Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Welcome Winter with Brutus Monroe

 


Hello everyone!  Winter is settling in and we are nearing the longest day
of winter.  YAY!  It only gets lighter from there!  👍. Today I'll be sharing
a winter project with products from


What a fun project this was!  Lots of die cutting to make this winter
vignette.  Let me show you how I made my card.
I started by taking a piece of light blue card stock.  I used one half for the
base of my card and the other half I stenciled using the Subtle Spots
Stencil with Alabaster Glitter Glaze.  While the Glitter Glaze was still
wet I added Snowflake Shaker Fill.  


I set that off to the side to dry.  I then die cut my pieces for the bird.  I really
wanted to make a Bluejay for this card.  I used a blue that was darker than the
base of my card and I die cut the underneath black layer. 


I wanted to do someheat embossing on the blue layer.  I used an
 embossing pen for this.


I didn't get it solid white and I was ok with this, knowing that by
having missed some places would give this texture.  I was using a
photo reference from Googles Images.  I next heat embossed my black
layer using the same method.


I know it looks a bit weird around the eye, but with a black Copic marker
and a black gem for the eye, it came out great!


I was ok with the final result.  I took a blue and black Copic marker and
made feathers on my Blue Jay.


I was pleased with the final result.  Even though he looks a bit rough, it
does all come together in the end!  Next I die cut the branches, snow,
spruce boughs, pine cones and sentiment.  I put Fallen Snow Glitter Glaze
 on the pine cones.  


I adhered everything onto my card that had the stenciled panel glued
to it flat.  After all was on I added more Fallen Snow Glitter Glaze to
the spruce boughs and pine cones.  I added some antique gold gems
and felt they really enhanced the pine cones.  And that finished my card!


I hope you enjoyed today's tutorial!  I really enjoyed making something
more unexpected with this die set!  You can find the products I used at


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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