Lovely Legs January 2019 Release Charleston

January 3, 2019 Daniel West

Hey there everyone!! I'm so glad you've stopped by today. I'm celebrating with Colorado Craft Company because today they released a new set of Lovely Legs Stamp Sets.

I made a card with the Charleston Stamp Set. It features a flapper and her dance partner doing the Charleston.

1. I used Cardstock Warehouse Dark Grey 100 lb cardstock for the panel.

2. I ran it through a die cutting machine with the HeroArts Star Confetti Die.

3. I stamped the dancers on a piece of Bristol Smooth Cardstock using Gina K Amalgam Ink.

4. I colored in the image with Copic markers.

5. I ran the image through my Brother Scan N Cut machine to cut out the colored in image.

6. I heat embossed a sentiment from the set using Alabaster Embossing Powder from Brutus Monroe on a strip of the Dark Grey cardstock.

7. I blended the edges of the die cut panel with Life Changing Ink Blending Brushes and Black Soot Distress Ink.

8. I popped up the sentiment strip on some foam tape, then added some double thick black foam tape from Brutus Monroe to the dancers.

9. I glued the front panel onto an A2 sized card base I cut from a sheet of 100 lb Sweet Tooth Cardstock from The Cardstock Warehouse.

I hope you enjoyed my card today. If you would like to purchase any of these supplies, I have included a grid below for your convenience. These are affiliate links, so you will be helping me out by using them at no additional cost to you.

Brutus | Monroe Monochrome Blog Hop

January 2, 2019 Daniel West

Hey everybody!! I’m glad you hopped in today to see this week’s Brutus | Monroe Blog Hop. Today we focused on using a monochrome palette and I chose Scarlet Surface Ink as my color.

I made this card live on my YouTube channel, New Year’s Eve, so you can watch the “making of” here.

Step-by-step Instructions:

Cut a sheet of Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110 lb cardstock in half and score at 4 1/4” to make an A2 size card base.
Cut a panel out of the other half to 4 x 5 1/4”.
Cut a piece of craft foam to just fraction smaller than the panel in step # 2.
Ink up the flower portion of the wagon image from the B|M Dragofly Garden stamp set using the Scarlet Surface Ink from the December 2018 Inspiration Box.
Stamp your panel about a third of the way up with the flowers. Stamp again to fill the panel from left to right.
Place some purple crafting tape at the bottom of your stamped image and place another piece of tape about a quarter inch below that one. Run your Scarlet ink cube directly over the gap to create a ribbon going across the panel.
Stamp the dragonfly image with Scarlet ink on scrap piece of cardstock then stamp it again with the 2nd generation ink onto the front of the panel. Repeat this two more times. You will have three lighter hued dragonflies across the front of the panel. This adds some depth to your card design.
Stamp the Smile Sunshine image onto the same scrap paper as the dragonflies using Scarlet ink.
Cut out the dragonflies and banner with fussy cutting scissors or a Scan N Cut machine.
Glue your panel onto the craft foam with some Brutus Monroe All Purpose Craft Glue.
Adhere the foamed panel to your card base with the same glue.
Pop up your banner and 2 of your dragonflies onto the front of the card panel and you are finished.

Thanks again for joining me today. I hope you will hop along with the rest of the team to see what everyone else made using a monochromatic palette!

If any of the supplies I mentioned interest you, I have included a list of them below for your convenience. These links are affiliate links and I receive a small percentage of the price you pay at no additional cost to you. This helps Del & Artie to continue to provide inspiration to you!

DANIEL (you are here)

LUISANA

The Paper Crate Card Making Kit Review

December 28, 2018 Daniel West

This month, Shannon Silverman, from The Paper Crate, asked me to review her December Card Making Kit. I am happy to share my experience with this box with you. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did.

I did not look at The Paper Crate website before opening the box, because I wanted the initial reaction to the contents to come directly from the unboxing. You can can catch my unboxing video here. Or watch it below.

This box came chock full of great supplies that will live on in my crafting stash for a long time. It came with three ink cubes, a full sized bottle of Nuvo Red Berry Crystal Drops, two stamp sets, envelopes, pre-cut and scored card bases, cardstock strips and blocks, card making guides printed in full color, embellishments, a whole book of 6 x 6 pattern paper, 3D foam squares, and a mini welcome kit that included a bone folder, tape runner, acrylic block, and more!!

I just couldn’t believe my eyes! For the price point, this kit has so much stuff. Shannon curated the kit with high quality, well-designed items that delight the eyes and coordinate perfectly.

Detailed, step-by-step Instructions come with the box. For the beginning card maker, this will prove helpful. As an experienced card maker, I found it fun to follow along with one of the instruction sheets. It took me out of my style of card making and helped me experience the craft through someone else’s style. Then, I took the liberty to abandon the instructions and play with the kit my way.

The box includes a photopolymer stamp set by The Paper Rose called Cozy Winter. This set includes little furry friends that I badly needed in my stash. The other set, a clear acrylic stamp set called, Snow Season by Crafter’s Companion, feels very much like silicone. These kinds of stamps require a little less pressure when stamping—just kiss the paper with them. What they trade in firmness, they make up for in design—because the script of the sentiments in this set really impressed me.

Can I just say — NUVO DROPS!! A full bottle of NUVO DROPS!!! That’s all I have to say.

