Be Brave and Bloom Card with Suzi

Good Day All, It's my pleasure to share my latest creation with you all today; I've created a fun card for you all today showcasing Brusho Crystal Colour Powders, Acrylic Wax and Wax Sticks.

Our theme this month is 'Spring or Easter' and I'm celebrating Spring with my project today.  I've used some lovely stamps from Crafty Roo Designs to help create my Spring time scene;

Here's how I created my project;

Firstly I started off by creating my background papers.  I took a sheet of paper and sprinkled on Turquoise Brusho Crystal Colour Powder and sprayed with water, I dabbed off the excess water and left it to dry.  For my second paper I used a Grass Texture Plate along with the Wax Sticks placing my paper over the texture plate and rubbing over with the Wax Stick; I then sprinkled on some Lime Green Brusho Crystal Colour Powder.  Once that was dry I mixed up some Turquoise Brusho Crystal Colour Powder with water and dabbed my paper into it to add a sky at the top.

I trimmed the Turquoise paper down to fit my card blank ( an A4 sheet of white card folded in half) and tore the Green and Turquoise paper on both sides before adhering to the Turquoise paper.

It was then time to start creating my focal point. For this I used the Bulb Stamp and Beauty always Blooms insert stamp from Crafty Roo Designs.  I stamped these onto white card, I stamped two, so I would have a choice once coloured.  I painted the flowers with Brusho Crystal Colours and once dry added a layer of Acrylic Wax over the flowers and a few areas I wanted highlights to show on my bulbs.

 

I then took Turquoise and Lime Green Brusho Crystal Colours and sprinkled them over the Bulbs and activated with water.

I left these to dry and then added a little Pearl SprinkleIT powder to the Blubs.

At this point I decided to add some more stamping to my background papers, using the Be Brave Enough to Bloom stamp set from Crafty Roo Designs

To colour the flowers on the background paper I mixed Orange and Crimson Brusho Crystal Colour Powders with some of the Acrylic Wax to create a paint.  I used Acrylic Wax rather than water as I would be going over areas of Wax and Brusho Crystal Colour Powders already on the paper.  The Wax on the paper would resist the colours I was adding and my flowers would be patchy, by using the Acrylic Wax there is no resistance so I get full coloured flowers. I used a Bamboo Pen to add my coloured Wax to my project.

I added layer of the coloured wax over the flowers on my bulb to strengthen the colours. At this point I decide I wanted to add some green to the stems and leaves, so I mixed up some Leaf Green Brusho Crystal Powder with the Acrylic Wax.

Here's the finished Bulb;

To finish my background I added some dots of the Orange and Crimson Wax into the background to represent flowers in the background.  I added some Leaf Green Wax to the stamped flowers on the stems and leaves, I also added some to the grassline at the bottom of the flowers for extra shading, to blend this I used my finger.

 

I added a little red netting and some staples just for a extra bit of texture, I then added my background to my card blank, and finally I added my Bulb using some foam pads for dimension.

That's my project for this week, I hope you've enjoyed seeing how I created it. If you've not got any of the Acrylic Wax then you really should add some to you crafty stash, it's lots of fun to work with, very versatile, and lets you create layers of Brusho colour without the colours blending. 

I had lots of fun creating this project, it's so nice to be welcoming Spring, lovely to see the trees getting their new leaves and flowers starting to bloom.

Thank You for visiting with us today, 

Bye for now

Suzi

xxx

Be Kind Canvas with Suzi

Good Day All, Today it's my turn to share with you my latest creation using some goodies from the ColourCraft store.  This time I decided to try the Acrylic Wax along with some Brusho Crystal Colour Powders and a Koh-I-Noor Progresso Aquarelle Pencil.

I have to admit when I started working on this project I was a little sad, another person had taken their own life; there seems to be lots of suicides at the moment in all walks of life and it's sad.  The world can seem to be a very dark and unfriendly place, and a lot of social media platforms seem to be adding to this problem.  We may feel as individuals that we can not do much to change the world, but we can, we just have to BE KIND, to ourselves, our friends and families and to complete strangers.  If we just treat people the way we want to be treated then the world can become a happier place for all.

So I decided that the main focal point of this project would be the phrase BE KIND.

I used the Acrylic Wax to write my sentiment onto some white paper, along with a couple of hearts, and some random shapes and marks on a couple of other pieces of paper. I then took Alizarin Crimson and Gamboge Brusho Crystal Colour Powders, sprinkled them onto my paper and activated with water, once dry I added more Acrylic Wax followed by some Sea Green Brusho Crystal Colour Powders.

I cut my sentiment and hearts out and layered onto to gloss black card, I then took a Koh-I-Noor Progresso Aquarelle Pencil and added more detail.  Instead of activating with water I used Matte Medium.

Here's the other papers I created.

I then took a 9 x 11 canvas and collage my patterened papers and some black gloss card stock.

I added Doodles to my collaged canvas with the Koh-I-Noor Progesso Aquarelle Pencil activated with the matte medium.

Before adding my sentiment and the second heart to my canvas I added a little white gesso where I planned to add my sentiment, so as to give a little more contrast.

Here's the finished project, along with a close up to show the shine from the Acrylic Wax.

I'm fairly pleased with how my finished canvas turned out.  There is probably more black in the background than I would usually use, but i like how that contrasts with my patterned papers.  To me it represents the darkness in the world, but peeking through the darkness are patches of brightness, rays of hope.  The Acrylic Wax is a lovely product to work with you get quite a subtle resist depending on how much you apply, and you can add layers of colour between layers of waxes to build up quite strong colours and patterns.  

I really hope my project inspires you to create your own art showcasing kindness and the good things in the world.  Thank you for visiting with us today, 

Bye for Now

Suzi

xxx