Brutus Monroe and Thermoweb Collaboration--Merry Christmas Card with Flock

 This week I will feature a variety of cards for a collaboration using products from Brutus Monroe and Thermoweb. 

My first card is a two for one.  I will share the first card today and the second one tomorrow.

Above is a look at my Slim Line Card and matching envelope. First thing I did was apply Pixie Spray to the Background Baubles 6x9 stencil to temporarily affix it to my Slimline Precut Card Panel.  I used a Stencil Pal and some Deco Foil Transfer Gel Duo to apply a thin layer of gel over my stencil.  I carefully removed the stencil, set my card panel aside to dry and washed my stencil and pallet knife right away in some warm soapy water.  *Crafty Tip:  Sometime when I am using stencils and a medium like Transfer Gel or Glazes, I keep a clean ice cream bucket of warm soapy water on the floor next to my work area and just put the stencils in the bucket until I am finished.  Then I clean up all of the stencils in the sink, using a nail brush to gently clean off any "hard" to remove areas-like in the instance of glitter.

                                                            While I waited for my card panel to dry (about an hour depending on the thickness of the gel, it dries clear and gets sticky when ready), I scored and folded my Slimline Pre Cut Card Base in half and reinforced the fold with my bone folder.  I used my paper trimmer to cut down my Glitterstock to 8.5" x 3" and used the Merry Christmas word dies from my stash to cut the words out of the center of my glitterstock panel.  *Crafty Tip:  I do that with my mat layers because no one will ever know a cut is in them, it saves on paper, and I have a matching piece for my card.

Once my panel was ready, I turned on my laminator to warm up and placed my Emerald Flock face down on the panel (I used two pieces as they are 6x6 panels and carefully lined them up to cover my whole panel without any seams.  Then I placed the cardbase and the flock inside a folded piece of parchment and ran it through my laminator, twice.  This is something I forget.  With flock you need to run it through the laminator TWICE!

I let the panel cool slightly, then peeled off the flock and tada!  Green fuzzy ornaments.  I glued my panel to the Glitterstock mat and then to my card base.  Using my T-ruler, I lined up my sentiment in the middle and added some confetti circles (from my stash) for some added bling.

Here is a close up of the Glitterstock sentiment and the flock.

I decided I wanted to make a matching envelope, so I used one of the SlimLine Envelopes (Alabaster) from Brutus Monroe.  I lined up my stencil carefully on the left half and used Simon Hurley Creates Later Gator ink with a blender brush.  I then transferred the stencil to the right side of the envelope and recreated the same look.  I kept the darker blend on the ornaments to the outside, where I would not be writing any address and lighter in the middle.

Here is a List of Products that I used.  I have included links to the items in the Brutus Monroe store where available (*affiliate links used at no additional cost to you...a small portion goes to my account to help continue bring you inspiration.  Thank you for supporting me)

• Brutus Monroe Background Baubles 6x9 Stencil
• Brutus Monroe Slim Line Precut Card Panels
• Brutus Monroe Slim Line Precut Card Bases
• Brutus Monroe Slim Line Envelopes
• Brutus Monroe Glitterstock - Green
• Pixie Spray
• Deco Foil Transfer Gel Duo
• Stencil Pal
• Deco Foil Flock Transfer Sheets - Emerald Green
• Simon Hurley Creates Later Gator Ink

I hope you like this card, please stop by tomorrow for another card, this time using the leftover flock from this card to create another Slim Line Christmas Card.

Please let me know what you think.  Have you used flock yet?