Brutus Monroe Judy's Wreath Hello Card

Hi There!  I hope you've been having an awesome week!   It's Friday and that is almost always a very good day!  I'm over at the Brutus Monroe Blog today with a card using the beautiful Judy’s Wreath Die Set … such an awesome set of dies!!

Not only does this set contain a beautiful wreath base but it has a ton of beautiful leaves and flowers to add on or to use on their own.  I love the font for the "hello" that is included in the set with both the word and shadow!  My A2 Card base was cut from a Dark Emerald Green Cardstock.  I layered on a 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" panel of Wood Grain Paper from Brutus Monroe's Weathered Wood Paper Pad.  If you don't have this beautiful paper, you need it!  It is gorgeous! 

I love to use those little scraps of cardstock left over from other projects.  I grabbed some yellow, pink, coral, and greens to cut out all of the parts to the wreath.  The base of the wreath was the same Dark Emerald Green as the card base.  The other layered leaves were cut from a Jade Green Cardstock that was the same tone but just a shade or two lighter to add a little dimension.  The inserts in the yellow flowers were yellow and colored in with a Bronze Alcohol Marker and then brushed with a little Wink of Stella.  I used Vellum Cardstock for the word shadow and the same darker green that I used for the wreath base to cut out the hello.   I added a large messy bow of Linen Thread on the lower right side and three Jewels to finish it off!  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

Brutus Monroe Mermaid Lagoon Card - Splashing to Say Hello

 Hello and Welcome to my first post as a Brand Ambassador for Brutus Monroe.  I have loved and used Brutus Monroe products for quite some time so I'm super happy to be able to be a Brand Ambassador for them! They have fabulous products for stamping, scrapbooking and general crafting!!

 The most amazing part is that my very first post is using one of my favorite stamp sets... Mermaid Lagoon!  I am seriously all about anything nautical and especially Mermaids!

I had a blast making this card since it is so very much about Amazing Images, Stenciling,  Media Paste and of course... Distress Inks!  My intent was to make my Mermaid and three of the fish look as though they are riding in on waves "Splashing to say Hello"! I hope I got my point across!  My background was a 4" x 5-1/4" panel of  Bristol Smooth Cardstock.  You could certainly use watercolor paper or heavy weight cardstock as well.    Using Blending Brushes,  I did some Distress Ink blending on it first with Tumbled Glass and then added in some Broken China.  I used the Tangled Waves Stencil, and a medium mover to add some Media Paste for dimension to the right side of my card panel.  Once the Media Paste had dried, I did some additional Ink Blending over the paste and even added some subtle blending to the left side of my card by lining the stencil back over the card front and using a Blending Brush to add some additional ink.   I spritzed just a bit of water over the panel and then blotted it off with a paper towel to get some of the lighter blotches. 

  Once the panel was completely dry, I heat embossed the sentiment in the upper left side with Raven Embossing Powder.  My background panel was adhered with Multipurpose adhesive to a matt of  Black cardstock and then adhered with more Multipurpose Adhesive onto a 100 lb. Cover Weight Whitewash Cardstock.   On another piece of Bristol Smooth Cardstock, I stamped the Mermaid, starfish and fish from the Mermaid Lagoon Stamp Set with Raven Ink.  Once they were dry, the images were watercolored with more Distress Inks and an Aqua Pigment Brush filled with water.   Using the Aqua Pigment Brush allows me to add water when needed to lighten the color.  Once I was finished watercoloring and everything was completely dry,  I used my Paper Snips to fussy cut everything.    If you, like me, are not an expert fussy cutter, I find that adding a water-based maker in a color close to your background helps.  Thankfully I had a medium blue marker to help out just a bit. 

 I added my images to my card panel with foam tape, except for the Starfish that I added to the Mermaid's Hair with liquid Multipurpose adhesive.    I love that Brutus Monroe carries but 1/16" and 1/8" foam tape.  On this card I used the 1/16" foam tape so that I could double up on some images so that some are popped up more than others!    I finished off the front by adding three Mermaid Sequins.

For the inside of the card, I added some simple stenciling..

I really like the simplicity some the light Broken China Distress Ink Blending using the same Tangled Waves Stencil on the inside.  Sometimes simple just works!

Thanks so much for following along!  Have a wonderful day and make time to get crafty!

Blessings, Tina

SIP #154 Sketch Challenge with Hero Arts My Monthly Hero June 2018

Hello Friends and Happy Tuesday!  Hope you are having a blessed week so far!  It's been super hot here in Middle Tennessee lately but this week we're having some rainy days.  Hopefully the rain will cool it off just a bit!  I think I'm beginning to get too old for extreme heat!  I spent Saturday at my 6 year old granddaughter's softball tournament and felt like I was having a heat stroke by the time the day was over.  Is that crazy or what?  All I was doing was watching them.  I can only imagine how those little girls felt out there playing ball all day long in the heat!  

So of course it's Tuesday... that means another SIP Challenge and this week we have a cool sketch!

Do you look at sketches and immediately see something?  I usually do and this time I saw either a sunrise or sunset.   Lucky for me I just received my Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Kit and had some fun stamps to make my vision come to life.

These are soooo many cool things about this set!  I love the multilayer water scene.  Oh and that sand embossing powder is awesome!  I see many cards in this set's future!  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

SIP #137- Tic Tac Challenge SU Jar of Love

Hello and Happy Tuesday!  Are you having a wonderful week so far?  I sure hope so.  I'm soooo ready for warm weather so once again my card has flowers.  Do we feel a theme here?  lol  Today I'm back over with the rest of the Design Team at Stamp, Ink, Paper with a card for a new Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge. Here's the Challenge Graphic for you to check out...

I went straight accross the bottom row with Punch, Woodgrain and Embossing! 

First of all, how cool are punches... I mean really they are awesome!  So I have to tell you that one of my favorite new punches is the Tailored Tag Punch!  It is fabulous with the True Gentleman Suite  but as you see here.. there are soooooooo many possibilities!  I used the Jar of Love Stamp and Everyday Jar Framelits to create this card.  The "Hello" sentiment from the Everyday Jar Framelits fit perfectly in the middle of this punch!  Of course I heat embossed the sentiment first in Gold and then punched it out so that it lined up perfectly!  My flowers from the set were stamped in Peekaboo Peach and Calypso Coral (full strength and stamped off).  The leaves were Emerald Envy.  I think Emerald Envy is my new favorite green!  I also added a small die cut in gold mirror cardstock that peeked out the left side.  I added three small sequins and finished them off with a small pearl inside each of the sequins.  I adhered my flowers and punch onto a panel of the Wood Textures DSP stack.  My card base was one of the Tutti Frutty Card Bases and Envelopes in Calyso Coral.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina