May 4, 2020

Penny Black Bouquet Ballet



Last year I was privileged to do some design work for Penny Black and they sent me a generous amount of stamps. Now that I have thoroughly cleaned my craft room (AT LAST), I "found" a few things that I had forgotten about and Bouquet Ballet was one of them.


Watercolored with some long retired Ranger Adirondack Reinkers. I bought a set of 12 over 10 years ago and most of the bottles are still full. Such a great way to watercolor as the color stays pretty intense. Used ONE drop Raspberry and Sunshine for the top card, and one drop of Sail Blue reinker for the second card.





MOOD WHEN DONE:  Excellent!

We continue to be fine. Our reactions to staying at home pretty much mirror a lot of our friends -- it's old, but we are grateful for all we have.



13 comments:

Betty said...

two gorgeous cards, Joan - especially love the pinkish/orangish one - must see what i have in the reinker drawer that i can use.

Leslie Miller said...

Oh, my word, Joan, I'm breathless! I have some Adirondack reinkers, too, and I agree about how great they are for watercoloring. These are both exquisite!

merryf said...

These are absolutely stunning! I had no idea Penny Black makes such gorgeous floral stamps! I hope all is well!

I Card Everyone said...

Joan, these are stunning … now where did I put that set?
Will you be astonished when I tell you the only reinkers I own are black, and gray?
Ha! =]

Julie Ebersole said...

............THUD!!!

Jeanne H said...

Absolutely beautiful cards. Great coloring. Will you please send me some energy to clean MY craft space? LOL

Debbie Olson said...

Joan, this is absolutely stunning!

Unknown said...

Both of your cards are amazing! Beautifully done girl!!!
Lu C

Anonymous said...

Joan those are both jaw-dropping gorgeous. WOW. I don't watercolor often, I've never learned. May need to take time to learn if i can find an image like that...digging through old SU stamps may produce ONE.
Happy Thursday just because. Faye

Nan0807 said...

Beautiful!,

Sabrina said...

The blue one is gorgeous. Hard to believe yd am that with just one drop of reinker plus water, the shading is amazing.

Vikki H said...

These are some of the best cards on the web in May! Your technique with the reinkers is wonderful. What a treat they would be to open in my mailbox!

Lori Templeman said...

Gorgeous as usual! What has happened to your FB page? I'm concerned!