One of my favorite products from the Occasions Catalog is the Brusho Crystal Colours on page 26. It comes in a box with 5 containers of Brilliant Red, Gamboge (orange), Moss Green, Prussian Blue and Yellow. They’re not Stampin’ Up! colors but match well with the colors. If you’re wondering what is Brusho? Wonder no more… It’s watercolor ink crystals that when you mix it with water it creates watercolor washes and designs. The secret to this product is water!! There are several ways to use this product.
Check out this video to see it in action. You may have seen it already in an earlier post, but here it is again just in case you didn’t.
Here’s what I did for my card . . .Using the Emboss Resist technique, I embossed the Stylized Birthday sentiment with White Embossing Powder and heat set it with my heating tool. I then brushed water with my Aqua Painter onto the entire Watercolor paper. I sprinkled some of the blue, green and yellow crystals and spread it a little with my Aqua Painter. I also sprinkled a little of the yellow and blue and left it as is to create the dots on the card. Once I was satisfied with the way it looked, I stamped two daisies from the Daisy Delight stamp set and embossed them with White Embossing Powder onto Vellum, punched them out and adhered them with a Stampin’ Dimensional. For the center of the daisy, I added the gold faceted gem – another one of my favorite embellishments. I love the this card and the way it came out!
A Few More Tips When Using Brusho
- make sure to put a mat or something else underneath your cardstock to avoid getting the Brusho on your table.
- Avoid getting any of the Brusho underneath the cardstock or getting very warped when wet, by taping it down before you spritz and sprinkle the colors.
- Keep the container hole plugged when not in use
- Use strong glue on your cardstock (like Fast Fuse, Multipurpose Liquid Glue) when adhering so that it will not lift from your card base.
Try different ways of using this product and have fun creating your one of a kind cards!
Thanks for stopping by. . . till next time. . . Brunie
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