hello my friend

Hey everybody, happy Friday! I hope you’ve had a great week. I’m delighted to share a Brutus Monroe DT inspiration project today featuring the amazing New Day stamps and dies which I paired with a floral print in our Plaid Petals paper collection, an off-white paper in the Flower Power paper collection, our Rouge cardstock and a few Light Pink flat back crystals. I totally love how this turned out using these beautifully coordinating products. And this twisted gate fold is such a show-stopper and is easy to make! I’m totally convinced any friend would be happy to receive this card!

Cut the card base from Rouge cardstock at 7-1/2″ x 4-1/4″, scored at 2-1/2″ and 5″. This panel now is divided into three sections. Score the left and right sections from the upper left corner diagonally down to the bottom right corner, leaving the middle section alone. Mountain fold the two diagonal score lines and valley fold the two straight score lines, using a bone folder to burnish the creases.

Cut two panels of either patterned or plain paper at 2-1/4″ x 3-7/8″ and decide which piece you want for the ‘upper’ and ‘lower’ flaps. For the upper flaps (the floral print from our Plaid Petals paper pack on my project), cut the panel diagonally from the upper left corner down to the lower right corner. For the lower flaps (the off-white paper from our Flower Power paper pack on my project), cut the upper right corner down to the lower left corner. Adhere the panels to the flaps.

Using the stamps in the New Day stamps, stencil and dies bundle, stamp the circle frame and a sentiment from our New Day stamp set in pink inks on the off-white paper. Cut the stamped circle frame with the coordinating die, and either die cut or punch the sentiment in a circle. Next, die cut or punch a slightly larger circle from the Rouge cardstock, layer the circles together and adhere them on top of the stamped circle frame popped up on thin 3D foam squares. Adhere the sentiment piece to the card front, applying adhesive only to half of it so the card opens and closes properly. Add a few light pink crystals, which will complete the card front.

Cut an inside panel from the off-white paper at 2-1/4″ x 4″, embellish it with a leftover strip of the floral paper, and stamp an inside sentiment (also from the New Day stamps, stencil and dies bundle). That’s it… I told you it was easy! I’d love to know if you make one! ;)

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Brutus Monroe products used:
BRU 8479 New Day Stamps, Stencil & Dies Bundle
BRU 1322 Plaid Petals 6×6 Paper Collection
BRU 1789 Flower Power 6×6 Paper Collection
BRU 6533 Rouge Cardstock
BRU 7907 Light Pink Flat Back Crystals

Other products used:
INK: Catherine Pooler It’s A Girl and Party Dress inks
DIES/PUNCHES: Love From Lizi Stitched Circle Nested Cutting Dies
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, Scrapbook Adhesives Thin 3D Foam Squares

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this project and you’re inspired to get your craft on! Be sure to check out all the amazing stamps and dies, pigments and mists, cardstock and tools (just to name a few) at Brutus Monroe! And if you happen to have a sweet tooth and like to munch while you craft (like I do, lol), check out Scoozie’s Confections & Curiosities! OMG, I’m hooked! ;) Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube for tons of crafty inspiration! And come on over and join our Fan Club Facebook Group to share your crafty makes using our products! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time!

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hello my friend

Hey everybody, happy Wednesday! Can you believe we’re already to the middle of January?! I hope it’s not too cold where you are – it’ll be a minute before Spring arrives! I’m up on the Scrapbook Pal blog today sharing a tutorial for making a clean and simple friendship card featuring the Hero Arts Floral Rainbow and Clouds Clear Stamps & Dies. I totally love color. I am all about rainbows and pretty rainbow colors, and the brighter the colors are, the better I love them! So you can imagine how much I enjoyed using these products. Hero Arts never disappoints!

I started by stamping the focal image from the Hero Arts Floral Rainbow and Clouds Clear Stamps on Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I colored it with a variety of Copic Ciao alcohol markers and then cut it with the coordinating die. Next, I cut the card base from Neenah Classic Linen 100# Solar White cardstock along with a layering panel which I cut with a Pinkfresh Studio Postage Edge Nested Rectangle die. I cut a slightly larger panel from CutCardStock Wild Salmon which I adhered beneath the postage edge panel and then adhered the panel to the card front on foam strips. I adhered the focal image along with sentiments (from the same stamp set) to the layered panel with foam squares. The finishing touch was adding a few iridescent gemstones.

I cut the inside panel from Solar White cardstock, stamped the sentiment and flower in black ink, and layered the panel on the salmon cardstock.

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Scrapbook Pal products used:
Hero Arts Floral Rainbow and Clouds Clear Stamps & Dies
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Mini MISTI
Copic Ciao B18 Lapis Lauzuli
Copic Ciao BG23 Coral Sea
Copic Ciao G05 Emerald Green
Copic Ciao G94 Grayish Olive
Copic Ciao R14 Light Rouge
Copic Ciao R29 Lipstick Red
Copic Ciao Y08 Acid Yellow
Copic Ciao YR23 Yellow Ochre
Copic Ciao YR68 Orange
Copic Ciao V09 Violet
Copic Ciao V15 Mallow
Pinkfresh Studio Postage Edge Nested Dies
My Sweet Petunia Glue Press
Bearly Art precision craft glue
Scrapbook Adhesives Thin 3D Foam Squares White
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape 54 ft

Other products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: Neenah Classic Linen 100# Solar White cardstock, Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock, CutCardStock Wild Salmon cardstock
INK: Sakura Clear Star Gelly Roll pen
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, Big Shot, iridescent gemstones

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project and you’re inspired to get your craft on! Be sure to check out the awesome array of craft supplies in the Scrapbook Pal store… the selection is amazing! And head over to the Scrapbook Pal FacebookPinterest and Instagram pages for more design team inspiration! And if you haven’t yet subscribed to our YouTube Channel, be sure to do that, too, for tons of hands-on crafty inspiration! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! 

Scrappy hugs,

hello my friend

Hi everyone! The weekends sure do fly by – I hope you had a good one! This month’s ATC Challenge is live over at Happy Little Stampers and I’m excited to share my DT inspiration project with you today! The theme for our May ATC Challenge is Hello and we’d love to see what you create for our challenge this month!

I created a coin this month, using a Fiskars 2-1/2″ round punch and two layers of thick Whisper White cardstock to create the coin base. I adhered two pieces of pretty coordinating patterned paper together and punched a circle to create the background.

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I used my favorite ‘hello’ die and cut two thick cardstock layers (which I adhered together) along with one layer from a third piece of the coordinating patterned papers that I adhered on top.

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I stamped the sentiment across the bottom in black ink and embossed it in clear embossing powder, and then adhered the layered die cut at an angle just above it. I added some gold sequins to complete the coin. Love, love, love!

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Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Stampin’ Up thick Very Vanilla cardstock, Stampin’ Up Moonlight DSP stack
Stamps: Stampin’ Up Hello stamp set
Ink: Versamark
Dies/Punches: Mama Elephant hello script die
Accessories:  Fiskars 2-1/2″ circle punch, Tim Holtz stamp platform, Sweet Stamps black embossing powder, Pretty Pink Posh Sunshine Glow sequins

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and will link up an ATC with us this month! We’d love to see what you create – either a card or a coin! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig