I was totally inspired by the unbelievably beautiful ornament cards which my Instagram friend, Karen Janet from Little Blessings blog made recently; her cards took my breath away and I couldn’t wait to try making one myself! Unfortunately, I don’t have any ornament dies so I had to make do with my Stitched Oval dies instead. Let me share how I made my card!First of all, to create my ornaments, I used my alcohol inks on the back of a piece of Kirkland photo paper, letting the colors swirl and blend. While the ink was still tacky, I pressed on a sheet of Gold Deco Foil which left behind the beautiful shimmery flecks! When the ink was completely dry, I cut the shapes with Stitched Oval dies and set them aside to make my background!On a panel of black card stock, I heat-embossed in gold the pine branch from Stampin Up’s Ornamental Pine then the stars from their retired set, Winter Wishes. Before I mounted this panel to a layer of textured gold paper, I punched a hole in the ovals so I could add some gold string. I attached the larger ornament to the black panel with Thermoweb Sticky Tape Runner, then the smaller one with 3D Foam Squares from Thermoweb to lift it up. The string was taped down on the back.Lastly, I glued a gold sequin to cover the holes on both ornaments and added the sentiment in gold embossing. I absolutely love Karen’s cards and am thrilled with how mine turned out as well! I’ll be making more of these, you can be sure!
I’m having so much fun choosing which Glitterstock color to use for a new project and decided to use Tangerine for this card! The color itself prompted a Halloween card with it’s gorgeous rusty-orange glitters! To begin this card, I tapped Carved Pumpkin distress oxide ink onto my craft mat then spritzed it with water and dragged my watercolor cardstock through it. After drying with my heat tool, I used Black Soot next, again drying before adding my final color, Dried Marigold.
If you look closely you can see the faint impression of Winnie & Walter’s Scenery stencil which I foiled using Thermoweb’s Deco Foil in Copper! It made me think of a spider web! Anyway, after dusting the surface with my Embossing Buddy, I heat-embossed my Inkadinkado stamp in black right over all the colors!I have a skulls and crossbone stamp which I use on my biker cards, and thought it’d make a fun accent so stamped that in Raven Detail ink over the background. Next I used my Stitched Rectangle dies to cut the panel and also cut the edge of a strip of Tangerine Glitterstock and attached them together with Thermoweb’s Sticky Tape Runner, then mounted it to a panel of white card stock. I used my scissors to rough up the edges of the white paper.I adhered the panel to a black card base which I embossed with Tim Holtz’ Gridlock Set folder, then added some copper sequins for a bit of bling to accent the Glitterstock on the left! The sentiment is from a retired CTMH set called Thriller and I heat-embossed it onto white scraps, trimmed it down and mounted it with Thermoweb Sticky Dots! I love how all the pieces came together in this card! If you’re looking for a great glitter card stock, be sure to consider Brutus Monroe’s Glitterstock! It comes in a variety of colors, doesn’t leave glitter “crumbs” at all and cuts like a dream!
Hi there! This card came about in a very unexpected way! I recently bought a laminating machine and used it successfully a couple of times, but I had some trouble with it the other day!I started this card by taping down Brutus Monroe’s Paint Spots stencil to a piece of card stock, then covering it with a thin layer of Deco Foil Transfer Gel. When it was dried I laid on a layer of Sunrise Foil Transfer sheet and ran it through the laminator but it got stuck halfway out! I had to pull it from the machine and it came out all wrinkled and accordian-folded! GAH!! But those foiled dots stayed put so I decided to save it and go with a distressed look!I twisted and wrinkled the panel to add more cool distress lines then got out the beautiful Wagon and Suede Surface Inks and sponged color all over it! Next I used Raven Detail Ink on a sponge to go around the edges and to accent the wrinkles. How awesome is that?!From that point on, I was crankin! I spattered some black and gold craft paint over it all, then die-cut my panel with a Stitched Rectangle die. I added a layer of white behind it and adhered it to a black card base. I die-cut the word “celebrate” from Tim Holtz’ Celebration Block Words using a strip of black card stock, added the textured gold paper behind it and trimmed the end to a banner then mounted it to the card with foam tape for lift. I rummaged around in my stash and found these black sprigs and thought they’d be a great accent, so glued them in behind the sentiment.I absolutely LOVE how this came out! What a save!!As you can see, there are SO many ways to use the Foil Transfer sheets and the cute stencil! You’ll find a really great assortment of both by Brutus Monroe! Here are the links for the Inspiration Team projects! Berina , Waleska and I invite you to get inky and “create your own ending!”
