Rainbow Swirl Stencil Christmas Card

 

Today I bringing you a Christmas Card featuring the Rainbow Spiral Stencil. I used 4 Simon Hurley Create. Inks.  Two Reds (Love Struck and Game Over) and two greens (Overzealous and Fake Plant).  I started with Love Struck and blended the first stripe.  After I wiped the excess ink off the stencil, I used the lines on the stencil to line up my spiral and then blended with Game Over. I wiped the stencil off again, relined it up with Overzealous and then repeated with Fake Plant.

Continuing to wipe off my stencil between inks, I completed the spiral alternating back and fourth between the red and green inks until my circle was complete.  Next I used some watered down Pearl Aqua Pigment and a paint brush to cover the entire blended area.  This gives the spiral lots of shimmer and shine.

I trimmed the panel to 4" x 5.25" with my paper cutter. Using my scissors, I trimmed out the spiral around the outside and used a circle die to cut out the center.  I adhered the Spiral to and A2 Top folding Card base, lining up the spiral edge with the right edge of my card base. 

Next, I used another circle die to cut some Red Glitterstock for the center of my spiral.  I adhered this with some foam tape.  For a focal point, I stamped one of the elves from Crafty Elves with Raven Detail Ink on Perfect Blend Alcohol paper and colored him in with Copic markers.  After I fussy cut him out, I added some shimmer to the yellow on his outfit and to the red ribbon on the package (also with some watered down Pearl Aqua Pigment).

For my sentiment, I stamped the Merry Christmas from the Snowflake Swirl stamp set with Fake Plant and trimmed it down.  I adhered both my sentiment and elf to the center of the Glitterstock circle with liquid glue.

Finally, I added just a touch of more sparkle with some sequins from my stash.

Here is the video I made to go with this card:

Affiliate Links:

Rainbow Spiral Stencil: https://shrsl.com/3s8j2

Perfect Blend Paper: https://shrsl.com/3s8k8

Pearl Aqua Pigment: https://shrsl.com/3s8jt

Crafty Elves Stamps: https://shrsl.com/3s8jw

Crafty Elves Coordinating Dies: https://shrsl.com/3s8k4

Glitter Stock: https://shrsl.com/3s8k5

Circle Foundation Dies: https://shrsl.com/3s8lm

Raven Detail Ink: https://shrsl.com/3s8k9

Top Folding A2 Card Bases: https://shrsl.com/3s8ka

Simon Hurley Create. Love Struck Ink: https://shrsl.com/3s8kc

Simon Hurley Create. Game Over Ink: https://shrsl.com/3s8ke

Simon Hurley Create. Overzealous Ink: https://shrsl.com/3s8kg

Simon Hurley Create. Fake Plant Ink: https://shrsl.com/3s8kh

Copic Colors:

E000, R20 (Face and cheeks) Green: G28, YG63 Red: R37, R39 Gold: YR24 (belt buckle) Orange: YR09 (hair) Black: C6 (belt)

GIU Day 5 May the Joys of the Season by Yours

For my last day as a GIU girl, I had to make a Christmas Card.  Purple is my favorite color so I thought I would just play and see what happened.

I started with a piece of light purple paper from my stash and ink blended on Wilted Violet and Villainous Potion Oxide inks.  Next, I took the snowflakes from the Beauty of Life SMAK (11/19) kit and stamped them in Villainous Potion in a random pattern all over my card front.  Then I covered the snowflakes with Icicle Embossing Ink.  

Because oxide inks take a little bit to dry, the embossing ink stuck not only to the snowflakes but to portions of my panel.  I was okay with that as I heat set it, it made it feel like there was icy or frosty patches on my card.

Here you can see the shine on the snowflakes and on the frosty/icy patches on my card.

Then, I took a star stencil from my stash and in the upper and lower corners, I covered the stencil with Opal Chroma Glaze from Brutus Monroe and set my panel aside to dry.

Next, I took another piece of the light purple cardstock and cut it out with a tag die from my stash.  I  stamped the sentiment from Ember Girl in the Villainous Potion and ink blended the same two purple inks around the edges and once again used the Opal Chroma glaze and star stencil.

Once everything was dry, I cut the panel down with a double stitched rectangle from my stash and added the tag to the front. I chose a purple and white ribbon from my stash, tied them in a knot.  To add the ribbon to my card, I used a glue dot.  Then I attached the panel to my white A2 card base.

