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January 25, 2019

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I am teaching a Vibrant Greeting cards using brushos- and a Givaway!

I am so excited to share with you my love of Brushos with you.

Which is why I created a class titled Vibrant Greeting Cards with Brushos.

I have the class set up to learn how to use brushos in a playful fun way and then I get into the fun side of sharing the magic that brushos bring! With just over 8 hours of instructional time! (it's going to be fun!)

Give Away Time! Blue Knight Stamps is giving away 5 sets of stamps to one lucky reader- all you have to do is comment on this blog post, and follow me on my blog and Facebook!

This is what you will come away with:
Create over 25 original greeting cards: Create vibrant, beautiful cards that stand out from the crowd. Lisa Christensen will help you learn to play with your brusho pigments to allow for bright and intuitive landscapes that then can be turned into stamped works of art to give to friends and family. Create bright and fearless washes and backgrounds by using simple stamped sentiments and elements. Learn to make 5-minute ca…

Leaf Prints for Cards

Don't you just love love love when distress inks work in your favor? When you use distress ink you can get some really neat looks like this crazy easy card that looks so stunning!

Supplies used Tim Holtz Leaf Prints stamp Penny Black Heartfelt Thanks stamp MISTI stamp positioner Watercolor paper cut to 4x5.25 Embossing ink Clear embossing powder (Ranger Thick clear embossing powder) Potting soil Archival ink Potting soil embossing powder Heat tool Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Fired Brick Red, Orange Marmalade, Peeled Paint, Fossilized Amber, Walnut Stain. Spray bottle Distress ink blending tool Bo Bunny back to basics brown Light brown paper (scrap from craft room)
Instructions: blend the ink on the watercolor panel, I did sections, of the different colors watching for what colors blend well with others, so picking a warm color family works well for this technique you don't want any mud, and bright and vibrant colors at this point is the goal.
This is the time that if you want to add some texture …

Fall Mum cards

Fall Mum's Penny Black Peony Brushstrok stamp

Watercolor and stamping are made for each other with Penny Black's line of brushstroke stamps. Penny Black Peony stamp works perfectly for fall stamped cards and panels.

Here are some of my tips to get 6 different looks:
Background
I like to have an idea of what I am doing with my card before I start. Have a plan. Are you wanting a simple background, or more of a stamped background, lots of ideas and options so have a plan before you start stamping! (although as an impatient person, I like to start stamping and then figure it out, sometimes that works.)
For masking this particular flower I didn't need to use masking paper, I wasn't worried about the placement because I wanted some space between the background stamp and the flower stamp. I didn't want the flower to feel crowded by the background stamp.
The pop of yellow was used with some artist's tape or painter's tape to mask off a frame, making sure to keep t…

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