For value, I give this kit a 100%. You cannot get all of these items separately at anywhere near the $30 price of this box. Add to that, the individually packaged card elements cut and ready with card bases and envelopes and detailed instructions and The Paper Crate has a box you should not pass up.

I do not receive a commission for this recommendation. But The Paper Crate has given me a discount code to share with my readers. You can stil get in on the January 4, 2019, box, if you subscribe by December 31. Use my code: DA10 for an additional 10% off the already unbelievably low price.

I have listed all the items I could find in the grid below so you can compare the prices and see the incredible value of this kit. These are affiliate links, with the exception of the kit itself.

Brutus Monroe Thank You Cards Blog Hop

December 26, 2018 Daniel West

Hi there! Welcome to my entry for the Brutus Monroe Thank You Cards Blog hop! I have a stacked die-cut card for you, featuring the Thanks die from Brutus Monroe and some Glitter Glaze.

For this card, i began by grabbing some green cardstock from my stash and cutting out the word <<Thanks>> four times using the die and my Cuddlebug. I stacked them up using B|M All Purpose Craft Glue and covered the top layer with Glossy Accents and set it aside to dry.

I cut a piece of red cardstock with an angled end and glued the stacked die cut Thanks on top of it.

I got out my B|M Chevron stencil and some Fallen Snow Glitter Glaze and smeared some of the glaze on a piece of green cardstock. After it dried, I cut it down to a 4 x 5.25 and popped it up an A2 sized card base with some foam tape. I added the sentiment strip wtih some foam tape, as well

Finally, I finished off the card with some bezeled studs from my stash.

I hope you enjoy my Thank You Card and please hop along with the rest of the Brutus Monroe Inspiration Team. If any of these items interest you, please feel free to use the affiliate links below to purchase them. You will help Del & Artie continue to bring you great content and at no additional cost to you!

Here’s the list of blog hop participants. Please send them some love by visiting their blogs and commenting on their posts!

DANIEL (you are here)

Brutus Monroe Christmas Card Blog Hop

December 19, 2018 Daniel West

Welcome to my post for the Christmas Card blog hop!

For my card today I used the Sketched Holiday Printed Surface Board from Brutus Monroe, Copic Markers, Metallic Aqua Pigments and some Aqua Pigment Paper to make this card stand out.

Brutus Monroe Christmas Card by Daniel West

To begin, I added a few droppers full of Frosted Cranberry and Iced Holly Aqua Pigment Metallics to an sheet of Aqua Pigment paper and smooshed them together with an acrylic block and dried with a heat tool. I added layers of water, then more Frosted Cranberry and Gilded Liquid Element with some Rouge Surface Spray on top, drying after each layer.

I grabbed a sheet of the Sketched Holidays Printed Surface Board and colored in some evergreen and berries with Copic markers. After fussy cutting out the image, I filled in the berries with Red Berry Nuvo Crystal Drops.

I cut my background piece in half and popped it up with foam tape, lining the top and bottom with gold mirror card stock from my stash. I popped up the colored image with foam tape, as well and trimmed off the edged of the greenery that stuck out over the folded edge of the card base.

I added a sentiment to the card from the Stamp of the Month for December, using a strip of black card stock and B|M Alabaster Embossing Powder.

I have included links to the supplies I used for this card below. Affiliate lnks help me keep this blog running and at no additional cost to you! If you use my links to make a purchase, please let me know and send me your address in an e-mail to delandartie@gmail.com. I would love to send you a card in the mail.

Thanks for being with me today and please hop along to see what everyone else on the Brutus Monroe Inspiration Team has created today.

DANIEL (you are here)

My Christmas Wish List

December 15, 2018 Daniel West

Brutus Monroe MASK-arade Blog Hop

December 11, 2018 Daniel West

Welcome to my post for the MASK-arade blog hop! Masking brings your stamping game to a whole new level!!! You can make one dimensional stamp images appear to have depth as well as create scenes you wouldn’t otherwise be able to create without masking.

For my card today I used the Birthday Bear Stamp Set from Brutus Monroe, some regular copy paper for masking and some Copic markers to make this little card sing happy birthday.

Brutus Monroe Birthday Bear Card by Daniel West

To begin, I cut down a panel of Bristol Smooth Card Stock to about 3.75 by 4.5 inches. I placed it in my MISTI and stamped the bear with balloons image using Raven Detail Ink. Then I stamped it again on a piece of regular copy paper and cut out the image of the bear to create a mask. I placed the mask of the image of the bear and carefully placed the stamps of the rabbit and the other bear with a cupcake on either side of the first bear. I inked them up with Raven Detail Ink and stamped them over the top of the mask. When I removed the mask, these two appear to stand behind the first bear.

Brutus Monroe Birthday Bear Stamp Set Masked together by Daniel West

I chose an earth tones palette (E colors) for the bears and rabbit and reds (R colors) for the balloons, gift and cupcake. I drew some horizontal lines and shadows under the little critters and stamped a sentiment from the set: “Got Cake?”. I just love the magic of masking. To finish off the card, I popped up the center panel on some foam tape and backed it with some red card stock from my stash. I adhered this panel to an A2 size card base I cut out of a sheet of Neenah Solar White 110lb card stock.

