Finding Inspiration Friday

Brusho Class

Hi Everyone,

I am so glad you chose to stop by today! I am sharing some wonderful techniques from a Brusho class I recently held. Brusho is a new product being offered by Stampin' Up! The product isn't new out on the market, but Stampin' Up! designed colors that coordinate so well with their color themes. I held a specialty class for guests to come and play with my Brusho pigment powders. We created many projects using different techniques that I'd like to share. 

When you use the Brusho powders, you simply want to poke a hole in the lid of the container. Because the powder is so concentrated, you only need a little when working with it. For this wonderful medallion card, I used the medallion stencil from the Pattern Party Decorative Masks. I simply laid the mask on my Water Color paper. Then I sprinkled a little of the blue and yellow colors. Next, I spritzed over top with water and a stamping spritzer, and carefully lifted off the stencil to reveal this wonderful background. You can play around with lots of color combinations. 

This technique is the same idea of the emboss resist technique. First I clear embossed the beautiful flower from the Remarkable You Stamp set. Then I carefully sprinkled color on the flower where I wanted the color. Next I spritzed the cardstock and the Brusho then begins to spread. To get more intense colors, I used a Aqua Painter to blend the color.

For this beautiful card, I used a clear block as my surface for the Brusho Powder. I sprinkled some powder onto the clear block and then used an Aqua Painter to water color this flower from the  Beautiful Day Stamp set found in the current Occasions catalog. I used Wink of Stella to give the flower so much sparkle. The leaves came out of the Flourish Thinlits.  

The last technique shared in the Brusho class was the direct to stamp technique (this will stain the wood of your stamps if you have a wood mount stamp). For this cute  3 x 3 card, I used another flower from the Remarkable You stamp set. I sprinkled a bit of blue and then green onto the rubber of my stamp. Then I spritzed a few times with water and then stamped my image. I love this technique because you get so many different color variations every time. The thicker the image, the better the outcome. 

If you are interested to see more on Brusho, click the video.

I hope you enjoyed the projects I've shared today. This was a great class. Brusho costs $30.00 in the Occasions Catalog, so this was a good opportunity for stampers to try Brusho out before committing to a purchase. 

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Happy Stampin'

Mary Blocher

The Power Huff Stamper