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Sunday, 27 December 2015

A Brusho Duo

Hi there

It's great to be back after a few days away and I hope you've all had a wonderful Christmas and are enjoying the well-earned break.

A week into December I realised I had nowhere near enough the number of Christmas cards I needed to send this year so I made quite a few more which I haven't yet shared with you so I'll be sharing these with you over the next few posts.

So, first up I decided to have a play with my Brushos and made two cards of the same design.  I decided to go with non-traditional Christmas colours for these.






So for these I started with two pieces of watercolour card, slightly smaller than my card bases.  I sprinkled a tiny amount of Brusho crystals onto the card, and I mean tiny, in two different colours and them misted with some water and let the magic happen.  The pigment contained in these crystals is unbelievable!  Once dry I mounted onto my card bases using 3D foam strips.  I die cut two snowflakes and adhered flat to the panels and added some Wink of Stella for subtle sparkle.  I then stamped the sentiment banners and die cut using the co-ordinating die before adhering over the snowflakes.

Materials used:

  • Brushos: Turquoise and Purple
  • Dies: Uniko - Designer Dies Snowflakes; Clearly Besotted - Mini Basic Banners
  • Stamp: Clearly Besotted - Mini Basic Banners
  • Ink: Versa Color - Boysenberry
  • Accents: Wink of Stella - Clear

Challenge entries:

My Time to Craft - Challenge 311 - Last Minute Christmas Makes
Dream Valley - Challenge #122 - Christmas
Brown Sugar - Challenge #178 - Christmas
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Challenge #261 - Anything Goes Christmas
CASology - Week 178 - Merry













Color Throwdown - Challenge #373 - Any Christmas, Any Colours













Freshly Made Sketches - Challenge #217













I think I'll be playing with my Brushos a lot more next year, I just love how every creation is unique in the way the pigment crystals disperse.  

Thanks for popping by, I'll be back soon with more of my last minutes makes!


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11 comments:

  1. Nadyunya olenadole27 December 2015 at 20:26

    amazing card's!!!!!!!!!!

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  2. My Card Attic: Hazel27 December 2015 at 21:02

    Stunning backgrounds Anita! I really must get my Brushos out, I bought them months ago and have only tried them out ;( A great pair of cards! Hazel xx
    My Card Attic

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  3. Marga27 December 2015 at 21:29

    Gorgeous cards. I love the colour combination. Great inspiration.

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  4. Creations by Shirl28 December 2015 at 02:07

    Awesome non-traditional colors for Christmas...Thanks for sharing it with Brown Sugar Challenge!

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  5. Pon Malar28 December 2015 at 02:10

    Stunning background ♥♥ snowflake diecut & the purple banner is just fab ♥♥

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  6. Tracey McNeely28 December 2015 at 07:39

    Beautiful Anita!Thank you for sharing with us at CASology this week!

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  7. Megan J30 December 2015 at 07:15

    Hi Anita,

    Love your cool created backgrounds, fabulous colours too. Happy New Year....Megan

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  8. Joyce30 December 2015 at 19:56

    Those Brushos are fantastic. I love both of your backgrounds. You could make a hundred of these cards, and not one would be the same. Thanks so much for playing along at CASology this week.

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  9. Linda Callahan31 December 2015 at 13:47

    Your inky backgrounds are fabulous! Beautiful Christmas cards! Glad you shared them at FMS!

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  10. Cindy Hall3 January 2016 at 17:00

    Those backgrounds are fabulous. It's astounding to think that they were created with a few crystals and some misting! Happy New Year, and thanks for sharing with us at Freshly Made Sketches!

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  11. N-Eva12 January 2016 at 19:48

    This is absolutely stunning! . Thanks for playing with us at Dream Valley Challenges!
    Neva DT

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