Can I just say I’m in love??!! I’ve been playing with my spankin’ new Unity/Brutus Monroe Hit The Brick background stamp and having SO MUCH FUN!! I have so many ideas of ways to use this one! Yesterday I laid out three panels of watercolor card stock, then covered my Brick stamp with a heavy layer of Ranger’s Distress Resist Spray and stamped it onto the stock. The card above is the first one I did, and the spray was so saturated on the stamp that it lost some of it’s detail. The second one was a better image and the third one was perfect! BUT! There was no way I was going to waste this one and here’s what I made!So, here are my three panels after stamping out the Hit The Brick background, as mentioned above. Not a great picture but you get the idea!I sponged on these colors: Suede Surface ink, Terracotta Surface ink and Walnut Stain Distress Oxide. The Resist Spray is VERY resistant so the shiny parts didn’t take the ink very well.My finished panel; I didn’t love it but was hopeful I could make something beautiful with it!I decided to cut out the center of my panel with Oval Stitched dies and create a “window”~ but what to place in my window? After trying out several stamps, I settled on this one by Stampendous called Cozy Cottage which I stamped on a separate piece of Bristol Smooth watercolor paper using Gathered Twigs Distress ink. I then “painted” over the lines with a watery brush to create the soft sepia look and added a little color using Distress Markers.Then I realized that this would make a great shaker card! I’ve only made a few with much angst and frustration, but this one came together beautifully! I attached a piece of acetate to the backside of the window, then built a wall of foam tape going all around the back of the sponged panel to hold in the “snow” which is actually Ultra Thick Clear Embossing powder!! I added a few sequins and micro beads as well! Can you see them? Anyway, I got all the pieces and parts in the correct order and voila! A shaker panel!I found the perfect patterned paper to attach the panel to, then mounted it to a card base of Brutus Monroe’s Lunchbag card stock! The final touch was a few sprigs of Tim Holtz’ Holiday Greens holly touched up with a bit of Gathered Twigs distress oxide ink and three little “berries”! Now, isn’t this a lovely scene framed by that amazing Brick background?!Unity is still holding their awesome giveaway! You have until October 1st to comment on any of the blogs which participated in the blog hop for a chance to win! Here’s the link to their blog with the lineup! On October 2nd, they’ll choose the lucky winners! I hope it’s you!!
Happy Saturday, friends! It’s my day to share on the Brutus Monroe blog and we’ve had an exciting week with our recent reveal of the Unity Stamps and Brutus Monroe collaboration! I received the Hit The Brick background stamp and paired it today with Unity Stamps Hollyhocks! Above are pictured three panels which I created using the Brick background and Ranger’s Distress Resist Spray on watercolor card stock. The first panel had the most spray so left a smudgy impression but I kept stamping it out onto the next two panels and got a better impression with each one. You can be sure I’ll use them all, though! On the second panel, I sponged a layer of Zest Surface ink onto the center and then surrounded it with a layer of Sea Surface ink. Isn’t that textured brick background gorgeous?! Next I inked up Hollyhocks with black embossing ink, stamped it onto my panel then heat-embossed with black powder. I over-stamped another layer of the Hollyhocks with Iced Spruce distress oxide ink. My sentiment is from Unity Stamps Tess Girl set and I heat-embossed it in black directly to my card front. When I added the black embossing powder, bits of it stuck to my Iced Spruce Hollyhocks but I decided to leave the residue as it gave another cool textured element! I decided to trim down my panel with Stitched Oval dies, making a slightly larger black oval to frame my main panel, and then stamped the Hollyhocks again onto a white base card with the Iced Spruce oxide ink. I adhered all the pieces together and this is my finished card! I love how the two stamps, Hit The Brick and Hollyhocks paired so beautifully and the pop of Zest is so striking! There are four new background stamps made for Unity/Brutus Monroe so be sure to check them out! Here are the links: Hit The BrickDance With DenimBarn WallSpilled Paint
