Give Thanks Eat Pie with Brutus Monroe

Hello everyone!  I hope everyone is doing well and creating fall crafty projects!

My project for you today features products from

Brutus Monroe

Give Thanks Eat Pie Stamp Set

Aqua Pigments

This card was fun to put together.  I had something completely different in mind

when I started!  Let me show you how I made this card!

I first took a piece of Strathmore 5" x 7" hot press watercolor paper and taped it

to my hardboard.  Starting in the middle of the panel I brushed on Yellow Aqua

Pigments, then Yellow Orange on either side and then finally some Brown on

the ends.

To get this nice gradation of color I didn't wet my paper first.  I simply took a

flat paintbrush and worked the pigments back and forth across my panel.  I

left it to dry naturally.  I had no warping.  Next I heat embossed my images,

twice, using Golden Gourd Embossing Powder.  I use this as a gold for all

my fall cards.  Its gorgeous!

I die cut the sentiment and the extra pecans with a 1 1/2" stitched

hexagon die.  I painted all of my images with the Aqua Pigments.

I mostly used the Yellow Orange and Brown.  I made a mini slimline

card base from some mustard card stock.  I cut a panel of plaid

paper from the Playful Plaid Collection and cut it 1/4" smaller

than the base.  I backed the plaid piece with some rich red card

stock and adhered that between the base and plaid paper.

I splattered my painted panel with a rich gold watercolor and then trimmed it to 

2 1/4" x 5 1/2" and adhered it to the card.  I fussy cut my pie slices and pecans. I 

foam taped the sentiment to the middle of the card.  I foam taped the pie slices on 

either side of the sentiment.  Then I used 3 of the pecans and adhered them flat.

I used gold holo confetti and a bit of Fallen Snow Glitter Glaze on the pecans.

And that finished my card!

This card took some twists and turns but I love how it came out!  Easy

as pie! (LOL). You can find the products I used 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.

 

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Beach Bum with Brutus Monroe

 

Hello everyone!  I'm hoping all of you are enjoying great weather!  Today I am

sharing more beach vibes with

Brutus Monroe

Beach Bum Stamp Set

Aqua Pigments

This giraffe stamp was just too cute not to use this time!  He looks totally ready to

hit the waves!  Let me show you how I made my card!  I first taped a panel of

140lb watercolor paper to my hardboard.  This measured bigger than an A2 size

panel so I could cut it down.

I used a 1/2" flat watercolor paintbrush and used water down Blue Aqua

Pigment for the sky.  The water was Blue and Green Aqua Pigments - not as watered 

down.  In both the sky and water I brought the color to white.  I helped that

along by taking a tissue and absorbing the color very randomly.  My paper

with Aqua Pigment on it was not soaking wet, but damp enough so that the

tissue was able to absorb some of the color.  I did the same for the clouds

in the sky and sea foam.  For the sand I started with Brown, added yellow and then added

water.  Once this was all dry I trimmed this panel out to 3 3/4" x 5".

I stamped my giraffe image on Aqua Pigment Paper and put it on my

Stick & Stamp Mat along with the Pigment Palette.

I laid out my pigments and painted up my image.  I didn't do any shading

on my images...just straight painting.

I painted at least 2 coats on my images, letting them dry in-between.  Once

they were dry I fussy cut the image up to the outline and then ran a black marker

along the cut edges.

I added Glossy Accents to the sunglasses.  While waiting for that to dry, I

stamped my sentiment and birds onto the background.

I next ran a bit of the brown mix right up against the sea foam.  As I was

doing it I was thinking this shadowing makes the sand look more real.  And then

I thought, who am I trying to kid, it's a giraffe with sunglasses holding

a surfboard...LOL!  😂  Once that was done I added some fine splatter to

the sand.  I used the brown just a bit darker for this.  The on the water, sea

foam and sand I added Fallen Snow Glitter Glaze.  Once that was dry I

popped up the panel onto an A2 size white top folding card base with a piece

of foam.  And then I added the giraffe with the surfboard also popped up

on foam.  And that finished my card!

This Beach Bum Stamp Set has been so fun to create with!  The images

are darling and your creative talents can just run away with this set!  Find

this set and everything else I used at

Brutus Monroe

Thanks so much for stopping by and spending time here!

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.

