Brutus/Monroe- You make me happy

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

Sneak Peak with Pink and Main

Supplies Used

Florals Stamp Set ( Pink and Main, August Release)

eBrush (Craftwell)

Paper (DCWV-  Project Stack Stencils)

Mega Runner (Xyron)

Edgeabilities- Classic Petal (Spellbinders)

Spectrum Noir Markers- LG2, LG3, LG4, GB6

Gold Embossing Powder (Hero Arts)

Paper Hydrangeas (Prima Marketing)

Paper Roses (unknown brand)

Stamens (Wilton)

VersaMark Ink Pad

Heat tool

Heart shaped brads

Diamond Glaze (Judikins)

I started by ebrushing one side of my paper with my Spectrum Noir Markers in LG2, LG3, and LG4. Then I used my stem/ leaves  and my sentiment from my Pink and Main Floral set and stamped it onto my paper using my VersaMark ink pad. I dusted it with gold embossing powder and heat embossed it with my heat gun.

I ran my piece through my die cut machine with my border from the Classic Petal set to make the decorative edge.

I took the remaining cut off piece and ebrushed the decorative edged side only, again in LG2, LG3, and LG4 and set aside.

I gessoed some paper roses and then ebrushed them with more LG2 and LG3. I adhered all my flowers onto my cardstock using liquid adhesive but before it set I stamens under my flowers.

Once my adhesive was dry I used my Xyron Mega Runner to adhere my decorative strips together. giving about a one inch gap between the decorative edges. I adhered it to my A2 sized card base I made using papers from DCWV's stencil stack. Can you believe even the craft cardstock was in this awesome stack!!

And here is my finished card!! 

Hope you enjoyed this super quick tutorial!

See you all next time!!

Happy Crafting!!

~Mitsy

hydrangea wall decor

I made this a couple weeks ago... just playing with my dies and ebrush. I love how it turned out!

Supplies used:

Sizzix Big Shot

Sizzix Hydrangea and Bucket dies (both retired)

Anna Griffin - Flourish Emblem

Ebrush

Sharpies ( purple, pink, lt. green, dk. green, orange, & brown)

heart shaped brads

stemmed ladybugs

patterned paper

frame