Hello there friends!
I’m back with a video for you today and I am playing with Brusho. Along with that, I do some simple Copic colouring and I have a couple of great tips for you for aligning dies when you have images with long stems! Coordinating dies can be very tricky to line up with stamps that have some wiggle in them and I have a couple of ways to make things easier for you.
For those of you that watched my recent haul video, you will know that I got the beautiful Altenew Wonderland set recently and that is what features in today’s video.
So here is a snapshot of the cards I have created for today’s video.
And here is the video for you, but I have also provided a quick description below of how the cards were created.
The Brusho was added to two watercolor cardstock panels in two different ways. The first was by dropping it onto the panel and spritzing with water and letting the water move the pigment about. The second was to add the water first and then sprinkle the Brusho on top, adding more water if necessary. Both work equally as well. The panels were left to air dry. Whilst drying I stamped the floral images onto Neenah 110 and did some very basic Copic colouring and then cut them with the coordinating dies. These stamps I think are wonderful with any medium but I wanted the contrast of Copics versus Watercolour today.
I adhered the floral images with Studio Katia glue onto the panels and then stamped a sentiment from the Wonderland set to the pink floral card. For the blue floral card, I die cut the word happy from Altenew Script Words 2 twice, adhered them together and then glued that onto the top of the flowers. The “birthday” sentiment is from Altenew Tulip and it was stamped and fussy cut before popping up with foam tape.
I do hope that you found the video useful and it may encourage you to get out your powders for a little bit of messy fun. I believe that Ken Oliver powders are similar but I don’t have those to compare. Give whatever you have a try – it’s fun to watch the reaction of pigment vs water.
Thank you for joining me today. I hope you had a great weekend and I wish you a wonderful week ahead. Happy crafting!
Izzy Scrap says
WOW ! These cards are gorgeous, Lisa ! I’m so happy to see that you took out your Brushos to make those fabulous backgrounds. And those flowers ! So bold and bright. An amazing video and thanks so much for the tips ! I’m so sorry for not coming more often but I do see all your wonderful cards and I’m always amazed by your cards and all your creativity ! Thanks so much for your beautiful inspiration. Hugs xx
Miriam Chessum says
Another fantastic card Lisa. I have not heard of Brusho, but it looks like fun – you know whats going to happen now – I might just have to buy some to try myself. Thanks for sharing and inspiring me to try something new. Miriam xxx
Martine M. says
The cards are beautiful. Many thanks for the trick about die cutting the stems!
Debbie P says
Beautiful cards. Thank you for the great tips.
Darnell Jean Knauss says
I love the vibrancy of these amazing designs, Lisa! That simple Brusho background (thanks for trying it two ways for us!) is beautiful as a backdrop to your gorgeous long-stemmed florals! Hugs, Darnell
Michelle Short says
Beautiful cards, Lisa! Love the use of different mediums. The brusho works so well for the backgrounds and I love those florals. Great video and photos too xx