Nature's Palette

 I feel like I have been missing for a long time. Alas, I have been doing another card project for a customer that is rather large and took up most of my time. But today I was delighted to be able to make a couple of cards for my blog. 

This is the first card I did using Penny Black's Into the Sky stamp, which I just love. I wanted it to appear in the background of the scene, like it was in the mist, so I stamped the branches first using Sepia ink, then did the sponging of the ink background. I did however, stamp the sentiment last.

I sponged using Fossilized Amber, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade and Abandoned Coral. Once I was happy with that, I splattered with water, then splattered with brown watercolour paint in Madder Brown. I stamped the sentiment using Ranger Archival ink in Sepia.

 For my second card I changed up the colours slightly, using Mustard Seed, Fozzilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade and Ripe Persimmon. I also die cut the panel, framed in brown and attached to a white card base.

 I did the sponging first then stamped the branches using the Sepia ink. I then splattered with water only, and stamped the sentiment, changing up the verse a bit. 

I am a huge fan of Ripe Persimmon, so I tend to like the card above a bit more, but I do like the added paint on the card above.

I hope you have enjoyed these cards and thank you for visiting my blog today.