I hope you enjoyed my week showcasing some of the Unity Products.  Head over to Unity Stamp Co. Website and pick up some goodies for yourself.

 

2020 Growing In Unity Week Post #5

Happy New Year!  Welcome to 2021!  Best of wishes for everyone this year!

For my last post I had to create a Slim Line Card.  I stamped out a variety of Angie Girls with Copic friendly ink and colored them in with a very limited Christmas Color pallet.  Next, I looked through my dies and found a rectangle and rectangle frame set to cut out the images and framed each one with a evergreen die cut frame.  I like how this looked because they look like snapshots and one of the Angie girls is holding a camera, so I imagine this is a fun day with the girls and we are getting three glimpses into their party. (I used girls from Ember Girl, Planner Gal: Merry Doe, Planner Gal Kit: Tell Me A Story.)

Next, I looked through my pile of patterned paper, (we all have a stash we never use right or is it just me?) to find a red plaid paper and cut it down to just shy of 3.5" x 8.5" panel.  I used the camera stamp from Free Your Dream May 2017 Kit of the month with black ink all over the panel, varying the image for interest.  

You know what comes next right, I used the half Doily stamp from the Happy Little Moment Smak Kit (July 2015) at the top and bottom of my panel using the same method as I mention earlier this week.  I used my Misti and a Ranger Blending Tool with a Circle Foam and Deco Foil Transfer Gel as ink on my stamp.  I also did this for the polka dot stamp (used at an angle on the top and bottom of my panel opposite of the doily). (Polka Dot stamp from Love Life As It Is set).

I set my panel aside to dry (about 30 mins or so).  In the meantime, I used the sentiment from Ember Girl with embossing ink on a piece of vellum and then heat set some Black Embossing Powder and cut out the sentiment with a circle die.

Once my background panel was dry, I cover the two doily image with Green Foil and the polkadots wtih Opal Foil (both from Deco Foil/Thermoweb) and then ran it through my laminator twice.  I peeled back the foil and Voila!  I attached my three Angie Girls at angles down my panel and glue the panel down to my white slim line cardbase.  I then affixed my sentiment.  Finally, for some more glitz, I used Diamond Stickles to all the accents on the Angie Girl images.

Do you have a favorite project from me this week? Do you have a favorite Angie Girl?  Let me know below.  

List of supplies

• Planner Gal Kit: Tell A Story
• Planner Gal: Merry Doe
• Ember Girl
• Love Life As Is
• Happy Little Moments Smak Kit July 2015
• Free Your Dreams Kit of the Month  May 2017
• White, Green, Red Plaid, Vellum, Paper
• Black Ink
• Black Embossing Powder
• Heat Tool
• Green and Opal Deco Foil
• Rectangle and Rectangle Frame Dies
• Laminator
• Glue
• Copic Markers
• Stickles

Brutus Monroe Stamp of the Month (December 2020)

Can you believe it's finally December 2020?  That means one last Stamp of the Month from Brutus Monroe. This month is an adorable Snowman!

My card this week's features a couple of stamp sets and lots of masking.  I started out by stamping the Snowman from the December Stamp of Month, the Christmas Tree and the Gift (two times) from the Good Tidings stamp set on Masking Paper.  I used my Brutus Monroe scissors to fussy cut all of the images out.

I started with the Snowman, and stamped him on my card panel with Brutus Monroe Raven Detail ink.  I covered the snowman with the mask and then stamped out the gift pile, masked and stamped it again.  I covered the second pile of gifts with a mask and then stamped out the Christmas tree.  I wanted the tree in the background with the presents in the front.  I wanted the Snowman in the very front.  (Stamping tip, always stamp the image you want in the front first.)  I did cover the tree with a mask as well because I planned on ink blending my background and wanted the images to stay white.  

For my background, I used some post-it notes to create some snowdrifts and attached those to the bottom of my card panel.  Then, I used a light, medium and dark blue Distress Oxide inks.  Using blending tools, I started with the lightest color just around my tree and towards the bottom of where the snow piles would be.  I then used the darkest ink around the top and sides of my panel leaving a little white space between it and the lightest blue. I blended my medium in between both light and dark.  To smooth out the colors and make them blend, I went back and forth between the colors until I was happy.  I added a small amount of black soot to the very edges to make it more of a night scene and blended it down with my dark blue ink.

Next, keeping my masks in place, I used some water in my spritzer to add water spots to my background.  I placed my panel in my splat box and using some White and Pearl Aqua Pigments (separately), with a tiny bit of water, I flicked the color on my panel all over.  I also used some shimmer spritz from my stash to add some more splatter as well.

