Brutus Monroe – Fall Florals Card

Hi Crafty Friends! I have a moody fall card for you today using some colored pencils and newer stamps from Brutus Monroe!

• Paper
  • Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb card stock – card base
  • Dark Gray Card stock
• Stamps
  • Brutus Monroe – Fall Florals
• Stencil
  • Brutus Monroe – Stencil of the Month Club | Autumn Branches
• Coloring
  • Brutus Monroe Chroma Glaze – Silver
  • Brutus Monroe Embossing Powder – Sterling
  • Caran d’Ache Luminance Pencils
• Jewels
  • Studio Katia – Satin Silver Pearls
• Tools
  • Brutus Monroe – Stamp and Stick mat
  • Brutus Monroe – Clear Embossing Ink
  • Simon Says Stamp – Tape Runner
  • Simon Says Stamp – Foam Squares
  • Gina K Connect Glue
  • Teflon Bone Folder

I started by using the Autumn Branches stencil and some Chroma Glaze – Silver to create a background on a piece of dark gray card stock. I used my Stamp and Stick mat to keep the paper and stencil in place while I swiped the Chroma Glaze over the paper. I set it aside to dry.

I then grabbed the Fall Florals set and a piece of the same card stock. I inked it up using Brutus Monroe – Clear Embossing Ink and sprinkled some Brutus Monroe Embossing Powder – Sterling and then heat set it. I then grabbed my colored pencils and began coloring the images all different colors. when using a dark card stock, I like to start with a light pressured layer of white colored pencil. I then go in lightly with the colors using the light to dark method and then increase my pressure when I am going back to light.

Once I had them all colored, I fussy cut them out. By then my panel was dry so I trimmed it down to a 5.25 x 4 and used a tape runner to adhere it to my card base. I then began layering the images using various layers of foam tape. Once I was happy, I finished the card using some Studio Katia – Satin Silver Pearls. I added a greeting from the stamp set and viola!