Words From Home with Brutus Monroe

 

Stripes Stencil with Brutus Monroe

 

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.

Be Happy Cutting Dies with Brutus Monroe

 

Hello everyone!  Today's project is super cute, happy and sparkly!  I'll be

using products from

Brutus Monroe

Be Happy Cutting Dies

Glitter Glaze

This shaker easel card was fun to make and I came up with a technique to really

customize your product!  Let me show you how I made my card!

I first started by die cutting my rainbow and bird out of white card stock and placing

them on my Stick & Stamp Mat.

I didn't have the colors I was looking for to do this project, so I took Fallen Snow

Glitter Glaze and mixed a bit of Chroma Mists into it for each color.  The Chroma

Mist colors that I used were: Pink, Yellow Orange, Yellow Green, Blue Violet,

Lilac Purple and Turquoise.

I pulled these off my mat, cleaned my mat and then let these pieces dry.  I also

die cut 3 of the sparkles using Sterling Elegant Essentials.  Once everything was

dry I mounted my rainbow strips onto the base - there is a die for that.  I also put

my bird together and used a black marker for the eye and legs.

 I made a 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" white card base.  I

scored the front of the card in half to create my easel.  I made a panel of

what card stock for the upper half that was 4" x 2".  I inked blended in

a sky using Simon Hurley's breakup blue ink. 

For the bottom half of the card - the shaker part - I cut the same

2" x 4", but also allowed for the rainbow someplace to sit.  I then

die cut the two little clouds that would become the shaker.  I

ink blended on this panel as well.  Next I die cut the bottom of

the rainbow on both sides to accommodate the shaker holes.

I put foam tape on the back of the panel but not the top of the rainbow part.  I

filled the cloud part with rainbow confetti and some other bits.

Next I adhered my rainbow.  I put an acetate strip behind the bird and attached

him to the rainbow.  I adhered my twinkle pieces and added some small silver

twinkle bits for added sparkle.  I also die cut a few clouds and used them on the

top portion along with more twinkle bits.

For the inside I cut another 4" x 4" panel and ink blended it the same as the

front pieces.  I die cut 3 of the shadow layers of the sentiment out of white

card stock.  I die cut the letters out of coordinating card stock to make a rainbow

when glued together.  I added Fallen Snow Glitter Glaze on top of the letters

to make them sparkle.

And that finished my card!

And that finished my card!  I hope you enjoyed this sparkly shaker card!  So

fun to create with all of these dies!  Find this set and more at

Brutus Monroe

Thanks so much for spending time 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.

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.

 

Beach Time with Brutus Monroe

 

Hello everyone!  It's time to break out the beach themed cards and this one

is made out of products from

Brutus Monroe

Beach Time Stamp Set

Glitter Glaze

This was sofun to make!  It's always so inspiring to make your own scene cards.

There's something about them that triggers our memories of time spent on 

the beach!  Let me show you how I made my card.

I first cut an A2 size panel of white card stock.  I ink blended the sand,

water and where the sun would be.  I used Antique Linen for the sand,

Broken China for the water and Scattered Straw for the sun.  I was going for

soft edges and I didn't want the colors to butt up against each other.

I next stamped out my images onto Aqua Pigment paper.  I chose to stamp 3

each of the little bits and just one chair, towel and boat.

I chose to color my images with Copic Markers.  I went with soft

summer colors, although I did deepen the colors later.  Copic colors used:

R00, R02, R05, E31, E33, E35, RV000, RV10, BG 10, BG11,

Y21, R32, E21, Y00

When I fussy cut these images I cut away all of the ground underneath

the beach chair.

I heat embossed with Gilded Sparkle Embossing Powder the sun image from the

Beach Bum Stamp Set.

I then added my Glitter Glazes...I used a bit of Periwinkle on the water,

Alabaster on the sea foam, and then Fallen Snow on the sun, water, 

sea foam and beach sand.

I cut my panel to 4" x 5 1/4" and mounted it onto a white A2 size top

folding card base with foam for a bit of dimension.

I added my sentiment which was also heat embossed with Gilded

Sparkle Embossing Powder and die cut.

Time to put all of the little elements on and build this beach scene!

After adding the shells I added more Glitter Glaze in Fallen Snow.  I

didn't add a lot, just a bit here and there.  I had an extra crab so I adhered

him to the inside of my card.  And that finished my beach card!

This card was fun to make...especially adding all of the little elements that

truly brought my card to life!  You can find the products that I used at

Brutus Monroe

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope I've inspired you!

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.