 

Bountiful Blooms with Brutus Monroe

 

Hello everyone!  I'm bringing you a bit of spring today - at least in

my card!  I'll be using new products from

Brutus Monroe

Bountiful Blooms

Aqua Pigments

How cute is this card!  This stamp set is chock full of images to make the

cutest scenes!  It comes in the April 2022 Inspiration Box!  Let me show you how I 

made my card!  I started with the fence.  I used the Fence Builder Die Set and  Farmhouse

 Grain card stock.  I used the long piece twice and I die cut 7 smaller posts.  Using the

Stick & Stamp Mat I placed these on and then painted them with Brown

Aqua Pigments.

I was also using the Stick & Stamp Pigment Palette while making

my project.  It was very handy.  These looked too pale to me so I added a

touch of Black Aqua Pigment to the Brown.  Then, when they were

completely dry, I ran Simon Hurley's woof! ink pad over the pieces.

This really picked up the woodgrain texture in the paper!

I set those aside and chose the stamps I wanted to work with.  There are

33 stamps in this set!  I used waterproof ink and Aqua Pigment Paper.

I knew I would be fussy cutting these so it didn't matter where I stamped 

my images.  Still using the Stick & Stamp Mat with the Pigment Palette,

I started painting my images.  I used Yellow Orange, Green, Tinsel Blue,

Red, Brown, Black and White.

I did some mixing of colors for an orange, purple and skin tone.

I set those aside to dry before fussy cutting them.  Next I cut a panel

of watercolor paper that was 4 1/8" x 5 3/8".  Once again I put this on my

Stick & Stamp Mat.  With my Tinsel Blue Aqua Pigment I painted

across the top two thirds of the page.  While it was still went I went 

across the bottom with the Green mixed with some Yellow Orange.

I used sideways brush strokes to do these and I didn't overwork these

areas.

Once that was dry I stamped my sentiment.

I adhered my fence down first.  I placed the horizontal posts and then adhered

my vertical posts spacing them evenly across the panel.

Next I adhered my other little elements.

I felt the grass area needed some texture so I made little grass blades with my

paintbrush and the same green mixed with yellow.

After that was dry I popped up the panel on foam and attached to a Buttercream

card stock base.  Then I popped up my Garden Lady and attached her to the

card.  For a bit of embellishment, I used Fallen Snow Glitter Glaze and a

Q-tip and made little dots of it around the flowers and watering can.  I also added

a little bit to the butterflies and the bird.

And that finished my card!

I hope you enjoyed today's tutorial.  This stamp set has so many stamps

and matching dies that you could make so many little scenes and cute cards!

Find the products I used to day 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.

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Sweet Candy with Brutus Monroe

 

Hello everyone!  Today it's all about the candy!  Yummy!  I'll be

using products from

Brutus Monroe

Sweet Candy Stamp Set

Aqua Pigments

What a fun colorful project!  Let me show you how I made my card!

I firs took a piece of Aqua Pigment Watercolor Paper and taped it to

a hardboard.  I was mindful to make sure my tape was straight and 1/8"

covering so it would trim down evenly.  I used the Oval Simple Blend

and taped the oval to the middle of the panel for a mask.

I wanted to be able to splatter my background.  Using a #2 fan brush I

splattered with the Yellow Orange Aqua Pigment first.  I let this dry

thoroughly before splattering with the next color.

I did take care to wipe up some of the splatter that was on the

oval mask.  I moved on to my darkest color which was the blue.

I next used Green with a bit of the Yellow Orange mixed in to make it a bit

more lime colored.  I used Yellow Orange with a bit of Red for an orange

color and I used White Chroma Mist mixed with Red for a pink.  Then to the pink

I mixed a bit of the Blue for a purple.  I dried in-between each color.

I was really pleased with the look of this.  I trimmed this panel down to

3 3/4" x 5".  I next heat embossed with Raven Sparkle Embossing Powder

the candy tree from the stamp set and the edges of a black card stock

panel that I cut to 4 1/8" x 5 3/8".

I adhered both panels to a white standard A2 size top folding card base.

On another piece of the Aqua Pigment Watercolor Paper I stamped out 

the candy elements from the stamp set twice.

Using the same color mixes with the Aqua Pigments I painted my

elements.  I did not paint the little round bubbles.

I fussy cut these elements except for the bubbles.  Next I took these same stamps and stamped

them on my background - mainly for placement but this is how I got my little

bubbles onto the background without having to cut them out.  I also stamped

my sentiment at the same time.  I placed my heart lollipop onto the panel

just so I would make sure I had enough room for it.

I painted the elements on the tree itself using the same mixes

of Aqua Pigments.  I foamed taped the fussy cut elements.  I used

Liquid Pixie Dust on the bubbles.  On the painted elements I used

a shimmer pen.  Then as a final embellishment I used Glossy Accents

on all of the painted elements.  And that finished my card!

