distINKtive STAMPING designs : Brusho

Wednesday, 16 May 2018

Alaska Achievers Blog Hop - Share What You Love

Welcome to another blog hop brought to you by achievers of the Alaska Cruise with Stampin' Up! This month we are focusing on the wonderful "Share What You Love" suite that can be purchased ahead of the launch of the new Annual Catalogue. There is so much variety in these bundles, the papers are gorgeous, the stamp sets are versatile and they have been designed to suit crafters on 3 levels:

See the details of each bundle in the links below and make your choice! Of course I had to have it all!

JUST GETTING STARTED - a bundle for the novice stamper

A LITTLE MORE PLEASE - for stampers who already have some supplies

and

GOTTA HAVE IT ALL - for those who want the option to create a huge variety of items.

I've used the LOVELY FLORAL Embossing Folder for my card today. Actually I've made a couple of cards with the folder, using slightly different techniques, but you'll have to come back in a couple of days to see the next one.

The Lovely Floral embossing folder is part of the Gotta Have It All bundle and is a wonderful addition to your collection. I've combined it with emboss resist using gold embossing powder and Brusho water colour crystals. The idea was to create something a little serendipitous and I love the results with the rich colours.

To achieve this effect, I blotted Versamark ink directly onto the inside front of the folder, ran a piece of water colour paper through the Big Shot, then sprinkled gold embossing powder over the surface. This was heated to melt the embossing powder, leaving the raised floral image white. I used water-colour paper for the base, and this added a little more texture.

Next I sprinkled red, blue and yellow Brusho onto select areas, and spritzed the surface with water, dabbing excess water and adding more Brusho powder as needed. This is such a fun artistic way to play with these products.

My completed card:

As I mentioned earlier these bundles allow for a huge variety of projects, so continue to hop along to the next demonstrator for more awesome examples and ideas.

If you would like to purchase any of the bundles prior to the new Annual Catalogue (you get free items in each one) just select the links above and you'll see all the information on each bundle.

If you shop on-line please use the code FX4XN3HR to enter into my monthly give away.

Thanks for visiting

Until Next Time

Happy Crafting

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Product List

Lovely Floral Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[148048]

$16.00

Watercolor Paper

[122959]

$8.75

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$15.00

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109129]

$8.75

Brusho Crystal Colour

[144101]

$52.00

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock

[140490]

$12.25

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

[106577]

$14.00

Real Red A4 Card Stock

[106578]

$14.00

Garden In Bloom Photopolymer Stamp Set

[139433]

$44.00

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

[141897]

$11.50

Stampin' Spritzer

[126185]

$5.00

Stampin' Trimmer

[129722]

$50.00

Paper Snips Scissors

[103579]

$17.00

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]

$10.00

Thursday, 8 February 2018

Techniques To Try - Brusho with Stampin' Up! Magical Mermaid

Here we are again with another great technique for you to try - and lots of great ideas of how to use this fascinating medium.

If you are new to our Blog Hop you will see ideas from Stampin' Up! demonstrators from around the world. We all love to share ideas and different ways to explore all the wonderful techniques that are available via Stampin' Up! If you are starting at my blog - Ann Craig - welcome, and enjoy the other samples and ideas as you hop along.

This month we are using the magical Brusho Water-colour Crystals. The Stampin' Up! offering of Brusho comes in a pack of 5 colours, and you can mix just about any colour from these 5. The colours available in my store are Brilliant Red, Prussian Blue, Gamboge, (orange) Moss Green and Yellow. You will find them on page 26 of the Occasions Catalogue.

I am doing the Glad Wrap Technique with Brusho and because it looks a lot like underwater to me, I've chosen to combine it with the lovely Magical Mermaid stamp set from the Annual Catalogue.

I taped some Shimmery white card to a cutting mat and stamped the mermaid image in Archival Black to give me an idea of where I should aim my colour crystals. Then I liberally washed water over the page (except for the mermaid) and started sprinkling with Prussian Blue Brusho crystals on the lower half of the paper. Next I added some Moss Green and finally plenty of Yellow towards the top and throughout the taped area. Then to create some really interesting texture in your background, simply scrunch up some Cling Wrap and lay it on the card. Leave it for as long as you can to get more definite patterning (at least 30 minutes) but today I left mine for just a few minutes resulting in the patterning being quite subtle.

I stamped the mermaid again on another piece of Shimmery White and coloured her with the fabulous new Alcohol markers - Stampin' Blends, cut her out and adhered her with Fast Fuse. I love the way the background looks like coral and light filtering through the water.

You can see some of the shimmer of the paper against the darker areas of colour. I added a greeting from the Magical Mermaid stamp set and attached it to the card using dimensionals. The ribbon is the Whisper White Organza Ribbon that has been coloured with the Dark Night of Navy Blend. This is a simple and quick way to get ribbon matching your project.

Using the Brusho water colour crystals and colouring with the Stampin' Blends make a great combination as they both have quite intense colour. I can see all sorts of critters, coral, reeds etc in this background and hope that the technique excites you to try something similar.

Thanks for joining me today ... I've added a list of products needed to complete this project.
Please select the next blog on the list below to see more ideas and inspiration using Brusho - it is fun !

Until Next Time
Stay Crafty!