More Brusho Watercolor Crystals with the Butterfly Beauty Thinlits

Good Morning and Happy Thursday! It's early morning here in CNY, we're beginning to warm up a bit since the last time we "talked". And yes, my voice is beginning to improve. Still a bit raspy but I'm able get the words out. Forward progress right?

Anyhoo, I have another card using Brusho today. I've had fun this week playing with it. In this card, I used the "smooshing" technique where I sprinkled the color crystals onto my craft mat then spritzed them with water creating little puddles of color. I then took my Shimmery White cardstock and "smooshed" it into the ink. Once I was happy with the coverage, I used my heat tool to dry the ink so that I could adhere it to the front of my Night of Navy card base.

I then ran a piece of the Sale-a-bration Grapefruit Grove through the Big Shot with the Butterfly thinlit and a piece of Night of Navy with the other. I then layered the 2 butterfly pieces together using a little Snail adhesive then adhered them to the card front. This really was a quick and simple card to make and I truly enjoyed playing with my Brusho.

Until next time, stay warm and have a great day,
Happy Stamping,

Product List

Butterfly Beauty Thinlits Dies

[148536]

$39.00

Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100867]

$8.50

Grapefruit Grove & Lovely Lipstick Foil Sheets

[149712]

$0.00

Shimmery White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[101910]

$9.00

Brusho Crystal Colour

[144101]

$30.00

Stampin' Spritzer

[126185]

$3.00

Heat Tool

[129053]

$30.00

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]

$7.00

Humming Along with Brusho Watercolor Crystals

Hello and Happy Tuesday! Holy FRIGID Tuesday too! It seems here in the Northeast we have plunged into an arctic blast! We got clobbered with a bit of snow, well, ok, a lot of snow over the weekend and now arctic air has taken over with wind chills of -25 and less. Makes me very grateful to have a warm fire to sit by as I write this, especially since I have a nice case of laryngitis to go along with a nice chest cold. Although, I think hubby may be enjoying my laryngitis a little too much? 

Anyhoo, I have a fun card to share with you. It features a the gorgeous Sale-a-bration paper, Grapefruit Grove Foil sheets and some awesome Brusho Watercolor Crystals. 

These foil sheets are amazing on their own, however, run through an embossing folder really makes them pop. Here I used the brand new Lace embossing folder found in the 2019 Occasions catalog. It's attached to a Thick Whisper White card base after I wrapped it with the Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon. I then layered a Whisper White oval cut with the Stitched Shapes dies onto a scalloped oval cut from Grapefruit Grove cardstock using the Layering Ovals Collection. For the flower and the Humming Bird, I stamped these images onto Shimmery White cardstock using Stazon Jet Black ink. I then colored in the flower with Brusho Watercolor Crystals using my Aquapainter. I diluted the color first and then painted in the flower. For the Humming Bird, I saturated the image with water from my Aquapainter, then sprinkled the color on, I then used my mister to move the color around a bit. I then dried both images with my heat tool and die cut them out using the coordinating die set. Both images were popped up using Stampin' Dimensionals and I was very generous with those Dimensionals to ensure the images didn't have any areas that would sag or "flop". Brusho Watercolor Crystals are a lot of fun to work with. There are so many ways to use them. Just pull them out and start playing with them and have fun!

Happy Stamping,

Product List

Humming Along Cling Bundle

[150621]

$42.25

Humming Along Cling Stamp Set

[148758]

$20.00

Hummingbird Framelits Dies

[148538]

$27.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[140272]

$7.75

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

$9.75

Shimmery White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[101910]

$9.00

Grapefruit Grove 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146972]

$8.50

Grapefruit Grove & Lovely Lipstick Foil Sheets

[149712]

$0.00

Lace Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[148530]

$10.00

Jet Black Stazon Ink Pad

[101406]

$9.00

Stazon Cleaner

[109196]

$5.00

Brusho Crystal Colour

[144101]

$30.00

Aqua Painters

[103954]

$17.00

Stampin' Spritzer

[126185]

$3.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Whisper White 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon

[146912]

$7.50

Pleasant Pheasants with Brusho Watercolor Crystals

Hello and Happy Tuesday! Well, today I have a card to share with you that I made with the brand new Pleasant Pheasants stamp set, which happens to be my product pick for this week, and I decided to pull out my Brusho Watercolor Crystals to see what I could come up with, and to put this card over the top, I decided to use alcohol mixed with the Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint also found in the Holiday Catalog to activate the crystals, and here are the results!

To create this card, I started with a standard card base from Early Espresso, 8.5" x 5.5" scored and folded at 4.25". I also had a layer of Pumpkin Pie that measured 3.25" x 4.25" and a piece of Watercolor Paper that measured 3" x 4". I stamped my images in Stazon ink and then applied the crystals. I did the Yellow along the top, the Gamboge along the middle section and the Moss Green along the bottom. Using a Stampin' Spritzer, I added rubbing alcohol and about 2 large drops of the Champagne Mist Shimmer paint and spritzed the crystals. I did go back and add a few more crystals of each color and spritzed again and used a tissue to help move the color. The results, gorgeous! The photo doesn't do it any justice because I wasn't able to capture the sparkle, but it looked like diamond dust was added to the card front. It was Wink of Stella X 10 kind of sparkle. I then dried the piece using my heat tool and adhered it to the Pumpkin Pie panel with Snail adhesive. I did go a bit heavy on the Snail because the watercolor paper did warp a bit. I then wrapped some Linen Thread around the card base front twice and tied it into a bow. I then popped the image piece up on Stampin' Dimensionals to add it to the card front.  It really was a quick and easy card to make and I hope you give it a try too. Don't be afraid to use your Brusho Watercolor Crystals. They really are a lot of fun to use, every card will come out a little different, as the colors move differently each time, they also react a little different with alcohol compared to with water (with water they are much more reactive)

Well, I hope you enjoyed today's card, if you would like to watch me make this, be sure to stop by my FB business page where I did this card during a FB Live session.

In the meantime, Happy Stamping,

Product List

Pleasant Phesants Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[147687]

$28.00

Pleasant Phesants Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[147684]

$20.00

Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[119686]

$8.50

Pumpkin Pie 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[105117]

$8.50

Watercolor Paper

[122959]

$5.00

Jet Black Stazon Ink Pad

[101406]

$9.00

Brusho Crystal Colour

[144101]

$30.00

Stampin' Spritzer

[126185]

$3.00

Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint

[147044]

$8.00

Linen Thread

[104199]

$4.50