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.