Make your own stencils for a Beautiful Brusho Garden

Hello Everyone!
Spring has sprung and the garden is getting out of control! One of the things I've been doing during these crazy times, is experimenting with journaling and online classes etc. One of the journal exercises I had a lot of fun with was by Karen Stamper. She did a lot of scribbling, painting, drawing- in a really freestyle form to make a garden drawing in black and white.
This is my version using hand made stencils and Brusho! And it is super colorful. Best part about it- you don't need to know how to draw at all!

First I decided to make some simple stencils. For this I needed a hot glue gun and glue sticks as well as freezer paper.
First I "drew" simple designs on the freezer paper with the glue gun. I peeled these off to act as one sort of stencil.  My second sort of stencil were free cut out of freezer paper.

 I gathered the rest of my materials...

I grabbed every shade of green Brusho I could find, a couple of Brusho Sprays, Spray Bottles, Wax Resist Sticks, a fat candle, brushes, palette and a sponge.
First I drew on my paper with the wax resist sticks and candle- random scribble lines as well as repeating my leaf forms. Then I laid out my stencils.

Time for some super fun! I sprinkled and sprayed! My freezer paper stencils tended to curl up, so I flattened them out and held while spraying. Then let this dry.

I re-laid the freezer paper stencils in different parts of the piece and sponged on brusho that I had blended with water.

You also can rip out leaf shapes from other paper and sponge around them- or sponge inside a hole you ripped out in a leaf shape!

I had picked some leaves and laid them on a stamp pad- pushing down with a piece of paper on top and then stamping them into the painting.

After everything had dried, I went in with coloured pencils and added more details. It's hard to know when to stop!

Hope you enjoyed that and give it a try! Next time I'm going to try to get this effect onto fabric!

Brusho Mist sprays	Brusho Shimmer Sprays	Brusho 24 Colour Boxed Set	Golden haired nylon brushes	palette
Clear Spray Bottle	Wax resist sticks

Easter bags of fun

If you are anything like me, I get carried away at Easter time and buy too much chocolate :)  So this year I have decided to make individual bags for the children and pop  mini eggs into them.

This idea can just as easily be used for birthday treats or for Christmas gift bags.



Firstly, I got out my brushos - ooh - look I found these fabulous stickers for them - one for each colour. I also stick a push pin in the top as this enables me to control the amount of powder that I sprinkle out at a time. For this project, I used lemon and lime green coloured brusho powder.

Firstly I placed a stencil over a plain piece of white card and then sprinkled a tiny bit of each colour on top of the stencil.  I used a fine spray bottle - the Colourcraft one works brilliantly - to spritz a tiny bit of water which activated the brusho crystals. I removed the stencil and dried the card with a heat gun.

These tiny bags I found quite inexpensively in my local craft store and I cut the card to fit the front panel. Before adhering the card to the bag,  I stamped some images with black ink.

I then took a 60cm piece of tissutex and sprinkled some lemon brusho crystals onto it. I spritzed them with water and this created a lovely all over colour.  I dried this with a heat gun. 

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I popped the dry tissuetex into the bag with some excess showing for decoration. 

Voila - all ready for Easter eggs when the time is right.

Tissuetex

Brusho Crystals

Clear Spray Bottle

A cheery touch of Spring

A fun and cheery card using a technique that you could easily use in a journal or on a canvas. The background has depth and texture.

Firstly I took a piece of 300gsm cardstock and sprayed it generously with Spray Starch.  I then sprinkled a few grains of lemon and orange brushos over the starch and card. When I open a new pot of brushos I poke a small hole in the top and keep a pushpin in it.  In this way, only a few grains of brusho powder (which is all that is needed) come out at a time.

I took a piece of clingfilm and scrunched it up and placed it over the damp brusho and starch mixture.    It is important to ensure that the clingfilm and the wrinkles within it are pressed down firmly as this is what will create the texture in the finished piece.

Leave it to dry for around 30 mins.

Remove the clingfilm and note the texture created.  I also created a couple of samples using turquoise and yellow brusho powder.  I often create several samples at once, given the time they take to dry.

I then took a stencil and some eco acrylic paint in yellow deep hue and, using a sponge, dabbed it through the flower stencil.  It is important not to use too much paint otherwise it will bleed through the stencil and create splodges.

Using a fan brush, I then created black splatters over the card. When splattering, I mix water with the paint to give a smooth flowing mixture.

I used the word create because I often think of Spring time as a time for new creations and a time to birth new ideas.

Happy days!

Acrylic Paint

Brusho 24 Colour Boxed Set

Brusho and Stencil Magic

Hello Colourcraft friends.  Gail here today.  I was pleased with the effect of the mask I used on my last Brusho's project, so today I decided to see what I could make with Brusho's and a stencil.  I ended up with two different cards with pretty backgrounds.

I placed my stencil on a piece of white paper and sprinkled Sea Green, Yellow, Emerald Green and Sunburst Yellow Brusho powders. 

Then I spritzed with water and folded the paper over the top of the stencil.

I unfolded the paper and removed the stencil.  I really liked the colour lift I got off the top of the stencil.  A bit too much colour and water on the other one maybe?  But no, actually I like that one too.  For some reason I thought it looked a bit industrial. They just need a bit of contrast now.  So I decided to add some intricate black die cuts.

Two pretty cards from a very simple technique.

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz
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