Bowl of Strawberries with Brutus Monroe

 

Hello everyone!  As the last of summer slips away from us I am sharing one

more luscious strawberry card using products from

Brutus Monroe

Strawberry Social Stamp Set

Chroma Mists

I love the color combo of red, white and turquoise!  So clean and fun!  Let me

show you how I made my card.

I started with my background panel.  I used a piece of Lagoon card stock and

the Basket Weave Stencil.  I cut the panel bigger than I needed and stenciled

with Opal Chroma Glaze.  This is a great way to add texture and dimension

without adding more color.

I chose the elements from the Strawberry Social Stamp Set for my card

and stamped them onto watercolor paper.

I used Choma Mists to paint my images.  I used Candy Apple Red for the

strawberries.  Yellow Green was used for the strawberry tops. 

 For the bowlI painted stripes using Turquoise and a touch of the Yellow Green.  

I mixed it once and painted the top and bottom stripe.  This really was too blue

so I added more of the green and painted over them.

I didn't painted the whipped cream at all. I fussy cut my images. I created a white A2 size

 card base with the fold along the top.  I cut a piece of red card stock that is 4" x 5 1/4".

I cut my stenciled panel to 3 3/4" x 5" and adhered both of those to the white

card base.  I made my sentiment using white card stock.  I stamped the

sentiment in black ink and then added red die cut card stock behind that.

  I cut a thin strip of white card stock and layered that on top of a die

cut scalloped piece of red card stock.  To adhere my bowl of strawberries

only the extra whipped cream piece is adhered flat to the card.  I added

the double strawberry piece to the top of the pile of strawberries and

 foam taped the entire bowl piece to the right side of the card over the

striped border.  I added the extra strawberry at the bottom on top of

the bowl on foam tape.  I added some iridescent confetti and Fallen

Snow Glitter Glaze to the berries.  I adhered a red acrylic heart under

the sentiment and my card was done!

I hope you enjoyed today's tutorial.  It's always sad to see summer go along

with all of the delicious fresh fruit!  You can find the products that I used at

Brutus Monroe

Thanks so much for being 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.

 

 

Vintage Tile Take 2 with Brutus Monroe

 

Hello everyone!  Today I'm sharing another card made with

Brutus Monroe

Vintage Tile Mixed Media Stencil

Chroma Glaze

I wanted to see what the Chroma Glaze would do over an inked background.  I

am in love with the way it turned out!  Let me show you how I made my card!

I first ink blended my A2 size card base panel on heavy white card stock.  I used Simon

Hurley Inks in Over the Moon and Tropical Tango using my Stick & Stamp Mat.

I was color matching this to a piece of patterned paper from the Bountiful

Blooms Paper Collection as I was going to fussy cut one of the butterflies.

Before this ink was dry I placed my Vintage Tile Mixed Media Stencil over

top of the panel and using Opal Chroma Glaze ( a new fav!!!) I

applied a very thin coat.

This did not blend with the ink as much as I thought it would, but that's ok.  I

didn't do a lot of smoothing out...I applied it, scraped it even with a palette

knife, took off the stencil, took my panel from my Stick & Stamp Mat and let

everything dry.  I chose the butterfly I wanted and fussy it out along with one

of the flowers and a few of the yellow leaves.

Next I took a piece of white pearlized vellum and heat embossed my sentiment

on it with Night Shift Embossing Powder in Teal...so pretty!  Once it was cooled

I die cut it with a small label die.

I made a standard white A2 size top folding card base from white card stock.  I

cut a piece of navy yardstick to 4" x 5 1/2" and adhered it, centered, on the

card base.

I cut my inked/stenciled panel flat to the card centering it.  It measures

3 7/8" x 5 1/2".  I adhered my butterfly by applying liquid glue just to the

center of it.  I adhered my sentiment in the upper left and used a bit of liquid glue

to adhere it.  Because this is pearlized you can't really see though it like

most vellum.  I adhered the red flower and 3 little leaves I had fussy cut from the paper

 inside my card.  For a finishing touch I adhered 3 tiny iridescent butterflies

and my project was done!

This was fun to create and I love experimenting with different mediums.  I

really love this Opal Chroma Glaze over the ink.  It's so pretty!  You can find

the products I used for this card at

Brutus Monroe

Thanks so much for stopping by and hanging out here 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.