Then, the moment of truth, peeling off my masks.  I used the tip of my pick tool to carefully help me lift the edges and pull back all of my masks.  My next step was to color all of my images with a variety of Copic markers.  I stayed with a limited color pallet, using a red, green, yellow, and grey color scheme.  Once finished, I used my Pearl Aqua pigment to add shimmer to the stars, presents, and the band of the snowman's hat.  

Before I added my panel to my card base or my sentiment, I put the whole panel back in my splat box and followed the same steps as above to add splatter to my card. (It is snowing so the tree, snowman and presents all need some snow too.)  Next I took the snowflakes from the December stamp of the month to an acrylic block and stamped them around the edge of my A2 white card base, just around the edges, with the medium blue Distress Oxide ink, making sure to rotate the snowflakes around to make a varied pattern. I used any leftover ink from my blending brush on just the very edge of the card base as well.

I trimmed down my card panel with a Rectangle die from my stash and attached it to the front of my card base.  Lastly, I used a foiled Merry Christmas sentiment that was leftover from another project and glued it to the top right corner of my card base.

Once again, listed below are aflliated links to the products I used that are available in the Brutus Monroe store, (As usual, there is no additional cost to you, however, I do receive a small compensation from these links which helps fund my page.)

• Raven Detail Ink
• Stamp of the Month
• Good Tidings Stamp Set
• Pearl Aqua Pigment
• White Aqua Pigment
• Masking Paper
• Distress Oxide Inks

Brutus Monroe Die of the Month

 

Slim Line Card featuring the Die of the month

For my card today, I used the die of the month in a different way.  I cut the die out of some heavy weight card stock and then lined it up at the top of my Pre-cut Slim Line Card panel until I got the desired pattern I wanted.  I used some low tack tape to temporarily attach it to my card panel at the bottom of the die (which was the center of my card panel).  Using a blending tool and Clear Skies ink from Simon Hurley Creates, I blended the ink over the die cut which shows the negative pattern on my panel.  I then flipped my panel around and repeated the same steps.  I took the time to arrange the die cut so it would have almost (if not the same) pattern on the other side.

Next I quickly covered my panel in Icicle Embossing Powder and set it with my heat gun.  I have found that the Simon Hurley Create Inks stay wet just long enough to using embossing powder over them, however, I usually work quickly just in case.  I like the Icicle Embossing Powder, because it is a clear embossing powder and shows the ink color below and just enhances it a bit with shine.

I lined up my panel in my Original Misti, choosing the Seasons Greetings sentiment from the Snow Scenes stamp set, and stamped out my sentiment with the same Clear Skies ink.  I also covered this with the same Icicle embossing powder and heat set it. I cut down my card panel slightly and used a blue piece of card stock that I found in my stash that was just a shade darker than the ink.  After matting my panel on the front of the blue card stock, I then attached both panels to my Precut Slim Card Base that I scored and folded at 3.5"

I used the scraps of blue paper to cut out the Simple Snowflake dies and attached them to the front of my card.  Finally, for some more texture and dimension, I added some of the Flat Back Pearls to the center of each of the snowflake.

Close up of my card.  You can almost see the sparkle from the Embossing powder

Here is are links to each of the products that I used.  They can all be found in the Brutus Monroe store. (affiliated links are at no cost to you but do help support my creating and content on this page-Thank you)

• Brutus Monroe Snow Scenes Stamp and Die Set
• Brutus Monroe Die of the Month
• Simon Hurley Creates Clear Skies Ink
• Brutus Monroe Icicle Embossing Powder
• Brutus Monroe Simple Snowflake Cutting Dies
• Brutus Monroe Slim Line Precut Panels
• Brutus Monroe Slim Line Precut Bases

Brutus Monroe A2 Gift Card box with 5 Cards

This week the design team is creating something "gifty" (something that coordinates with a pretty gift bag, tag, card or a gift itself.). I decided to use a template that was created by the lovely Gina K early this year during one of her live crafting nights to make an A2 gift box that holds 5 cards with envelopes.

My cards feature the Candy Stripe 6x6 Paper pad papers, some digital files from the Brutus Monroe Store and a variety of other products (stamps, dies, embossing powder, etc).

Here is the box with the cover and has the 5 cards and envelopes inside

All the patterned paper from these cards is from the Candy Stripe 6x6 pack and any white or glitter card stock came from my scrap bin.  All of my cards are an A2 card size and made from red heavy weight cardstock from my stash.