Stained Glass Garden with Brutus Monroe

 

Vintage Tile with Brutus Monroe

Hello everyone!  Today I get to share a new stencil technique with

you featuring products from 

Brutus Monroe

Vintage Tile

Glitter glaze

This was tons of fun to put together.  It was in experiment for me - I stenciled

my panel 3 times!  Let me show you how I made my card!

I first started by placing a panel of white card stock on my Stick & Stamp Mat.

I used Simon Hurley's breakup blue ink and the Delicate Floral Stencil.

This is such a pretty stencil on it's own.  Next I overlaid the Vintage Tile

Stencil and used Glitter Glaze in Periwinkle.

I was very careful about placement of this stencil.

This came out so pretty!  I love the Delicate Floral design in the background.

Once this Periwinkle Glitter Glaze was dry, I rotated my stencil and used

Alabaster Glitter Glaze to stencil again.

I had to peel off my panel each time I stenciled so I could clean off my Stick

& Stamp Mat.  Then I just set my panel aside to dry.  When t was dry I

cut it to 4" x 5 1/4" and adhered it to a Blue Ribbon Card Stock panel that

was cut to 4 1/8" x 5 3/8".  I next moved onto my sentiment.  I used the

"Thanks" die set from Christopher's Sentiments dies.  I die cut the actual letter from 

the Blue Ribbon Card Stock and the shadow layer from some very

white vellum and adhered the 2 together.

I felt I needed a sub-focal so using Icicle Embossing Powder, I used one of

the butterflies from the Full Bloom Stamp Set and die cut it with the

coordinating dies.  I stamped the butterfly, heat embossed it and then ink

blended over it with the breakup blue ink.

I die cut the butterfly and then added Periwinkle Glitter Glaze for

some sparkle.

I adhered my prepared panel onto an A2 size white card base.  I adhered

my sentiment piece flat to the card.

I adhered my butterfly above the sentiment on the right.  As a last

finishing touch I added some iridescent confetti and

my project was finished!

I hope you enjoyed today's tutorial.  It was fun to see what would happen

when stenciling the same panel 3 times!  I love the effect!  You can purchase the

products I used at

Brutus Monroe

Thank you so much for spending time with me 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.

 

Shine On with Brutus Monroe

Hello everyone!  Spring is on it's way!  I was in the mood to make something shiny 

and this Shine card fit the bill!  I used products from:

Brutus Monroe

Spring Sayings Dies

Glitter Glaze

This is a fairly simple card but packs a powerful shine!  Let me show you how I made

it!  

Blanket of Blooms with Brutus Monroe

Hello everyone!  Today I'm sharing a project with new products from

Brutus Monroe

Blanket of Blooms Stencil

Glitter Glaze

I also used the new Stick & Stamp Mat for my stenciling.  The Glitter

Glaze I'm using today is Fallen Snow.  This is definitely my favorite

Glitter Glaze because it's transparent.  That means when it dries there is

a lovely sparkly iridescent shimmer that is left that lays over any color

that's underneath it.

Let me show you how I made my card!  I started with a die cut panel

 of Buttercream Card Stock using a smaller rectangle die.

  

  I laid that on my Stick & Stamp Mat and then positioned the stencil 

over it making sure the sides were sticking down securely.

Using pink, yellow and green inks from Simon Hurley's line and a small blending brush,

I applied my ink to the stencil.  It didn't slip at all and stayed securely in place while I

was stenciling.  

With the stencil still in place I applied my Fallen Snow Glitter Glaze.

Right after the application of the Glitter Glaze I removed my stencil and washed

it.  I removed my panel from the Stick & Stamp mat by bending the mat to 

release the panel.  I set that aside to dry.  I took a scrap of pink card stock that

was a very good match to the pink on the panel.  Using a palette knife I 

applied Fallen Snow Glitter Glaze to this piece.

I let this dry and then die cut my sentiment from it using the

Christopher's Sentiments Die Set.  I die cut the shadow piece using

a piece of gold shimmer vellum.

I adhered the 2 together to form my sentiment.  I made an A2 size card

base from the Buttercream card stock and then but a green card stock

panel to 4 1/8" x 5 3/8".  I tied a pink silk ribbon around the left side

of the stenciled panel.

I adhered the green panel to the card base and then the stenciled panel

popped up on foam tape.  I adhered my sentiment down.  I took the

Fallen Snow Glitter Glaze and with a Q-tip went over the sentiment again

and I went along the edges of the bow.  I also took a toothpick and

made tiny dots between the flowers on the panel.  Once all that was

dry my card was finished!

I hope you enjoyed today's tutorial.  I love using new products and finding

new ways to use the products I have!  You can find what I have 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