Quick and Easy with Mermaid Kisses {Brutus Monroe}

Hello crafty friends! I just wanted to share with you a few quick and easy cards I made using the pre printed panels from the Brutus Monroe Mermaid Kisses Inspiration Box! These three cards are all using preprinted panels in the kit along with the pre printed sentiments also in the kit.  

When I get a kit to work on, I immediately stamp a bunch of the images and either die cut them (which this kit comes with the matching dies) or cut the images out using my Brother scan n cut. Having a bunch of images stamped and cut makes it super easy to build a scene because you don't waste time on coloring something you won't use. Once I have set up my scenes on the card and know exactly how I want it to look, then I color my images to match the color scheme I am going for. So I set to work stamping the images from Mermaid Kisses.

For this car, I colored in the seaweed and just a few of the fish. I wanted mostly a black and white background. Then I die cut the center, added acetate and sequins from the kit and popped it up on a card base using Sea cardstock. I added the images I colored in, a sentiment strip and a couple of baubles from the kit...Done! So quick and easy.

 For this card, I made a rough mask to cover the image at the top of the preprinted panel and ink blended over the Brutus Monroe Turbine stencil {which I purchased separately from the kit} using Tumbled Glass distress oxide. Then, I colored in the images and the panel using Copic Markers. I attached the images and sentiment strip, using foam tape on a couple to pop them up for dimension. Finally I attached it to a card base using a piece of Sea cardstock.

This final card is only a preprinted panel and a sentiment strip. No stamped images were added to this! I made a rough mask to go around the images and ink blended over the Brutus Monroe Tangled Waves Stencil using Mermaid lagoon distress oxide. Then, I colored in the panel and added a sentiment strip. I attached it to a piece of cardstock from the kit and DONE!!! 

How cute are these cards and they were so easy to make! I have had so much fun using the Mermaid Kisses inspiration box. It has everything to make some real adorable cards! Thank you for stopping by! I hope I inspired you to create something today!!

Kimberly