Hey friends! It's hop day! Every Wednesday, the Brutus Monroe Inspiration Team hosts a blog hop to share inspiration for some of your favorite Brutus Monroe products. This week, we're featuring the July Subscription Items. There's a whole lot of goodness this month, so get ready to be inspired! To start off my card, I…
Hey friends! It's time for another team hop with the Brutus Monroe Inspiration Team. It's the very first hop of 2019, so I'm excited to see what everyone created for this week's theme: Monochrome. Monochrome themes feature only one color in different shades. This really pushes you to think outside the box for creating projects!…
Hi everyone! Taylored Expressions is teaming up with Brutus Monroe to bring you a brand new Simple Strips set – Simple Strips Crafty. I love this set. It’s perfect in so many ways and i…
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Wednesday blog hop day is quickly becoming my favorite day! Don't you just love seeing several different samples for one product? Even if one designers look might not be the look you are drawn to you can always pick up...
Hello friends! It's time for another STAMPtember® Limited Edition collab release! Today's collab is with Brutus Monroe! You can check out the Limited Edition Brutus Monroe Sweet Seasonal Applies Stamp and Die Set HERE and Limited Edition Brutus Monroe Sweet...
Hey friends! I'm excited to be on the Brutus Monroe blog today with a fun card for the gamer or maybe even the teen in your life. This could be an awesome card for them to give to one of their friends as well! Let's get started. I grabbed the Gamer stamp set and some…
Hey crafty people! Today I'm sharing a super cute card made with stamps from My Favorite Things and Brutus Monroe. I've been on a kick with these stamp sets lately! They're just too cute - I can't stop creating with them. To start this card, I grabbed the Level Up stamp set from My Favorite…
Today Taylored Expressions is releasing some new stencils and a crafty collaboration with Brutus Monroe. Get ready for new stencil options a...
We can never have enough birthday cards, right? I like to try to send a card to all my loved ones throughout the year. When I saw these new stamps from BRUTUS MONROE, I immediately loved them! They're so fun and make fabulous birthday cards that I can't wait to send to my nieces and…
Hello, Crafty Friends!! I have another awesome "bluesy" card for you today!! Being blue shouldn't be looked at as a bad thing.Yeah, it's a term often referred to as being sad. But did you know that the color blue is also calming? The visual stimuli actually makes your body release "feel good" chemicals. How awesome is that! LEt me go paint the inside of my house now! The color blue is also is associated with happiness( like a clear blue sky) and mystery (like the deep blue sea). So, yup, I'm in a blue mood today... tranquil, happy, and a bit mysterious! So today I have a card using the Brutus/ Monroe Botanical Sentiment I stamp set and a couple cool techniques you may want to try! Supplies Used Botanical Sentiments I (Brutus/ Monroe) Ebrush (Craftwell) Xyron Mega Runner Spectrum Noir Color Pencils Momento Tuxedo Black Ink (Tsukineko) Sharpie Markers- Aqua, Periwinkle Alcohol Blending Solution Cardstock- White, Black (Bazzill Basics) Gamsol Blending Stumps Hemp Twine Purple Button Dragonfly Charm First, I stamped my hydrangea flower image from the "Bru/Mo" Botanical Sentiments I set multiple times onto smooth white cardstock. I overlapped the images in some areas to make it look like how hydrangeas naturally grow, bundled together like a bush/shrub. With my ebrush and aqua and periwinkle markers, I airbrushed my background color . I'm not sure if those are their actual names... it just what they look like to me. I wish the company would print their names on the markers! Then I colored the hydrangea centers with my Spectrum Noir Color Pencils and blended out the color with gamsol and blending stumps. Sfter I got the desired look to my flowers that I wanted I splashed and splattered Alcohol blending solution onto the background. The alcohol reacts with the markers and gives a splattered bleach effect. Then I stamped my sentiment "You make me happy" onto my card front using more black ink. I used my awesome Xyron Mega Runner to adhere my card front onto a A2 sized card base made from black textured cardstock. I wrapped hemp twine around the top and tied a quadruple looped bow. Topped with a purple button on my bow and hung a dragonfly charm from the bow. Then lastly, wrapped the tail ends of my bows around a pen to make them curl. And here is my finished card!! I just love how this card turned out!! I especially love the bleaching effect I was able to create with the blending solution!! I hope that this inspire you to try the technique for yourself!! No ebrush... no problem!! You can try a similar technique by simply coloring your background with alcohol ink based markers and splashing blending solution over that! Go ahead and give it a whirl!! Be creative and most importantly have fun!! Until next time... HAPPY CRAFTING!! ~Mitsy
Have you seen my other video using this same technique? Check it out right here http://bit.ly/1XOSMLR. You will love this technique. I've listed all suppli...
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Hi All! I have a fun new Simple Strips Stamp Set to share, perfect for all you crafty friends, and a collaborative between Taylored Expressi...
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Hey friends! It's time for another Wednesday edition of the Brutus Monroe Inspiration Team Blog Hop. Yay! This week's theme is 'Mask-erade!' We're all showcasing cards featuring the Brutus Monroe Masking Paper. For my card, I knew I wanted to use the Birthday Memories stamp set. I just couldn't resist these cute critters in their…
Hi friends! Welcome to another blog hop for Brutus Monroe. This week we are focusing on surface inks. If you haven’t had a chance to tr...
