Wishing Well

Wishing Well

Hi everyone

Winter in the form of white

powdery stuff falling occasionally

from the grey skies has arrived 

and brought with it the cold............

brrr....  and tingly fingers.........

Perhaps if I type faster it might 

warm them up.  Haha!

Following my announcement that

the Wishing Well has been re-activated

Kate R contacted me asking if we

could demystify Brushos. 

Happy to oblige, we have a short series

of articles from Helen Chilton showing

us the joy of using Brushos

  Brushos The Basics

"Don't open the lid of the Brusho pot, 

make a hole through the lid with a 

pokey tool like on a glitter shaker. 

I label my lids so I can pick the colours out 

easily as all the pots look the same!

Shake some powder onto stamping card - 

a little goes a long way.

Spritz with water and watch the magic happen! 

Note how each colour is actually made up of 

several different colours.

You can then choose how to dry it. 

Not much difference between the first two, 

but blotting makes quite a big difference.

The type of card you choose also makes a difference.

More controlled colouring with Brusho: 

Stamp and white emboss some flowers from

 PaperArtsy ZA07 onto watercolour card. 

Sprinkle tiny bits of powder onto 

where you want to colour

Spritz close to....

...and blot to control flow of colour.

Carry on working on small areas at a time until you've finished.

Want to make some areas darker? Just repeat the process."

Thanks Helen.  Look forward to Part Two  

Lots to take in and, if you have some

Brushos do have a play with them

following Helen's guidelines - a great way

to start off.

The next Wishing Well article will be

on the last Sunday of the month when

Helen will be showing us more ways 

with Brusho

'Til then

Mickie xx

PS:  Did you notice the links?  Where

an item is in colour and underlined

just click on and the product page will

open in a new tab