Brutus Monroe, Distress Oxides, Halloween Cards, Hit The Brick background stamp, Kuretake Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens, Pumpkin Faces, Scare Crows, Surface Inks, Tim Holtz

Open If You Dare!

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Happy Halloween!!!   ***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!                                            The Team has had a ball creating spooky Halloween cards and I’m excited to share mine!  The Pumpkin Faces and Scare Crows sets have so many great images that I had to use them both!  To begin, I inked up Hit The Brick background with black embossing ink then stamped it onto a panel of Bristol Smooth card stock.  I sprinkled on not just black embossing powder but Brutus Monroe’s cool Glow In The Dark powder too!  I set it with the heat tool and the Glow In The Dark looks amazing in a dark room!

 

 

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The next think I did was to heavily sponge on several shades of distress oxide ink (Walnut Stain/Gathered Twigs/Carved Pumpkin and Fired Brick) to create my brick wall, then I trimmed the panel down with Stitched Rectangle dies and cut out a doorway!  I inked up a piece of string with Raven Detail ink then made a handle with it and wrote the words on the door with a Sharpie marker.  Setting that aside, I started on my inside images!
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Here’s what the outside looks like in the dark!  I took this photo at 6:30 am in my kitchen!
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To create my inside scene, I stamped out the scarecrow image from Scare Crows set, embossed in brown and then colored with Zig markers.  Look at that cute kitty on the left!  I also stamped out the cornstalk and then two pumpkins from Pumpkin Faces and colored them as well.  After fussy-cutting all the pieces, I attached them to a panel of black card stock on which I’d stamped and embossed more cornstalks with Glow In The Dark powder.
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Oooooo!!!  Spooky!!!  😀
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To construct my card, I adhered the inside panel to the backside of the brick wall panel, then layered that onto a panel of green card stock.  I attached it to a black card base and glued on my cornstalk and two pumpkins to the outside.  This card was a little involved, but so worth the extra effort because I think one of my grandsons will love it!  Especially when Nanna shows him how it glows in the dark!
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I want to thank you all for your support and encouraging comments these past four months while I’ve been a part of the fabulous Brutus Monroe Inspiration Team.  It’s been a real joy and a wonderful experience to be part of a group of such inspiring and creative people!  I’m going to bow out with this card as my last official post for Brutus Monroe although I look forward to guest designing in the future!  Now, let’s see what those amazing people have created for this weeks  blog hop!  You’re sure to be inspired!                                                                                                    MARIE
JESS
HEATHER
BERINA
LAUREN
DANIEL
WALESKA
                                                                                                                            

 

 

66 thoughts on “Open If You Dare!”

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  7. Thanks for sharing your talent. Sorry to see this is your last card but hope to see you once in awhile on BM blog. It’s a great card.

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  8. That scarecrow looked as thou he was surprising you with a hug, until the night time/glow in the dark where he looks like the making of nightmares LOL!! LOVE IT!! I think I need to get some glow in the dark products!!

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  16. Oh this card is scary. I love the details. The background is so realistic and the glow in the dark puts it over the edge! The sentiment is a must have and I like the opening with the background stamped on the inside too.

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  30. Thank you, Jess! I’m freeing up time to work on my craft show preparation but will definitely be back as a guest designer! I’ve so appreciated all your kind comments since you joined the team and look forward to seeing your upcoming creations! 🙂 ❤

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  35. Fantastic card! So very cute! I love how you used the Brick wall as the wall and door too! I also love that your card glows in the dark very cool!!

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  60. Sharon …PHENOMENAL job! All the way around. You went all out. The design, layout, stamps, & GLOW FACTOR!…WOW! My grandkids would LOVE this card.

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