Layered and popped up panel by Daniel West

I’d love to hear what you think of this card in the comments below.

I have included links to the supplies I used for this card below. Affiliate lnks help me keep this blog running and at no additional cost to you! If you use my links to make a purchase, please let me know and send me your address in an e-mail at delandartie@gmail.com. I will send you a card in the mail.

Thanks for being with me today and please hop along to see what everyone else on the Brutus Monroe Inspiration Team has created today.

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Brutus Monroe Entry No. 5

December 7, 2018 Daniel West

Deck the Halls Turnabout Stamp from Concord & 9th and Brutus Monroe Icicle Embossing Powder by Daniel West

Having a blast with Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge this week featuring Brutus Monroe product. Today I have created a card using the Concord & 9th Deck the Halls Turnabout and Bundle Up Bundle along with Brutus Monroe Icicle Embossing Powder

Brutus Monroe Icicle Embossing Powder on Mint Green Card Stock by Daniel West

To make a stamped image on light colored card stock stand out just a shade darker, I added Brutus Monroe Icicle Embossing Powder to it. This adds a clear and shiny glaze over the top of the stamped image when used together with Brutus Monroe Clear Embossing Ink.

Gold Embossing Powder adds a nice touch with the Pink, Mint and Brown.

Please see my supplies list below to purchase these items and read the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge to play along, as well. You could win $50 to spend at Simon Says Stamp!!! #delandartie #dudescrafttoo #sssmchallenge #brutusmonroe #createyourownending

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Brutus Monroe Entry No. 4

December 6, 2018 Daniel West

Darling Petals Turnabout Bundle and Brutus Monroe Embossing Powders and Vellum by Daniel West

Its a great week when my favorite stamp companies come together for a collaboration!! Simon Says Stamp showcases Brutus Monroe in this week’s Monday Challenge and I have thrown in Concord & 9th and Catherine Pooler Inks to the mix for good measure!

Today I made a card tag using the Concord & 9th Darling Petals Turnabout Bundle. i stamped the turnabout image using Catherine Pooler Inks and Minis. Then I added embossing on some of the petals using B|M Rainbow Sparkle Embossing Powder. This is a clear embossing powder with glittery elements in a rainbow of colors.

Brutus Monroe Color Crush - Cozy Christmas Blog Hop

December 5, 2018 Daniel West

Welcome to my post for the Brutus Monroe Color Crush - Cozy Christmas blog hop! This week our inspired leader, Marie, has challenged us to use a specific color pallette with which to design our masterpieces: Marsala, Rouge, Honeysuckle, Sea and Oz.

After choosing my inks, I took out the November Stencil of the Month and some fresh ink blending sponges and began to ink up a 4.25 x 5.5 inch panel. Starting in the center I blended the Honeysuckle out to the Rouge, then the Marsala in from the outer edges of the panel toward the center.

I lifted the stencil and moved it horizontally about 1/4 of an inch to the right and started the process over. This made for a dreamy, ethereal background of cranberries and pinks.

Brutus Monroe November Stencil of the Month 2018 by Daniel West

I wanted to use a stamp set that I just received last week from Brutus Monroe called Birthday Bears. For this winter scene, I made one of the bears a polar bear and I added a sweater to him with the Sweadda Weadda background stamp and some a Copic marker.

Brutus Monroe Birthday Bears Stamp Set with Sweadda Weadda by Daniel West

I added some snowy hills using parchment paper from my wife’s kitchen stash. I used it instead of vellum, because I did not need to heat emboss it and I wanted thinner more fibrous layers to make up the snowy hills. For this card, I used four sheets, wrapping them around the back of the panel and gluing them down with B|M All-Purpose Craft Glue.

I grabbed the B|M Lower Case Alphabet Dies and cut out the word ‘joy’ from some Tutu Glitter Paper from Concord & 9th. I adhered the letters to the bottom right of the card panel. Then I glued down the bear image to the front of the parchment paper.

I dotted the entire front of the card with a DecoFoil Adhesive Pen and poured some B|M Sparking Snowflake Glitter over the panel. When I shook of the excess glitter, it left behind a beautiful shimmer, especially on the dots of adhesive.

To anchor the bear with the sentiment, I grabbed three snowflakes I had die cut for a previous card using the Wintry Edges Die from Concord & 9th. I glued them between the bear and the sentiment and finished the card by adhering the panel to a Neenah Solar White A4 card base.

NOTE: How exciting to see Simon Says Stamp showcasing Brutus Monroe in this week’s Monday Challenge. So, I also made this card for the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge . You could win $50 to spend at Simon Says Stamp!!! #delandartie #dudescrafttoo #sssmchallenge #brutusmonroe #createyourownending

I hope you enjoyed this card and will continue on the blog hop. I have listed supplies below for your convenience. These are affiliate links. When you purchase something after clicking on my links, I will receive a portion of the purchase at no additional cost to you.

Thank you for stopping by!

And check out the amazing projects my friends on the B|M Inspiration Team created with this Cozy Christmas Color Pallette this week.

HEATHER

DANIEL (you are here)

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Brutus Monroe Entry No. 2

December 4, 2018 Daniel West

Hey everyone!! How exciting to see Simon Says Stamp showcasing Brutus Monroe in this week’s Monday Challenge. I have a ton of B|M products to enter in the challenge, so hold on to your seatbelts!!

Today I made a card tag using the B|M Sketched Holidays Surface Board, B|M - Unity Stamps Collaboration Stamp called Sweadda Weadda, some Copic Markers, Distress Ink and a sentiment from Concord and 9th’s Verry Merry Sentiments Stamp Set!!

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Brutus Monroe Entry

December 3, 2018 Daniel West

Hey everyone!! How exciting to see Simon Says Stamp showcasing Brutus Monroe in this week’s Monday Challenge. I have a ton of B|M products to enter in the challenge, so hold on to your seatbelts!!

Today I made a gift tag for the first time.

I used the B|M Sketched Holidays Surface Board, Marshmallow Fluff Embossing Powder (which is this month’s Embossing Powder of the Month), some Copic Markers and a sentiment and dies from Concord and 9th!!

Brutus Monroe Glitter Glaze Blog Hop

November 28, 2018 Daniel West

Welcome to my post for the Glitter Glaze blog hop! My post will not include BM Glitter Glaze, unfortunately. Let me explain. I ordered the wrong thing from the B|M Store. And when I realized my mistake, it was too late to get the right product. So I improvised by making my own glitter paste mixing equal parts Mod Podge Extreme Glitter and Aleene’s Tacky Glue with some fine blue glitter I had in my stash. I paid $11 for these supplies. A jar of B|M Glitter Glaze costs only $6.99, and comes already formulated, mixed and in a resealable jar!!

For my first attempt at using a (homemade) glitter glaze, I was very pleased with the results.

Glitter Glaze Project for Brutus Monroe by Daniel West

After mixing the glaze, I laid out an A2 panel of Neenah Solar White card stock and taped down the B|M Kaleidoscope Stencil over it. I used a spatula to spread the glaze over the top and then lifted the stencil off. I put the panel aside to dry and in a few hours returned to it.

Brutus Monroe Kaleidoscope Stencil and Glitter Glaze by Daniel West

I took a Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangles die and cut out a smaller portion of the panel. I cut a piece of silver card stock I had in my stash a little larger than the glazed panel. I used a We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper to round the corners of these two panels. Then, I adhered the glazed panel over top of the silver panel with some B|M All-purpose Craft Glue.

Silver Card Stock Panel with Rounded Corners by Daniel WEst

I glued these to the front of an A2 sized card base I made from Neenah Solar White 110lb card stock and rounded the corners of the card base, too. To tie these elements all together, I cut a band of dark blue card stock to one inch and layered it over some parchment paper. Then I stamped and a holiday sentiment from my stash with B|M Embossing Ink on the same colored card stock. I heat embossed it with B|M Alabaster Embossing Powder and my Wagner Heat Tool. I layered it on top of a piece of parchment paper, as well, then adhered it to the front of the panel.

Brutus Monroe Alabaster Embossing Powder by Daniel West

I hope you enjoyed this little project. B|M has this fantastic Berry color available in Glitter Glaze and you still have time to get it before Hanukkah.

What’s your favorite color of Glitter Glaze? Let me know in the comments below.

I have used affiliate links throughout this post. When you use them, I receive a small percentage of your purchase at no additional cost to you. Go get some Glitter Glaze now at Brutus Monroe!

And check out the amazing projects my friends on the B|M Inspiration Team created with Glitter Glaze this week.

DANIEL (you are here)

ASHLEY

WALESKA

Honey I Shrunk the Film Blog Hop

November 20, 2018 Daniel West

Hello everyone and welcome to my part of the Honey I Shrunk the Film Blog Hop featuring Brutus Monroe Premium Shrink Film. Shrink Film debuted in my home this week. Until now, I had never heard of this fantastic and fun product that kids have played with for years.

To make my Shrink Film Embellishment Snowmen, I stamped five snowmen from the B|M Snow Friends Stamp Set onto a sheet of B|M Shrink Film using B|M Raven Detail Ink. I did not color them in until after baking them. I fussy cut them out with a pair of Mini Snips and placed them on a piece of wax paper to bake them. I watched Marie Heiderscheit’s YouTube live where she “baked” hers with a Wagner Heat Tool. I tried that method and the oven method. I have to say that the oven was much easier than the heat tool for me. I just heated my toaster oven to 350º F and turned on the convection function for good measure and they shrunk right down in about 10 seconds.

When they finished shrinking, I let them cool for a moment and colored them in with a Cricut Silver Marker. These markers layed down a very opaque color and covered over the detail of the snowmen. So I took out a Tombow Mono Drawing Pen size 0.1 and redrew the faces and tummy buttons.

Then I used an orange Copic marker to color in the nose and a green one to color in the gift box on each snowman.

For the background, I chose the B|M Snowflake Stencil and did some ink blending with Distress Oxide Inks: Seedless Preserves and Picked Raspberries. I taped down a piece of 110 lb Neenah Classic Crest Card Stock to my Glass Mat by rolling up and flattening a small piece of painter’s tape to the back of the panel. Then I taped down my Snowflake Stencil over the top of the panel and used an Ink Blending Tool to blend the two inks together over the top of the stencil.

I trimmed down this panel to about three inches and glued it to the front of a 4.5 x 5.25 inch Neenah Classic Crest card base. To keep the snowmen from getting lost in the snowy background, I inked up a strip of scrap card stock with Seedless Preserves Distress Oxide Ink and trimmed it down to about a half inch. I grabbed a piece of B|M Heat Resistant Vellum and trimmed it down to just about 3/4 inch to adhere to the back of the inked strip. Then I glued them both down to the stenciled card panel using B|M All-Purpose Craft Glue.

The snowmen fit perfectly in a line going across strip. I glued them down with the B|M All-Purpose Craft Glue, as well. I chose five, an odd number, because, in design, odd numbers of items are more pleasing to the eye. (Thanks Ashley Tucker for teaching me this principle).

To finish off the card, I stamped HAPPY BIRTHDAY on the bottom right using a sentiment from the B|M Sharon’s Script Stamp Set in B|M Rouge Surface Ink.

I hope you enjoyed my card for this blog hop. If you would like to purchase any of these products, I have used affiliate links through this post for your convenience. At no additional cost to you, you can purchase using these links, and I receive a small percentage of your purchase to help me continue to bring amazing content your way.

Also, the list of supplies is available here in a list:

Brutus Monroe Premium Shrink Film

B|M Snow Friends Stamp Set

B|M Snowflake Stencil

B|M Raven Detail Ink

B|M Heat Resistant Vellum

B|M All-Purpose Craft Glue

B|M Sharon’s Script Stamp Set

B|M Rouge Surface Ink

Tim Holtz Mini Snips

Wagner Heat Tool

Cricut Silver Markers

Tombow Mono Drawing Pen

Orange Copic Marker

Green Copic Marker

Distress Oxide Inks

110 lb Neenah Classic Crest Card Stock

Tim Holtz Glass Mat

Ink Blending Tools

This is the end of the blog hop today, but if you started with me, here’s the navigation list. Please visit the rest of our team members’ posts to see their amazing creativity on display using the B|M Shrink Film.

DANIEL (you are here)

Brutus Monroe Shake It Up Blog Hop

November 14, 2018 Daniel West

Welcome to the Shake It Up Blog Hop by the Brutus Monroe Inspiration Team. The theme for this week’s hop has us shakin’ it up!! I have to admit, when I first saw shaker cards, I thought I would never do one. I found them a little novel and at the same time, daunting. But then I made one and became hooked!!! Something about shaking a card with bling behind a tiny window brings a smile to my face. Now I find them fascinating. With the right tools, you can make one in no time!

For my card, today, I chose for the background, the B|M Rose Garden Stamp. I stamped the image on to a piece of Neenah Classic Crest Cardstock using B|M Raven Detail Ink. This ink plays well with alcohol markers or watercolor when dry, so I heat set the ink with my Wagner Heat Tool and began to color it in with six Copic markers: R24, R46, and R69 for the red roses and E08, YR04 and Y15 for the yellow ones.

After coloring in the roses, I took out some rusty orange cardstock I had in my stash and cut out the center of it using my Stitched Rectangle Dies from Lawn Fawn. I trimmed it down to fit the size of the card and cover the colored panel below it. Then I took my background stamp and inked it up with some B|M Clear Embossing Ink and stamped it twice to cover the outer window panel. The window frame was too large for the stamp, so there was a small gap left where the sides of the stamped image meet on the frame. So I grabbed my Ranger Perfect Medium Brush Pen and connected the lines between the two stamped images to fill in the empty space. (Can you tell where the two sides actually meet?)

I adhered a piece of acetate from one of my stamp sets to the back of that window and popped it up on some B|M Foam Tape. For the bling inside the shaker window, I added some fall-colored Flat-Back Pearls from the B|M Autumn Inspiration Box. The Foam Tape raised the window up to just the right height, so that the half pearls would not flip over in the window when shaken. PERFECTION!

Then, I found a piece of vellum in my stash and stamped the same Rose Garden Stamp on it with B|M Clear Embossing Ink. I poured some B|M Alabaster Embossing Powder over the top of it and melted it with my heat tool. Then I trimmed out the image of one of the roses and adhered it to the side of the window frame with some B|M All-Purpose Craft Glue. For the sentiment, I pulled out the B|M Botanical Banners Stamp Set and stamped the I LOVE YOU banner onto some Neenah Classic Crest cardstock using B|M Maple Surface Ink. I fussy cut the banner out and glued it onto the front of the rose embossed vellum.

To finish off the card, I adhered the shaker top to a card base I made from Neenah Classic Crest 110lb cardstock.

I dedicate this card to my precious wife who loves me so well. I LOVE YOU PAULA!

My entry finishes out this blog hop today! Please let me know, in the comments below if you plan on making a shaker card, too! You should definitely consider using Brutus Monroe’s big momma roll of Foam Tape!! Last night, B|M Released Heat-Resistant Vellum, too… better get some before its gone!!!

You can check out the making of this card on my YouTube Channel here! If you landed here outside of the blog hop, here’s the hop list. Please check out all of the B|M Inspiration Team’s shaker cards!!! They are beautiful!!

