Sprayed Medallions

This was another scrap piece that I fixed up.  I had some paper sprayed with Lindy's "Bells of Ireland Green" and Lemon Zest Dylusions.  Didn't quite know what to do with that so I applied some translucent embossing paste with a large diamond stencil and let dry.  Then I sprayed that with Fresh Lime Dylusions and when that didn't show up well some Calypso Teal Dylusions.  I stamped Mike's Medallion all over in Mowed Lawn and distressed and sponged the sides with Mowed Lawn.  The butterflies and sentiment were cut out of Daffodil Delight but sprayed with Lemon Zest to make them brighter.  The paper is Lucky Limeade.

Stamps: Michael Strong (Cloisonné Medallions)

Birthday Pot

The background of this was just some paper that I mopped up some Wild Honey ink sprayed with water and let dry.  Then I applied some translucent embossing paste on with a stencil to get some diamond shapes on.  I then sprayed the corner with some Melted Chocolate Dylusions spray.  

To make the pot I gold embossed Mike's pot onto some Real Rust paper.  Then I added some Mohogany Bister and sprayed with water to get the effect I wanted. 

The flowers were created using the Decorated Pretties technique from the Oct/Nov 2009 issue of Technique Junkies.

The papers in the background are Daffodil Delight and Real Rust.  There are some tiny gold brads, some Chocolate Chip corduroy brads and the tiny tag is a Stampin Up! punch.  The sentiment was just printed out and then punched out.

Stamps: Michael Strong (Cloisonné Pot)

Sketched Flowery Brusho

This is a card I made for this months sketch challenge in the Michael Strong yahoo group I belong to.  For the background I embossed Mike's large flower in clear and then sprinkled with Yellow Bister.  Then I sprayed with Lemon Zest Dylusions spray and let dry.  The paper colours are Daffodil Delight and Chocolate Chip. 

Stamps:  Michael Strong (Cloisonné Flower)

Vintage Brusho

First I embossed the Vintage stamp in black on watercolour paper and then added some Yellow and Orange Brusho.  The layout was based on this weeks Mojo Monday sketch. The orange paper in the background is Pumpkin Pie.

Stamps:  Technique Junkies Stamps (Vintage Botanicals Collage)

Sweet Sunday Brusho

 The main area was embossed in black and then covered and sprayed with Neutral Bister.  The Crepe Paper Flowers technique is from the Aug/Sept 2012 issue of Technique Junkies.   The button and background are Marina Mist.  The sketch is based on this weeks Sweet Sunday sketch.

Stamps:  Technique Junkies Stamps (Vintage Botanicals Collage)

Brushod Hearts

This was based on last weeks Mojo Monday sketch but I never got around to putting it up.  Mike's large heart was embossed in clear and then Brilliant Red Brusho was applied and let dry.  I ironed off the embossing to flatten the card and then added some Tim Holtz frosted film and cut out.  The tiny hearts were embossed in white.  The paper is Real Red.  I'm getting an early start on my Valentine's Day cards!

Stamps: Michael Strong (Cloisonné Heart, Mini Shapes)

Brushod Bridge Card

I made this for a lady I teach bridge to that was having her 70th birthday during the course.  It uses a bit of Brilliant Red Brusho with a bit of stenciling.

Stamps:  Tim Holtz (Mini Blueprints 2)

Just what is Brusho?

Brusho is a lot like Bister.   It comes in a container that is about 4.5cm (1.75") tall.  It looks more like powder as opposed to fine grains of sand (like Bister) but that does depend on the colour.  Some of them will have grains in them.  Here's a picture:

Bister came in containers you could open and dump all the grains out.  With Brusho you could do that but they say to punch a hole in the top of the container and shake the Brusho out.  However you get the Brusho out of the container just like Bister you add water to get a watercolour you can then paint with.  Just like Bister you get these cool effects by misting it.  Different grains turn different colours and spread out all over to get a really neat colour effect.  Bister always had brown grains mixed in while Brusho doesn't so the colours are brighter.

As for price, I got my Bister from "I Brake for Stamps" where  they were selling all 8 colours for $13.20 or $1.65 each.  Add in shipping to Canada and I got all 8 colours for about $22 US.  I couldn't find Brusho anywhere close to me.  Amazon.com has some but they won't ship to Canada.  I checked their prices and they are selling a 12 pack starter set for $65US!  (I also noticed they have 8 NEW colours that I don't even have!!!  MUST GET!)  I ended up getting mine from the UK through eBay and it cost me about $70 US for all 24 colours.

The most obvious difference is the colours.  Bister comes in 8 colours and all are very natural looking colours.  All have that brown tone to them.  Brusho comes in 24 different colours and are very bright and vibrant.

Here are the different colours of Brusho:

Black:

This is photographed against a background of Stampin Up! Basic Black cardstock.  On the right side is a square of watercolour paper that I sprinkled a little bit of Black Brusho onto and then misted with water.  You can see up close that there are little grains of blue, orange and purple colours that then spread out.  When you mix them together you get the piece on the left (which is also on watercolour paper).

Grey:

This is again photographed against a background of Stampin Up! Basic Black cardstock.  Here you can see what the grey looks like when mixed so I didn't bother making another square.  Very similar to Black.

Purple:

This is photographed against a background of Stampin Up! Basic Elegant Eggplant (on the bottom) and My Favorite Things Grape Jelly (on the top) cardstock.  I'm going to do a comparison later on and when I sprinkled the Purple on then it looks quite a bit more like Stampin Up! Rich Razzleberry.  But here it didn't.  I guess it depends on how much of each different coloured grain comes out.

