Butterfly, Butterfly Brusho Crystals Holder by Fliss Goodwin

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I’m so excited to finally be able to share my Brusho holder with you and I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed decorating it. I’ve gone for really bright shades with my favourite Finnabair stamp set for inspiration. There are quite a lot of pics to show the process so I hope you can stick with me!






Ingredients:


That’s Crafty! Dinky Stencils – Flight of Butterflies, Distressed Harlequin Background, Circles Background
DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics – Hansa Yellow Medium, Cobalt Teal Hue, Cobalt Blue Hue, Carbon Black, Pyrrole Orange, Pyrrole Red, Yellow Green Light
Baby Wipes



The first thing I did was to sponge white gesso over all the sections on both sides. I then used DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics to colour the panels. On the outside I used the yellow, blue and green paints which I applied with baby wipes. This gives a very soft look and blends the colours well.





I then decorated the bottom on the basis that being underneath it wouldn’t matter quite so much as practice makes perfect! I used the 3 stencils with black, red and white paints to add a pattern. I then stamped on a circle design from the stamp set with Archival black ink.






Having decorated the base I was a bit more confident about embarking on the rest. I decided I wanted to add some butterflies but I didn’t want to stamp them separately and stick them on. I then had a brainwave and stamped on my chosen butterflies with white ink (if this seems familiar it’s because Alison and I had exactly the same idea at the same time!). They’re a bit faint but you can just see them.






I painted the butterflies with white gesso, painting just over the outlines.






I then stamped the same butterflies over the top of the gessoed images with black pigment ink and heat embossed them with clear powder. You’ll see this gives a slight white border which makes the butterflies really pop!






I next painted the butterflies orange, as I wanted a really bright contrast. I added stencilling exactly as I had done for the base, fitting it in around the butterflies. I stamped the text and some circles on with Archival black ink to pull my design together.







I repeated this design on all four sides, adding just one butterfly on the ends. On the reverse side of all sections, I used a combination of the green, blue, orange and yellow paints which I applied in a sort of marbled pattern.

I glued all the sections together to finish and hope you like the effect.


I hope you’re enjoying all our boxes so far and there are more to come. They look absolutely fabulous stacked up too.

Have a great weekend and see you next week.


Fliss x

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10 comments

  1. Gorgeous, and something else I need to add to my wish list!!!!

    Lin

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  2. A box full of the joys of Spring, great make Fliss
    Love
    Amanda x

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  3. Stunning! Those storage boxes really are genius. I can't wait to have loads stacked up on my desk, painted just how I want them. Lx

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  4. This is really lovely so fresh and bright

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  5. Awesome! Love the butterflies. Thank you for the brilliant instructions! xxx

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  6. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh - I think this one might be my favorite so far Fliss because of the colors... it's just GORGEOUS. And my gracious - the inside coordinates so perfectly with the outside too. Absolutely WONDERFUL. Wow. j.

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  7. Love the beautiful cheery colours,would make you smile everytime you create ;)
    Hugs
    Donna xxx

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  8. Really beautiful - love the rainbow shades and wonderful butterflies.
    Alison x

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  9. Fliss, this is just so beautiful.
    The colours are so fresh and vibrant.
    Wishes
    Lynne

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