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.

 

Ribbon Curls with Brutus Monroe

 

Hello everyone!  Well, around here winter has begun!  There has been some

snow and lots of cold!  Today I'll be making a cool winter card using products from

Brutus Monroe

Ribbon Curls Stencil

Candy Coat

This card was so much fun to make with all of the sparkle going on!  Le me show

you how I did it!  I started by taking a piece of shimmer paper and stenciled it

using the Ribbon Curls Stencil and Teal Candy Coat!

As with many of the mediums in the Brutus Monroe line, this medium goes

on rather light and dull but when it dries it's gorgeous!  Sparkle and shine!

Next I stamped the Snow Globe Stamp Set and a sentiment from the Let It

Snow Stamp Set onto white card stock and heat embossed it black.

I colored these images with Distress Watercolor Pencils.  I went around the

edges of the sentiment very lightly just to give it a bit of color.  Once everything

was dry I die cut my snow globe with the coordinating die and I used a circle die

for the sentiment.

To the snow globe I added Fallen Snow Glitter Glaze on the snowy parts and

on the stars.  While it was still wet I added some Shimmer Flake.  

I cut out 4 snowflakes out of pearlized vellum with the Snowflake Cutting

Dies.  I adhered the biggest one behind my sentiment circle.

I trimmed my stenciled panel to 3 3/4" x 5" and adhered to a silver mirror

panel that measures 4 1/8" x 5 3/8".  Then I adhered that to a white top

folding A2 size card base.  I popped up the snow globe on foam tape and

then put Crystal Glaze on the globe part (this took quite a long time to dry!).

Once the Crystal Glaze was dry I added snow with a white Posca Pen.  I

adhered down the other 3 snowflakes and my sentiment and then I used clear

gems and holographic confetti.  And that completed my card!

I hope you enjoyed this super sparkly tutorial!  I love it when everything

shines!  You can find the products I used from

Brutus Monroe

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I appreciate your interest!

Follow me on Instagram @betsybirgeart

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.

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.

 

O-Fish-Ally Awesome with Brutus Monroe

 

Underwater Friends with Brutus Monroe

Hello everyone!  To me, nothing says summer like a trip to the ocean.  I

hope you are fortunate to live near one...if not, here's a project I made

with products from

Brutus Monroe

Underwater Friends Stamp Set

Embossing Powder

This fun card has lots of dimension and I love adding gold to sea inspired

projects.  Let me show you how I made my card!  I started by setting up a

scene in my MISTI with my stamps.  I would stamp and heat emboss with

Gilded Embossing Powder 3 times.

I would end up stamping some elements again, as this card really ended up

having a mind of it's own!  I took one panel and ink blended it with

Simon Hurley Inks in Tropical Teal, Clear Skies and Midnight Snack.  I went

a bit lighter on a second panel and the 3rd panel was done like my first one, but

without the Midnight Snack.  I also ink blended the other elements.

My idea was to cut the layers and stock them on each other in varying sizes.

I cut down my pieces, splattered them with water and backed each one with 

gold mirror card stock.

My base layer is 4" x 5 1/4".  The second layer is 2 3/4" x 4" and

the top one is 1 1/2" x 4 3/4".  I made a white A2 size card base and

covered it with Blue Ribbon card stock.  

My idea for the card was going well until I got the third layer on and I

realized that the shark, sentiment and scallop shell were just too much a

part of the background.  Nothing made them stand out.  Things were getting

serious...and I forgot to take photos of how I fixed it...sorry.  I restamped

and heat embossed the shark, sentiment and scallop shell.  I did a very,

very light inking with the Tropical Teal ink.  Then I fussy cut the shark and

shell and trimmed up the sentiment.  I carefully cut the shark so he would

fit all 3 layers.  I did not do that to the shell.  After adhering these pieces

onto my card I went over them at least 3 times with the shimmer pen.  The

pen not only lays down shimmer but also will lighten the ink considerably.

I added shimmer to the sand dollar and to the seaweed.  I adding a bit of

Fallen Snow Glitter Glaze, some pearls and gems and some gold scalloped

peel-offs to finish my card!

I hope you enjoyed today's process and how I fixed my card!  You

can find the products I used at

Brutus Monroe

Thanks so much for being here - until next 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.