Growing in Unity Day 3

 The week is half over already!  Today for Day 3 if the Growing in Unity Week I am showcasing a Fun Slimline card. 

I started by making two masks for my flower.  Then starting in the center I stamped my flower, masked it.  Then I cleaned my stamp, moved it to another location (and rotated it) then stamped again.  I used my Misti for this as sometimes I needed to stamp twice to get a clean line around the mask.  Once again, I masked the flower, and stamped a third time.   Then I repeated at the top of my panel.

I colored in the images with some Olo markers and then fussy cut around the entire line of Daisies.  Using a Slim line card base (3.5" x 8.5"), I trimmed off one side to about 1/2"  I adhered my fussy cut flowers to the 1/2" flap with both double sided adhesive and liquid glue.  

For my sentiment I stamped one from the set out on white paper, trimmed down and then glued to the bottom third of my front panel.

For some added sparkle, I used my Shimmer pen over the blooms, here you can kind of see the shimmer.

Once again, thanks for stopping by.  Leave a comment for a chance to win a Unity Gift Certificate and stop back tomorrow for Day 4.

Supplies:

Unity Stamp Co Be Unstoppable 

Brutus Monroe Raven Detail Ink (affiliate)

Misti

Brutus Monroe Perfect Blend Paper (affiliate)

Olo markers

Scissors

White Card base 

Shimmer Pen

Stencils two ways using inks and chroma glaze

Both of my cards using similar supplies.

First, I started by taking a pre-cut slim line card base and used some washi tape to hold the Slimline Umbrella Stencil in place. I used a blending brush with Marsala Surface Ink,  I repeated this with the 6x6 Umbrella Stencil and an white card panel measuring 4.5" x 5.5."  Before I removed my stencil, I used a palette knife to spread some Pearl Chroma Glaze over the top of both blended panels and stencils.  I used a small layer, spreading in only one direction and not worrying if it covered the entire blended area.  I carefully removed the stencils, set the panels aside to dry and took the stencils to the sink to wash.

Next, I stamped two of the images from the Mother's Day stamp set with Raven detail ink on Perfect Blend Alcohol Paper. I smooshed some Marsala, Grass Stain, and Maple Surface Ink on my glass mat.  Using a water brush, I picked up the ink and painted the flowers with Marsala, the Grass Stain in the leaves and stems, and the Maple for the center of the big flower and the branch. Then I used my Brutus Monroe scissors, to fussy cut out both flowered images.  \

Once my card panels were dry (I usually leave them overnight), I used the Slim line and 2nd largest Rectangle foundation dies to cut them down slightly.  Then, I decided I wanted to mat my panels before I put them on my card base. I cut down some Marsala Card stock.  For my slim line card, I cut the card stock to slightly smaller than 3.5" x 8.5" and for my A2 panel to 4.25" x 5.25."


I used a piece of scrap Marsala cut to 9/16" x 8-7/8," and stamped the Thinking of You sentiment from the stamp set with Brutus Monroe Embossing Ink. I covered it with Alabaster Embossing Powder and heat set it.  I did the same thing for the Thank you sentiment and cut it out with Circle Foundation die.




Next, I attached my panels to my mats and my white card bases.  For my slim line card, I attached the sentiment strip to the panel first and then my image, using liquid glue.  For the A2 Card I attached the image first and then my sentiment also using liquid glue.  For a finishing touch, I used some clear glaze from my stash to add drops to the center of the flowers on my slim line card.

Here is a close up of the shine from the Chroma glaze and the liquid pearls I added to the center of the flowers.

Here is a list of product used with affliate links to the Brutus Monroe Store:

rectangle Foundation dies: BRU1203

Circle Foundation Dies:  BRU1197

Marsala Cardstock: BRU5308

Perfect Blend Alcohol Paper: BRU4013

Precut Slim Line Panel: BRU5164

Mothers Day Stamp Set: Available in Kit

Pearl Chroma Glaze: BRU0114

Alabaster Embossing Powder: BRU2470

Raven Detail Ink:  BRU2543

Embossing Ink: BRU2081

Umbrella Stencil Slim Line: BRU5090

Umbrella Stencil 6x6: BRU5083

2 cards using 3" x 4" stamp sets

 Today's post brings  you two cards using a couple of Brutus Monroe 3" x 4" Stamp Sets.

The first card today uses the Flower Gnome stamp.  I started by stamping the gnome out on Perfect Blend Alcohol Paper with Raven Detail Ink.  Next, I colored the gnome in with a variety of Copic markers.  I did not keep a list of markers this time, I just grabbed a color to start, and went from there.  When finished, I used my Scan N Cut to trim my image down leaving a 1/4" white border.  I was sad to notice that I did not pay attention and the SNC cut part of the bottom off but decided I would just go with it and camouflage this with my sentiment.

For my card panel, I looked through my stash and found a scrap of yellow cardstock that matched the yellow from the Copic Markers.  I taped the panel with the Mixed Media Stencil Flower Burst with some temporary tape and covered it with the Pearl Chroma Glaze.  (Tip:  I only apply the glaze in one direction, this helps with keeping the glaze where I want it and not to seep into other areas.) I set this aside to dry overnight.  (Tip: Since I do most of my weekly crafting at night; I make several backgrounds at once and set them aside to dry overnight so I can continue the next day.)  I used more of the same yellow cardstock to cut out a circle with one of the Circle Foundation Dies.  I stamped the sentiment from the set with Raven Detail ink.

