It’s been snowing

Posted: January 8, 2026 | Author: Heather | Filed under: Brusho, cricut, Darkroom Door, Echidna Studios, snow flakes, snowflake digital stamp set | Tags: cricut, Darkroom Door stamps, digital stamps, Echidna Studios, Fabriano Watercolour Paper | 1 Comment

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.

Snow & Ice

Posted: April 13, 2022 | Author: Heather | Filed under: Darkroom Door, gel press, pine cones, snow flakes | Tags: Darkroom Door stamps, gel press, gel printing, Waffle Flower dies | 4 Comments

Although most of the ice is now gone, over the last few weeks I have seen it breaking up on the river near our home. The ice that once covered most of the bay cracks and ends up in layers as it breaks, moves and eventually disappears. When I lifted the print above from my gel plate I immediately thought of the cracking ice. It also reminded me of the colours in glaciers, not usually navy blue but I have seen blues and aquas.

Around the time the ice was breaking and melting this snowflake stamp arrived from Darkroom Door so I stamped it on vellum to overlay the background. I really didn’t want to lose much of the background hence the vellum and then a very narrow navy frame and sentiment.

This gel print delighted me, both the colours and the pattern. That’s the fun of gel printing; you never know quite what you will get. I will be sharing a few more gel prints turned into cards and backgrounds over the next few days. In May I will be teaching a couple of gel printing workshops at Crop A While. I’d love to have you join me in making surprising and intriguing prints.