Comfort and Joy Stamp Set with Colorburst

Hi Everybody,

Have you started playing around with your new Brutus Monroe Colorbursts?  I am just in awe watching those little specks turn into beautiful, colorful backgrounds like in the card I made for today's post.

I'm using the stamp set from the Comfort and Joy Holiday Card Kit.  I LOVE THESE STAMPS! They are all large sized and so much fun to stamp and also color.  I colored and fussy cut several of these with Copics because I couldn't decide what I wanted to do so I'll use the Copic colored one for another card. 

I love the contrast between the white embossing powder and the background.  I used every single image stamp in this set! 

I used the MISTI and stamped where I wanted the stamps to go, embossed using the Brutus Monroe Embossing Ink and with Brutus Monroe Alabaster Embossing Powder (white).  I know we all have Versamark Ink from back in the day but I challenge you to try this ink.  As a matter of fact, there is a cube size in the Comfort and Joy Holiday Card Kit so if you are interested in this stamp set, it is a chance to try several other products.  There is also a full size embossing powder in the kit. 

PLEASE NOTE:  This Comfort and Joy Holiday Card Kit is not the same thing as the monthly Inspiration Box. There will be a November Inspiration Box as well. 

I used the Brutus Monroe Colorbursts in Cornflower, Marsala and Rouge.  The paper I'm using here is Bristol Smooth.  I sprinkled the powder randomly on the paper and then spritzed with water until all the little beads of Colorburst were gone and then I used the heat gun on it.  I added a little more powder in the places that I felt needed more, spritzed and used the heat gun on it again.

Finally I added some Brutus Monroe Bottlecap Sequins in Crystal, Cotton Candy and Rose.  These sequins are so pretty.  They are flat and have grooves in them which give them even more shine.  This is my first time using them and I'm very pleased.  Now I want all the colors! I used Brutus Monroe Glue to adhere the sequins.

Did I inspire you to use Colorburst on your Christmas cards?  I do sometimes like to use non-traditional colors on my cards, just for a change. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Regina

Happy Thanksgiving Wine Tag Using Colorburst

Hi Everybody,

I'm on the Brutus Monroe Blog today.  I have not received our new release products for the month from the post office so took some time to play with some of the other products in the Brutus Monroe online store.  You can check out the new releases for October HERE.

I decided to make a wine tag for a large wine bottle.  It is Thanksgiving/Fall themed so you can use this on wine to take as a hostess gift or to Thanksgiving, Christmas for whoever is having dinner at their house or can use on champagne bottle for New Years, just change up the color of the Colorburst and stamp sets.  I think it makes a bottle of wine seem like you put more thought and care into it if you make a tag for it, and you know they will keep the tag forever! Wine will be gone that night!  :)

I used the Brutus Monroe Jumbo Media Tags which are 4" wide by 8" long.  There are smaller tags called Media Tags if you prefer a smaller size for a smaller bottle of wine which are about half the size and come in a variety of colors and a rainbow pack as well. The smaller size works great on cards as well.

I decided to use Colorburst for my tag background.  Brutus Monroe has their own exclusive line of colors that match their ink colors.  How cool is that??  Colorburst is basically a powder that reacts with water.  Sprinkle Colorburst on your paper and spritz with water, simple as that.  Heat set and then do it as many times as you want until you get the effect you want.  You can also wet your paper first and then sprinkle the Colorburst on as well.  Either way, you will get a great result.

I only used Jack O' Lantern (orange) and Zest (yellow) here and look at all of the speckles of color.  After I put about 3 layers on and let it dry, I stamped some of the stamps from Autumn Thanks with Embossing Ink and embossed with Penny Ultra Fine Embossing Powder. I went around the edges of the tag with a sponge dauber using Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

I made something I have not made in years for this tag, a medallion.  I didn't want to stamp directly on the tag because of the Colorburst and embossing going on.  I wanted to somehow separate it. I just used some of a 12"x12" piece of paper from a big box store for the medallion. I stamped one of the leaves from the set with the Embossing Ink and also embossed with the Penny Ultra Fine Embossing Powder and fussy cut it out.

I used another stamp set called Happy Thanksgiving.  It is a 2"x3" set and I only used the sentiment from this one.  I embossed it also with the Penny Embossing Powder and cut the sentiment into strips.  I used the Brutus Monroe Glue to glue the sentiment strips because it held the strips on the medallion pleats. I used Gina K Designs Ivory Heavy Base Weight Cardstock for the leaf and sentiment.  I thought the ivory color would stand out well against the darker medallion color.

I am using beautiful, sheer ribbon with leaves on it that is so pretty and perfect for this I think.  It is easy to work with because it is wired. I got it at a big box store.

Did I inspire you to make a wine tag?  If not a wine tag, you can make a tag and put on a gift, with a gift bag, etc.  Endless possibilities! More ways to use Colorburst coming soon as well....

Be sure to 'Like' the Brutus Monroe Facebook Page and Fan Page to ensure you are in the know on new releases, etc.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Regina

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Dashing Through The Snow

Hi Everybody,

I'm having a lot of fun making Christmas cards and check out this super cute stamp set from Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps called Holiday Hugs.  The images are adorable and I'm loving the font for the sentiments.  

You might not can tell but boy did I use a lot of products on this card!  LOL! 

This was a fun card to make.  I started by embossing some snowflakes with Brutus Monroe Ultra Fine Alabaster Embossing Powder and then using the Cornflower Brutus Monroe Colorburst over them.  The embossing resists the Colorburst which is fun.  I put a couple layers on to make it a little darker.  

Next I used Brutus Monroe Glue on the bottom part and then sprinkled Flower Soft in Polar White all over, tapped off any excess and put it aside to dry.  I used a Darice die called Evergreen Border for the middle part and used Nuvo Gloss White Drops to go around tree branches to give the appearance of snow and put aside to dry.  I used Nuvo White Blizzard Glitter Dots on the Snowflakes, dotting it on the circle parts.  I love these drops because they look like whatever the color is below so these have a blue color to them like the Colorburst sky. 

I used the MISTI stamping tool to stamp the pequin with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored the penguin part with Copic Markers.  Then I stamped him three more times so that I could paper piece the snowboard and his hat.  I used the Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid Rainbow Pad for the purple in the hat and the Christmas Pad for the red in the snowboard. I never paper piece but those paper pads just looked like so much fun.  I used the Nuvo Gloss White to add dimension and shine to the balls on his hat.  I propped him up with foam squares to give him dimension and make him look like he's riding down the hill.  

I used Thermoweb Toner Paper to cut out the Tim Holtz Paper Snowflakes Die and then foiled with Silver Decofoil.  Their foil is so pretty!  

For the sentiment, I stamped on #48 Vellum with Versafine Onyx Black Ink and then Embossed with Brutus Monroe Ultra Fine Icicle Embossing Powder to give it lots of shine.   

Here's a tip for you..... are you listening.... I use Stick It under Vellum and you can't see it.  I used it here.  You can't see it if the sticky part isn't messed up that is.  For instance if you stick your finger in it and some of it rubs away, that's what I mean by 'messed up', then you may be able to see where that is.  Try it and let me know what you think!  In hindsight, I should've rounded the corners of the vellum.  

Finally I used Gina K Designs Red Hot Cardstock for the bottom layer.  I forgot to mention the paper I used for the top and that is Arches 140# Coldpress Watercolor Paper.  This is very thick and can take a lot of water.  I wasn't sure how much spritzing I would be doing on the Colorburst so I chose this paper so it could handle it, and it did. I taped it down with Scor-Tape.

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Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day! 

Regina