Showing posts with label Brutus Monroe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brutus Monroe. Show all posts

Sunday, November 17, 2024

Wonderful Day

Hi, friends!

It's design team member Walter on the blog today.  If you're anything like me, you likely have some patterned paper sitting around that you just never use.  I find that I'll buy paper collections for certain pieces and then have a bunch of sheets left over that just sit there.  I decided that I wanted to start to use it up and chose a piece to use for this project.  With the paper chosen, I went through my BPM stamps and saw the wonderful Special Days Clear Stamps Set by Pam Bray.  I just knew that the floral image and butterflies would go well with the patterned paper.  The paper has an almost country-like look to it and so I also thought that burlap paper would look nice with it as well.  I had a scrap burlap oval leftover from my last project and I could put it to use here.  Here's the design that came up with:




Here's what I used to make it:

  • Special Day Clear Stamp Set
  • Patterned paper from stash
  • Burlap paper (oval scrap)
  • White cardstock
  • A2 card base
  • Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Scorched Timber
  • Simon Hurley Grrrr Brown Ink
  • Delicata Golden Glitz Metallic Pigment Ink
  • Gold gems
Here's how I made it:
  • Cut patterned paper down to an A2 size and adhered it to the card base with double sided tape.

  • Ink blended some Scorched Timber onto the burlap oval and then ran the ink pad around the edges of the oval.
  • Adhered oval to the card base with double sided foam tape for added dimension.
  • Used a nesting oval die smaller than the burlap oval and used it to cut out a white oval.

  • Stamped the floral onto the white oval with Grrrr ink; stamped sentiment with Scorched Timber; and stamped butterflies with gold pigment ink.
  • Smooshed some Scorched Timber ink onto a craft mat, spritzed it with water, and then used a brush to add some splatter to the oval.
  • Once dry, adhered the white oval to the burlap oval with craft glue.
  • Adhered three gold gems to the card.
This is such an easy card to make and a great way to use up patterned paper.  It's also very gender neutral - perfect for a guy or a gal!

Thanks for spending some time reminiscing with me today!  See you again soon.

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Sunday, November 10, 2024

Autumn Park Silhouette

Hi, friends!

It's design team member Walter on the blog today. By now you've heard me say several times how much I love creating vintage themed cards.  Today's creation is another example of this.  I fell in love with the IBFS Silhouette Stamp Set as soon as I saw it.  One of the larger stamps in the set is this beautiful scene set in a park.  I decided to use it in a monochromatic palette to make it look older and thought it would be really fun to have a burlap frame around it.  The result is a beautifully nostalgic scene that may be used for so many different occasions.  Let's jump into my creative process.




Here's what I used to make it:

Here's how I made it:
  • Ink blended the card panel with Lost Shadow ink.

  • Stamped the image onto card panel with black ink.
  • Stamped the woman on bicycle just below the image to make it look like a path used for walking and riding.

  • Ink blended some Vintage Photo and Scorched Timber along the path to darken it.
  • Used an oval die to cut the center out of the burlap panel.

  • Used a brown alcohol marker to darken the inside rim of the burlap panel.

  • Spritzed the card panel and burlap panel with Tean Stain, Vignette Mist, and Ice Grey Mist and let them dry.

  • Used craft glue to adhere the burlap panel over the card panel.
  • Ran the Scorched Timber ink pad along the combined panel.
  • Attached card panel to card base using double sided tape.
  • Stamped the sentiment onto the card in Scorched Timber and the stamped it again with Golden Glitz ink.
  • Attached pearl gems to the corners.
I really love this scene so much!  It has such a nostalgic feeling to me.  This is one card that I may end up framing and using as a decoration!

Thanks for spending some time reminiscing with me today!  See you again soon.

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Thursday, October 10, 2024

Thoughts of Autumn

Hi, friends!

It's design team member Walter on the blog today.  The temps here in New England have started to drop into the 60's, which means that Autumn is starting to creep in.  I love this weather - it's my favorite tome of the year.  I was thinking of this as I was trying to come with an idea for card and, naturally, leaves came to mind.  I was looking through my stamps and saw the IBFS Woman's Head stamp and thought . . . bingo!  What if I used her as the base of the image and then had fall colored leaves on top of her head in place of hair to symbolize thinking of Autumn?  I grabbed the stamp and started to create.




