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.

 

Fall Greetings with Brutus Monroe

 

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.

Fall Leaves with Brutus Monroe

 

Hello everyone!  Fall is here and the leaves are so colorful!  I wanted

to create a fall woods vibe with my card today!  I'll be using products from:

Brutus Monroe

Fall Leaf Cutting Dies

Playful Plaid Paper Collection

Basket Weave Mixed Media Stencil

Chroma Glaze - Daffodil

Fall Prairie Stamp Set

Color Companion Card Stock - Mustard Seed

Let me show you how I made my card!  I knew I wanted to use the

Chroma Glaze with a stencil, so I did that first.  I used a piece of the

Mustard Seed card stock and stenciled on Chroma Glaze using the

Basket Weave Stencil.

This Chroma Glaze is cloudy when it's wet, but it dries translucent. 

  This was going to take a while to dry, so I set it aside and next die cut my leaves.  

I used 3 different plaids from the paper collection...they are gorgeous!  Next I

 created my A2 size card base. I used a dark brown pigment ink and clear

embossing powder and stamped out the sentiment.  This sentiment

comes from the Fall Prairie Stamp Set.

When my stenciled panel was dry I cut it down to 2 1/2" x 5 1/8".

I adhered a piece of twill ribbon across the bottom of the panel with

double sided tape. 

 Then I adhered the panel to the card base with foam tape.

I tucked 2 of the leaves into the top of the twill ribbon, adhering 

them flat.

I adhered the maple leaf onto the front of the card, using foam tape

where necessary.

I had a piece of pale orange twine in my stash and I used it to make a

tiny bow for the stem of this leaf.

I adhered some autumn toned gems on and around the leaves.  I

added 3 tiny ones over the "i's" in the sentiment.

I love the colors and textures I could get using products from

          Brutus Monroe

I hope you enjoyed today's tutorial.  

 Thank you 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.