Brutus Monroe & Dare 2B Artzy Collaboration Project

 

When looking at the Dare 2 Be Artzy website to decide what sets I wanted to work with I just HAD to have the ReWrite the Stars set.  I love musicals and The Greatest Showman but one of my all time favorite songs is Pink's Million Dreams.  

To start my project I took a A2 card Panel and rubbed my antistatic bag all over it.  I took the Aerialist stamp and the stars and stamped them all over using the Brutus Monroe Embossing ink, and covered them with the Brutus Monroe Alabaster Embossing powder.  After I heat set the powder, I used a blending brush to cover the panel in Gubby and Game Over ink by Simon Hurley Creates.  I love how the two colors mix to create the orange.  I had the idea that these colors represent the big top of the circus.

Next I took the Hills Stencil and the Poppy Glitter Paste both from Brutus Monroe to cover part of the card front, being careful to not go over the edges of the stencil.  I set the card panel aside to dry.  Next I stamped the Sentiment from the Rewrite the Stars set and stamped it in the Game Over ink and covered it with the Alabaster Sparkle Embossing Powder.  After I heat set it, I noticed I did not have the entire sentiment covered, but I liked the two toned look.  I used my blending brush to ink the sentiment panel with Guppy Ink.  I used a couple of stitched dies from my stash to cut out the sentiment and the dry card panel.

Finally I used liquid glue to attach the sentiment to my card panel and my card panel to my white A2 Card base.

Products used:

• Brutus Monroe Embossing Ink
• Brutus Monroe Alabaster Embossing Powder
• Simon Hurley Creates Game Over Ink
• Simon Hurley Creates Gubby Ink
• Brutus Monore Hills Mixed Media Stencil
• Brutus Monore Poppy Glitter Glaze (Special for the month of Jan 2021)
• Brutus Monore Alabaster Sparkle Embossing Powder
• Dare 2B Artzy Rewrite the Stars

Hello and a couple of Cards

 Hello and welcome to my new blog page.  I moved over from wordpress because I liked the layout of this company better.  For my first post here, I thought I would share a few cards I finished using some background I made during my recent live over on the Brutus Monroe Facebook page.

This first card feature the Mixed Media Stencil - Hill and the Glitter Glaze of the Month (Marmalade).

I used some pixie spray from Thermoweb to lightly attached my stencil to the top half of my white slim line card panel (measured approximately 3" x 8"). I used my stencil pal to smooth the Glitter Glaze over the front of my card panel trying to not push to hard and get an even layer.  I set my panel aside to dry overnight.  The next day I matted my panel to a leftover piece of grey cardstock that is about 1/8" bigger than my focal panel.  I then attached them both to my Slim Line Card Base which measures at 3.5" x 8.5"

I took another small piece of grey and white scraps to make my sentiment.  I looked through my ink stash to find a pigment ink that matched the glitter glaze and stamped it using my Misti.  I covered the wet ink with Icicle Embossing Powder and used my heat tool to set it.  I glued the sentiment banner onto the grey card scrap and then to my card.

This card is one started by using the Slim Line Tea Leaf Stencil and both Overzealous and Later Gator Inks from Simon Hurley Creates.  I used pixie spray to again temporarily attach my stencil to my white card panel and using blender brushes, I lightly mixed the two inks in a random fashion, making sure to overlap the inks in some spots. Before I removed my stencil, I used a shimmer spray from my stash to give my leaves some shine.  Next, I used some slim line dies from my stash to cut down the panel and a piece of green cardstock from my stash for a mat layer.  I attached both pieces to my 3.5" x 8.5" Slim Line White Card Base.  Using a sending word die from my stash, I cut it out three times from Raven cardstock and layered them together using liquid glue to form a stacked sentiment.  Using my Misti and the diecut for placement, I stamped the hugs word from my stash in Raven Detail ink.  I finished the card by using liquid glue to attach my sending diecut.

Affiliated Links to products used (no additional cost to you, however it helps support my crafting endevors)

1. Glitter Glaze of the Month (Marmalade)
2. Mixed Media Stencil -Hill
3. Icicle Embossing Powder
4. Slim Line Tea Leaf Stencil
5. Simon Hurley Creates Later Gator Ink
6. Simon Hurly Creates Overzealous Ink
7. Raven Detail Ink