A winter landscape

Happy Pearl Harbor Day. Oh wait, maybe that is macabre to say. In any case, a day of remembrance for those who died in World War II.

I mentioned a few days ago that the real reason I got the Winter Post stamp set was for the skating couple--I've seen so many landscape cards featuring them (not least to say a fabulous brayered card by La Zindorf) that I wanted to play around a bit with them. I had a pine tree stamp from a craft store that I wanted to use for my background, and I tried it first in Old Olive, with the couple in Soft Suede, but the color composition looked off. So I flipped over my paper (that's the wonderful thing about stamping--two sides to every sheet!) and started over with a monochromatic scheme of Soft Suede (more by accident than anything) and masked the couple, which created a bit of a halo. I have since learned that to avoid said halo, one must use a very thin piece of paper for the mask. Live and learn...and then get Luvs. Oh wait, wrong commerical. :)

I also wanted this card to be on kraft cardstock with blue layers, so I sponged a bit of blue on the bottom of the scene and a bit in the sky to tie in the colors. I'm pretty pleased with the result, if I do say so myself. YILM!, as Jan Tink would say (yes, I love myself!)

Supplies:
Kraft, Bashful Blue, Very Vanilla cs
Winter Post stamp set, pine stamp (non-SU)
Soft Suede, Bashful blue ink, bashful blue marker (to make the water line)
Sponges, mask, aqua painter (to blend the line of the water)
vintage brads (antique brass)
kraft taffeta ribbon