this.

I prepared a white A2 top folding card base.  I covered that with some

Aqua card stock.  I adhered my inked paper panel to the base.  I

adhered my acetate panel to that hiding my glue underneath of where

the Candy Coat was.  I used foam tape to adhere my fish and sentiment.

I had a 1" wide piece of the acetate left, so I adhered that to the left

side of my card over one of the fish once again hiding my glue

underneath elements.  I used a shimmer pen on the fish and

the sentiment and that finished my card!

I hope you enjoyed today's project.  If you haven't given Candy Coat a try, what

are you waiting for?  Sparkly shiny fun!  Find it and the other products I

used at

Brutus Monroe

Thanks so much for stopping by 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.