Sunday, January 31, 2016

Winter trees

Today's Sunday Stamps theme is Winter Scenes. A set of four different stamps was issued in 2014 titled Winter Fun.



I have to say I am not sure what the cardinal bird has to do with winter fun, although I do like the stamp.

Here are some envelopes I sent out where I used watercolors and ink to create a tree scene with a color to match the sky on these Winter Fun stamps that USPS issued in 2014.








11 comments:

  1. Good match with the trees. I wondered about the cardinal too, but it's at least as good as the others.

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  2. I imagine the cardinal must look stunning against snowy winter trees, I wondered about the little presents hanging on the branches. A delightful set of stamps.

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    1. We have a pair of cardinals in the back yard - but no snow for them to look good against.

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  3. not all cardinals head south for the winter. We have a pair that lives here year round and we are in Boston. I was surprised to see these birds in a winter storm and called the local Audubon Society & they confirmed robins stay here also

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  4. so I guess that means cardinals on winter stamps works...

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    1. We have cardinals in winter, too. I was wondering how they were part of winter fun... maybe the fun is just watching them? Just seems not as related as the other stamps where people are doing things more actively.

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  5. Cardinals are often seen on Christmas cards.
    I love the one with the two skaters - they look so fluid, my body wants to sway in my seat looking at them.

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    1. Nice reaction! Mine is more along the lines of: who has such a death wish that they're holding hands while skating?

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  6. The stamps make a perfect match with the winter trees.
    But you send mine with a green/red Christmas stamps, I the final result was also really nice.I definitely need to try with watercolours!

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    1. I used a different color on yours to match the stamp. This is a very easy technique.

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