Finish Off on Friday

It's a bit chilly this morning and I really did not want to get out of my lovely cosy bed, but I decided that it would not be a good look to meet the Sainsbury's delivery man in my nightie.
These first two cards are the ones I set up at the lovely workshop last Saturday at Whittington, run by Josie Davidson (the Queen of gridwork) and Chris Walker. 

I posted both designs after the class ( https://silvercrafter.blogspot.com/2019/03/saturday-is-workshop-day.html ) and have been working on them gently  each day since then.

All the colouring was done on the back, using the Perga Liners, keeping the colour palette very limited.   

I think the designs that Josie and Chris gave us are really delicate and pretty, and I thoroughly enjoyed doing the gridwork.

This third one is the one I used to show how to use the King plates.  It is the Edward border.  The perforating is not as good as I would like.  It uses the bold grids and tools, and, being awkward, I find the bold perforating and snipping harder than the fine tools and grids.  I need to settle down and just practice until I get it right.

The centre is from a drawing of lavender that I did a couple of years ago.  I tried to keep the outlines as faint as possible to let the colour come through.  I also coloured the background within the border with the Perga Liners.

I need to play around a bit more to find the best way to use my drawings on parchment to get the best results.  I also need to set aside a few minutes each day just to do some observing and drawing.

Off now to see what else I can manage to finish off today, and to get my bags packed and ready for both of this weekend's workshops.  Hope you have a good weekend.