Category: Brutus Monroe

Life is Pretty Awesome

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It’s a gorgeous day here and life is pretty awesome.

Playing with some fun Carabelle Studio stamps today.  I did a wee bit of masking, but otherwise this is pretty straight forward.

The images were watercoloured with Distress Inks.  Then I added some white gel pen and some shading.  Next came some fun splashes of the Twisted Citron for some texture/interest.

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Paper:  Neenah Solar White and Canson Bristol

Ink:  VersaMark, Versafine Clair in Nocturne and Distress Inks in Twisted Citron, Chipped Sapphire and Peacock Feathers

Stamps:  Carabelle Studio Papillon/Lettres, Carabelle Studio Life is Pretty Awesome and Carabelle Studio Spots & Seams

Misc:  heat tool, embossing buddy, Brutus Monroe Alabaster embossing powder, paintbrushes, white gel pen and Zig Clean markers

30 Days of Coloring

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Happy to say I managed to complete the 30 Day Coloring Challenge from Kathy Racoosin.

My background is a mono print made with three shades of Distress Inks.  The image was then heat embossed in Liquid Platinum and watercolored using the matching Distress Inks and Distress Markers.  Next I added a layer of Prismacolor pencil and a bit of white gel pen.

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Paper:  Simon Says Stamp black and Canson Bristol

Ink:  VersaMark and Distress Inks

Stamps:  Studio Katia Blooming Bunch and Lovely Blooms (sentiment)

Misc:  Studio Katia Bubbles Creative Stencil, heat tool, Ranger Liquid Platinum embossing powder, Brutus Monroe Alabaster embossing powder, embossing buddy, Distress Markers, paintbrush, Prismacolor pencils, white gel pen, Studio Katia sequins and adhesives

Remake

Hellowishyouwerehere

Do you ever look at a card and think….hmmm…that could be improved?  I liked my card from yesterday.  I love my card today.

After putting down two strips of the washi tape,  I used my “hello” die, but this time, used a lightweight cardboard and cut it out three times.  The layers were glued together to give some depth to the piece.  Another change I made was to deepen the colours of the three die cut pieces…the florals and leaves.  I also added some white gel pen to the large flower.

The background was again debossed with the same plate.  The only other thing I changed was to add a “label” strip with “wish you were here”.  I like the contrast!

The other change was I finally got some photo editing software on my new iMac which makes me much happier with my photos.

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Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Simon Says Stamp Black and Canson Bristol

Ink:  VersaMark and Distress Inks

Stamps:  Altenew Beautiful Day and Dearest Friend

Misc: Altenew Watercolor Strokes washi tape, Altenew Beautiful Day dies, Altenew Dotted Scales debossing plate, heat tool, Brutus Monroe Alabaster embossing powder, embossing buddy, lightweight cardboard, white gel pen and adhesives

 

 

Washi Hello

15E954D6-8167-47A9-BFF4-6FD6A403EE5DHello everyone!  Hope you are having a wonderful day!

This card design has been in my brain for awhile. Just needed the die.  Now that I have it…here’s the card.

The background has been debossed with the Dotted Scales debossing  plate which leaves a lovely border by using it vertically on a horizontal card.

I added two strips of the washi tape to a piece of cardstock so that I had the proper width for using the die.  Next, I watercoloured three heat embossed images from Beautiful Day.  I tried to approximate the colours in the washi with Distress Inks. They were then die cut with the matching dies .

Lots of sparkly sequins complete the card.

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Paper:  Neenah Solar White and Canson Bristol

Ink:   VersaMark and Distress Inks

Stamps:  Altenew Beautiful Day

Misc:  Altenew Beautiful Day dies, Altenew Watercolor Stroked washi, Altenew Dotted Scales debossing plate, Simon Says Stamp Assorted Moonshine sequins, adhesives

Wish You…

5E0A54C5-BFAD-4C1C-8AFC-0A5E4E499203Hello everyone!

I’m participating in the  Altenew Academy One-Layer Wonders class by Kelly Latevola. Kelly is funny, informative and so very talented. Even though I’ve stamped for 20+ years I’m always interested in learning something new.

And since I watercoloured this it still fits into my 30 Day Coloring Challenge. Win, win!

In keeping with my past practice, I never share details on a class as I feel it’s unfair to the company providing the instruction.

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Paper: Neenah Solar White and Canson Bristol

Ink:  VersaFine Clair Morning Mist and Nocturne

Stamps:  Altenew Dearest Friend and Altenew Blooming Bouquet

Misc: Distress Markers in Bundled Sage, Wilted Violet, Shaded Lilac; Brutus Monroe Alabaster embossing powder, heat tool, embossing buddy, gold glass beads, Faber-Castell PITT Artist pen, paintbrush and adhesives

Harlequin Floral

62E62CE1-82F7-422B-BA60-578EDB5F03C5Happy to have yet another card for my stash thanks to the 30 Day Coloring Challenge.

Another Stencil Monoprint background. If you’ve never tried this technique, I did a tutorial for Splitcoaststampers

Then I heat embossed this gorgeous floral image in white. Using the same three colours of Distress Inks I watercoloured the image. This time I added some shading with a Zig Clean Color marker.

A sentiment and some little gems complete the card.

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Paper: Neenah Solar White and Canson Bristol

Ink:  VersaMark and Distress Inks in Twisted Citron, Wilted Violet and Mermaid Lagoon

Stamps:  Studio Katia and Clearly Besotted (sentiment)

Misc:  heat tool, Brutus Monroe Alabaster embossing powder, embossing buddy, TCW Harlequin stencil, distress sprayer, paintbrush, MFT Wonky Stitched Rectangle die, Studio Katia Spring Gems and adhesives.

Prismas and Brushos

2754CBC8-6B6C-45D5-BB6C-640D5BE1E3DAAn experiment for Kathy Racoosin’s 30 Day Coloring Challenge today.

My card was heat embossed in white and then I used two colours of Brushos. Once dry, I added colour and detail with my Prismacolor pencils.

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Paper: Neenah Solar White and Canson Bristol

Ink:  VersaMark and VersaFine Clair

Stamps:  Simon Says Stamp Beautiful Flowers

Misc: Brutus Monroe Alabaster embossing powder, heat tool, embossing buddy, MFT Stitched Rectangles die, Brushos, Prismacolor pencils, sequins and adhesives