Sunset
Posted: August 19, 2019 Filed under: paradise, Penny Black | Tags: Penny Black stamps 15 Comments
More scenery! Wouldn’t you like to be there right now? Maybe you are…
This stamp is from Penny Black, it’s called ‘paradise‘.
If you have read about how I made my recent scenic cards (outback, canoes, oceanside, sailboats) then you already know the drill for this one. I inked and stamped the trees , ground and horizon landmass in a combination of fossilized amber, tea dye, rusty hinge, gathered twigs, ground espresso and black soot distress inks. Basically I started by stamping the whole image in fossilized amber then adding the next darkest ink to sections I wanted darker, stamping that, then adding the next darkest ink to even less of the stamp, stamping that and so on until I had the gradation of sunlit palm frond yellow to thick silhouetted dark brown and black shadows. Once I had done all that inking and stamping I embossed the whole stamp with versamark and clear powder so the colours were ‘sealed’ on the watercolour paper. The clear embossing step yeilded a bonus effect this time. See those white lines on the top of the palm fronds that look like the light hit them? I think my panel might have moved ever so slightly so I ended up embossing a little bit of un-inked white paper. Happy accident folks!
After the embossing was done I painted the sky with abandoned coral, salty ocean and wilted violet inks. I went all out tropical sunset mode and when that dried used the coral and ocean colours on the water as well. I painted the sandy beach in fossilized amber ink but then wanted it darker in the foreground so blended some rusty hinge and tea dye ink over the sandy area with brushes.
The sentiment kind of chose itself from the Penny Black ‘destinations’ set. I stamped it in distress archival ground espresso ink. Thanks for dropping by today, hope your week is off to a good start.
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Heather Telford 
Beautiful and amazing card.
Absolutely beautiful!
This is absolutely stunning Heather andyou have watercoloured it brilliantly and such beautiful colours too. It looks so realistic that I long to be on that fabulous beach….paradise indeed! x
such a lovely glow
Stunning!
My jaw dropped……..magnificent!
Gorgeous sunset at the beach!
This is a masterpiece, Heather! I’d love to be there right now!
I’m speechless once again! You keep taking this ‘crafting art form’ into places I never would have thought possible!…Luminescence and Light are sooooo hard to capture in Art and you have become a Master! I am in Awe of your ability and talent!♥ I am going to STUDY THIS ONE OVER AND OVER. 😀
This card is so lovely! You’ve captured the lighting effects and shadows so wonderfully. Wish I could climb in there and sit on that beach. Thanks for sharing your talent.
Brilliant Heather ! Happy accident indeed.
Oh, Heather, this is glorious! I agree with Clelie’s comments completely! Perfect.
One word – “WOW”!
OMG – that’s just so gorgeous! I think God has fun painting the sunsets for us too.
I am totally blown away, Heather. Magnificent!