Autumn Branches with Brutus Monroe

 

Hello everyone!  The leaves where I live are just starting to turn as the

temps start to get cooler.  Today I'm bringing you more fall

inspiration with products from

Brutus Monroe

Autumn Branches

Glitter Glaze

True confession, I made a card prior to this one and it came out so awful

it could not be saved!  😞  So, I went back to something a bit more

different and I love how it turns out.  Let me show you how I made my

card!  I first cut a piece of plaid paper from the Playful Plaid Paper

Collection and trimmed it to 4" x 5 1/4".  Using my Stick & Stamp Mat

I stenciled this piece using the Autumn Branches Stencil and Tangerine

Glitter Glaze.  This particular plaid is so pretty with the Tangerine Glitter!

You can see my Stick & Stamp Mat has seen cleaner days!  I keep one

especially for working with Glitter Glaze and other shiny stuff.  I have

another one for inks that clean up nicely.  😉. While that was drying,

I stamped out my images from the Fall Florals Stamp Set.  I used

Chroma Mists to paint them.  I heat embossed them onto watercolor paper

using a brown pigment ink and clear embossing powder.  This was a

 hot press watercolor paper so it's smooth and easy to cut.

 For Chroma Mist colors I used:  Yellow Green, Candy Apple Red,

Tangerine Orange, Leaf Green, Yellow Green and Bumblebee

Yellow.  I used more than one color on each element.  When 

these were dry, I fussy cut them.

I also took a Q-tip and made random dots around my wreath 

with the Tangerine Glitter Glaze just as a fill in. 

 These didn't take long to dry. I heat embossed my sentiment from the Fall 

Florals Stamp Set with a dark brown.   I made a top folding card base

from Whitewash Card Stock and added a orange panel that was 1/8" 

smaller all around.  I adhered my now dried stenciled panel.

I foam taped one of the big maple leaves and the 2 Chinese lanterns onto

the lower left of the stenciled wreath.  Just using liquid glue I tucked in

the rest of the elements.  For a finishing touch, I used both gold and turquoise

confetti.  And that finished my card!

This card really came out sweet and I love the turquoise with all of

the yellow and orange...only in the autumn!!!!!  You may purchase

the products I used in today's tutorial 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.

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Wood Stencil with Brutus Monroe

Hello everyone!  Time for autumn inspired cards!  YAY!  Today I'm using

products from

Brutus Monroe

Wood Stencil

Chroma Glaze

This was lots of fun to make and gave me a chance to use some alcohol ink!

Let me show you how I made my card.

I first cut a 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" square of Lunch Bag card stock.  I put it on my

Stick & Stamp Mat and, using the Wood stencil, I stenciled the panel with

Orange Chroma Glaze.  I set that aside to dry.

to stencil the panel with.

When it was completely dry, I inked the edges with Simon Hurley's

Weeping Willow Ink.

Using 3 different pieces of mirror car stock, in gold, copper, and rose

gold, I die cut all 5 leaves of the Fall Leaf Die Cut Set.  I had 15 total.

I laid them out and then applied alcohol ink to them using 2 shades of

orange, cranberry and dark brown varying the color combinations.

I took my stenciled panel and adhered it to an A2 size top folding card base

of Lunch Bag card stock that had a piece of darker brown card stock adhered

to it.  I placed my leaves around 3 edges - top, left and bottom.  Once

they were all adhered I trimmed them.

I stamped my sentiment from the No Place Like Fall Add-On Stamp Set

and dark brown embossing powder.

I trimmed it and adhered it along the middle of the right side.  I added

gold confetti to finish my card!

I hope you enjoyed today's tutorial!  There are so many products that

can be used for fall cards.  Find them 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.