Fall Florals with Brutus Monroe

 

Hello everyone!  I am writing this after a long weekend off from work!  How

lovely to have the time to create!  Today I'll be using products from

Brutus Monroe

Fall Florals Stamp and Die Set

Chroma Mists

I wanted to really think outside the box on this project.  I did this by taking a

themed stamp set - fall - and making it into a not-so-fall card!  Let me show you

what I did!

I first took a piece of heavyweight white card stock and the Basket Weave Stencil

and used Chroma Mists.  I used Lilac and Candy Apple Red Chroma mists watered

 down with water that had mica powder in it.  I used a stencil brush to apply the Mists.

While I was waiting for that to dry, I stamped and heat embossed in black my

5 flowers.  I stamped 3 of the pansies and 2 of the mums.

I painted these flowers with the same mix of Chroma Mists.  I watered some

of it down with the water/mica powder.  To get darker areas, I waited until the

first coats were almost dry and then went in and added more.  As long as

you wait for the layers to dry, you can keep adding color to get darker shades.

Once these were dry I added the black beard part with my black Copic marker and then

 added a small yellow part in the center with a Yellow Posca Pen.  Then I die cut them with 

the coordinating dies.

I next cut an A2 size side folding white card base.  I folded it and then cut

off 1 1/4" on the right front.

I then cut a piece of black dotted acetate from my stash that I adhered to the back 

of the front panel and just the 1 1/4" of it shows on the front of the card.

I cut down the stenciled panel to fit on the front white card stock piece.

It measures 2 3/4" x 5 1/4".  

You can see some weird markings on the right side of this panel.  I was going to

go in a completely different direction, but it didn't work out.  However, I knew these

markings would be covered up by my flowers.  I adhered this panel to the front of the card.

Time to adhere my flowers!  I adhered one pansy at the top and one at the bottom

flat to the card and straddling the space between the card stock and acetate.  Next

I added the mums.  I popped those up on foam tape.  I placed one facing one way

and the other facing the opposite.  And lastly I added my last pansy to the middle

also on foam tape.  I added some mirror confetti and my project was done!

This card was fun to make!  I stepped out of my comfort zone to do the

acetate on the front, but I love the effect.  I might have to send this card

to my bestie!  I hope you enjoyed today's tutorial.  You can find the

products I used at

Brutus Monroe

Thank you so much for being here and taking an 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.

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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