Here's what I used to create it:

  • Woman's Head stamp from I Brake for Stamps
  • Autumn Leaves dies from Kat Scrappiness
  • Piece of brown shipping paper
  • Piece of word patterned paper from stash
  • A2 size card base
  • Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Antique Linen, Tea Dye, Vintage Photo, Old Paper, Fired Brick, Rusty Hinge, Scorched Timber
  • Brutus Monroe Ornament Gold Chroma Mist
  • Gold Acrylic Bubbles
  • Old fashioned label maker
Here's how I made it:
  • Stamped the image with black ink and fussy cut it.
  • Took the piece of shipping paper and crumpled it up; smoothed it out and then adhered to the A2 card base with double sided tape and craft glue.

  • Ran the Scorched Timber ink pad around the edges of the card; used a blending brush to add some Tea Dye and Vintage Photo inks to the card.

  • Used double sided foam tape to adhere the stamped image to the card.
  • Ink blended the word patterned paper with Old Paper, Fired Brick, Rusty Hinge, and Antique Linen inks; spritzed it with Ornament Gold Chroma Mist

  • Used leaf dies to cut out leaves from the patterned paper.

  • Glued the leaves down to the image starting at her hairline and building up until all leaves were used.
  • Used a label maker to create the sentiment, "Thoughts of Autumn."

  • Glued down three gold acrylic bubbles.
I really like the symbolism of the leaves with words on them coming off of the top of her head!  It's such a fun depiction of thinking about Autumn.  Sometimes the best ideas come to life when you just let your mind wander!

Thanks for spending some time reminiscing with me today!  See you again soon.


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Friday, September 20, 2024

Pumpkin Patch


Hi, friends!

It's design team member Walter back on the blog today.  I have so many fond memories of my family visiting a local farm in late September or early October to get our Halloween pumpkins.  We'd get one large one that my father would usually carve and then my sisters and I would each get a small one to decorate.  I looked forward to going to this particular farm because they had the best apple cider donuts and, of course, my mom would get some for us.  We'd walk around the farm and have a great time.  I miss those days and am so fortunate to have those cherished memories.  My card today is inspired by those memories.





Here's what I used to make it:

Here's how I made it:

  • Created an A2 Kraft card base and added grunge around the edges with Vintage Photo ink.
  • Used an A2 sized piece of white card stock, adhered it to a piece of x-press it adhesive sheet.
  • Took a scrap of brown shipping paper, approximately the size of the A2 panel, crumpled it up to create wrinkles, flattened it, and then adhered to top side of the x-press it adhesive sheet.  This creates a card panel that is stronger than just the shipping paper.


  • Ink blended the card panel using Chipped Saphire ink.



  • Cut out a rectangle with a deckle edge die.


  • Took a liberal amount of gesso and grit paste and mixed them together; formed two distinct piles of it.


  • Added pumpkin mica powder to one pile and mixed it.  Added green mica powder to the other and mixed it.
  • Used a paint brush and colored pastes to create the pumpkin using the stencil.

  • Lightly sprinkled additional green and pumpkin mica powder over the wet pastes and then dried the paste with a hair dryer.
  • Once dry, lightly misted the panel with water to activate the mica powders.
  • Stamped the words Pumpkin Patch with silver pigment ink.
  • Adhered card panel to card base with double sided tape.
  • Cut down a piece of faux seaweed and glued it to the bottom of the panel to look like grass.
  • Glued down three silver glitter stars.

I really enjoy creating mixed media cards and this one was no exception!  It's so fun to create different textures and colors using different mediums.  The texture achieved on the pumpkin is exceptional - it isn't a smooth one-dimensional gourd!  Using the faux seaweed for grass is so much easier than using a die to cut it yourself.

Thanks for spending some time reminiscing with me today!  See you again soon.

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Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Toward the Sunshine



Hi, friends!

It's design team member Walter back on the blog today.  We now in that in between time of the year where summer is still trying to hold on as the cooler temps of fall are trying to move in.  It's such a pretty time of the year and I wanted to capture it visually with a color palette that shares the last vestiges of summer and the beginning of autumn.  It's an homage to the sun and all the inspiration that it brings.



