Oh my Gourd & Glitter Glaze from Brutus Monroe

Start by cutting out an Orange cardstock A2 panel.  Using the Misti for placement, stamp the Pumpkin from Oh My Gourd in the bottom left corner of the panel with Raven Detail ink.  Using a green Copic marker, color in the leaves and vines of the image.  While the stamp is still in your Misti, stamp out the three squash blossoms on yellow cardstock scraps.   Next, stamp the pumpkin image on masking paper and fussy cut out.

Arrange the mask over the pumpkin image.  Using the Batty Stencil, place toward the top of the panel, covering up any bats that you do not want to use with low tack tape.  Using a palette knife, carefully smooth over Raven Glitter Glaze over the three bats desired.  Remove stencil and mask carefully.  Set the panel aside to dry. Quickly clean up the palette knife and any glaze on the stencil.

Once the panel is dry, arrange the Spooky eyes stencil on the background, covering unwanted eyes with low tack tape.  Using a palette knife, smooth Key Lime Glitter Glaze over eyes.  Remove and clean stencil, letting the panel dry. Continue these steps until you have the desired number of eyes in the background. Remember to dry between steps when placing the stencil in a new area.

Once the panel is completely dry, line up the Happiest Halloween stamp (or sentiment of choice) in the open space and use the Misti to stamp it in Raven Detail ink.  Using a blending tool, lightly blend some Raven Detail ink around the edges of the panel.

Fussy cut out the yellow squash blossoms and use liquid glue to attach over the image. To make the "cinderella pumpkin," place some Pearl Aqua Pigment on a glass mat and use a small paintbrush to paint the pumpkin.  Once the panel is fully dry, cut it down slightly and mat it on a black mat measuring 4.25" x 5."  Finally, attach the matted panel to a white A2 card base.

Shoot for the Star Slim Line Card

First, I cut a piece of black card stock to 8.5" x 3.5."  Next, I took the Shooting Star Stencil and lined it up on the bottom of my card panel.  I used the Glistening Snow Chroma Glaze and my Stencil Pal to spread the glaze over the stencil.  (Usually I used Pixie Spray to hold my stencil when using glazes but because this stencil is not as delicate as others, I just used some low tack tape to hold it in place.) One tip I have, is that I have found that if I use my Stencil Pal and I only pull the glaze in one direction, I have less bleeding under the stencil. 

Next, I carefully removed my stencil  and cleaned it off.  Then, I rotated my stencil and placed it towards the top of my card panel being careful to not touch my wet glaze.  After spreading more Glistening Snow Chroma Glaze, I again carefully removed the stencil and set my panel aside to dry overnight.  I wanted my stencil to be in two different patterns so when I turned it when placing it on my panel.  This made it look almost like a star spiral pattern.

The next day, I placed my dry panel in my splat box and sprayed it with the Pearl Shimmer Mist.  When I removed the card panel, I accidentally wiped some of the wet drops and they ended up looking like shooting stars.  I took a cloth and wiped a few more to make more "trails" for some stars.  Once the spray dried, I used an antistatic powder tool to the panel and stamped the Shoot for the Stars sentiment (from the stamp set from with the same name) with Brutus Monroe Embossing Ink.  I covered the sticky ink with Alabaster Embossing Powder and heat set it.  

My card base is made from a white heavy card stock that measures 8.5" x 7."  I scored it at 3.5" on the short side.  After folding and creasing my card base, I attached my card panel to the front of the to finish my card.

Here is a close up of some of the stars and Shimmer Spray.

Maker Forte Release One Layer Flower/Birthday Card

 

My card today is a very fun and simple one layer card.  Starting with an A2 white card base, scored, folded and placed in my Original Misti.  I love the flower image from the Beautiful Night Garden Stamp (designed by Alex Syberia).  I choose an Orange and Redish/Pink ink to spot ink up this image. Spot inking, is what I call inking my stamp several times, overlapping colors. Actually, I like to repeat this step until I am happy with the mix and saturation of the two colors. 

Next, I removed the card from my Misti. Using the same Redish/Pink ink, I stamped the Red rubber Splatter 2 background stamp, I over the entire background.  However, I did not use an acrylic block or my Misti, which gave a more organic and imperfect look the the splatter look.

