Hello all... it's still slow-going here. As soon as the floors go down and there are some unpacking/organising the craft room pictures, I'll be sharing those, but for now here are some more inky backgrounds in progress.
They're a combination of springtime colours and an ongoing wintry feel... They were made before Christmas (sorry - see I told you it was slow-going around here!) but this is exactly what the weather is doing here at the moment.
We had a wonderful week of sunshine and warm temperatures, but now we're back to freezing fog this morning and there's snow forecast again later in the week.
Ah well, I did know that spring would be later coming here in Central Europe, but it's still a little sad to experience it for real.
Still, the fog adds a touch of mystery to the landscape, and the birds are extra grateful for the food I'm putting out.
For those who want to know a bit about what I used here... one tag has a PaperArtsy crackle background (Snowflake over Crackle Glaze over something dark... don't know what any longer I'm afraid!) and some inky splodges of Stormy Sky and Chipped Sapphire Distress Oxide (and maybe other Inks and Oxides too).
The other has a soft smooshing of, I think, Speckled Egg and Rustic Wilderness over a white painted background, with Stormy Sky and Faded Jeans splodges over the top (there may be some Faded Jeans in both tags, come to think of it).
Then all the stamping is greenery from Tim Holtz's Sketch Greenery stamp plate - which I was lucky enough to win as part of a wonderful goody package from Tim and Mario.
The greens involved are Olive and Leaf Green Archival, tinted with Rustic Wilderness and Peeled Paint Inks and Oxides, and I think there's some Faded Jeans and Speckled Egg stamping too.
I hope you like them. One has already made its way onto a card, and I'm sure I took some pictures, but at the moment I can't find a photograph of it. The other is still waiting for some finishing inspiration to strike (and has joined the pile of backgrounds waiting for the same thing!).
I hope you're all doing okay, and I'm looking forward to spending a bit of time catching up with you again soon.
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
Anne Bradstreet
To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.
George Santayana
