Stripes Stencil with Brutus Monroe

 

Hello everyone!  Fall is well underway with the leaves changing, apples

ready to pick and the pumpkins ripening on the vine!  Today I'm bringing

you products from the latest release from

Brutus Monroe

Stripes Mixed Media Stencil

Glitter Glaze

I have a serious crush on Tangerine Glitter Glaze!  It is so perfect for all

of my fall card projects!  Let me show you how I made my card!

I started by using the stencil with the Tangerine Glitter Glaze on some

dark mustard card stock.  I put that aside to dry and then using the

Lots of Leaves Stencil I created a panel using 3 colors of Simon Hurley

Ink: Later Gator, Guppy and Triple Berry and cream card stock.  These were 

the 3 colors that I would use throughout my project.

I blended each leaf with more than one color to give added dimension.  Next

I die cut 2 of the leaves out of the Leaf Die Set using gold mirriboard.  My intent

was to cover them with Glitter Glaze in Tangerine, Fuchsia and Key Lime.

I applied the glitter glazes with pointed Q-tips.  And I really thought this was

going to turn out nicely.  However, Glitter Glaze is glitter suspended in a clear

glaze medium, so as the Glitter Glaze dried, the color dried back as well.  I 

didn't want my background to take over!  So, I dropped on alcohol ink in cranberry,

olive green and plum.  This looked really nice except it made the Glitter Glaze

start to clump up.  So I took a Q-tip and redistributed the Glitter Glaze so

it would be more even.  This really gave the leaves texture!

I next made a cream card base and adhered a panel of the dark mustard card

stock about 1/8" smaller.  I adhered my stenciled leaf panel cut 1/8" smaller

to that.  My Glitter Glaze panel I cut into 2 pieces.  One piece was

1 3/4" x 4" and the other was 1/2" x 4".  I backed the small one with green

glitterstock and then adhered it towards the top of my card.  One the bottom

panel I adhered the stenciled piece and then die cut more of the green glitterstock

using a die and then a strip of fuchsia glitterstock underneath the green.

This was where I really noticed the die cut leaves needed more color and

added the alcohol ink.  While waiting for the leaves to dry, I heat embossed

a sentiment from the Rustic Sunflower Stamp Set in a very dark brown. I

adhered the leaves - adhered the bigger one flat to the card and the smaller

one on foam tape.  I added  gold confetti and that finished my card!

This was so fun to create and make sure that everything was color

coordinated!  I love fall colors!  You can find the products I used at

Brutus Monroe

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop 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.