I’m really getting into making fall cards and this week on Brutus Monroe’s blog the team is sharing projects that feature the handy-dandy Simple Blend Circle stencil! It comes with the circle cut-out and the frame around it so you can use it both ways! For my card I used the frame part of it. Here’s what I did! To start, I did my usual tapping of distress oxide inks onto my craft mat, spritzed with water and dragged my watercolor cardstock through it, drying between colors. I used Fired Brick, Carved Pumpkin, Fossilized Amber and a little Aged Mahogany.After that I stamped Winnie & Walter’s Renee’s Leaves all over the panel, using Raven Detail ink. I then spattered some black paint over it all and set it aside to dry. The cute little bear is from Birthday Bears, and I stamped him on a scrap of watercolor cardstock, colored him with my Zig markers and cut him out.Before I attached him to the background panel, I laid the circle frame from Simple Blend-Circle stencil over the corner of the panel and filled in the space with Picket Fence distress oxide ink using a sponge dauber. When it was dry, I added a layer of Versamark, then clear embossing powder and heat set it. It created a paler, shiny circle behind my bear! I ran it through the Cuttlebug with Stitched Rectangle dies to trim it down, then again using a Fall Leaves embossing folder.I drew faux stitching around the embossed circle then around a few of the leaves to mimic the “stitched” panel! After mounting Birthday Bear to the panel with 3D Foam Squares, I attached the whole thing to an off-white card base. A few fall flowers added the final detail along with black embossed sentiment strips! Let’s see what the Team has made with their Simple Blend stencil! JESSMARIEWALESKA BERINAHEATHER B.
I’ve been on a bit of a watercolor kick lately and created this fall card with Winnie & Walter’s Renee’s Leaves stamp set and their cool stencil, Scenery! As usual, I had no idea what I was going to make, but began by just sponging distress oxide inks (Broken China/Faded Jeans) onto my watercolor cardstock then dripped water onto it and dried with my heat tool. I placed the stencil over it and sponged more Faded Jeans oxide ink through the center portion.On a separate piece of watercolor cardstock, I heat-embossed several of Renee’s Leaves then colored them with Zig markers and a watery brush. I fussy-cut them out and then attached them with bits of Thermoweb’s 3D Foam Squares for lift.Black spatters of paint and some drops of Black Nuvo Drops added interest! My sentiment is from The Greeting Farm. I like how the geometric pattern of the stencil compliments the organic falling leaves! Happy Fall!
“Down, down, yellow and brown, the leaves are falling all over town!” That’s a little song I used to sing to my girls and although the leaves aren’t falling here in Vermont yet, a few maple trees are beginning to change colors! It’s hard to believe fall is just around the corner, especially as we’ve had temps in the 90’s recently! But as much as I hate to see the summer end, I do love fall and everything about it! Today’s card is watercolored using Winnie & Walter’s Renee’s Leaves stamp set and Zig markers. On a piece of watercolor cardstock, I randomly stamped a variety of the leaves then heat-embossed them in black.
I LOVE coloring backgrounds and usually begin with that first, as I did here using a couple shades of blue Zigs. I then colored in the leaves and used a watery brush to move the ink. When the panel was dry, I spattered (of course I did!!) white and black paint for a little added texture, then adhered it to a white card base. I found a piece of yellow vellum in my stash and heat-embossed my sentiment (a dollar find from AC Moore!) onto it then attached it to my watercolored panel using Thermoweb’s Sticky Strip Runner. I had a leftover fussy-cut leaf from another card I’d made so lifted it with a few little 3D Foam Squares from Thermoweb! I guess I don’t mind fall coming after all!
Brutus Monroe is hanging out with Winnie & Walter this month and we get to play too! I’m loving these new stamps and had so much fun creating this card using the beautiful Anna’s Floras set! I paired it with another lovely set called Renee’s Leaves AND their way-cool Multi-Faceted Creative Screenings stencil! But I’m getting ahead of myself, so let’s back up…The first thing I did for my card was to heat-emboss in black the large blossom from Anna’s Floras and some of Renee’s Leaves onto a piece of watercolor cardstock, then colored them in with Zig markers. I fussy-cut them out and set them aside to create my background!On a panel of white cardstock, I laid down the awesome stencil called Scenery and used a sponge dauber to lightly fill in the spaces with a pale green ink, filling just the center of the design. I then stamped more of Renee’s Leaves over the stenciled design, and spattered on some black paint. You know how much I love spatters! After that, I layered on my fussy-cut blossom and leaves, adding a circlet of twine beneath them as an accent. A strip of polka-dotted paper at the bottom was another cute accent, and I adhered the panel to a base card of Brutus Monroe’s lovely Lunchbag cardstock! Voila! When I’m ready to send this, I’ll add an appropriate sentiment! Thank you for stopping by and be sure to check out the other team members creations! Look for Aletha, Marie, Berina and Waleska! I’m loving their projects too!
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