Brusho + Bibi = True Love

Hi everyone! Bibi here to share some cards I've made using Brusho and Twinkling H2Os. What a match made in heaven!! Before I go on and on about these products,  I want to stress that I am not affiliated with the manufacturers, nor any of their retailers - just a very happy customer! :-)

I heard about Brusho for the first time just a couple of weeks ago when I saw it being used on several projects on a few blogs, and I really, really liked what I saw. Making splashy backgrounds is something I enjoy very much, so when I saw those vibrant coloured backgrounds people made with Brusho, I knew I had to get some!!

If you are not familiar with Brusho, they are highly pigmented watercolour/ink powders, currently available in 24 different colours. To use as regular watercolour, one should mix the pigments with hot water to make sure all the ingredients dissolve. I have not done that yet (I got my Brushos 3 days ago!), I've only used the powder as it is, straight out of the bottle. You'll see...........

I made colour samples for each container and poked a hole in the middle of the lids so I can use the containers as salt shakers to sprinkle the pigment onto my watercolour paper.

I'm having a ball making backgrounds!

Here is one of the techniques I've used for my cards: Sprinkle Brusho powder on the paper, spray with water, add a piece of plastic film on top (while the paint is still wet), wrinkle it up and let it sit for 15 minutes or so.

Another technique I used: Sprinkle Brusho onto watercolour paper, spray with water, then use an airbrush thingie to spread the paint out. (What are those air brushes called??) This is just one colour, but you get so many different ones when you use the powder straight out of the containers since the colours are mixed up by several pigments - like here to make purple.

Here's a better example - this is black Brusho only. See all those colours! So cool.

And this is what my keyboard looked like after my going wild with the airbrush technique... Ooops!

OK, let's see the cards I made with my Brusho backgrounds:

Different backgrounds on this card; the bottom layer made with sprinkle and spray and the top one (purple) with an airbrush, same for the piece I stamped the sentiment on. After having cut out my background panels, there were some leftovers of them, so I punched out some circles and stamped on top of them. The dragonflies are stamped and cut out, then coloured with Twinkling H2Os. Love the shimmer of those paints!

I curled the wings of the dragonflies, so I guess this card won't be sent in the mail ..

I just love the contrast between the matte finish of the Brusho paint and the shimmer in the H2Os!

Here's another card:

These flower dies are from Elizabeth Craft Design and the Thanks is a new die from Quietfire Design. I love the calligraphy stamps Suzanne Cannon makes and HAD to get one of her new dies, too!

These flower dies come in two different sizes (same set). I stamped on the larger one after having painted both with Twinkling H2os (the shimmer is much better in person)

My third card:

Flower and Butterfly stamps from the Antique Botanicals set

Isn't that airbrush background cool? I am officially in love with Brusho!

The green cardstock is a white one that I painted with Twinkling H2Os to match the green flower leaves.

I cut the stamped flowers and butterflies out and added several layers to my card.

The photo does NOT give the H2Os justice. Those flowers and butterflies really sparkle!

And finally, my last card for today:

I didn't want to add any flowers or butterflies to this one, as I think the Brusho background is so pretty it shouldn't be covered by anything. I stamped the sentiment on a different background and added a white panel under it before adhering it to the main background.

I hope you have liked seeing me experiment with Brusho for the first time, and watching me fall deeply in love ♥    I'll certainly try other techniques with this fabulous pigment powder and share another time.

Thank you for stopping by today! If you are more experienced with Brusho, I'd love to hear from you in the comments below - and I welcome you to share links to anything you have made with Brusho.

And of course (goes without saying), if you haven't used Brusho I welcome a comment from you, too! :-)

Stuff I've used:
Brusho Colours from Colourcraft Ltd
Cheap watercolour paper + Water spray + Air Brush thingie
Twinkling H2Os from ColourArte
Flower dies from Elizabeth Craft Design
Thanks die from Quietfire Design
All stamps are from Rubber Dance, and to that company I am definitely affiliated since I own it ... ;-)

XOX,

Bibi