Sunday, September 8, 2019

Brutus Monroe Guest DT Sept String Of Lights Happy Birthday


Hello to my crafty friends! Jeanie Hays here, guest designing this month! Thank you for taking a look at my latest creation using one of my new favorite stamp sets; String Of Lights. Take a look at the Brutus Monroe set online. It comes with 3 different strings of lights and sentiments! You'll get to see more with this set next week.



I wanted to create a background that would allow these lights to stand out. A stripy stencil, some watercolor pencils and watercolor paper did the trick. Taping the stencil down is a must in order create some order. But you could probably get a pretty background without a stencil too. I didn’t intend on scribbling but that is what happened and I kinda like the results. Not adding too much water allowed for some of the pencil marks to remain. Shifting the stencil up, re-taping it, scribbling some yellow pencil and washing quickly over it with water made for a super quick background.


The String Of Lights are stamped twice in Archival ink using a Misti. There is a tiny hint of green in the background so I added some green flat backed pearls to pull that color out. I also added some blue pearls. Don’t they make the most adorable 3d lights?


The black twine is meant to be a continuation of the Sting Of Lights but softened with a bow. I need a birthday card today for a fellow crafter! I grabbed the Happy Birthday Sentiment from the FeatheredFriends kit. The stripes gave it a natural underline creating a perfect place for it to rest until read.


Thanks for stopping by! Leave a comment during my time as a Guest designer for a chance to win a brutus monroe stamp.

3 comments:

  1. How clever of you to make the string of lights work for a birthday Jeanie! Love the background and would never have thought to use water colour pencils with a stencil.

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  2. Congratulations on your guest spot! Just amazing and very creative. Love the background and those lights are fabulous! Great card! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  3. Pretty background for the lights, and I love the dimension from using the pearls! Awesome idea!

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