Happy Day Roses
Posted: September 5, 2023 Filed under: Brusho, My Favorite Things, Roses all over, Taylored Expressions | Tags: Brusho, My Favorite Things, Taylored Expressions 7 Comments
I made this large square card recently to give to a friend of ours on her wedding day. Our whole family was able to attend and celebrate with the bride and her family and it was indeed a happy day.
To make this card I used an old favourite technique with brusho and embossing. You might be surprised to know that I only used one colour of brusho, the crimson. I embossed the MFT ‘roses all over background stamp’ with gold powder on hot pressed watercolour paper. This stamp seems to be retired which is a travesty as it is lovely and also perfect for this technique. After a little research I discovered MFT have come out with a similar stamp which should also work. I could call the technique ‘sprinkle, spritz, trap, wait, wait, spritz and blend technique’ because that just about covers it. Sometimes with repeats.
I sprinkle brusho powder over the embossed panel, not too generously, but hopefully some powder lands in most of the roses if not all the little sections. I spritz from above with water and then watch the brusho magic happen. You have to be patient and see how much colour spreads from that first spritz before you add more water. I want variation of colour trapped in the little sections so I don’t flood the panel with water. After the spritzing activates most of the brusho powder I use a paint brusho to fill the petals(sections) with colour. As you can see some areas are quite dark and others are pale. I pick up paint from the darkest areas with the paintbrush if I need to add paint to a bare section.
The sentiment is from a Taylored Expressions set called ‘in & out birthday’.
Here is another example of this technique but done with two colours of brusho.
Heather Telford 
What beautiful colors. Nice that you chose brushos again since it has been awhile. I love the uniqueness of the colors.
Thank you for sharing.
Tish
Thank you, Tish, I was happy all those tones appeared from one brusho colour. And yes nice to use the brushos again; whenever I get them out I remember how much I enjoy them.
Such a beautiful card! Thank you very much, Heather, for the instructions….they will definitely be consulted.
Just as an aside, I looked for the “new and wonderful” version of this stamp. To my eye the new version is thickly outlined with fewer ungraceful blooms, not something I would even consider buying.
This is absolutely gorgeous, Heather. I love the variety of colour crystal in each single colour of Brushos. The purple looks so amazing with red! I LOVE the name of your technique! 🙂 xx
Thanks Loll, brushos are magic!
Fabulous card!
Brusho powders are fantastic and there are often bits of other colours within them, and that purple that has come out is so pretty Heather, and then the variation of reds, dark through to pink make for a terrific finished piece, and this gold embossed rose image is beautiful and perfect for this wedding card, and glad you enjoyed the day. x