Foiling a Toner Sheet You Printed

January 14, 2019 Daniel West

Charleston Lovely Legs Stamp Set for Colorado Craft Company by Daniel West

Hi there!! Did you know you can foil a toner sheet you printed yourself? Saturday morning I woke up at 4:30AM to play in my crafting workspace and decided to create a shiny gold background for the Charleston Stamp Set from Colorado Craft Company’s Lovely Legs line.

I have made the image downloadable in my shop. (Please navigate there by clicking shop in the menu of this page. I’d give you the link, but I’d like you to try out my new shop link in the menu dillybob [I'm stickler for techie language]. Let me know how easy it was for you to navigate the checkout process. You can skip the billing information area by leaving it blank and clicking continue. Please use code: IAMARTIE to take 100% off the price.)

In order to make the image foilable with DecoArt foils, you will need to print it with a laser printer—an inkjet printer will not work for this. You may take the image to an office supply store to have them print it. Make sure you print in black and at your highest quality setting.

Place your a foil transfer sheet from DecoFoil over the printed image and cover both sides of your project with parchment paper. Run it through a hot laminator. Peel off the foil from the image and you have a beautifully foiled Art Deco background to use with your Charleston Lovely Legs Stamp.

I hope you enjoyed this little tip and freebie. If you would like to purchase the Charleston Lovely Legs Stamp Set, I have included affiliate links below. When you use these links, I will receive a portion of your total purchase at no additional cost to you!

Brutus Monroe Glitter Drops Blog Hop

January 9, 2019 Daniel West

Hey everybody!! Great to have you here with me today! The B|M Inspiration Team’s blog hop this week features the Glitter Drops! So many fantastic projects to ogle over this week, don’t miss a single post!

I made a background with my Silver Glitter Drops and the Stencil of the Month for January. Check out my pics!

These step-by-step instructions will help you recreate the card. Go ahead and make it your own by switching out colors, stamps, and cardstocks!

Trim down a panel of white cardstock to 4.25 x 5.5 inches.
Roll up a piece of masking tape and stick it on the back of the panel and temporarily adhere it to your glass mat.
Tape the January Stencil of the Month over the top of the panel at an angle.
Squeeze a good amount of Silver Glitter Drops onto the panel and spread it thinly over the stencil with a spatula or tool.
Peel up the stencil and put the panel aside to dry for about 15 minutes.
Stamp the panda, speech bubble and sentiment onto to some white cardstock using Raven Detail Ink, masking the heart out of the Panda.
Fussy cut them out and pop them up onto a black belly band about 1.5 inches wide and the entire wide of the card.
Pop up the belly band with some foam tape.
Draw a little heart onto the panda with a pencil and color it in with a red marker.
Adhere the entire panel onto the front of an A2 card base.

Thanks again for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed this card. If you are inspired to use any of these products, please visit my supplies grid below and use my affiliate links to make your purchases! I will receive a small amount of the purchase price at no additional cost to you!

And please continue the hop… the links are below the grid!

JESS

DANIEL (you are here)

Catherine Pooler Designs Stamp of Approval Blog Hop Jan 2019

January 7, 2019 Daniel West

A big hello to all my friends celebrating the Adoring You Stamp of Approval release by blog hopping today. Daniel West here with a few cards to highlight the beauty and versatility of this incredible collection of goodies.

]Catherine Pooler Designs releases a Stamp of Approval collection every quarter. Past Stamp of Approval releases knocked my socks off!! The Adoring You Stamp of Approval box comes chock full of versatile, timeless and well-crafted items valued at over $100. It comes with new stamp sets put together just for this release. You will not find these sold separately for many months.

The Adoring You Stamp of Approval will have you making Valentine’s and love notes all year. All of the stamp sets coordinate to present endless opportunities for fun at your craft desk. I have a few examples to show you below and will have more over the next few days on my Instagram and Facebook accounts (so be sure to follow me there).

