You're My Favorite Dad (Brutus Monroe June 2022 Stencil of the month)

 

Since Father's Day is this weekend, I thought I would show you the card I made for my dad.  Sometimes its hard to know what to use for a masculine card and my go-to is usually a brown and a blue color.

I started with the June 2022 Stencil of the month Groovy Grid.  Using my Stick and Stamp Mat and coordinating Blending Buddy, I placed my 4.25" x 5.25" white card panel in the middle, with the stencil on top.  I used my blending tools to add Simon Hurley Creates Grrr! and Clear Skies inks in a random panel over the stencil.

Then I cut the panel and a brown mat with some stitched rectangle dies from my stash.  I cut the dad from the center of my brown mat (since it will be covered by my panel).  

Next I cut out two of the smaller and one of the larger leaves from the Fabulous Florals set and ink blended some Clear Skies ink over them. I just used what was left on my brushes and did a light coat so that some of the white cardstock showed through as well.

For my companion sentiment, I stamped the You're my Favorite (from Super Sentimental) in Clear Skies in and cut it out with a stitched die from my stash.  To soften the white of the circle, I lightly blended some of the leftover Grrr! ink from my brush around the edges and along the edges of my dad letters (cut from an alphabet set in my stash).

After I matted the card panel and mat to my Precut A2 Card base, I used the Dad letters to line up my circle sentiment and leaves.  Finally, I added my DAD over the top of the leaves and just overlapping the bottom of my companion sentiment a bit.

Here is a look at my card one more time:

Thanks for joining me today.  Have a fabulous rest of the week and remember to create something everyday!  

 

Love Grows here Slim Line card (Brutus Monroe)

It has been awhile since I had a blog post.  I started a new job last fall and have been attempting to balance my crafting and work life. So today,  I have a slim line card today featuring the stencil of the month and a variety of stamps from the Brutus Monroe.  All of these stamps come from the April Subscription products and I have the links below.

I started by using a slim line precut panel and place it on my Stick and Stamp mat.  I turned the Stencil of the month (called Vintage Tile) on the diagonal over my panel.  I used some post-it note tape to cover the corners of my panel to keep them clean while I blended.  Using some blending brushes and some Simon Hurley Inks for my design, I used each color about a third of the way across the stencil.  I started blending at the top with Shooting Star ink.  In the middle, I used Traffic Cone and ended with Bee Sting, overlapping the inks slightly for a transition.  To remove my panel from the Stick and Stamp mat, I carefully roll the edges of my mat (gently) until the panel "pops" off.  Then I used my Stick and Stamp Mat Mist Cleaner to wipe off an ink.

I then took another piece of the precut slimline panels and blended the same three inks along the edges to create a mat layer that matched my stencil.  I cut the stenciled piece down slightly to about 3" and placed it on my mat, which was cut to about 3.25"  I then used tape runner to attach it to my Precut Slimline card base.

For my images I use some of the images from Bountiful Blooms and Love Grows Here and stamped them on Perfect Blend Alcohol Paper with Raven Detail ink.  I colored in my images with a variety of Copic markers and then cut them out with my Scan and cut.

I arranged the images to on the bottom right of my panel and attached them with liquid glue.  To finish my card, I used the sentiment from the April Stamp of the Month, and adhered it right above my stamped and colored images.  (The stamp+ club is the the stamp of the month and coordinating die which you can find here.)

Mini Slim Birthday Card (BM Stencil of the month and Galaxy Glazes)

 Today's card features the Brutus Monroe Stencil of the Month and the new Galaxy Glazes.

I started by spraying the stencil with Pixie Spray and letting the dry a minute on the back of my stencil.  Then I temporarily attached my stencil to a 3.5" x 6.5" black cardstock on the diagonal.  Using a piece of post-it note, torn in four pieces, I covered the corners of my card panel to keep them clean.  

Next, I used the Blue Galaxy Glaze and my stencil pal, I applied a thin layer over my entire card.  When I apply glaze over a stencil, I try and only pull it one way to prevent the glaze from squishing under the stencil.  After removing the post it notes, I slowly pull apart my card panel from the stencil.  Setting the panel aside to dry, I quickly wipe off my stencil and tools, and place them in a bucket of warm water until later to clean.  (If you leave glazes or pastes on your stencils and they dry, they could potentially not wash off later.)

Earlier, I had made another panel the same way, using the Purple Galaxy Glaze that had dried overnight.  I cut this panel down to 3.5" x 5.5."  My card base is a white heavyweight cardstock measuring at 6.5" x 3.5."  I attached the stenciled card panel to the middle of my card base with liquid glue.  For my sentiment I used a scrap from my cardbase and the birthday sentiment from Christopher's Sentiment Cutting Dies.  After I attached it to my cardbase with liquid glue, I stamped a "happy" sentiment from my stash with a blue ink.  I used my scissors to cut it down before I affixed it above the birthday die cut.  I finished off my card using some white flat back pearls to my card.

Here is the link for my YouTube video.  This is my first edited and voice over video.  I hope you like it and will give me a thumbs up and subscribe.   

Here is an affliated list of products that I used in the Brutus Monroe Store:

• Stencil of the Month
• Pixie Spray
• Galaxy Glaze Purple
• Galaxy Glaze Blue
• Christopher's Sentiment Cutting Dies

Brutus Monroe Stencil of the Month March 2021

 

Today's card has no stamping.  This month's stencil of the Month from Brutus Monroe is a slim line stencil called Multi Ring.  My first step was to choose some patterned paper to cut out the tag for the front of my card.  This is a paper from the Farmhouse Florals 6x6 collection.

I compared my pink inks from my stash the pink in the roses and blended them both over the Multi Ring stencil (with pixie spray) temporarily attached my 8.5 x 3.75 white slim line card base with a blending brush.  Next, I dug through my leftover stash from Brutus Monroe Inspiration boxes and found a ribbon that also coordinated with the flowers and attached it to the bottom of my die cut tag with Easy Tear Tape in the 1/4" size.  I also threaded the top of the tag with more of the ribbon.

I attached the tag to the front of my card with some foam tape and then looked through my scrap stash for matching cardstocks to cut out my roses, leaves and sentiment.  I used the Rose Corner Die in a yellow, pink and orangey/red paper.  I fussy cut one rose out of the die cut and attached them to a darker scrap cardstock for the "back petals".  I also fussy cut around the scrap so I had two tone roses.  I repeated this process with two green scraps and a leaf die from the Flowered Heart Die set.  I attached all of the roses and leaves to the top of the tag on my card with liquid glue.

Finally, I used the same pink scraps to cut the word Hugs and its shadow die from Christopher's Sentiment Cutting Dies.  I did use my blender brush and the darker of my two pinks to give the shadow layer a little tint.  I used liquid glue to attach the sentiment together and then to the front of my card near the bottom of my tag.

Here is a list of affilated links to the products I used that can be found in the Brutus Monroe Store:

• Farm House Floral 6x6 paper pack
• Stencil of the Month
• Tear Tape 1/4"
• Rose Corner Die
• Flowered Heart Die Set
• Christopher's Sentiment Cutting Dies

December 2020 Brutus Monroe Stencil of the Month

For my card project this week, I started by using the Stencil of the month and some Orange Chroma Glaze on a 5.5 X 4.25" white card panel.  Once it was dry, my card took off in a whole new direction.  I cut my panel down the white sections in the middle creating four sections.  I used the two "pentagon" shape pieces on my card panel and had two leftover triangle pieces for another project.  I glued the two pentagon shapes to the top and bottom of a piece of orange cardstock that I cut down to just shy of 3.5" x 8.5." I planned on making a slim line card and wanted a little bit of white showing around the edges of my panel. 

Next I took some 0.25" white strips and using my grid mat, I lined them up as straight as possible on my card panel and used liquid glue to attach them.  Next I took the hello and shadow dies that came with slim line panel dies during the Black Friday free gift with purchase and cut them out with coordinating cardstock.  I attached the hello letters to the shadow (using the negative to line them up properly).  I attached this at an angle to the center of my card panel and then affixed the whole thing to my white slim line card base.

For a little added dimension, I used some of the Flat Back Pearls in the Orange color to the portions of the stenciled panel and some in the white color to each of the skinny white strips at the top and bottom.

Products used (affliated links to the Brutus Monroe Store, which have no additional cost for you, I receive a small compensation from orders from these links to help create content.)

• Stencil of the Month
• Orange Chromo Glaze
• The Pearls are out of stock right now
• The Slim Line Dies will be available in the future (I believe)

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).

Links below are affiliated that help support me with no additional cost to you.

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