It’s been snowing

It’s been snowing quite a bit around here and we’ve had some very cold nights. A few of those nights happened to be while our furnace was not working but it’s fixed now and all is warm and cosy again! I am sending these out to a couple of friends who will totally get the snowy themed greetings, people who know about the beauty and length of a Canadian winter.

Believe it or not I did not create these cards at the same time but I’m pretty sure I ended up using the same supplies. The single snowflake card above was made with a watercolour panel I made years ago when experimenting with brusho. I probably sprinkled the brusho on watercolour paper then spritzed it with water until I was happy with the result. Even after you are happy with the result it can change as the paper and paint dry. I liked the panel so much I hoarded it, waiting for the right design. I am trying not to do that so much any more as I am very keen to Use What I Have (UWIH does not make a catchy acryonym so I am still playing with the category title). I paired the panel with one of my daughter’s snowflake designs available in the Echidna Studios etsy store as a print or cutting file. There are 6 snowflake designs in the set and I think they are beautiful.

The second card was also made with brusho but I sprinkled it over an embossed panel. I embossed the Darkroom Door snow flakes background stamp with clear powder then covered it with brusho watercolour. I cut the words with my cricut to get a size that would show up on the busy background. Happy New Year and thank you for dropping in here.