Deborah, Lin and Brusho inspired journal page.

Deborah Wainwright has become a friend and inspiration to me since we got together on Twitter. she recently mentioned experimenting with Brusho and I thought PING, I will have a play as well. Bought brusho years ago when I worked in primary school and the caretaker banned me from using it as it stains badly in the hands of 7 year olds.

Started off with my Dyan Reaveley journal and wet a double page with a water wash, then sprinkled a few grains of brusho in blues, greens and yellows. Sprayed extra water here and there and blotted it until I was happy.

Next I chose Dyan Reaveley stamps and Black archival and stamped a few leaves around the edges.

I then mixed some brusho with water and filled in some of the leaves and used the flat brush to give the impression of grass.

Next I wet some watercolour paper and sprinkled grains of brusho in shades of red and purple.

The finished effect suggested tulips to me and who do you think of with tulips, Linda Brown.I used her  beautiful stamps with black archival on the red background, cut out and arranged the flowers on the background. Finally I stamped Lin's tulip leaves, added a few extra with black pro marker and glued down the flowers.

It needed some words so once again Dyan Reaveley obliged again with her alphabet stamps.

A whirlwind project that just came together. getting quite reckless in my old age!