Southern Serenade and Brusho Watercolor

One final Brusho technique card for you.  I love this look and it was very simple to do.  We started with Watercolor Paper — we sprinkled Brusho Crystal Colors on the Watercolor Paper (red on bottom, orange in middle and yellow on top).  Then we used an Aqua Painter to spread the color with quick swooshing motions.
If it wasn’t as dark as you want, just sprinkle a little more Brusho and blend the color some more.  Let it dry and then we stamped Thank You and the floral image with Memento ink.  Both images are from the Southern Serenade stamp set.

 

Southern Serenade Stamp Set, Brusho Crystal Color, Watercolor Technique, Thank You
Measurements:
Calypso Coral – 5 1/2″ x 7 1/2″ — score at 4 1/4″
Basic Gray – 3″ x 5 1/4″
Peekaboo Peach – 2 7/8″ x 5 1/8″
Watercolor Paper – 2 5/8″ x 4 7/8″

I love how different the card turns out each and every time.  Here is almost everyone’s cards — look at all the variances – some are subtle, some are bright, some have narrow watercolor, others filled the whole page.  I love them all.

Southern Serenade stamp set, Brusho Crystal Colour, Watercolor Technique, Thank You
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Beautiful Day Brusho Painted Butterfly

Today I have another fun Brusho Crystal Colour technique for you.  This I used the bold butterfly image from the Beautiful Day Stamp Set and embossed the butterfly on Watercolor Paper with Whisper White ink and White Embossing Powder.  Next I used three clear blocks and sprinkled Blue Brusho on one block, Yellow Brusho on a second block and Mossy Green Brusho on the third block.  I used an Aqua Painter to add water to the Blue crystals to get a watery paint and painted some of the butterfly wings — clean Aqua Painter when finished so you don’t mix colors.  Then I repeated the same technique with the Mossy Green crystals and colored in more open spaces — clean Aqua Painter again before repeating with the yellow.  The butterfly is bright and vibrant.
Always start with a lighter coat, you can add more color, it’s harder to take color away once you have too much.  I also “painted” a little blue around the body and antennas so they stand out a little.

Beautiful Day Stamp Set, Brusho Painting Technique, Butterfly, Happy Birthday
I added the Crushed Curry bow under the butterfly.  I stamped the Happy Birthday phrases with Memento ink.

Measurements:
Old Olive – 4 1/4″ x 11″ – score at 5 1/2″
Dapper Denim – 4″ x 5 1/2″ — I used the Simple Stripes Embossing Folder on the bottom half
Black – 3″ x 3 3/4″
Watercolor Paper – 2 7/8″ x 3 5/8″  — emboss butterfly
Crushed Curry 3/8″ Stitched Ribbon – 12″ — tie bow in the center
Black – 1 3/8″ x 3 1/8″
Watercolor Paper – 1 1/4″ x 3″ — stamp Happy Birthday with Memento ink

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Bubble Wrap Brusho with Party Panda

Here’s another fun technique we did using the Brusho Crystal Colour.  We used bubble wrap, the stuff you use when mailing packages.  We sprinkled red, yellow and blue Brusho on the bubble wrap, spritzed it all water, then set a piece of Watercolor Paper over the bubble wrap — put scratch paper over it all and rub over it — peel Watercolor Paper off bubble wrap and let dry.  You get a different pattern every time you do this.

Brusho Crystal Colour, Bubble Wrap, Party Panda, Sprinkle & Spritz, Birthday
Then we added another technique — Sprinkle and Spritz.  I cut out a circle of Watercolor Paper using the Layering Circles Framelits we sprinkled just a little of the blue Brusho and then very lightly spritzed it with water to spread the color a little.  This gave a fun background for our Party Panda which was stamped on Whisper White cardstock and cut out with Paper Snips and attach to circle background.  Stamp Happy Birthday on 1/2″ x 2″ piece of Whisper White cardstock — trim banner ends with Paper Snips and attach to panda with dimensionals.

Reminder, the Party Panda stamp set is one of the Sale-a-Bration items you can choose FREE when you place a $50 order from my Online Store.

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