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Tuesday 9 February 2021

brusho dragonflies

Today I have two versions to share using the beautiful dragonfly stamp from last month's shows on Hochanda.

Both very similar techniques, using my favourite brusho powders - very quick results, and different every time!

The first one, the image was stamped in versamark and white embossed before sprinkling grey brusho over the whole thing., then spritzing fairly heavily with water. There are lots of lovely muted colours in the brusho powder including oranges and blues in my tub. Once everything was dry, I used ordinary thin bleach to highlight the wings, then trimmed the card down to fit a 6" square card base with a bronze mat layer.

The second version used truquoise and purple powders, with the turquoise sprinkled over the dragonfly  and the purple over the small circle and on the edges.  The different shades in the turquoise were caught in the embossing of the wings and blended in with the purple for the background. 

Trimmed down for a 6" square card again, with a black marker pen used on the edges.

We have been very lucky with the weather here, the promised heavy snow has become sleet, although the strong icy wind did arrive! 

I hope you are all keeping safe and warm, although the bad weather is at least an excuse to stay in and craft.....

Veronica


5 comments:

  1. I love your use of Brusho Powders Veronica and love both the first with the more neutral colours but nevertheless an interesting mix within it, and the white embossed dragonfly with the bleached wings really stands out, and then such a contrast on the second in those wonderful blues and purples and another white embossed dragonfly, and you have managed to have the darker tones around the edges and on that little circle which adds lots of interest. Two gorgeous cards! x

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  2. WOW! These are gorgeous and wonderful results with your techniques.
    Faith x

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  3. Oh, these are both so pretty!! Love especially the second one, so vibrant and colourful (and with my fav colours combo!)!!

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  4. I absolutely adore these. Especially the first one so unusual. Thank you for sharing. No all I need to do is find my Brushos which I tided away safely.lol

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  5. Two gorgeous card but the first one is my absolute favourite. The colours just look amazing x

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