My starting point was the mountains, sky, water and grassy areas. These were done with the Waterfront stamp set. Some interest was added to the water area with the ripple image from High Tide.
Colours used for these areas: Sahara Sand, Soft Sky, Coastal Cabana, Old Olive and Soft Sea Foam.
Next, I went to the Colourful Seasons stamp set and stamped the frame for the chair with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. For the seat, I used Lovely Lipstick on Whisper White cardstock and fussy cut it.
Of course, there had to be a glass of wine and the Half Full stamp set had the perfect size! It is stamped with Gray Granite and the wine is coloured with Merry Merlot (of course!) and a blender pen.
The glass of wine needed a table. So I searched through my stamp sets, looking for something that would work. When I looked at my stack of retired sets, I spotted Sprinkles of Life and had an ah-ha! moment when I looked at the image for the ice cream cone. Stamped with Crumb Cake on Whisper White CS, fussy cut and turned upside down, it made the perfect little table.
I thought it needed some colour in the upper left hand corner to balance out the bright red of the chair. For this, I cut the tree branch from a piece of Wood Textures DSP using the Seasonal Layers thinlits and stamped the flowers from Colourful Seasons with Grapefruit Grove.
This kind of stamping is something I really enjoy. It's fun to look at various stamp sets and combine them to create a scene. Give it a try!
To see what the rest of the team has done, just visit Watercooler Wednesday and be inspired.
Beautiful scene you've created Gail. What a lovely gift for your friend with the accompanying wine. I love how you incorporated the glass into your landscape. Nicely done and great card!
ReplyDeleteThanks Penny. It was fun to do.
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