Brutus Monroe Hot Air Balloon Blog Hop

Happy Wednesday Everyone!

Today is our third blog hop for the new release at Brutus Monroe! Today we are spotlighting the Hot Air Balloon stamp set and today I made a slider card!

I began my card today by stamping my hot air balloon with Raven Detail Ink on Neenah 80# cardstock. I colored it with Copic markers and used my Brother Scan n Cut to cut it out. 

For the background I used Strathmore Bristol Smooth cardstock, a cloud stencil, and Brutus Monroe Speckled Egg Surface Ink to create my sky.

To create the slider, I used a slider die I had in my stash and positioned it diagonally across the card to have the balloon move up and down. After cutting the slider piece out, remember to save that piece to add to your card base so it has the same pattern underneath. 

Here's how it looks when adding the piece back in, using your background to position it correctly.

To make the balloon move, I needed slider mechanisms. Here I have two circle die cut pieces cut from cardstock the size of a penny and a plastic spacer that goes between the two circles.

Here's how that will look. Glue the plastic spacer to one circle die cut and place in the slider channel. Add dimensional foam tape to the back of your background piece like in the picture. Move your slider piece around to make sure it has room to slide without hitting the foam tape. Then glue the other circle to the spacer, remove the backing paper and position the background piece evenly into place on your card base, and then adhere your hot air balloon. Your hot air balloon should be sliding up and down freely! So fun!

I completed my card by adding my sentiment and Bottle cap sequins.

Copic colors used:

Pig-E50, E51, E11, E23 Cheeks-R11

Basket- YR24, YR27, E99, E18

All of the supplies for today's card will be listed below.

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Thanks so much for stopping by today,

Lori

What's Up Dog?

Hello Everyone and Happy Tuesday!

Today I'm sharing a card from the Hot Air Balloon stamp set. I just couldn't resist the sentiment What's Up Dog? and had to use it along with the cute dog and hippo. 

I started my card by stamping the images on Neenah 80# cardstock and colored them with Copic markers. After coloring I cut them out with my Brother Scan n Cut using the direct cut feature which cut the images out on the black line. Then I traced around my images with a black marker to give it a finished look. 

Next I used some Strathmore Bristol Smooth cardstock to create my sky background. I used Brutus Monroe surface inks and began with Rock Candy, then Apricot, and Cabbage. I went over the colors a couple of times to blend the colors nicely together. 

Next I trimmed down my background with a rectangle die and adhered it to my card base. I also used a left over frame from a previous project and adhered that around my background using Brutus Monroe craft glue.

I popped my dog and hippo up on foam dimensionals and glued the rest of my images and sentiment flat to my card. 

 To finish my card I added Wink of Stella, Stickles, and Ballerina Bottle Cap sequins around my card.

That's my card for today, I love the way this came out and I hope you did too!

Ink blending with Brutus Monroe Surface Inks is easy, pretty, and permanent! Give it a try!

Copics Used:

Dog: spots and ears- C5,C7, C9  Face- C1, C3,0  Tongue: R11, R32

Hippo: W0, W1, W2, W4,  Ears and Tongue- R11, R32

Baskets-YR24, YR27, E99, E18

Small Balloon- BG0000, B01

Thanks for stopping by today,

Lori

Below is a list of products used in today's post:

Love Is In the Air

Hello Everyone!

Today I've created a love themed card using the new Cloud Background stamp and the Hot Air Balloon Stamp Of The Month from Brutus Monroe! I thought they went so well together! 

I first inked up the new Cloud background stamp with Brutus Monroe embossing ink and sprinkled Brutus Monroe Alabaster embossing powder all over the inked area and then heat set it. I used Ranger distress inks for an ink resist technique in two shades of light blues. 

Next, I placed the Hot Air Balloon stamp with the hearts that come with the stamp set into my Misti tool and put my cardstock in place. I inked the balloon and the hearts with Brutus Monroe Rouge Surface Ink and stamped my card. I left the stamp in place in my Misti, by it being in the same place, I then inked the rope and the basket in Brutus Monroe Machiatto Surface Ink so they would be brown and stamped my card again, I now have two colors on my hot air balloon.

I then trimmed my cloud background down to 5.5 inches and placed it on a piece of red cardstock slightly larger and adhered those to a 6 x 6 top folding card base. I popped my hot air balloon up on foam adhesive and glued my hearts down with Brutus Monroe Craft glue.

To finish my card I added Acrylic Bubbles and glossy accents around my card!

I hope you enjoyed!

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Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Lori

Below is a list of supplies used for today's card.

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