I decided to ground the gnome with about a 1/2" blue strip (also from my scraps).  I attached the blue strip and the gnome to my dry Chroma Glaze panel with liquid glue.  Then I used glue to place my sentiment circle to overlap the part of the gnome that was cut off.  Finally, I attached the whole panel to the front of my white A2 card base.

Here is a close up that shows the shimmer from the Pearl Chroma Glaze.

For my second card today, I used the Stand by You stamp set and a piece of paper from the Fabulous Flamingos (which I believe is retire now).  I used some temporary tape to attach the Slim Line Tea Leaf Stencil to the top part of the paper.  I spread some of the Bubble Gum Chroma Glaze over the top and carefully removed the stencil, put it aside to dry overnight.

Next, I stamped the Flamingos with Raven Detail Ink and colored them in with Copic Markers.  I then fussy cut them out with my Detail Scissors.  I decided to cut them out separately to put on my card base because I did not want to color in the background or leave all that empty white space.

The next day when my background was dry, I cut it down to 3-1/4" x 6-1/4 which is slightly smaller than my Mini Slim White card base @ 3-1/2" x 6-1/2."  I attached the two flamingos right about wherei stopped the Chroma Glaze.  Then, I used my Quickie Glue pen to color in the feathers on the head, the tip of the beaks, the water, and the wings of the flamingos.  I quickly covered the wet glue with some Glitter and shook off the extra.

I left the sentiment off the front of my card.  Instead, I chose to stamp the I'll Stand By You on the inside with Raven Detail Ink.

Here you can see the glitter on my flamingos.

**please note I put affliated links above where product is available in the Brutus Monroe Store.  Affliated links do not cost you anything extra, however I get a small compensation which helps me bring content to my blog.

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

Collaboration with Crafty Meraki

 

Today's post is a Collaboration between Brutus Monore and Crafty Meraki.  I was lucky enough to receive the You are Incredible stamp set from Crafty Meraki to work with.  I will be honest I do not use flowers and water coloring images very often because I am not comfortable with it yet.  However, I decided to step out of my comfort zone and go for it.  I started by stamping the large floral image from the stamp set onto watercolor paper with Brutus Monroe Embossing Ink, covering the sticky ink with Gilded Sparkle Embossing Powder (also from Brutus Monroe), and heat set it. 

I chose three colors of Brutus Monroe Aqua Pigments.  I used the Creamy Green and Yellow Green for the leaves and the Coral for the flowers.  My first step was to lightly paint all of the images and let it bleed over the sides of the image to give it a loose or messy watercoloring feel.  I let that dry and then proceeded to go in with another more detailed layer with the Creamy Green and Coral.  After that layer was dry, I added some of the Yellow Green to the leaves to deepen and give some shading.  I also added more Coral to the flower petals using some clean water to blend it out until I was happy with the colors and set it aside to dry completely.

Once dry, I put the panel in my splat box and covered the whole panel with splatters from all three colors.  I also grabbed the Gilded Aqua Pigment to add some gold splatters.  I decided to fussy cut out the entire image.  I tried several slimline card bases in a couple of colors and realizing I was out of cream cardstock, I chose a kraft base.  My card base measures 8.5 x 3.5.  

I wanted more shimmer and shine so I pulled out my Slim line stencils from Brutus Monore and flipped through them all to decide to use the Bamboo stencil.  I placed that down on my card base, taping the top and bottom of the stencil in place with low tack tape.  I generously applied the Brutus Monroe Embossing ink to the sides of the cardbase and through the stencil.  I then poured more Gilded Sparkle Embossing powder over the ink and heat set it.  I also did this to a scrap of kraft paper to the LOVE sentiment from the Crafty Meraki Stamp set.

I used foam tape to attach the floral panel to the front of my Gilded Stenciled base and liquid glue to attach some glitter sequins and my sentiment.

I hope you enjoyed my card.  Do you water color?  What techinque makes you uncomfortable?

Here is a list of products used that you can find in the Brutus Monroe Store:

• Creamy WinterGreen Aqua Pigment
• Yellow Green Aqua Pigment
• Coral Aqua Pigment
• Gilded Aqua Pigment
• Embossing Ink
• Gilded Sparkle Embossing Powder
• Bamboo Slim Line Stencil

Here is a link the the stamp set from Crafty Meraki:  You Are Incredible Stamp Set

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

One More Card Homegrown Happiness

 

I started with an A2 Brown cardbase.  I used the Abstract Flower Stencil in the bottom left corner and using a Ranger Blending tool, I inked up part of the stencil with Brutus Monroe Embossing Ink.  Then I used a soft dry paintbrush to apply some Orange Pigment Powder (from collectione one) over the sticking Embossing Ink.

Next stamped Jar from the Homegrown Happiness with Raven Detail ink on Perfect Blend Alcohol Paper.  I created a tiny mask from the lip of the jar and applied it to my stamped image so I could stamp one of the stems over the jar.  I removed the mask and colored in the images with a green and light blue Copic marker.  I also stamped the "marigold" flower and used a few orange colors.  I fussy cut both pieces and used liquid glue to attached them to my card panel.  I put a little embossing ink on the flower head and I spread some more orange pigment powder over the top.  Finally, I stamped the Thinking of you sentiment from the same set with Embossing Ink in the upper right corner of the card front.

Here is a list with affliated links to the products I used in the Brutus Monroe Store:

• Homegrown Happiness Inspiration Box
• Abstract Flower Stencil
• Raven Detail Ink
• Perfect Blend Alcohol Paper
• Embossing Ink
• Pigment Powder Collection One