For a focal image, I chose the new Flower Cluster stamp (designed by Varada Sharma), placed it and my card base back in my Misti.  First, I treated the card base with an anti-static tool. Then, I stamped the Flower Cluster and my Sentiment (chosen from Alex Syberia's Flower Background with Sentiment Set) with the Color Hive Clear Embossing Glue Ink Pad. Thirdly, I covered them both with a Black Embossing Powder from my stash.  Finally, I heat set the embossing powder and my card was finished.

I hope you enjoyed my first Maker Forte post and card as a member of the Design team.  Below is a list of items I used that you can purchase in the Maker Forte store.  (all are affilated links with no additional cost to you.)

Maker Forte Store 

• Beautiful Night Garden Stamp
• Splatter Square Style 2 Background Stamp
• Flower Cluster Stamp
• Flowered Background Stamp
• Color Hive Clear Embossing Glue Ink Pad

Homegrown Happiness Inpiration Box One Layer Card

 

I am loving the new Inspiration Box Stamp Set from Brutus Monroe Homegrown Happiness.  I created another one layer card.  This time I used two colors to make a monochromatic card.

After treating my card base with my antistatic bag, I used Brutus Monroe Embossing ink and Alabaster Embossing powder for all of my images. FirstvI stamped the Jar on the front of my Gray A2 Card Base in the bottom left corner.  I created a mask for the lip of the jar and the flower image I planned on using and fussy cut them out.  Next I stamped the flower from the stamp set where I wanted it over the jar. I covered the lip of the jar and my flower with the Masks I made and then repeated the stamping steps for the stem.

For the sentiment I lined it up where I wanted it and used selective stamping to just ink up the with deepest with Embossing Ink (covering the sympathy word with purple tape when inking and removing the tape before stamping).  I repeated this step after I lined up the sympathy under deepest with the same way of selective stamping reversing the words that were taped.

I carefully used a N5 and N3 Copic marker to add shading on my flower and jar, avoiding the embossed images as best as possible.

• Homegrown Happiness Inspiration Box
• Embossing Ink
• Alabaster Embossing Powder
• Refillable Magic Powder Bag

Brutus Monroe March Inspiration Box Homegrown Happiness

 

I started my card by cutting down a piece of white cardstock to 3.5" x 8.5."  Then using my Misti stamping tool and Raven Detail ink, I stamped out several of the flowers and leaves from the Homegrown Happiness Stamp set onto masking paper.  I fussy cut out all my masks, when I cut my masks I try to cut just inside the lines of my stamped image or right up to the outside edge.

Next I layed the stamps out on my card panel just to see where everything fit and took a picture with my phone for reference.

I started with the images I wanted in the front, stamped them with Raven Detail ink and then covered them with the appropriate masks.  I continued this step until I had all the flowers I wanted stamped and masked.  Next I did the same thing with the various leaves and stems.  If I was short a mask, I quickly made another until all the pieces (except the stems were covered with a mask.)

For the background, I used a blending tool and Clear Skies Ink from Simon Hurley Creates to ink the entire background.  I carefully removed the masks and stuck them to the acetate with my stamp set so I can use them in the future.  I checked the edges and anywhere the mask left a white spot on the outside of the images, I carefully used some watered down Clear Skies ink with a paintbrush to fill in and give some details, texture to the blue background.

My next step was to color in all the flowers, stems and leaves with Copic Markers.  I used the following markers for my coloring:

Yellow Flowers: Y08, Y35, & YR16

Pink Flowers: RV02, RV23, & RV 55

Purple Flowers: V25, BV02 & BV31

Flower Centers: darkest of flower color and E23

The Stems and Leaves: YG63, YG67, YG67 & G43

I used my Misti to stamp my sentiment from the same set in Raven detail ink right in the center above my flowers.  Then I used some shimmer spray from my stash and lightly misted the air and ran my card panel through the mist to give just a hint of sparkle.  I cut down the top and bottom of the panel and used liquid glue to attach it to my 3.5"x8.5" Black Slim Line Card Base to finish it off.

Here are the links (affliated which I receive a small compensation but it is at no additional cost to you) to the products I used from the Brutus Monroe Store:

• Homemade Happiness Inspiration Box
• Raven Detail Ink
• Brutus Monroe Masking Paper
• Simon Hurley Clear Skies Ink