Card Trio for my May Scraps and Prayers Class ... Total Technique Fun!

Today, I have a trio of super fun cards to share with you.  We will be making all three of these at our May Scraps and Prayers class.  They include several fun techniques. 
One card involves watercoloring the flower from our Beautiful Day stamp set.  The second card uses our Daisy punch and has a couple of super fun and easy techniques using two of our Textured Impressions Embossing Folders (TIEF).  The third card has yet a third technique for using our embossing folders.  It's also fun and super easy.  We'll be using the Stamparatus, too, so that our stamping will come out just perfect.  I think you'll love this class!  Pay to register soon, to save your spot.

If you live in my area, I hope you'll come and join us for an evening of fellowship and creative fun.

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May 13 --- Scraps and Prayers / 5:30-7:30 / $18.
We'll be making 3 beautiful cards ... with watercoloring and trying fun, new techniques using the Stamparatus and we'll try THREE fun 'tricks' with embossing folders.  It won't be all Brusho for this class but it will be all fun! 
PLEASE PAY TO REGISTER ASAP.  
CLASS SIZE WILL BE LIMITED TO 10 MAX!!!

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June 23 ---  2:00-5:00 / Get ready for fun!

Summer Open House Party 

with our new catalog. 

Brusho and Butterflies

Brusho and Butterflies?  Why, yes!  What a great idea!  Today's card uses the butterflies as a stencil and it's a ton of fun to make it because it uses Brusho.  We'll actually be making this card at my April 8 Scraps and Prayers class.  I can't wait! 

I love the random, imperfect look of the image when used this way.  I've used touches of blue, turquoise, a bit of green and a bit of purple. 

It's actually a pretty simple card to make.  I just placed the metal thinlit die over a piece of watercolor paper, sprinkled on the Brusho and then spritzed it with water.  The magic then happens on its own.  Today, I'm going to try this card with a few new 'twists to the plot' and see how it all plays out.  I'll share those results with you in a future post.

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April 8 --- Scraps and Prayers / 5:30-7:30 / $18.
We're going to have a blast playing with BRUSHO.  We're going to make several beautiful cards using Brusho ... AND ... I'll show you how you could make your own Swatch Book at home, to highlight some of the many fun ways to use Brusho.
DON'T FORGET:
We're going to have a '25 Cents Sale' for anyone in the class wishing to participate.  Bring your stamping goodies in a box or container and we'll put a little cup in front of it.  We'll 'shop' on the honor system, dropping quarters in the cup for each item we wish to get.  We'll see if anyone goes home with anything left in their cup:)  You may still shop, even if you don't have anything you wish to add to this fun little sale.  It's a great way to build your stamping supplies.  You may want to bring a shopping tote:)

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June 23 --- Summer Open House Party with our new catalog.

Dandelion Wishes Card with Brusho ... and a Spring Open House Party Reminder...

Just a reminder:
My Spring Open House Party is this Sunday, March 17.  Should we wear green?  I can't wait to see everyone.  With my recent hand surgery and some medical problems, I haven't been out much.  Stamping has been minimal, but constant, until my hand surgery.  I'm doing a little more each day, so my biggest obstacle now is patience.  It takes time to heal and regain the use of my hand that I need, in order to do all that I want and need to do.  It's getting there, but soooooo slow.
To keep you going, here's a card I made that I enjoyed ... a lot!

Oh yes!  It's Brusho!!!  I've done an emboss technique, using white embossing powder (EP) and I love it.  If you missed it, Brusho is Pigmented Watercolor Crystals.  It's the closest this to magic I've ever seen and more fun than a barrel of monkeys!

The background on the card base is embossed, using the Seaside Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (TIEF).  It's one of those folders that makes both sides of the card stock look really great.

I got a little carried away and used the Brusho on the inside of the card ... and the envelope.  If I did this again, I'd use a separate piece of CS to do the Brusho for the envelope and attach it once it dried.  It would be a little stronger.  Mine does work, though.

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SAVE THE DATE:   

MARCH 17---
                 Spring Open House Party / 2:00-5:00 
                 Grand Re-Opening of my Studio

April 8 --- Scraps and Prayers / 5:30-7:30 / $18.
We're going to have a blast playing with BRUSHO.  We're going to make several beautiful cards using Brusho ... AND ... I'll show you how you could make your own Swatch Book at home, to highlight some of the many fun ways to use Brusho.
THIS CLASS FILLS UP FAST, SO DON'T WAIT TOO LONG TO REGISTER.  YOUR PAYMENT HOLDS YOUR SPOT.

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Carousel Pony Card with Brusho Background ... and ... A Word About Brusho

When my kids were little and now, with my grandkids, I love to take them to ride on a carousel.  They love it and I love watching their smiling faces.  I usually get quite a few photos during it all, too.  With the card I'm sharing today, I used Brusho to create a beautiful background.

I've used Wisteria Wonder (See, I AM using it more now:) and Elegant Eggplant to compliment the Brusho background.  I love using Brusho to create backgrounds because you get such a fabulous blend of shades of colors.  In this case, lots of blues and purples.

So my pony would show up well on the background, I embossed him with Black EP.

I added a pony to the envelope, as well.  When using a dark color for the card base, as with this card, I add a piece of white CS on the inside.  I stamped a pony there, too:)  I love this card!

Next week, I'll have 4 posts coming up where I'll share more projects using Brusho.

A word about Brusho ...
Are you wondering what this is?  These highly pigmented watercolor crystals are made in the UK.  They come in teeny tiny bottles.  You just poke a tiny hole in the top and sprinkle out a few crystals.  Trust me, you don't need many at all.  I think my supplies will last at least until my 100th birthday.
You can use them in a variety of ways.   There are lots and lots of posts on Pinterest about this product.  I bought mine on Amazon.  You can buy a little set or individual colors.  I recently purchased a video about more ways to use Brusho.  I can't wait to watch it!

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