Technique Tuesday Using Brusho with an embossed shape

Wednesday Wow- Brusho with Beautiful Day

What makes this card stunning and a WOW card?

1. The colors of the Painted with Love Specialty Designer paper.

2. The copper embossed butterfly.

3. The double Celebrate

4. The Brusho used to color the inside of the butterfly.

Here is how I created the butterfly.

1. First, I embossed the butterfly image from the Beautiful Day stamp set found in the Occasions catalog.

2. Then, I used my aqua painter to put water in the inside of the butterfly.  The embossing will help keep the water in place if you do not overdo it. (Voice of experience speaking here.)

3. I then sprinkled the Brusho over the water.  I did not worry about any Brusho that got outside the embossing.  There was not water there and Brusho only works with water.

4. I dried the butterfly, cut it out, and mounted it on my card with some tear and tape adhesive.

 I wonder what a card using the flower image in this stamp set would look like?  Hmm a future project with Brusho.

Tomorrow I will share a card made with Lots of Lavender one of my favorite Sale a Bration stamp sets.


Product List

Beautiful Day Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[145915]

$21.00

Brusho Crystal Colour

[144101]

$30.00

Painted With Love Specialty Designer Series Paper

[145580]

$13.00

Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder

[141636]

$5.00

Stampin' Blends techniques-Beautiful Day

Aren't the colors on this flower stunning.  Can you believe it is the same flower that I used as a sample yesterday.  To create this flower you will need to use 3 colors.  3 you might wonder, how can that be since there are only 2 colors in each collection.

1. First use one of the Night of Navy blends and color in the section of the petal closest to the next petal.  Just color in a small area maybe about 1/4 of an inch.

2. Now take the darker color of the Razzleberry blends.  Color over the navy color and extend the Razzleberry color a 1/4 inch further.

3. Finally, take the lighter Razzleberry blend and color the entire petal.  Remember to just do 3 or 4 petals at a time.

Here is a closeup of the flower.  I hope you can see the gradation of the colors.

I was so surprised to find that the navy color was under all of the Razzleberry ink. I have since tried to use my imagination to increase the shading and use an alternate color.  Have fun playing and using your imagination when using the Stampin Blends.  Don't have any yet?  I will be glad to help.  Just go to the shop link at the top of my blog and check them out.

Tomorrow I will show what the blends look like when used on card stock that is not white.

Stampin'Blends techniques-Beautiful Day

Isn't this flower simple but beautiful.  I used a different technique when coloring using my Stampin' Blends.

1. This time I started with the darkest blend and created an outline around each petal of the flower.  These markers blend best if the ink is wet, so I only worked with about 4 petals at a time.

2. I then took the lightest marker and filled in the entire petal even coloring over the darker color I had already used.  A circular motion seems to work the best.

If I placed yesterday's card and today's next to each other you would be able to see a slight difference in each technique.

Tomorrow I will show you a sample that uses 3 colors to make a stunning blend.  Same flower image a totally different look.