For my box I used the free template created by Gina K in a video.  I used the measurements from the template to cut my patterned paper for the front, back and sides.  I used white card stock from my scrap bin to mat the patterned paper before attaching it to my box,  I used my Scan and Cut to cut out the Happy Holidays Cut File and the Vixen-Snowflake Shaker Digital Cut file.  I attached the Vixen Snowflake Circle to a red circle (I used my scan and cut to make a circle mat that was just a bit bigger).  After attaching two of the Happy Holiday layers together (The file comes with three layers, however, I decided not to cut out the bottom shadow layer). Before attaching both cut outs to the front of my box, I put them in my splat box and sprayed them with some shimmer spray I had in my stash.

Card #1

I had the help of some card sketches to help me with a few of my cards.  For Card #1, I used the MFT Sketch #352, with measurements, that I got from this blog.  I matted the patterned paper on scrap white card stock about an 1/8th bigger for the mats.  I used the same Vixen Shaker Snowflake Digital Cut file and mat layer that I cut for the front of the box for this card.   The Noel sentiment was a free file in my Scan and cut.  To finish off my card, I used some Diamond Stickles in a random pattern across my card front for some glitz/sparkle.

Card #2

This card used MFT Sketch #286 and more of the Candy Stripe pattern paper. I used one of the middle foundation dies to cut a circle from some white scrap card stock.  I used the Season's Greeting sentiment from Falliday Silhouettes in a red ink from my stash.  However before I removed it from my Mini Misti, I cleaned my stamp and used my embossing buddy over the stamped image and restamped the sentiment over the top with the Brutus Monroe Embossing Ink.  I then covered the red/embossing ink with Icicle Embossing Powder and heat set it.  This gives me the color I want, but also a shine to my sentiment.  Next, I cut two and one of the second smallest of the small simple snowflakes dies from some of the red card stock that matched my card base.  However, I did not like how the snowflakes were lost on the card.  So I also cut them out of scrap red glitter card stock and adhered them over the top of the red snowflakes.

Card #3

Using Sketch #249 from Freshly Made Sketches, I cut and matted my patterned paper.  I found a piece of green glitter stock in my scrap bin that matched the green in the patterned paper.  Before I attached them to my card, I decided to find a background stamp for my card base.  I stamped the polkadot background with my Brutus Monroe Embossing Ink and again used the Icicle Embossing Powder and heat set it.  I attached my patterned paper to the base.  I used a piece of white scrap card stock to stamp my sentiment from Holiday Essentials Stamp set with Later Gator ink by Simon Hurley Creates and then covered the ink immediately with the Icicle Embossing Powder and heat set it. This gives the sentiment a shine.  I used liquid glue to attach it to the top of the glitter stock layer.

Card #4

I did not use a card sketch for my last two cards.  Both of these patterned papers were left overs from some cut cards tock from earlier so I used them just as they were.  I matted the smaller piece on some red scrap card stock and adhered both to my A2 red card base. I stamped the Merry & Bright Sentiment, from the Merry & Bright stamp set in Red ink, then Embossing Ink like I did before and covered it with Icicle Embossing Powder and set it for the that shine. The white and red circles were sitting on my desk so I am not sure exactly what size they are.  I used the same green glitter stock scrap from before to cut out more snowflakes and attached them to the finish off my card.

Card #5

I did the same for this card using leftover piece of the paper from previous cards.  I chose the Season's Greetings from the Holiday Essentials set and performed some stamp surgery, Jennifer McGuire style, so that my sentiment would stack on top of each other. (Don't worry I can put the stamp back in a line to stamp in the future.  I used the Later Gator with Embossing Ink and Icicle Embossing Powder over the top just like I did for all the other cards.  Then using a Square Foundation die, I cut down my sentiment and used liquid glue to affix it to the glitter layer.  For a final touch of bling, I used the same Diamond Stickles to add three dots to the upper left corner to balance out the white square.

Here is a close up of the cards inside the box

Here is an attempt to show the shimmer that I added to the cut outs on the front of the box.

Thanks for stopping by.  Which one is your favorite card?  Have you started making holiday card yet?  Leave me a comment below.

