Brushos First Experimentation...

 During April's Lisa Baker class, we had the chance to experiment with Brushos. We tried different methods of application to see the effects created. The card to my right was created using watercolour card for the main panel, adding a few shakes of Brushos and then spritzing the card with water. Where the colour became too intense, this was blotted with kitchen towel. I then used a script stamp with brown ink to create interest to the background. To make it faded, I used the second generation of ink. The butterflies were created using Brushos on a separate piece of card, but allowing the pigment to really explode making the colours more intense. Once the colours were dry, I have stamped butterflies over the top and cut them out. A sentiment was added, some glitter, complementary card stock and voila!

 

The card to my left has been made again with Brushos, but this time blowing the pigment across the paper. Using watercolour card again for the main image, we have added water directly to the paper along one side. The main larger area of was then masked off before sprinkling the pigment on top. Before it had a chance to dry, we have used a straw and blown the wet pigment across the page, into the previously masked off area. Depending on how hard you blew, you achieved different effects. By using the mask at the beginning we have created lots of colour on one side of the card and just the blown streaks across the other. I believe the stamps we used were Stampendous stamps, but don't quote me on that!