Violet:

This is photographed against a background of Stampin Up! Basic Elegant Eggplant cardstock.  On the right is the colour you get when you mix the grains together.

Here are the purples together against a background of Stampin Up! Basic Elegant Eggplant cardstock:

Gamboge:

This is photographed against a background of Stampin Up! Daffodil Delight cardstock.

Lemon:

This is photographed against a background of Stampin Up! Daffodil Delight cardstock.

Yellow:

This is photographed against a background of Stampin Up! Daffodil Delight cardstock.

Here are all the different yellows photographed against a background of Stampin Up! Daffodil Delight cardstock.  Gamboge is on top, Lemon in the middle and Yellow at the bottom:

 Orange:

This is photographed against a background of Stampin Up! Pumpkin Pie cardstock.

Dark Brown:

This is photographed against a background of Stampin Up! Soft Suede cardstock.

Light Brown:

This is photographed against a background of Stampin Up! Soft Suede cardstock.

Here are the two Browns together on Soft Suede.  The Dark Brown is on the left.  Hard to tell them apart.

Vermillion:

This is photographed against a background of Stampin Up! Real Red cardstock.

Crimson:

This is photographed against a background of Stampin Up! Real Red (top) and Cherry Cobbler cardstock.  Here you could clearly see the different coloured grains so I mixed them together to see what they would look like combined.

Brilliant Red:

This is photographed against a background of Stampin Up! Real Red cardstock.

Ost. Red:

This is photographed against a background of Stampin Up! Real Red cardstock.

Scarlett:

This is photographed against a background of Stampin Up! Real Red cardstock.

Here are all the reds photographed against a background of Stampin Up! Real Red cardstock.
From top to bottom:  Vermillion, Crimson, Brilliant Red, Ost. Red, and Scarlett.

Cobalt Blue:

This is photographed against a background of Stampin Up! Pacific Point cardstock.

Ost. Blue:

This is photographed against a background of Stampin Up! Pacific Point cardstock.

Prussian:

This is photographed against a background of Stampin Up! Night of Navy cardstock.

Turquoise:

This is photographed against a background of Stampin Up! Pacific Point cardstock.

Ultra Marine:

This is photographed against a background of Stampin Up! Pacific Point cardstock.

Here are all the Blues together.  From left to right: Cobalt Blue, Ost. Blue, Prussian, Turquoise, and Ultra Marine.

Emerald Green:

This is photographed against a background of Stampin Up! Kiwi Kiss cardstock.

Sea Green:

This is photographed against a background of Stampin Up! Kiwi Kiss cardstock.

Leaf Green:

This is photographed against a background of Stampin Up! Kiwi Kiss cardstock.

Here are all the Greens together.  This is against a background of Stampin Up! Lucky Limeade cardstock.  From left to right are: Emerald Green, Sea Green and Leaf Green.

Side by Side Comparison

Here's a better comparison.  For these pictures I sprinkled some of the Brusho onto watercolour cardstock and then used a wet paintbrush to mix the colours together.

Here are the blacks together.  The middle is just the Black Brusho watered down.  You can tell the difference between the watered down Black and the Grey -- the Grey is a bit warmer.

Here they are photographed against a background of Stampin Up! Basic Black cardstock:

Here are the browns together.  The middle is just the Dark Brown Brusho watered down.  I couldn't tell the difference between them really. The Light Brown was much lighter but then I added more Brusho and it came out darker.  So to me it was really just how concentrated the colour was.

Here they are photographed against a background of Stampin Up! Soft Suede cardstock:

Here they are photographed against a background of Stampin Up! Crumb Cake cardstock:

Here are the yellows (and orange) together.  Not a big difference between the yellows.  The Lemon is the most like Daffodil Delight.  The Yellow is quite similar but with a bit of a brown tinge to it.  The Gamboge has a bit more orange to it.

Here they are photographed against a background of Stampin Up! Daffodil Delight cardstock:

Here are the purples.  You can definitely tell a difference here.  The purple is also quite a bit different than the first time I did this.

Here they are photographed against a background of Stampin Up! Rich Razzleberry cardstock.  The Purple is quite close in colour:

Here they are photographed against a background of Stampin Up! Elegant Eggplant cardstock.  The Violet is close in colour but a bit brighter.  I also included the other Purple swatch here so you could see the difference.  That's the one on the very left:
 

Here are all the reds.  These are very difficult to tell apart.  The Crimson has a touch more brown and the Vermillion and Ost. Red are a bit lighter but very hard to tell Brilliant Red from Scarlett and Ost. Red from Vermillion (Vermillion has a touch more brown to it).  But all very similar.

 Here they are photographed against a background of Stampin Up! Real Red cardstock.  Scarlett came closest but it doesn't quite match:

Here are the greens.  None of these match any cardstock I have but the Sea Green does come closest to Stampin Up! Garden Green.  It's a bright colour of grass.  But you can tell there is a difference between each green.

Here they are photographed against a background of Stampin Up! Garden Green cardstock. 

Here they are photographed against a background of lime green cardstock. 

Here are the blues.  These are all quite distinctive.  The Cobalt Blue is very close to my favourite colour Stampin Up! Pacific Point.  The Prussian is quite close to Stampin Up! Night of Navy.

 Here they are photographed against a background of Stampin Up! Pacific Point cardstock. 

Here they are photographed against a background of Stampin Up! Night of Navy cardstock. 

Astute readers will notice that that is only 23 colours.  The last colour was White and that doesn't show up well on white watercolour paper so I didn't photograph it.  On my black paper it didn't really do anything exciting.  I'll have to play around with it because right now I'm not seeing any point to having White Brusho.