STAMPtember Collaboration with Brutus Monroe

 Happy Monday.  Today is the release of the STAMPtember collaboration set between Simon Says Stamp and Brutus Monroe.  This is a fantastic set with three holiday wreath images, sentiments, and coordinating dies.  This special set is only available for a short time or until sold out, so do not delay if you want this set, go get it.   FYI: The dies for this set are HUGE and cut out the wreaths easily.  I highly recommend buy them before they sell out.  I made a card using each of the wreaths and their matching dies.

A-Haunting We Will Go

For my first card,  I stamped the Halloween wreath in Brutus Monroe Raven Detail Ink twice on alcohol friendly paper and used my Copic Markers to color in one full wreath and just the pumpkins, and the bat on the second wreath.  I used the coordinating die to cut out my fully colored wreath. Using my Brutus Monroe Fine Detail Scissors, I carefully cut around the pumpkins and bat on the second wreath and used a black marker on the edges to hide any imperfections. I popped up these elements with foam tape directly over their matching images on my colored wreath.  I used some purple ink to lightly ink blend a piece of white cardstock and stamped my sentiment near the bottom with the Raven Detail Ink.  I ran this panel through my Big Shot with a Swiss Dot Embossing folder and cut down the edge of the panel to 3.5 inches.  Using some purple scraps of paper to cover the top and bottom of my Slim Line Card Base, I layered my ink blended and embossed background in the center of my card base.  I then used some liquid glue to attach my wreath to the embossed panel. I added two small white strips of paper to the top and bottom of my focal panel.  Finally I used some Brutus Monroe Aqua Pigment in the Pearl color and a paint brush to the pumpkin faces, the witch's hat brim, the spider web, the bat's eyes and fangs to add some sparkle.

Thankful For You

My second card utilized the Fall wreath, which I stamped on some alcohol friendly paper with Brutus Monroe's Raven Detail Ink.  I also used my Misti to line up the wreath and partially stamp all four corners of my card panel.  I then colored all of the images in with a variety of Copic Markers.  I cut out the full wreath with the matching die and trimmed down the card panel slightly.  I placed my card panel in my splat box and used more Raven Detail Ink mixed with water to splatter the panel with black specks.  I also created splatters with the Pearl Aqua Pigment also by Brutus Monroe.  Using my Misti, I lined up my sentiment (using the full colored wreath for placement) and stamped it to be in the center of the full wreath with Raven detail Ink. I popped up my wreath with foam squares, and then glued the whole panel down to a Kraft A2 Card Base. Finally I took some Glitter Dust in the Gold from Thermoweb to spray over the top of the whole card to give some added sparkle.

The Gold Glitter Dust does not photograph well, but here is a closeup that shows some on the red leaf.

May Your Days Be Merry and Bright

For my third and final card today, I used some black and gray heavy weight cardstock (treated with my embossing bag) in my Misti to stamp the Christmas wreath with my Brutus Monroe Embossing Ink.  I covered the image on the gray paper with the Brutus Monroe Raven Detail Embossing Powder and the image on the black paper with some Ranger Silver Embossing Powder.  I heat set both panels, let the cool for a minute, and then trimmed out the wreaths with the matching die.  I lined up both wreaths on top of one another and using some purple tape to tape the wreaths together, I cut the wreaths in half with my paper trimmer.  I used some purple tape to attach the right black half of the wreath to the left gray half to create a full wreath. Using my Misti and my wreath for placement, I stamped the sentiment and heat set the same silver embossing powder.  I used foam adhesive to pop up my wreath on the center of my white card panel which measures 4" x 5.25."  I matted the panel on a 4.5" x 5.5" black mat and then attached the whole thing to a white A2 card base.  Finally for a pop of color,  I used some of the red pearls (from Brutus Monroe Flat Back Pearl Assorted set) to the center of the bows in the wreath and around my sentiment.

Here is a picture of all three cards together, I apologize for the shiny photo, it rained all day today and I was unable to get a better photo today due to such dark lighting in my house.

Which card is your favorite?  I just love this stamp set and can see using it every year to make some holiday cards.