Products Listed below have affiliated links to the Brutus Monroe Shop.  (These links are at no additional costs to you.  Thank you for your support)

• Candy Stripe Pattern Paper Collection
• Falliday Silhouettes Stamp Set
• Holiday Essentials Stamp Set (retired)
• Merry & Bright Stamp Set (retired)
• Vixen Snowflake Shaker Digital Cut File
• Happy Holiday Digital Cut File
• Circle Foundation Dies
• Square Foundation Dies
• Simple Snowflake Dies
• Embossing Ink
• Icicle Embossing Powder
• Simon Hurley Creates Later Gator Ink

Last Brutus Monroe/Thermoweb Collaboration Card - Joy Blue Wave Foil

I want to apologize for my post is going up so late today.  I have been tired and slept most of the day.  For my last card for the Brutus Monroe and Thermoweb Collaboration week, I featured the Blue Wave Foil.  This foil is stunning and once again the photos do not do it justice.  

Here is a close. up showing the fun pattern in the foil.

I started by spreading the Deco Foil Duo Transfer Gel across the Beautiful Bauble 6x9 Stencil with my Stencil Pal and set it aside until it is tacky. (It takes about an hour depending on how thick I put on the gel.). While drying a dug around in my scrap bin and found a dark blue piece of paper and cut it down to A2 card size.  I put it in my splat box and used some shimmer spray from my stash.  I chose some letter dies and cut out the word Joy from the center of card panel.  

I warmed up my laminator for about 20 mins and then I ran my Bauble pan through.  Remember when using foil the pretty side (the foil you want to see) should be faced up and away from the transfer gel. I cut the panel down to about 4" x 5.25" and lightly ink blended some blue ink to soften the stark white of the background.  I used liquid glue to attach the JOY to the front.  Finally, I attached some of the Silver Glitter Sequins for some added sparkle.

I hope you find some Joy this last week of October and have enjoyed the Collaboration week.  Do you have a favorite card from any of the Design Team from either company?  Thank you for stopping by.

Here is a list of the products used (affiliated links, which are at no additional cost to you, but help support my page); 

• Beautiful Baubles 6x9 Stencil
• Deco Foil Blue Wave Foil
• Deco Foil Transfer Gel Duo
• Deco Foil Stencil Pal
• Silver Glitter Sequins

Brutus Monroe/Thermoweb Collaboration Unconventional Christmas Color

 

One quick card today that I forgot to share yesterday for the Brutus Monroe and Thermoweb Collaboration this week.  I made an unconventional Christmas color using Blue and Yellow.

I started off using Pixie Spray to temporarily attached the Beautiful Baubles 6x9 stencil to my Precut Slim Line Card Panel.  Then I used my Stencil Pal and some of Brutus Monroe's Chromo Glaze-Teal.  While I let my panel dry, I prepared the rest of my card.

I took some Yellow Flock and cut it down to fit my Precut Slim Line Card Base and then I used one of the Circle Foundation dies on the middle of my flock for my sentiment.  (I like to cut matching pieces out of the pieces that are matted behind my panel as no one will ever see it.)

I stamped the Merry & Bright Sentiment from the stamp set of the same name with Raven detail ink on the Yellow Flocked Circle, using my Misti.  I used my Misti so I could stamp it a few times, as sometimes you need multiple times to get a clean stamped image on flock.  

Once my panel was dry, I used liquid glue to attach it to my Yellow Flock mat and then attached both pieces to my card base.  I also used liquid glue to attach my sentiment and for a final touch some Flat Black Pearls.

Thank you for stopping by and check back tomorrow as I will have one more card for our Collaboration week.  Have a great and safe weekend.

List of products and affiliated links when possible (which are at no additional cost to you, they just help to support my creative journey).

• Brutus Monroe Slim Line Precut Card Bases
• Brutus Monroe Slim Line Precut Card Panels
• Brutus Monroe Beautiful Baubles  6x9 Stencil
• Brutus Monroe Chromo Glaze - Teal 
• Brutus Monroe Merry & Bright Stamp Set
• Brutus Monroe Circle Foundation Dies
• Deco Foil Flock Transfer Sheets - SunshineYellow
• Deco Foil Stencil Pal

Brutus Monroe/Thermoweb Collaboration day 2

 

My day 2 collaboration project is my other 2 for one card.  I used the "leftover" flock pieces and I used an eraser and my craft pick to scrap/erase away the indentations left from peeling apart the flock from my panel from yesterdays card.  I was inspired by a recent Jennifer McGuire video to make a top gatefold card in the Slim Line size.  Her video is here.