Here what I used to make it:

  • Sunshine Cherub Sun Flowers Art Stamp Set
  • Distress Oxide Inks: Fossilized Amber, Antique Linen, Cracked Pistachio
  • Delicata Golden Glitz Pigment Ink
  • Pure Palette Glay Shades Pigment Ink
  • Versa Vine Clair Ink
  • Jewels
Here's how I made it:

  • Created a 6"x6" Kraft card base
  • Used the deckle edge blade on my paper trimmer to cut a 5.75"x5.75" of orange card stock and a 5.5"x5.5" white cardstock panel.
  • Used double sided tape to adhere orange card panel to card base.
  • Ink blended the background on white card panel using Fossilized Amber, Antique Linen, and Cracked Pistachio Oxide inks.
  • Decided on placement of sun on the blended panel and stamped it with Golden Glitz pigment ink.
  • Decided on placement of sentiment and stamped it on card panel with Versa Fine Clair ink.
  • Arranged floral stamps at bottom of card panel and stamped them with Glay Shades pigment ink.
  • Used a heat tool on low to ensure that pigment inks were set and then adhered card panel to base with double sided tape.
  • Glued three jewels to around the sun.
This would be such a nice card to send to someone who needs a little encouragement.  I love how the golden sun pops against the amber and linen colors, and the green florals stand so tall as they reach towards it.

Thanks for spending some time here with me today.  See you again soon!

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Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Sunflower Dreams

Hi, friends!

It's design team member Walter back on the blog today.  Sunflowers have a special meaning for me.  They were my mom's favorite.  She grew them in her yard - a tradition that one of my sisters has kept going since mom passed away.  They're such strong, resilient, and beautiful flowers.  I wanted to feature them since they're considered a fall flower and also in loving memory of my mom.


Here's what I used to make it:


Here's how I made it:

  • Cut a piece of white card stock to 4.5"x6.5" and ink blended it with Tumbled Glass ink to create a sky.
  • Stamped sentiment towards middle of card panel with black ink.
  • Stamped dragon fly in top right corner with black ink.
  • Colored dragon fly with gel pens (purple, green, and white).
  • Stamped two sunflowers onto a scrap of white cardstock, colored them with alcohol markers, and fussy cut them.
  • Determined position of sunflowers on card panel and then hand draw & color stalks and leaves with Rustic Wilderness ink; add some yellow highlights with Squeezed Lemonade ink.
  • Use double sided tape to adhere card panel to a 5"x7" Kraft card base.
  • Adhere sunflower heads onto stalks with double sided foam tape strips.
  • Use white pigment ink and a blending brush to tap some white clouds onto the card panel.
  • Glued down three gems in upper left hand corner.
The result is a very pretty, yet simple, encouragement card.  I know that my mom would have loved it.

Thank you for spending some time here with me today.  See you again soon!

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Tuesday, August 20, 2024

It's Bearly Autumn!

Hi, friends!

It's design team member Walter back on the blog today.  My last post on Halloween got me thinking that I'm ready for some Fall weather.  It's my favorite time of year!  The crisp, cool air.  The smell of falling leaves.  Pumpkin everything!  With that in mind, I created this card to feel a little bit of Fall in the summer.





Here's what I used to make it:

  • Autumn Leaf Costume Bear Rick St Dennis Line Art Rubber Stamp
  • A2 Kraft Card Stock card base
  • 3.75"x5" Brushed Copper card panel
  • 3.25"x4.5" White card panel
  • Deckle edge oval die
  • Tim Holtz Tea Stain Distress Ink
  • Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress Ink
  • Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink
  • Brutus Monroe Ice Grey Vintage Mist Spray
  • Brutus Monroe Brown Vintage Mist Spray
  • Brutus Monroe Mint Chroma Mist Spray
  • Brutus Monroe Apricot Chroma Mist Spray
  • Alcohol markers and Metallic Gel pens
Here's how I made it:
  • Rubbed the Kraft card base with Vintage Photo Distress ink pad along the front edges of the card; rub Tea Stain Distress ink pad along the side edges of the card base.



  • Used the deckle edge oval die to cut out the center of the Brushed Copper card panel.


  • Stamped bear image and colored it with alcohol markers and color leaves with metallic gel pens.


  • Use an ink blending brush to add a light covering of Antique Linen Distress ink.


  • Use a piece of scrap paper to cover the image of the bear.
  • Take the Brutus Monroe Mint and Apricot Chroma Mist sprays, remove sprayer, and gently tap the end with the plastic tube over the card panel to add splatters.  Repeat with the Brown Vintage Spray Mist.

  • Remove scrap paper and spray image with Ice Grey Vintage Mist.
  • Once dry, use craft glue to adhere the brushed copper panel over the stamped image panel.
  • Use craft glue to adhere the combined panel to the card base.
  • Cut a sentiment strip from scrap white card stock, run Antique Linen Distress ink pad over it.
  • Used a black marker to write sentiment, put craft glue on the back of it, and adhered it to card.
 This is such a cute card with a vintage feel to it.  I can almost taste the pumpkin bread!






Thank you for spending some time here with me today.  See you again soon!

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