Roses Stencil in Blue

Posted: April 7, 2026 | Author: | Filed under: Brusho, Classes, cricut, Echidna Studios, grafix, Roses digital stamp set, Watercolour | Tags: , , , , , | 2 Comments

I’m continuing to enjoy my stencil and watercolour experimenting, this time featuring a stencil I designed myself and cut on the cricut. The stencil is made from two sections from a rose border digital design which is part of a trio of rose themed images available in the Echidna Studios etsy store. To create more of a square stencil I joined two parts of the border design together in cricut workspace before cutting them from Grafix matte dura-lar. I know many people don’t use cricuts or digital cutting machines but the technique would work with any fine line stencil.

I painted the panel in blue paint before dropping the stencil on top, then added brusho powder and some spritzes of water. I am continuing to finalise techniques for my Stencils & Watercolour workshop here in Ottawa and this was one of the panels I created on watercolour paper. (there is one space left in the Monday workshop and several spaces in the Saturday workshop)

The sentiment was also cut on the cricut from the navy cardstock which also frames the stencil print. I know the cricut can be used for many things but my favourite use for it is definitely stencils! Looking at the photos as I write this I notice I did not glue the tittle over the ‘i’ in birthday. I had better try and find it!

Stencil & Watercolour wedding cards

Posted: March 27, 2026 | Author: | Filed under: Classes, clematis burst stencils, Creative Expressions, cricut, Watercolour | Tags: , , , | 1 Comment

I’ve been creating quite a few patterned panels using stencils and watercolour while designing a workshop. There have been many experiments and most, but not all, have turned out quite well. You can see in the photo below the Creative Expressions square ‘Clematis Burst’ stencil beside two panels. The bright one on the left was the first impression and the one on the right the second impression using paint remaining on the stencil.

As I never seem to have any wedding cards on hand when someone asks for one I decided to make both panels into wedding cards, one bold and one subtle. I cut the sentiments on the cricut and also the large red heart

When you look closely you can see both ‘prints’ are loose and a bit messy but I don’t mind the impressionistic look!

I used a gold gel pen to add definition to the flowers on the lighter print, not every petal but enough to make sure they looked like flowers!

I am teaching a Stencils & Watercolour workshop here in Ottawa in late April and early May, you can find all the details on the CLASSES page.

Carols & Stencils

Posted: November 28, 2024 | Author: | Filed under: grafix | Tags: , , | 9 Comments

Here are a few more of my ‘bookish Christmas’ card ideas. I cut up a few vintage carol books to create unique cards. Where possible I have matched the stencil to the carol!

I created the tree stencils by die-cutting Grafix blue stencil film with Creative Expressions ‘Winter Pines’ dies.

All the nativity stencils are from a set I bought on Amazon a couple of years ago when I couldn’t find many nativity stencils in the craft stores. Sadly the set is a lot more expensive now.

If you don’t want to cut up carol books you could photocopy the music; I was able to buy a couple of books second hand so I didn’t mind turning the pages into cards. I decided against greetings or sentiments because there are plenty of words on the card fronts already!