Sunset Grasses

I have been away from my workroom, paints, stamps, papers and computer. I thought I might have shared a few blog posts while I was away but instead I took in the beauty of my surroundings snapping oodles of sunset photos along with other lovely scenery and dear faces. Now that I am back at home I will share some cards interspersed with occasional photos taken while away.

It’s been over a month since my last post which included snowflakes but before that one I was sharing cards made from watercolour panels. I ended last year and began this year wrapped up in colour mixing. I am still doing it and the result is quite the pile of panels ready to be stamped, die-cut or collaged into cards. This panel is an example of a gradation from one colour to another. I painted yellow from one end, deep pink from the other and blended them only slightly in the middle. When I picked the panel out of the pile I blended some darker yellow ink over the top through a circle post-it stencil then blended the edges once the stencil was removed.

The lovely Penny Black ‘nature’s paintbrushes’ was a simple addition along with a thin strip of cardstock and a tiny sentiment from the PB ‘snippets’ stamp set. Thanks for dropping by despite how quiet it’s been her lately!