It’s Wednesday and we’re back with some great projects using Clear Toner Sheets! I used mine as an overlay this time for not one, but TWO cards! Now, I’m not a martini lover but when I made this fun background using Brutus Monroe’s Paint Spots stencil and distress oxide inks, the shape and colors made me think of martini’s! I just happen to have Unity Stamps I Like It Dirty stamp set and pulled that out to play! But first, let me tell you how I made the background ; on a panel of watercolor cardstock, I taped down my stencil then sponged over it with Pistachio oxide ink, shifted the stencil, added Squeezed Lemonade then shifted the stencil again and finished with Picked Raspberry! Voila!For the main image, I stamped out the martini glass onto a die-cut circle of cardstock using Raven Detail Ink, then colored it with Zig markers. Next, I added a layer of Crystal Effects glue over the glass to give it shine! I stamped out the funny sentiment onto a scrap of paper, trimmed it down and mounted it with a bit of foam tape.To assemble my card, I trimmed down the Coffee Rings toner sheet to fit my card front and attached it to the dotted background with four pink brads. I then adhered it to my black card base and mounted the big circle to that with another circle of fun foam. I am so tickled with how this card came out! Almost makes me want a martini! 😀How freaking cute is this?! After I completed the card above, I decided to make another background using the Paint Spots stencil! You can’t see much of this one, but here’s how I did it. On a panel of watercolor cardstock, I again taped my stencil down and sponged on Twisted Citron oxide ink, shifted the stencil, added Worn Lipstick and finally another layer of Squeezed Lemonade. I love the look of Emboss Resist so shifted my stencil one more time and using a sponge dauber with Versamark ink, I filled in the spaces. I heat-embossed them with clear powder and the end result was a layer of shiny spots! Next, I heavily sponged Black Soot oxide over the whole panel, then rubbed it off the embossed dots with a paper towel. I die-cut the panel with a stitched circle die and set it aside.On another die-cut circle of white card stock, I stamped the martini glass again but this time colored with Copics! I added some stippled dots around the glass with assorted shades of pink for a little visual interest. I stamped the sentiment directly onto the image. An olive green card base was embossed with a large dots folder, then I die-cut that into a larger circle, keeping one edge flat on the fold.I ran the Coffee Rings Toner Sheet through the Cuttlebug with the smaller circle die and stapled it to the martini glass circle! As you can see, I layered them all together, attaching the layers with adhesive. Finally, I added little pink and green ribbons to the staples for one more detail! Phew! This sounds like it was a lot of work, but it actually took me about half an hour to make, total! I had so much fun making these two cards, and think the Toner Sheet adds a really great dimension! But, just wait till you see what Marie, Berina, and Waleska have made! We’re all going a bit crazy with the new stuff at Brutus Monroe!!
I know I can’t be the only stamper out there who thinks that Tim Holtz and Brutus Monroe products would compliment each other wonderfully! I paired them up in this card and love the results! Let’s talk about what happened here! Starting on a base card of Lunchbox cardstock, I placed my grid stencil over it, then covered just a section of it with Deco Foil Transfer gel. I wiped off the excess then removed the stencil and let the gel dry to tackiness. I didn’t have my heat laminator at that point, so I just pressed the sheet of Drybrush Transfer Foil onto the tacky gel and rubbed it with a credit card to transfer the foil. I then turned the foil around to make the design go in the opposite direction and rubbed on some more. What a cool look! I heat-embossed the main image from Tim Holtz’ Road Trip set onto a piece of watercolor cardstock, then colored it in with Zigs, roughed up the edges with my scissors and sponged some Raven Detail ink to make it pop. On my base card with the foiled design, I stamped out the tire tracks with Hickory Smoke distress oxide ink, then stamped the other images in the background to fill in the space. Look at all that texture!I loved combining the products from two great companies! I wonder if Tim and Christopher have met in real life?! Perhaps a collaboration is in the future! I hope so! In the meantime, I hope you’ve poked around on Brutus Monroe’s website to see what new toys you’d like to play with!
Welcome back! This week’s Inspiration Team’s blog hop assignment was to create something other than a card using the new Brutus MonroeDeco Foils! It took me a while to think on it and then remembered how beautifully foil adheres to alcohol ink while it’s still tacky! So I got out my neglected inks and all the paraphernalia and went to town! This particular photo doesn’t really show the accents of foil but don’t worry! I’ll share lots more!This is an 8X8 inch glazed tile from Home Depot and to begin, I wiped it clean with a cotton ball dampened with 70% rubbing alcohol. When it was dry, I went a little crazy with my inks! I created a background which isn’t even visible, using some yellow and brown ink, blowing it around the tile with my air compressor. I then just added drops of color, reds, orange, yellow, pinks, and white, moving each drop with the compressor before adding the next color and layer. I love making flowers this way; I added some greens and a little brown alcohol ink to make the leaves.When I was satisfied with the overall design and the ink was not quite dry, I simply laid the Sunrise Foil Transfer Sheet onto my tile, rubbed it gently then pulled it back to reveal beautiful speckles and sparkles of foil! I think it adds a really cool dimension to my design!The next step was to draw the petals and leaf lines around the patterns, creating more definite blossoms with a black and a white Posca paint pen. That really made the flowers stand out!The center of my tile looked a bit empty so I decided to “break the rules”! I don’t know if you’re supposed to heat-emboss on tile but I went for it! I stamped the sentiment from Brutus Monroe’s Break The Rules stamp set directly onto my tile with white embossing ink and powder and heat-set it. Unfortunately, it didn’t emboss as clearly as I wanted so I heat-embossed it again onto a square of vellum, punched it out with a scalloped circle punch then glued it directly over the sentiment I’d already added to the tile using Crystal Effects.You can really see the bits of Sunrise foil on this photo! This was VERY messy (my arms and hands are covered with splatters of alcohol inks!) but so much fun! I’m going to glaze my tile to seal in all the glorious color and gift it to someone! I think it’d look great as a trivet or hanging on a wall, don’t you?! Just wait until you see what Marie, Berina and Waleska have done!
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