Supplies List:

B|M Rose Garden Stamp

B|M Raven Detail Ink

Wagner Heat Tool

Stitched Rectangle Dies

B|M Clear Embossing Ink

Ranger Perfect Medium Brush Pen

B|M Foam Tape

Flat-Back Pearls

B|M Inspiration Box

B|M Alabaster Embossing Powder

B|M All-Purpose Craft Glue

B|M Botanical Banners Stamp Set

B|M Maple Surface Ink

B|M Released Heat-Resistant Vellum

Del & Artie on YouTube

Blog Hop List:

DANIEL (you are here)

This big momma roll of foam tape comes in a pizza box to your door!!

Brutus Monroe November Stamp Club Cards Blog Hop

November 7, 2018 Daniel West

Hey everyone!! How exciting to get my hands on my first Monthly Stamp Club stamp from Brutus Monroe. The November stamp celebrates the turkey for very obvious reasons. Our little guy, we’ll call him, Tom, wears a sign that says: Eat Ham! I found him endearing and playful.

I immediately thought of Tom’s pleading taking him on a campaign to save himself and maybe some others at the expense of the hogs on the farm. So I designed some cards showcasing this little turkey’s fight for survival.

Tom’s Campaign in America’s Classrooms

The first card I’ll show you has just one layer!! All the dimension comes from shading. I placed Tom in a classroom with a chalkboard and a pointer. I stamped Tom out on a piece of Bristol Smooth Cardstock using Brutus Monroe Raven Ink. Then I colored the turkey with a very realistic pallette. I used Arteza Real Brush Pens to color him in. I brought out a Tombow fineliner 0.5 mm marker and drew in a bamboo floor. I cut a rectangle out of some thick cardstock and used it to draw a frame around it for the chalkboard, using a gold chalk marker from American Crafts. I colored it in using a black chalk marker from the same company.

After the chalk marker dried, I took out a pig from the Hay Party Animals released by Hero Arts in July. I stamped him on the chalkboard using the Brutus Monroe Alabaster Pigment Ink. I fell in love with this pigment ink. It leaves a very bright and opaque white impression.

I grabbed the silver chalk marker from American Crafts and drew a straight line from Tom to the pig’s ham section (my grandma would call this his BOHUNKUS-hehehehe). Then i cut out a mask for Tom and the chalkboard and stamped a wallpaper pattern on the wall behind them using Brutus Monroe Aubergine Surface Ink. Its a lighter color here because I used second generation stamping for a more subtle look.

Tom’s Whirlwind Tour Poster

For my second card, we find Tom in a more abstract situation. Brutus Monroe produces an amazing set of designs for foiling, together with Thermoweb. Here I feature a Brutus Monroe Toner Sheet AND a Brutus Monroe DecoFoil Sheet! I cut down the large toner sheet into a card sized panel and ran it through my laminator with the foil sheet. I stamped a large splotch of Maple Surface Ink using the You Matter Stamp (which is no longer available) from Concord & 9th.

I stamped Tom’s image out on some Bristol Smooth Cardstock and colored him in with Arteza Real Brush Pens. I fussy cut him out and popped him up on some Foam Tape. I drew the word PLEASE on some vellum using a Ranger Lettering Pen which contains clear sticky ink. I heat embossed it using Brutus Monroe Raven Embossing Powder. I glued a piece of kraft cardstock behind it and popped it up on some foam tape. I cut a strip out of the same cardstock to make his handle. To add a thin border around the panel, I cut a piece of gold kraft cardstock from Tim Holtz and glued them down on a cardbase made from 110 Neenah Classic Crest cardstock using some Brutus Monroe Glue.

Did Tom’s campaign sway you toward a Honey Baked Ham for Thanksgiving? Please let me know in the comments below. Then head over to check out the next post in the hop from Heather

DANIEL (you are here)

HEATHER

Concord & 9th -- The Crafty Turnabout Bundle -- For all your crafty friend cards!

November 2, 2018 Daniel West

Hey everyone! Welcome to Del & Artie’s home online. Today I feature cards made using the Crafty Turnabout Bundle from Concord & 9th. I have enjoyed guest designing for one of my FAVORITE stamp companies the last four weeks. Let’s dive into this week’s offerings.

Stamp of Approval

First, up we have a shaker card. For the background, I stamped the turnabout four times in Brutus Monroe embossing ink and heat embossed it with Alabaster embossing powder. Then I blended some Wilted Violet and Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide Inks on top. I die cut the stamp and tiny heart images out of pink cardstock. Then I inked up the heart and bottom of the stamp with Wilted Violet DIstress Oxide Ink. I stamped the sentiment—You have my stamp of approval—onto some cardstock with embossing ink and heat embossed it with Alabaster Embossing Powder from Brutus Monroe. Then I inked up the square with some Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide Ink and attached them both along the bottom and left of the window.

I added a piece of acetate behind the window using some Brutus Monroe All-purpose Crafting Glue and popped up that panel on some foam tape. I dusted the acetate with some corn starch to prevent the shaker pieces from clinging to it once inside the card. I poured some bling into the center of an A2 card base made from Neenah Classic Crest 110lb cardstock. I adhered the foam taped backed panel over the mound of bling. As a final touch, I stamped the “stamp” sentiment all over the front of the panel with Brutus Monroe Clear Embossing Ink.