I thought I’d share a little of my creative process with you in this post! Above are many backgrounds I created using Tim Holtz’ Distress Resist Spray which I received in my Simon Say’s Stamp June Card kit! I finally tried it out and ended up with these! Basically, I laid a stencil onto each piece of card stock, sprayed the Resist Spray over it, removed the stencil and let the paper dry; the spray acts just like heat-embossing and we all know how much fun that is! The really fun part was to choose my color combinations for each panel and then let it “speak” to me in regards to which stamps to use and how to design the cards!I LOVE this one!! I’m partial to a gray & yellow combination, and I love how that black got onto this panel! (I’m not actually sure how that happened!) I used Fossilized Amber, Iced Spruce and a little Black Soot distress oxide inks to sponge the color on. Speaking of Tim Holtz (I mentioned the oxide inks, right?!) this is one of my absolute favorite “man” sets and just love this vintage car! I heat-embossed it in black onto the panel, then over-stamped the other images in more Iced Spruce. I can’t recall who makes the “let’s get LOST” sentiment, but it’s perfect, isn’t it?! 🙂 A lovely Bazzill textured gray base finished this card! Remember when aqua and brown was all the rage?! I still love this soothing combination and added some Cracked Pistacio distress oxide ink to Broken China and Walnut Stain. The resist background was made with a cool script stencil. I pulled out another favorite Tim Holtz set for this card; it’s called The Great Outdoors and has some really wonderful images! I stamped the wood circle all over a white card base using Walnut Stain, then moved on to create my card. I tore the resist background in half (now I get to make a second card with the other half!) and sponged more Walnut Stain around the edges. On a piece of Bristol Smooth card stock, I sponged Antique Linen distress ink all over, then dripped water over it for cool texture. I stamped the trees in Cracked Pistacio and Walnut and stamped the deer in Walnut too. I used my Walnut distress marker to darken the deer in the foreground. More Walnut Stain around the edges! I heat-embossed the sentiment onto a scrap of textured card stock then adhered it to my card after assembling the other pieces. OH! Big surprise! Another Tim Holtz product; a stencil this time! 😀 I first sponged Fired Brick oxide ink at the bottom, then Carved Pumpkin over it and finally, Fossilized Amber at the top. Those “cool” darkish stains are from my dirty baby wipe as I was wiping the ink off the resist parts! Happy accident!! I kinda love this “dirty” card!! The Celebrate You stamp is from Neat & Tangled and I heat-embossed it in black right over my panel, then sponged Black Soot around the edges. A strip of black & white striped paper accents one edge and I mounted this onto a black base card. The last detail was to add Nuvo Drops all over and then spatter black paint over it all. I haven’t done paint-spattering in a while and I miss it! 😉 How beautiful is this background?! My favorite Iced Spruce oxide ink is paired with Shaded Lilac and a touch of Fossilized Amber, all sponged over the cool grid stencil. That resist spray is SO easy and SO cool! I’ve already written a post about this beautiful card but it needs to be added here! I used my spankin’ new Altenew set called Crown Blooms ; stamped out the images onto a piece of Bristol Smooth card stock, then colored with my Zig markers. I fussy-cut the bloom and leaf and layered them over the background where I’d stamped the little floral sprig. Lastly, the sentiment from Brutus Monroe‘s Super Sentimental set was heat-embossed in white onto a scrap of black, then mounted to the blossom. A base card of my favorite textured card stock by Bazzill in gray sets this off beautifully! Now…I have more backgrounds to play with so I’m out!! Thanks for visiting!
I finally opened my bottle of Tim Holtz Distress Resist Spray which came in my Simon Say’s Stamp June card kit, and had fun making a bunch of backgrounds! For this one I used a cool grid stencil and then sponged Shaded Lilac, Iced Spruce and Fossilized Amber distress oxide inks over it! This card also features my brand new Altenew stamp set called Crown Blooms and I just love the images! I stamped the flower and leaf using Brutus Monroe‘s fabulous Raven Detail ink onto Bristol Smooth card stock, then enjoyed coloring with my Zig markers! I didn’t buy the dies because I intended to use my Scan N Cut machine to cut the images but wasn’t very successful with that, so ended up fussy-cutting. I stamped the little cluster of flowers onto the background several times then arranged my blossom and leaf over them. The addition of a few coordinating pearly-thingies were a pretty accent! This little sentiment is from Brutus Monroe‘s Super Sentimental set and I heat-embossed it in white onto a strip of black card stock then adhered it to the blossom with bits of foam tape. Lastly, I mounted the whole panel to a base card of lovely gray Bazzill card stock. I know I’m going to really enjoy making more cool backgrounds and using my new Altenew set!
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