Catherine Pooler Designs Adoring You Stamp of Approval Card by Daniel West

For my first example, I used the 6x6 Love Note Background Stamp and the Sweet Home Wreath Stamps. On some Catherine Pooler White Cardstock, I stamped the vine wreath image using Icing on the Cake. On a piece of white cardstock, I stamped the vine wreath image using Icing on the Cake Ink. I stamped over that image with the coordinating leaf wreaths using Flirty Fuchsia Ink and Sweet Sixteen Ink. I really enjoy how Catherine Pooler Inks work together with such ease.

I used a machine to scan and cut out the image of the wreath and the sentiment. I popped them up on foam tape and mounted them on a panel I had stamped with the Love Note stamp using Sweet Sixteen ink. I added foam tape to the back of that panel, as well, and finished off the card with three fuchsia sequins.

For my second card, I felt like leaving wintry colors behind and heading for warmer climates. I went for some Tiki Torch, Samba, Suede Shoes, It's a Boy, Icing on the Cake Inks. I stamped the sentiment, Love You, using Icing on the Cake, in the bottom left of a card base. Then I covered the sentiment with Unicorn Magic embossing powder used a heat tool to melt the powder.

Then on I stamped the two love birds beak to beak using Tiki Torch ink for the background color and Samba for the detail stamp. I stamped the branch with Icing on the Cake, and the leaves with two blues: Suede Shoes and It’s a Boy inks. I ran these images through my Scan n Cut machine and set them aside.

Using an ink blending brush, I blended some Samba Ink onto the birds from the bottom up and around the edges. Then I adhered the birds and leaves onto the branch and popped them all up on foam tape.

If you want to get in on this quarter’s Stamp of Approval, you need to add your name to the waitlist now to get first notice of the sales link, as these collections sell out fast. I have a feeling this one may go even faster.

Please let me know what you think of this month’s release and my cards in particular in the comments section below. Two random winners will be chosen from commenters on the blog hop to receive $25 gift certificates from Catherine Pooler Designs. Be sure to visit Catherine’s blog for more release photos and details about the release pajama party.

I have included a supplies grid below that include affiliate links. If you use my links to make a purchase, I will dance at your wedding and you will never forget that!! Actually, I will receive a small percentage of your purchase total at no additional cost to you.

Thanks for spending some time with me today. Now go shopping and go hopping!! You’ll find the links to the rest of the hop below my supplies grid.

Daniel West (you are here)

Lea Lawson

Miriam Prantner

Ingrid Blackburn

Simon Says Stamp Card Kit January 2019 Quickie

January 4, 2019 Daniel West

Hi there! Thanks for stopping by. Daniel here with a quick card from the Simon Says Stamp Card Kit for January 2019. I unboxed this kit live on my YouTube channel and immediately wanted to make a card. So I did it live and unplanned on my channel. You can watch the video below.

Step-by-Step Instructions:

Cut the white cardstock from the kit in half to form two 8.5 x 5.25 pieces.
Score one of the pieces at 4.25 inches and tape it down to your glass mat with some masking tape at the score line.
Cut a wavy line out of some plain copy paper to make a hills mask for ink blending
Using an ink blending tool (I use the Picket Fence Life Changing Brushes), brush on some Tumbled Glass over your hill stencil about halfway up the front of the card base.
Repeat this step using Salty Ocean Distress Ink about two inches lower.
Stamp the large penguin on to the panel using an acrylic block and Midnight Ink from Catherine Pooler. This ink gives a solid impression on your first pass. I can’t say enough good things about it.
Stamp off the remaining in onto some plain copy paper and cut it out for a mask with some fussy cutting scissors.
Place your mask over your large stamped penguin image and stamp the small penguin image twice - once on each side of the large penguin using the same Midnight Ink.
Add a sentiment from the stamp set using Midnight Ink at the bottom right of the card.
Stamp a three of the tiny plus signs around the sentiment and voila!!! you are finished.

Thank you again for joining me today. I really appreciate it. If you’re feeling inspired by this card and would like to purchase any of the supplies I used, I have created a supplies grid below. By clicking on these links and purchasing through my links, you are keeping Del & Artie alive! :D . I will receive a small percentage of your purchase total at no additional cost to you!

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