You Color My Stamp

For the next card, I stamped the turnabout four times onto a panel using Stampin’ Up’s Eggplant Envy, Versafine Black Onyx ink, and Hickory Smoke and Mustard Seed Distress Oxide inks. I die cut a smaller center panel using the stamp die and stamped a sentiment on it. For this sentiment, I had to do some stamp surgery. I cut the “have” out of the “You have my” sentiment. Then I stamped the words YOU and MY around the world COLOR. I stamped the “STAMP” image below it. There’s a little CONFETTI stamp in the bundle that I used to stamp in some fun dots on this little rectangle panel in Mustard Seed DIstress Oxide Ink.

For the violet ribbon panel, I inked up a piece of white scrap cardstock with the Eggplant Envy ink. I adhered the center stamp panel onto the top of the ribbon panel and popped it all onto an A2 sized card base of Neenah Classic Crest 110lb cardstock with some foam tape to finish it off.

Cut Out To Be Friends

For my last card, I stamped the turnabout stamp twice with some Tangerine and Rich Cocoa Memento Inks. Using the stamp die, I cut out three different colors of cardstock: white, brown and orange. I layered them together and stamped the front of the white one with the sentiment: We were cut out to be friends. The CUT OUT stamp is actually two stamps you can combine together using different colors (so fun). I also stamped the SEW stitched stamp for interest. Using the scissors dies, I cut out a pair of scissors using brown and yellow cardstock. I made a center ribbon stacking orange and brown cardstock together. I adhered the scissors to the center panel, and that to the center ribbon with foam tape. Then I glued it all on top of the turnabout panel. Finally, I glued it all onto an A2 sized card base made using Neenah Classic Crest 110lb cardstock.

What are you going to do with your Turnabout Bundle? I’d love to hear what your plans are or what you think of these creations in the comments below!

Links included in this post are affiliate links. You can use them at no additional cost to you and it helps to keep my blog alive for your enjoyment.

Thanks for stopping by today! I’d love you to visit Concord & 9th now to purchase this bundle.

Owl Always Love a Costume Party

October 31, 2018 Daniel West

Welcome to Del & Artie’s portion of today’s blog hop! This is my first time participating in a blog hop and I’m wicked happy you’ve stopped in to see what I created for you this Halloween!

All week, I’ve been playing with the OWL LOVE YOU stamp set from Brutus Monroe. I wanted to work up to today using the stamp set in a very conventional way each day until Halloween rolled around. You can see the other cards I designed using this stamp set on my Instagram Feed: @delandartie. Here’s one just for reference:

Today, the owls have spared no expense in their costumes, hiring a private makeup artist (Del) to create their disguises for them. On the left, we have a zombie and on the right we have a vampire. Zombies and Vampires make up the bulk of my horror film watching.

To create the zombie owl, I stamped the owl image using my Brutus Monroe Raven Ink pad onto a post-it note. I cut the left eye and a portion of the side of the owl out to make a mask. With the mask on some Bristol Smooth Cardstock, I stamped the image of the owls again and drew in the eye popped out eye and the side of the owl that had not been stamped, using a Copic Fine Liner .5mm pen. Then I drew the cape and fangs onto the other owl to make a vampire.

I took out my Arteza Real Brush Pens and colored in the zombie a with a few shades of green and a bit of brown, as well. For the vampire owl, I used a few shades of gray and made the cape red, with gray for shadowing. I fussy cut out the image and set it aside.

For the background, I took of piece of Bristol Smooth Cardstock, some Hickory Smoke and Black Soot Distress Oxide Inks and blended them together. I made sure to leave a white circle to make it appear that the moon had risen and these two were off to a Halloween Party. After blending in the moonlight, I took my Brutus Monroe Clouds Background Stamp and stamped it using the Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink.

I popped the owls up on to some foam tape for some dimension. I grabbed the Time Holtz Things/Talk stamp set and masked out the ‘hall’ in “Happy Halloween”. Then, I stamped in the word Owl from the Brutus Monroe stamp set and heat embossed it all with Brutus Monroe Alabaster Embossing Powder. I popped up the sentiment on some foam tape and mounted it under the owls.

Thanks for joining in today and for reading this step-by-step guide to making this terrific Halloween card. Please go shopping and use the affiliate links in this post to purchase the items for yourself!!

***GIVEAWAY!*** We wanted to have a little fun with our blog hop this week, and give away ONE $25 GIFT CERTIFICATE to the Brutus Monroe store! Just leave a comment on each blog post along the hop to be entered! Winner will be announced on next Wednesday's blog hop post, November 7th, on the Brutus Monroe blog. Please remember to check back next week to see if you are the winner!

***BONUS ENTRY- Post ANY project you have created in the Brutus Monroe Fan Club group on Facebook with the hashtag, #TrickOrTreatGiveaway! Good luck!

Supplies List:

Owl Love You Stamp Set from Brutus Monroe

Clouds Background Stamp from Brutus Monroe

Brutus Monroe Alabaster White Embossing Powder

Brutus Monroe Raven Ink

Arteza Real Brush Pens 96 ct

Bristol Smooth Cardstock

Ranger Ink Blending Tool from Brutus Monroe

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inks at Scrapbook.com

Blog Hop List:

DANIEL (you are here)

SHARON

WALESKA

Concord & 9th All Season Turnabout Bundle & 2019 Calendar

October 26, 2018 Daniel West

Hello to all you Arties visiting my blog! Welcome! This week for Feature Friday over at Concord & 9th, I want to show you three cards I made using the All Season Turnabout Bundle and Calendar Pages. Supplies appear at the bottom of the page.

