Sending Teapot Hugs!

My card today is for the Tuesday Teapot Challenge. This week's challenge was to create an outdoors scene and since I just received my new The Cat's Pajamas stamps I decided to use them! yay!

I inked up Aye, Aye Captain, and stamped the image onto Copic Xpress cardstock. I stamped the boat only again, and coloured and cut out the oar and set it aside.

I coloured the image and added some "waves" using the TCP Apron CutUp die.  I stamped the Blueberry Sky cardstock first with the WMS polkadot background stamp - to add a bit of interest.

The oar was placed in between the waves and adhered.  The Heart Trio Cut-Up was die cut from Pure Poppy cardstock and then I popped up the middle heart!

Inside I added some clouds die cut with the Cloud Border CutUps- I love it!

Thanks for coming around!

Teapot Tuesday! Best Wishes

Yesterday was Teapot Tuesday!! yay! The idea is to make a card based on our challenge - (which isn't really very difficult at all!) and then send it on to the destination for the week! We offer encouragement and blessings to those who need it!

Anyone can join us in this challenge. It's not by invitation only, it's an" open to the public" Splitcoaststampers Challenge. You also do not have to write a story, just be inspired by the teapot and if you choose, you can be inspired by the challenge story and our destination!

So this week's card is going (has already been mailed) to newlyweds Alan and Ellen - see their story here! 

We had to use red, green and white in our wedding creation - all I could think of was Christmas - so I whipped out the Big Blooms - Poinsettias from Waltzingmouse Stamps and coloured myself up a bright red flower!!

The poinsettia itself is absolutely all one layer - the colouring makes it look like there are layers and layers of petals - isn't wonderful what shading can do??!

The middle of the poinsettia, the gold and green was stamped, coloured, cut out and adhered onto the poinsettia because I goofed in the middle - but it is fine anyway - love being able to cover up the oopsies!!

The background is the gorgeous die from Cheery Lynn Designs - French Lattice. I cut it our in white cardstock and layered over more white cardstock - love the look!

I hope you can join in this fabulous challenge!!

Teapot Tuesday!

Today is Teapot Tuesday!! yay! The idea is to make a card based on the challenge - (which isn't really very difficult at all!)

Anyone can join us in this challenge. Its not by invitation only, its an open to the public Splitcoast Challenge. You also do not have to write a story, just be inspired by the teapot and if you choose, you can be inspired by the challenge story and our destination!

This week we are sending our cards to a fellow (which means masculine eek!!) who needs our warm fuzzies!! Check out the challenge here!

Here is my masculine card....

 I used a fabulous Marianne Creatables 2 piece die for an antique automobile - front and back - I chose to only use the back for this card.

I also decided to leave it a little plain, only adding texture with some corrugated cardboard and a small piece of twine......I wanted bling and blows and frills!....but no.

Thanks for coming around today and have a great week!!

Sending Prayers

Good afternooon - this post is a little late today. My son is studying for his college exams and has taken over the computer time - which is all good and well as he is in his last week of college! Wahoo!!

The Tuesday Teapot challenge is to use a hummingbird somewhere on your creation so I did just that!

I made a fairly simple card, choosing to have just one layer - well two I guess.  I used FOUR of Papertrey Ink's stamp sets in this card - Background Basics Retro, Birds of a Feather,  Garden Variety and Beautiful Butterflies.

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Hospitali-Tea!

Good morning!

Today I have a card that fulfills TWO challenges - Look at me go! woohoo!

My Favorite Things sketch challenge this week was a sweet one - as always - and the Tuesday Teapot Challenge is a colour challenge - so I combined them, as cardmakers often do!

The colour challenge is silver, pink and black - love it!

Using My Favorite Things "Always Time for Tea" Die-namics and Stamp set, I die-cut the teapot and then stamped the body of the teapot (the stripes) in Memento Tuxedo Black.

The spout, handle, lid and base of the teapot have extra die cuts which you can choose to use or not.
I chose to die cut those pieces and using my silver leaf pen, I coloured and adhered them to the original spout, handle, lid and base of the teapot.

I did the same to the little spoon while leaving the cup and saucer white and stamping them with the little flowers.

My card papers are from Bo Bunny's 6x6 paper pad called Enchanted. You can't really tell in the photo but my pink cardstock is a beautiful shimmery paper as well as the silver cardstock!