New Toys and A Couple of Plugs

I've been playing with new toys.  I saw this card on Pixie's Crafty Workshop and immediately had to have some Brushos.  As it was DH's birthday weekend when I was ordering them, I chose second-class postage (free) because I knew I would't have time to play with them for a few days.  I ordered them at 6pm and they turned up the next morning - great service, Amazon!  But I was very good and left them alone for a couple of days.

Brusho is highly concentrated transparent watercolour powder, and the colour explodes on contact with water giving fun and unpredictable results. (And stained hands. Or anything else it comes into contact with.  And for goodness sake, don't cough.)

For this panel, I die cut a Tim Holtz tattered flower from watercolour paper and stuck it down temporarily, sprinkled lemon, leaf green and aquamarine powders, then spritzed, and removed the die cut.  Wheee!!  I drew in a stalk and leaves and stamped the sentiment.

You can make a wash by mixing the powders with water, but I'm still playing with the exploding properties yet.

I'm entering this into Simon Says Monday Challenge, Anything Goes.

Now for the plugs ;)

Don't forget, Craft Stamper Take It Make It Challenge is still open - you can choose any technique from any issue this year so far.

Also, I'm over at STAMPlorations tonight with a feature on generational stamping.  See you there!