Happy Birthday To Me
Growing up in the Ozarks of southern Missouri, every year in mid-November, our schools let out for a week for my birthday… (ahem) …actually, they let out for deer season. I enjoyed a week away from school and took as a birthday vacation.

Concord & 9th’s 2019 Calendar goes perfectly with the All Season Turnabout Bundle—almost like C9 made them to go together. I chose my birth month to highlight a great masculine color combination using the mini turnabout stamp in this set. The inks come from Ranger’s Letter-It program: Cobalt, Coffee, Shadow Grey and Jet Black.

For turnabout stamps, I use the Precision Press Advanced tool from We R Memory Keepers. This took has an acrylic plate makes four turns exactly and has a preprinted grid, making it easy to line up the turnabout stamp in the center of the plate.

After stamping the turnabout onto a piece of Neenah Classic Crest 110lb cardstock, I die cut the stamped image out with the circle die included in the bundle. I used the banner die and cut the center out of the circle. On a piece of scrap cardstock, I stamped November with Jet Black ink and glued the circle onto it with the word showing clearly through the die cut in the center of the circle. Then I inked up some cardstock strips with the Ranger Letter-it Cobalt and Coffee Inks and adhered them to the calendar panel on both sides of the white strip.

I stamped a heart in the Shadow Grey ink right over my birthday — November 15 — hint hint. (I love receiving handmade cards from you all— you can send them to 89 Stansbury St, Providence, RI 02908).

In the photo, you can also see that I used the Easel Die to display this calendar panel. Let me know what you think about this card and if you’re planning on sending me a birthday card—I’d love to keep an eye out for it.

I listed supplies for all of these cards below.

A Valentine for All Seasons
I know that Valentine’s Day comes along in four months, but the All Season Turnabout Bundle includes a tiny heart stamp AND a month of February comes in the calendar, so don’t blame me. I used the small stamps that accompany the turnabout bundle and made my out turnabout wreath with them. I stamped them using Distress Oxide Inks: Worn Lipstick, Cracked Pistacchio, and Evergreen Bough. I cut out the wreath using the circle die. I stamped the banner outline stamp in Evergreen Bough Distress Oxide Ink and the word February in the center of it. Then I used the banner die to cut it out and adhered it to the center of the wreath.

I finished off this calendar panel by stamping the 14th with the heart stamp in Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide Ink.

Hello!

For my last card today, I wanted to highlight the ‘hello’ sentiment in the set. Its a handwritten script stamp and fits nicely into the center of the turnabout circle. I stamped the ‘hello’ sentiment onto a piece of cardstock using Brutus Monroe Embossing Ink and I heat embossed it using the Brutus Monroe Penny embossing powder. That penny colored embossing pairs well with the Ranger Letter-It Ink combo I used for the turnabout center: Olive, Rose Madder, French Ultramarine and Plum. On the panel, I stamped the turnabout all over the front in Brutus Monroe Embossing Ink to make a matching watermark in the background.

Thank you for stopping by today and if you’d like to purchase this stamp and die bundle from Concord & 9th or any of the supplies I used for this project, please click on the links below. Big hugs to all of you!

If you want to purchase supplies to make these cards yourself, please use these affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.

Concord & 9th Full October 2018 Release (from Concord & 9th)

Distress Oxide Inks (from Amazon)

Brutus Monroe Embossing Ink (brutusmonroe)

Brutus Monroe Penny Embossing Powder (brutusmonroe)

Ranger Letter It Ink 4-pack Set 1 (scrapbook)

Ranger Letter It Ink 4-pack Set 2

Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb card stock (from Amazon)

Tonic Studios Tim Holtz Glass Mat (from Scrapbook)

Tonic Studios Tim Holtz Mini Trimmer (from Scrapbook)

Precision Advance Press by We R Memory Keepers (from Scrapbook)

Janet's Revenge -- Pretty Mean Collection with Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Card Kit

October 20, 2018 Daniel West

The saga continues!! Janet, enfuriated but calculating in our last episode, lured her brother back to the ice and then to the slopes for some sledding on Mt Washington in New Hampshire. It only took a moment of carelessness on Jesse’s part to find himself wrapped in a bungee cord Janet found in her father’s trunk. She dragged him through the snow to a sled she had waiting at the top of the slope, tied the cord to her ride and pushed off down the mountain.

Jesse could only think of how he should have never fallen for Janet’s kindness so soon after having pushed her into the ice. In his panic he raised his hand to his ear to call Mom and Dad to the rescue, only remembering to his horror, they had just grounded him from his phone that week. He found himself alone, with his vengeful sister, his yells equaled in strength by her gleeful and maddening song: FA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA!!!

Thanks to everyone who hung out with me on YouTube last night. You all rock!! If you didn’t get a chance to see the live making of this epic revenge card, please take a moment to play it on 2x the speed (like I do). I have added the video below for your convenience. Please do not forget to subscribe and give the video a thumbs-up if you like it. I don’t mind thumbs-down either, just comment either way!!

A giveaway of this kit will take place on my Instagram feed, here on my blog and on my YouTube Channel this week. Keep your eyes open for the details. You can get a head start by commenting on this blog post. (hint hint).