What a fun colorful card to make!  And a sweet way to say

"Hello" to a friend!  You can find the product that I used at

Brutus Monroe

Thank you so much for stopping by and taking an interest.

I appreciate your 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.

Family Traditions with Brutus Monroe

 

Hello everyone!  Winter is starting to appear and it's time to cook

up those recipes that make us warm!  Today I'm using products from

Brutus Monroe

Family Traditions Stamp and Die Set

Aqua Pigments

This was such a fun card to make and the recipient will really appreciate

the sharing of a recipe.  Let me show you how I made my card.

I started by stamping my recipe card onto white card stock.  Then I 

stamped my onion and potatoes on watercolor paper.

I only used 4 of the potatoes, but I used the 5th mis-stamped one as

a test for color.  For my Aqua Pigments I used: Red, Yellow Orange,

Green and a tiny bit of Tinsel Blue.  For the onion I mixed Red, Green,

and Yellow with more yellow and less green. This gave me the

Yellow-brown color for the onion.  For the potatoes I used red, a

tiny bit of the blue and a very tiny bit of yellow.

Once my elements were painted, I then glazed over the potatoes with

brown...just to take away the pink tone.  Once these elements were dry, I

die cut them along with the recipe card itself.

I chose my background paper from the Fall Forest Paper Collection.  I

stamped "Soups" across the top of the card on the tab.  I then wrote up

my recipe on the card with a black marker.  Then I mixed up another

puddle of brown and blended it around the edges with a blender brush.

I wasn't going for a smooth blend, but I definitely wanted something

along the edge of the card.

I wanted to use one more stamp from the set, but I felt I needed

to adhered my elements into place first.  Then I stamped my

extra sentiment.

I prepared a 5" x 7" card base from cream card stock.  I cut

my patterned paper to 1/16" smaller than the front of the

card.  I adhered my recipe card to the front using

repositionable glue dots.  This will allow the recipient to

remove the recipe card and keep it.

I hope you enjoyed today's tutorial for the card and you try

making this soup.  It's so good!  You might wonder why I use

red potatoes.  Red potatoes are creamier when cooked and

really make this soup so yummy!  It's been a staple for winter

fare in my house for many years!

You can find the Family Traditions Stamp and Die Set along

with the Aqua Pigments at

Brutus Monroe

Thank you 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.

Fall Prairie Take #3 with Brutus Monroe

 

Hello everyone!  Today I'm sharing another take using a fall

stamp set from

Brutus Monroe

Fall Prairie

Aqua Pigments

There are 32 stamps in this Fall Prairie Stamp Set!  So many

possibilities!  I decided to make a fall wreath with all of the

smaller elements in the set.  To begin, I stamped out all of the

elements I was going to use x 4!  I stamped them onto 90lb

watercolor paper as I wanted to use Aqua Pigments!

I really didn't know how many of these elements I would need but

I painted all of them!  I used Aqua Pigments in:  Green, Red and

Yellow/Orange.  I mixed colors to get more variation.

Now for the fussy cutting!!!  I don't have the dies, so I pulled up 

NetFlix on my computer and started cutting.  It really didn't take

as long as I thought it would - LOL!

I had 2 paper collections I was trying to decided on.  I finally went with

the plaid - big surprise there!  Just to make sure the elements would

harmonize with the papers I dumped my painted elements onto the plaid

paper from the Playful Plaid Paper Collection and made a loose wreath.

Next I needed to heat emboss my sentiment so I had cut down my

panel to 4" x 5 1/4".  I took my sentiment stamp and placed it on my

panel and heat embossed it with Golden Gourd Embossing Powder.

It's my favorite for this time of year!

Next, in order to get a nice round wreath, I die cut a black frame

for a guide to adhere my elements using the Circle Foundation Dies.

Even with just one layer on, you can see how the frame is

hidden, but it's keeping my elements nicely rounded!

I used almost all of my elements.  The extra bits left over I used as a

spray inside my card!  For a bit of bling I added some Gold Prism

Sequins and tucked them in here and there.

I mounted this panel onto some bright yellow card stock that

measures 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" and then mounted the panel onto

a standard A2 size top folding card that I covered with a

bright blue card stock and my card was finished!

I hope you enjoyed tutorial.  If you have this stamp set - what

have you made?  We love to see your creations in our FaceBook

Group.  Remember, you can buy the products that I used today

over at

Brutus Monroe

Thank you so much for stopping by today.  I appreciate

your time and interest!

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.