Guest Star Stamper for a Color Throwdown challenge!

Hi! I am over the moon to be invited to be a Guest Star Stamper for this week's Color Throwdown challenge! The colours for this challenge are beautiful:

Here's what I came up with:

I used SU Garden in Bloom stamps to create the flowers, embossed with WOW! Platinum, on watercolour paper. I then used Cobalt Blue Brushos to create the background. I absolutely love Brushos - just one colour can give you different shades, and the colours are so rich with just a tiny bit of powder. I embossed the smaller blossoms and coloured them with Brushos, then cut them out to layer on the large petals.

Brushos Colour

Hi! I've been playing around with my new Brushos, creating colourful backgrounds (and making a mess...). I made this card by spritzing a stamp block and adding some brushos, and then squishing the wet colour onto the card. When it was dry I stamped the wildflowers image, and painted it with diluted bleach to remove the colour on the leaves and petals. I added a little green ink to the leaves.

I'm entering this in the Less is More challenge: "Berry Shades"

Uh Oh, New Obsession Sets In...

Oh my goodness, I LOVE Brushos! So I'm still making a mess and trying to work out how to use them, but I'm having a lot of fun and might have to go get some more colours...

I made this card with watercolour paper, clear embossing the stamped image first, and letting loose with the Brushos and hoping for the best. I used a snippet of leftover card for the butterfly, once I'd trimmed the image down. I decided not to add gems or glitter - I just love how the colours have blended, so I'd like to leave it as it is.

I'm entering this in the challenges listed below. A couple are CAS, so I hope this is CAS enough... there is some white space on the card, and the image is white...

Allsorts: "Add a Butterfly"

CAS-ual Fridays: "Embossing"

Seize The Birthday: "Embossing"

Less is More: "Snippets"

The Shabby Tea Room: "Summer Picnic"

Brushos... and a whole lot of mess!

Hi! Here's my first card made using Brushos! I have lots of discarded bits of card and lots of mess from failed attempts, but I really like how this one turned out! Next time I'm going to clear emboss the image, as this time I stamped in dark grey and planned to have a subtle background but the paints just took over and went really rich and vibrant. I had too go over the stamp with my white Uni Posca pen, as you could hardly see the image! But anyway, here's my first Brushos card:

I've included a couple of close-ups to try to show the rich, vibrant colours - I should have waited until tomorrow to take photos in daylight! Anyway, if you haven't tried Brushos, they are extremely messy, but they are beautiful! I think I just need a fair bit of practice...

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Shopping Our Stash: "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend"

Simon Says Stamp: "No Ordinary paper" (watercolour paper)

Dragonfly Dreams: "Midsummer Delights"

Deep Ocean Challenge: "Summer Fun"

Addicted to Stamps: Photo Inspiration (brightly coloured blooms!)