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

Brutus Monroe

Welcome Winter Cutting Dies

Embossing Powder

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

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.

 

Flakes with Brutus Monroe

 

Reach For The Stars with Brutus Monroe

 

Hello everyone!  The May Inspiration Box is here from

Brutus Monroe

Reach For The Stars

This Inspiration is jammed packed full of spacey goodness and fun!

Let me show you how I made my slimline card!

The first thing I did was to chose and prepare my background paper.

I chose the Watercolor Galaxy Paper Collection.  However, it is only

6" x 6".  So I cut it directly down the center and used a piece of

1/2" Brutus Monroe Tissue Tape to keep the ends butted together.

I didn't remove the release paper at this time.  I trimmed the ends so

my finished panel measured 3" x 8".

Next I needed to make the base for my little astronaut to stand on.  I

chose a piece of dull yellow card stock and on one end of it, drew an

arc and cut it out.  

I wanted to use both the Daffodil Chroma Glaze and the Neon Yellow

Chroma Glaze for texture.  So, taking the tip of a palette knife, I

applied the Daffodil first.  I applied it sort of thick - thick enough so

my knife skipped over the surface of the card stock.  Then to give

it more texture I tapped my finger into the wet glaze.

Without waiting for the Daffodil Glaze to dry I applied the Neon Yellow

Glaze in the same manner applying more at the top of the arc.

I set this aside to dry.  I next stamped my sentiment onto the upper

right corner of my patterned paper curving the stamp a bit and heat embossed it with

Alabaster Embossing Powder.  I backed the patterned paper panel with

a very dark blue card stock and adhered it onto my  3 1/2" x 8 1/2" card base that

was covered with silver glitter card stock.

Next I stamped my images with Raven Detail Ink.  I used 5 of the images -

 4 planets plus the little astronaut.

I originally planned on only 3 planets but added in the 4th one

later on in my process.  I colored my images with Copic markers.

Copic markers used:

Red:  R05, R17, R59, R20

Violet: V12, V05, V09

Blue:  BG15, B49, B32, B63

Yellow:  Y15, Y38

Grey:  C1, C3, C5

Brown:  E21, E3, E35

Blender & Black

After these images were colored I fussy cut them and used a black

water-based marker around the cut edges.  I did leave a very

narrow white outline around the little astronaut.

By this time, my glazed piece was dry.  To accentuate the

texture and give it depth, I first blended Simon Hurley

Woof ink with a blending brush and to the very top curve

of the arc I used Alabaster Pigment Ink to hi-lite.  Then I adhered

it to my card base.

Using a die from my stash I die cut various size stars from

the left over silver glitter card stock.  I adhered my little astronaut

with foam tape and glued the planets down flat.  Then I

adhered the stars.  Using a Gel Roll Stardust pen I accented the

planets and bits on the astronaut suit, helmet and flag.  I also

added touches with a white gel pen.  I used Glossy Accents on the face 

of my astronaut to make it more like a helmet and my card was done!

I had so much fun creating this card!  And I was really pleased with

how my moon base turned out!  Those Chroma Glazes are

Out of This World!!!!!!!!!  You can find the supplies I used for

my project today at:

Brutus Monroe

The Inspiration Box is a subscription product.  Find it along with all

of the other subscription products here.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope I've inspired you today to

create something you love!

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.