Awesome Brusho and a Blog Hop

Happy Day-after-Valentine's Day! I hope you were feeling the love yesterday. It's time for another Stamping Symphony team blog hop!

This month we are all about the Brusho. All of us are having so much fun playing with this fabulous new medium that we couldn't resist featuring it in one of monthly blog hops.

This is actually one of the projects we'll be making as part of my Brush up on Brusho class next week. It is the perfect, grungy birthday card for a teen or tween boy. I created my background using embossing paste and the Pattern Party decorative masks. Once the white paste was dry, I brushed it with my Versamark pad and then heat embossed in gold. Here is a closer look:

To create the focal image background I used water colour paper and spritzed it lightly with water. Then I sprinkled on Brusho in blue and gamboge, allowing the crystals to activate wherever they contacted the water. Once it was dry I added the guitar image from the Epic Celebrations Sale-a-bration set and some flourishes from the Timeless Textures set and heat embossed them in gold. I used my Big Shot and Layering Circle dies to die cut a partial circle. I love the of shape of that layer.

The sentiment, also from the Epic Celebrations set, is heat embossed in gold and then I added another flourish in Basic Black, stamped off once. I used the Pretty Label punch to punch the sentiment and layered it on a gold foil startburst. The only embellishments on this card are a few gold sequins.

On the inside I added a Whisper White panel on which I stamped the sentiment from Epic Celebrations and more flourishes, all in Basic Black ink.

Now, how would you like to see more Brusho inspiration? Hop on over to Sandy's blog to see what she came up with!

1. Leena (You are here)
2. Sandy
3. Barb
4. Jennifer
5. Steph

Product List

Timeless Textures Clear-Mount Stamp Set [140517] $25.00	Epic Celebrations Clear-Mount Stamp Set [147236] $0.00	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045] $10.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $11.25
Gold Foil Sheets [132622] $5.25	Watercolor Paper [122959] $6.75	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931] $9.25	Brusho Crystal Colour [144101] $40.00
Stampin' Spritzer [126185] $4.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $11.25	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder [109129] $6.75	Heat Tool [129053] $40.00
Embossing Paste [141979] $10.75	Pattern Party Decorative Masks [144103] $8.00	Palette Knives [142808] $6.50	Big Shot [143263] $136.00
Layering Circle Framelits Dies [141705] $46.00	Pretty Label Punch [143715] $23.50	Starburst Punch [143717] $23.50	Metallics Sequin Assortment [144214] $6.75

It's Pumpkin Spice Season

Happy Friday! I hope you've had a good week. Mine has been craaaazzzy busy as I have been holding auditions for all of our bands at school. Not much time to stamp for this tired music teacher. To make matters worse I managed to pick up the cold that everyone at school is sharing...so I am more than ready for a weekend!

Today is the 15th, so it is time for another Tri-City Stampers Blog Hop. Our theme this month is fall, so I decided it was time to recognize everyone's favourite fall flavour...Pumpkin Spice ;)

I used the Merry Cafe stamp set to decorate my coffee cup and label. I love that this stamp set coordinates perfectly with the Coffee Cups framelits, making them even more versatile. I die-cut my cup from Sahara Sand card stock and the lid from Early Espresso. The images are stamped in Early Espresso ink and then filled in using Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry and Cherry Cobbler. I used Painted Autumn DSP for both the horizontal panel behind the cup and the label.

I layered some Early Espresso card stock behind the DSP panel and then used some Wood Textures DSP for the background layer. I went a little embellishment crazy on this one, using some Crushed Curry Cheveron Ribbon, Burlap Ribbon, a section of a Foil Snowflake (flipped so the Vanilla side is showing) and a little Touches of Nature Element.

On the inside I added a Very Vanilla panel on which I stamped more leaves as I did on the coffee cup.

Be sure to check out more fabulous fall projects by some of my Tri-City friends:

Leena Girsa (A La Cards) <<You are here

Steph Van Dorp (Hofkissed)

Sandy McCullough (Lolly & Sand)

Barb Pfeffer (Just B Stamping)

Have a wonderful weekend!!

Product List

Merry Café Photopolymer Stamp Set [144965] $21.00	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101650] $11.25	Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [119686] $10.00	Sahara Sand 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121043] $10.00
Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper [144613] $14.50	Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack [144177] $12.50	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [126974] $8.50	Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [126945] $8.50
Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad [131173] $8.50	Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [126966] $8.50	Big Shot [143263] $136.00	Coffee Cups Framelits Dies [143745] $40.00
Crushed Curry 3/8" Mini Chevron Ribbon [144197] $9.25	5/8" (1.6 Cm) Burlap Ribbon [141487] $9.25	Foil Snowflakes [144642] $8.00	Touches Of Nature Elements [144216] $8.00

Carols of Christmas Hop

Happy Friday!! The weekend is here...wahoo!! I am back from my week by the lake and what an amazingly restful few days it was. I read six novels in four days, so you can likely imagine just how I spent my days. This annual trip is the only time in the year when I truly relax and I love it. Now to try and get it back into gear and prepare for school to start in a couple of weeks!

Today marks another Tri-City Stampers Blog Hop. We are a couple of days late this month due to my trip and being completely off the grid while I was away. I am excited that we have a new member of my team joining us this month for the first time! Our theme this month is the Carols of Christmas bundle, which is a pre-release item from the upcoming Holiday Catalouge.

I was playing around with ideas using the woodpile pattern from the Wood Textures DSP stack and tried layering it with vellum. I love the result! I heat embossed the greeting in copper and then die-cut the frame from copper foil using the Layering Squares framelits. I chose to adhere it off-kilter and kind of like the look. It's almost like the embellishments are weighing it down. I adhered the background to a Kraft card stock base.

Speaking of embellishments, I went a wee bit craaazy here! I used some die-cut pine branches, cut from Garden Green card stock using the Pretty Pines thinlits. Over thos I added the copper berries, which were also die-cut using the same thinlit set. I added one of the large stars from the Hearts and Stars wooden elements and then added some 1/4" copper trim that I stretched out and then gathered with some Linen Thread. The final touch was a few copper sequins from the Metallics Assortment.

On the inside I stamped a sentiment from the Hang Your Stocking stamp set in Early Espresso ink and added a 3/4" strip of the same pattern DSP.

Now be sure to check out the rest of my amazing stamping friends' creations. You can find them all below:

Hofkissed

Lolly & Sand

Just B Stamping

Have a fantabulous weekend!

Product List

Carols Of Christmas Clear-Mount Stamp Set [144804] $26.00	Hang Your Stocking Photopolymer Stamp Set [142114] $26.00	Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack [144177] $12.50	Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101856] $10.00
Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101650] $11.25	Garden Green 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [102584] $10.00	Copper Foil Sheets [142020] $5.25	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [126974] $8.50
Versamark Pad [102283] $11.25	Embossing Buddy [103083] $8.00	Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder [141636] $6.75	Heat Tool [129053] $40.00
Big Shot [143263] $136.00	Layering Squares Framelits Dies [141708] $46.00	Pretty Pines Thinlits Dies [141851] $34.00	1/4" Copper Trim [144179] $8.00
Linen Thread [104199] $6.25	Hearts & Stars Elements [144215] $8.00	Metallics Sequin Assortment [144214] $6.75