Stampin’ Up! introduced a new product in their spring catalog called Brusho Crystal Colour (#144101). Brusho is watercolor ink crystals.

You can use them on water-washed paper to get some great effects with color! The product includes 5 colors – Brilliant Red, Gamboge (orange), Moss Green, Prussian Blue, and Yellow. And by mixing and matching these colors, you can get all sorts of effects.

I recently played with the Brusho crystals on a Facebook live. It was fun to see the different patterns that come just by sprinkling the crystals.

Whether you use a spritzer or aqua painter, you can get a great look.

Sprinkle the brusho and then spritz with water. Or use your aqua painter for a more watercolor look.

After the Facebook live, I took the colored sheets and turned them into cards. There really is no end to the patterns and color combinations that you could come up with.Tim even got in on the fun and created this dragon card

This is the Facebook Live where Tim and I played with the Brushos. We go live every Thursday at 1 pm Central and we would love to have you join us. Each week we share different techniques and/or stamp sets.

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Don’t miss out! Deals run November 20 – 26 … to see the list, click here.

And for Monday only, all of these stamp sets are 20% off:

Remarkably You

Bloomin Love

(the coordinating Bloomin Hearts Thinlits are 30% off too!)

Celebrate You

Cool Treats

You’re So Sweet

Garden Girl

Good Vibes

Super Duper

Heartfelt Sympathy

Every Good Wish

Good Tidings

Milestone Moments

More than Chocolate

Number of Years

Oh What Fun

Touches of Texture

TODAY ONLY SALE

40% Off

20 – 30% Off

10% Off

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For a fun interactive card for a cat lover – check out this slider card made with the Cat Punch … or pull out card … I really don’t know what to call it.

You pull the roof up to see the words. Change the words and you have change the occasion for giving this handmade card.

Here are the supplies you will need:

A 5″ x 8″ piece of Pool Party card stock, scored along the long side at 1 1/2″ and 5 1/2″. Fold.

Use the 2 7/8″ square from the Stitched Shapes Framelits to create the window in the center piece.

On the cut-out square piece, add your sentiment. (I used a birthday stamp from Confetti Celebrations.)

Attach a 3 1/4″ square of Window Sheet under the opening.

Put adhesive along one of the sides of the house and close up the card.

Carefully, attach the square with the words on the inside of the card – looking through the window.

Cut a piece of 3 3/8″ x 5 1/2″ Petal Garden Paper and make a black cat with the Cat Punch. Attach the cat to the bottom of that paper. This will make the slider.

For the roof, cut a piece of 1 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ Fresh Fig. Cut the sides at an angle to look like a roof.

Use a piece of Tear & Tape to attach the top of the roof to the top of the Petal Garden paper. This will allow the bottom of the roof to stay open – and slide over the top of the house.

If you would like to watch a video of this being made – or you would like to see another DOZEN cards made with this punch, just click here!

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Use the Cat Punch to make quick & easy cat cards – for those cat lover friends of yours. In fact – its so easy that instead of the 9 cat cards I had planned to make (for a cat’s 9 lives, of course) the number kept going up. Birthday cards and sympathy cards and more…

A great way to make a birthday card for kids (or to have them make cards for friends) is to combine the Cat Punch with the Birthday Memories Designer Series Paper! The balloon, gift, and hat are all cut out from one of the sheets in that paper.

The wood floor is a 4″ x 1 1/2″ piece of Wood Textures Paper.

What could be any easier than a strip of paper (from the Pick a Pattern Designer Series Paper) with some Black Bakers Twine and the Cat sitting on top?

To add interest to the words (from Teeny Tiny Wishes), I stamped close to the edge of my paper scrap and then used the edge of the Everyday Label Punch to cut it out.

Losing a pet is very hard. What an easy way to show your sympathy using the largest heart from the Sweet & Sassy Framelits and a little heart from the Enamel Shapes.

There is nothing like a forlorn looking cat in a window to express “I miss you” (from the Soft Sayings Card Kit).

Either this is a tiny window … or a very large cat… your choice!

For either a congrats card (you found the yarn?) or for a care card for a “tangled life” situation card – the ball of yarn tells the story.

I used the 3/4″ Circle Punch and the Adhesive Sheets – and just wrapped the Bakers Twine in a circle starting in the middle.

That cute cat loving couple you know? Here is a card for them!

Punch one cat out from a black scrap and one from a white scrap – and reverse the images! Add a heart from the Sweet & Sassy Framelits.

You can even frame a cat – for any occasion! Quick, easy, & cute!

This Cat in the Window is a pull-up card. Come back on Monday to see how it works. I will give step by step directions then.

The cat and the fishbowl is a classic cat story! The fish bowl and fish are from the Jar of Love stamp set and the table and stool are from the Wood Textures Paper Stack.

The cat rises again! (I saw this idea on Pinterest some time ago and don’t know who to credit with it – sorry)

Tip: Punch the cat out first, then layer the Stitched Square over the cat where you want it.

Tim’s Cat Cards

Tim shared the outdoor cat cards – since that is where he thinks cats should live. (Don’t blame him – he is extremely allergic to cats!)

Doesn’t this paper from the Wood Textures Paper Stack make a great outdoor setting for this cat behind the wood pile?

This cat is punched out from the Spooky Night Designer Series Paper.

The 2″ Circle Punch was used with Card Stock Vellum to create the moon. Doesn’t it look shimmery against the starry sky (from the Merry Little Christmas Designer Series Paper)?

The white Watercolor Pencil was used to draw the lines on the wall made with the Brick Wall Embossing Folder.

This “bloody” card looks more like Halloween! Tim poked his finger picking up the scissors (our 5 year grand son said he is going to give grandpa some safety lessons!) – and this was the result!

I remade his card so we could actually send it out!

The Wood Crate Framelits were used with the Wood Textures Paper Stack for this fun place for the cats to play!

Making Many Cat Cards/the Video

You can watch us make these cards – and see Tim’s reaction to his bleeding right here:

Need Products?

These are some of the products featured today – and when place a minimum $50 order in my online store, you get a FREE Card Kit in the Mail! Read more about that here.

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It is now October – and my FREE Card Kit of the Month features the Christmas Quilt Bundle! This is one of the four cards you will receive:

To get the Free Card Kit – just place a minimum $50 order in my online store! The Card Kit, which includes all the supplies needed to make four different cards with the Christmas Quilt Bundle. All you need to add is adhesive. You don’t even need to have this stamp set to complete the cards!!!

So go ahead and purchase whatever you want to …. this is a great month to stock up on Designer Series Paper, for instance. Read about that sale right here.

How to Make a Step Card

To make this Step Card, start with a 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ piece of Thick Whisper White Card Stock. Use this pattern to make score lines (the dotted lines) and cut lines (the two straight lines).

Then fold to look like this.

Decorate as you please. I used Tranquil Tide and Pool Party Card Stock with the Quilt Builder Framelits Dies. On top of the quilt is a snowflake from the Seasonal Layers Thinlits and a Metal Rimmed Pearl.

Add words if you like …. I used words from the Floral Phrases stamp set.

To see this card being made, click here to watch the video. (Yes – its the same video that has the Cancer Cards!)

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