Warm and Happy

Here is another one of last Saturday's "Mad About Tea" cards:

It uses a single stamp set, Liz's Teapot, and deep rich colors... not my usual palette, and yet very warm and pleasing, which quite coincidentally, seems to match the sentiment.

This is how it all came together:

Both teapot and sentiment were stamped in Versafine Vintage Sepia ink then clear embossed with Transcendence powder on one of the prints from DCWV's Old World Stack.  This is textured stock so I initially questioned how well it would take the ink... but there was no problem at all.

The colored accents on the teapot (spout, handle, base, lid) were done using a brown permanent marker (as in Sharpie).  It covered the print amazingly well!

The teapot's flower motif is another story -- Stamped and embossed on vellum which was then colored on the reverse side using markers.  It was then placed on a wide piece of double-stick tape (carpet tape from a dollar store to be exact), and cut out.  In essence, a vellum sticker was created... After the second liner was removed the "sticker" was adhered to the pot.  In real life the application takes on a seamless appearance.

The card's base is a Bazzill paper called Cool Cantaloupe.  I don't usually note the name of paper colors, but this one is really fresh, yet dreamy, and I was one sheet short for class purposes, so needed to know...

The bookplate frame around the sentiment, is from a large Ellison die which came with my Big Shot machine a couple of years ago.  BTW, I really like this machine because in addition to the ones manufactured by Ellison, it will cut ALL brands of dies (i.e. Sizzix, Cuttlebug, Quickutz, Nestibilities) effortlessly... you just have to concoct the right platform "sandwich."

The final touch for this card was the ribbon, which isn't even tied to the bookplate - just knotted and glued.  It started out a brown/white gingham, and with just a few strokes from a permanent marker, magically turned brown/cantaloupe... Okay, cantaloupe wasn't really the color of the marker, but it matches the cantaloupe cardstock so I've taken a little license...

A couple tips on customizing gingham ribbon -- colors can be deceptive, so make sure to test a scrap section first.  Also, make sure the ribbon is completely dry again before touching it to your project.  If time is of an essence, lay the colored ribbon between two layers of paper towel, and heat set using a dry iron.

Have a warm and happy day, and a great weekend, everyone!

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Comments

[tiyabea]

Warm colors,beautiful teapot, execelent card. I love everything about this card.