Happy Pumpkin Season! {Brutus Monroe}

 I just cannot get enough of this month's "Autumn Harvest" Inspiration Box from Brutus Monroe! These two cards were made using three of the pre printed panels from the inspiration box. Sometimes I really just do not feel like coloring. These two cards that are super easy to put together because there is no stamping and I did "lazy coloring". Let me show you how....

For the first card, I used the pumpkin panel in the kit. I started out by blending Distress Oxide over the pumpkins.

Next, I used the "Tangled Waves" stencil that I purchased separately and went back over the pumpkins with Carved Pumpkin Oxide. 

You do not need to be perfect. You will see I have a little "blending outside the lines".

Next I blended Twisted Citron Distress Oxide around the pumpkins.

I sprayed it with water and dabbed it off for some water drops on the background. Then I die cut the panel using a rectangular die. I didn't trim it down with my cutter because I am going to use the outside of the rectangle. I flipped them over and taped them back together using purple tape. 

Then, I put the "Tangled Waves" stencil back over the panel and added some texture paste in random areas of the green background. For this, It is important to use the smaller palette knife so you can have more control over the placement of the texture paste. The reason that I didn't do this step first and then die cut it is because I didn't want the texture paste to get squished or stuck in my die from going through the die cutter.

To finish the card, I glued the frame of the panel to a black card base and added foam tape to the center then adhered it. I trimmed three of the sentiments I thought went nice together from the conversation clippings and added foam tape to them before adhering them to the card.

My second card was just as easy! To start, I foiled the vine panel with "Green Deco Foil".

Next, I ink blended Scattered Straw and Carved Pumpkin oxides over the petals. It helps to use a small blending brush for this. I used these blending brushes you see in the picture.

Then I blended Gathered Twigs Oxide in the center of the flowers. To finish them, I did color the leaves with my Copics. but that was all the actual coloring I did on this card. 

Next, I fussy cut the flowers out and glued them to the foiled leaf panel. I added foam tape to the full flower and popped it up on the card front. I added foam tape to the sentiment that I cut from the conversation clippings and adhered it to the panel. To finish this card, I adhered the panel to a black card base. How Easy Peasy!!!!

The Autumn Harvest kit really has so many creative opportunities!!! Thank you so much for stopping by! 

Kimberly

 

Always Make Waves- Brutus Monroe

 Hello and happy Friday! I am so excited to share a card I made using this month's Brutus Monroe Subscription Box, Mermaid Kisses! If you know anything about me, you know I LOVE anything that is nautical or beach related. Mermaids fall into that category in a major way! 

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I did purchase Brutus Monroe Sand Paste and the Brutus Monroe Tangled Waves Stencil separately because I knew I would use it and I am so glad I did! I have a quick video of my process making this card. 

[What is included in the box?]

June 2021 Mermaid Kisses Subscription Box.

To start, I blended Peacock Feathers, Milled Lavender, and Wilted Violet distress oxides through the Tangled Waves stencil. Then, I die cut a circle out of the center. Next, I took a scrap piece of acetate and cut the bottom to resemble sand so I could apply the sand paste to the blended background and have shape to it. I put this panel to the side to dry. 

While the sand paste dried, I stamped many images from the Mermaid Kisses stamp set on white cardstock with Raven ink. I like to stamp a bunch and color them so I can play with them to see which images I want to use when I build my scene. Once I colored them, I die cut the images using the coordinating Mermaid Kisses die set that is included in the subscription box. 

Next, I cut a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of Heather cardstock included in the box and attached it to one of the white card bases also included in the box. Then, I placed the stenciled panel on the Heather cardstock so I could line up and glue the center circle I had cut out earlier in the correct place. I added foam tape to the outer stenciled panel, but did not attach it yet. I started placing all of my images in place and glued them down to where I wanted them. I added three of the clear baubles included in the box and then attached this panel to the card base. To finish the card, I stamped the sentiment on white cardstock and layered it on a strip of Heather cardstock. I added foam tape and attached into the card. 

{Copic Markers}

Hair:E30, E23, E27 Skin: E000, E00, E11, R20

Fins:V000, V05, BG11, BG13, BG34 

Trunk: E35, E37, E29, YG28 Gold: Y11, Y15, Y26

Coral: R32, R35, R39 Light Coral: R30, R32

Greens: G12, G14, G03

I hope I was able to inspire you to make something crafty today! Thank you so much for stopping by! 

Kimberly