One of my most favorite places to take a break from the daily fast pace of life is the wine country of Sonoma and Healdsburg. I love the wine culture and ambiance. I have always gravitate to images of vineyards, or wine tableau paintings. I always see myself in these setting. The earthy colors are warm and engaging. Any image of an inviting glass of wine gives me romantic ideas of a lingering quiet afternoon with my sweety. Or long entertaining evenings with friends and family. Such images conjures up ideas of a life slow and rich with loved ones. With a glass of wine in hand, it's hard to be rushing around.
So it stands to reason, during one of my low self-control moments of purchasing a group of stamps, when I came across this wine vignette, I just had to have the stamp. For me, it wraps up my whole mental "wine" concept in one image.
Then, when shopping at my favorite paper store, Scrapbook Island, (visit them on Facebook), I found this beautiful grape charm. It's a bit hard to see in the image below, but I found the beautiful grapevine paper.
I have a bit of a habit. Once I find a new technique, or favorite layout, I have to use it over and over again.
In this case, the technique is embossed stamping and water color painting with acrylic paints. Then the layout as seen in the Just Beachy card, One Layout Different Outcome card, or Girly Girl shoe card.
As much as I can be inspired and thoroughly see the end product in my mind's eye, sometimes I have the most difficult time finding colors. For this card the cheese and wine bottle seal colors were a beast. However, it turned out to be a great memory.
I asked my sweety to help me. So off to Micheal's ( http://www.michaels.com/ ) we go. Talk about someone who whole-heartedly gets into the mood, there he sat, on the floor in front of the acrylic paints, comparing creamy yellow and wine color paints. When you don't have enough hands, nor a table to use, sitting on the floor and lining colors up in front of you gets the job done!
So, pour yourself a glass of wine and enjoy this card. Saluto!