Using the measurements from Jennifer's video I created my card and attached my two flocked panels to the front of my top and bottom panels.  I used some Gold Glitterstock and cut it down to about 1.5 inches and attached that to the top half of my card covering the opening.  Using one of the large circle foundation dies cut out of white cardstock, I stamped the sentiment from the Merry and Bright Stamp set using the Brutus Monroe Embossing ink.  I chose the Gilded Embossing Powder to cover my sentiment and heat set it.  I used a couple of dies from my stash to cut some "ornaments" from scrap pieces of Emerald Flock and Glitterstock.

Finally I stamped another holiday from my stash with the same embossing ink on a 1/2 inch piece of Emerald flock and heat set the same Gilded embossing powder.  This sentiment I attached to the inside of my card.

Thank you for stopping by today.  Have you started making any holiday cards?

Here is a List of Products that I used, including 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 Beautiful Baubles  6x9 Stencil 
• Brutus Monroe Merry & Bright Stamp Set
• Brutus Monroe Circle Foundation Dies
• Brutus Monroe Embossing Ink
• Brutus Monroe Metallic Embossing Powder - Gilded
• Brutus Monroe Glitterstock -Gold
• Deco Foil Flock Transfer Sheets - Emerald

Here is are the two cards using the flock pieces:

Card 1 Using Duo and Flock

Card 2 Using the Negative Piece of Flock

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?

Brutus Monroe October 2020 Stencil of the Month Gatefold Card

 

This week I made a gatefold card using the Stencil of the Month from Brutus Monroe.  Using Pixie Spray from Thermoweb, I temporarily attached half my stencil on a piece of white card stock and using some blender brushes with Bee Sting and Triple Berry Ink from Simon Hurley Creates, to create a beautiful blend.  I used the Bee Sting over the entire panel and concentrated with the Triple Berry in the center.  I repeated this with a second piece of card stock.  I made an A2 card base with 110 lb. white card stock, scoring at 2.5 on both ends to create the gatefold card style.  Next I used liquid glue to attach my two stencil/blended card pieces to each half of my card front.  I carefully lined up the image of the stencil to mirror each other and used my scissors to trim off any extra.

I found a scrap piece of vellum that I cut down to 1.75 inches and folded it around my card base to form my belly band.  Using my foundation square dies, I chose the square that was slightly larger than the band and cut it out of a scrap piece of red glitter cardstock and also from a piece of white.  Using liquid glue to attach the red glitter piece to the front of my belly band and then attaching the white piece to the back of the red glitter piece to give a smooth look and create some stability to my band.  Next I stamped my Jolly Snowman on some Perfect blend paper with Raven Detail ink and colored it in with a few Copic markers.  Then I fussy cut it out, used my memento black marker on the edges and some liquid glue to attach to the red glitter square.   I stamped the Merry Christmas from the same stamp set with Bee Sting ink on the right of the vellum band and added some clear stickles to the snowman to add some sparkle.

Finally, I pulled another sentiment from my stash and stamped it inside the card with Bee Sting ink and the sparkle stamps (also from my stash) in Triple Berry.

Thanks for stopping by I hope you enjoyed my card.  Have a great week and stop by tomorrow for a Christmas Card I made using a collaboration between Brutus Monroe and Deco Foil (Thermoweb).

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• Brutus Monroe Stencil of the Month for October 2020
• Perfect Blend Paper
• Jolly Snowman Stamp
• Simon Hurley Inks
• Raven Detail Ink

Brutus Monroe October Die of the Month

 My card today is a simple holiday card that features the Brutus Monroe Beautiful Bauble die of the month which I cut from a piece of Candy Stripe patterned paper.  I ran it through my laminator with the Sliver Transfer Sheets from Deco Foil (by Thermoweb).  I used some liquid glue to attach the paper to some black flock also by Thermoweb.  I finished off my card by using some of the flat back pearls in red and green.  I also stamped the word Joy with some red ink from the Merry and Bright stamp set by Brutus Monroe on the inside of my A2 white card base.

I decided to not add a sentiment to the front of my card this time, so the Die and foil take the focus of this card.  What do you think?  Did you know you can foil the Brutus Monroe Patterned Paper?  Have you used flock?

Thank you for stopping by and have a great week.

List of *Products used:

• Die Of the Month- Beautiful Bauble
• Candy Stripe Pattern Paper Pad
• Merry and Bright Stamp Set
• Deco Foil Transfer Sheets -  Sliver
• Thermoweb Black Flock
• Flat Back Pearl Assortment

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