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 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

*affliated links where available do not have any added cost to you, they just help me to provide content on my blog/channel