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I created\nthis card using Brushos, Brusho SprinkleIT, Lavinia stamps, and VersaFine Clair\nink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I recently watched a video where Tracy Dutton, Lavinia\nStamps, created a beautiful card with Brushos, VersaFine Clair Ink, and her amazing\nstamps. I was given Amazon gift certificates at Christmas and hadn\u2019t tried Brushos\nor the ink, so I decided to check them out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colourcraft Brusho\nCrystal Colour:<\/strong> These are transparent, highly pigmented watercolor powders.\nWhen you add water to them, the crystals explode into vivid colors. I didn\u2019t\ntake the covers off the containers when I received them. The powder is really\nfine, and I knew I\u2019d get it all over. Instead, I used a plastic push pin to\npoke a hole in each cover, then left one in each of the container covers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I was searching for information on Brushos, I went to the Colourcraft website where I found several videos:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.colourcraftltd.com\/brusho\/brusho-youtube-videos<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

VersaFine Clair Inks:<\/strong> I love these inks! The fairies and the skeleton tree stamps had previously been used, but cleaned well. The rest of the Lavinia stamps were new. I first applied the color Cheerful, from the VersaFine Clair inks, onto a Lavinia stamp and wiped off that color; then applied Nocturne (which is basically black) to it. The idea being that if I put a lighter color on the stamp first, then the darker color wouldn\u2019t stain as much. After I stamped the image, I used a baby wipe to clean the stamp and then ran water over it at the sink. It was incredibly easy to stamp a solid image with this ink, the detail was excellent, and it cleaned off easily. The new stamps cleaned up slightly better versus the ones that had already been used\u2026but I\u2019m probably the only one who would notice that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Random Tip<\/em>: Place\na kitchen colander under stamps while you\u2019re washing them over the sink. That\nway, they can\u2019t accidentally go down the drain.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wanted to see how these inks did on other things, too\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I tried a couple different brands of (new) clear stamps, just in case the Lavinia Stamps had been kissed by fairies before they left England, and that\u2019s why they cleaned up so well<\/em>. Again, I used Cheerful first; then Nocturne, and the ink cleaned off easily on those, too.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next, I tried a new rubber stamp. I repeated the process\nwith Cheerful first, and the rubber stamp cleaned up really well. I tried\napplying Nocturne without first putting on Cheerful. It didn\u2019t wipe off-I cleaned\nit with Staz-On and the ink didn\u2019t come off completely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wanted to see how Copics worked with these inks. The ink smeared. I\u2019ll stick to using Memento inks-these are excellent to use with Copics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I learned\u2026with distress inks\/oxides, I can either tell what color it is by just looking at it or by looking at the color chart-if I look back at something I did earlier. With Brushos, I need to write down the colors that I use at the time I make a card because I didn\u2019t think to do it this time. I couldn\u2019t remember or tell by just looking at it.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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