This was done for Mother Mark's Teapot Challenge this week.
Her mention of Top Gun made me immediately perk up my eyes and ears. I'm of an age where Top Gun and a young Tom Cruise made my heart go pitter patter back in the day.
This week we went to Coconut Creek, Florida to visit the butterfly capital of the world and, more specifically, the National Butterfly Behavior Foundation (NBBF).
There are a pair of young butterflies there who think they are just like Maverick from Top Gun and are planning a flyby of the administrative offices to make Emma spill her tea.
Well Tilly the Tutor and head of the place called in emergency reinforcements train these two maverick butterflies just like Viper called in Charlie to teach the guys at the Top Gun school.
So meet Lavinia, ready to take these boys in hand and waiting on the tarmac with them in front of the administrative offices to make sure they don't get up to anything too mischievious and save poor Emma some dry cleaning expenses. Tea is very hard to get out of blouses don't you know.
I stamped her in Memento, coloured her with copics and then cut her out. Same with the butterflies from MFT. I found 2 silhouette stamps from Stampendous, one with a rock and fence and cactus (I didn't ink the cactus) and one of a big city skyline (I only inked part of it to make the administrative offices). I masked the office to keep the windows white and the runway and then sponged on Baha Breeze for the sky. Then I masked off the sky portion and sponged on Blue Bayou and Vintage Violet for the tarmac and finished it all off by sponging on Walnut Stain. I made the BG piece by sponging with walnut stain distress ink after testure fading the piece and then sponged the card base with Baha Breeze and Walnut stain. The Melon Mambo pieces are sponged with Baha Breeze and for anyone who wants copic colours to match Melon Mambo try the R 80's with a bit of B40's for shading. I used my MFT die for the clouds and sponged those egdes the same as the card base. I used a bit of glossy accents on Lavinia's goggles.
Hope you like it and thanks for looking.
And thanks to Mother Mark for another terrific Teapot Tuesday challenge!!! I tell you I just can't wait for Tuesdays to see where we're going next. This is such a fun way to make a ridiculously fun and whimsical card. Thanks Mother Mark!
Date: Tuesday, September 7, 2010 GMT Views: 1033
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Registered: November 27, 2004 Location: Carpal Tunnel � slowed me down. Posts: 2272
Tue, Sep 07, 2010 @ 9:42 AM
Your card is adorable and I loved your story. I remembered the Tom Cruise days too ... he used to make my heart go pitty pat ...
Thanks for the memories and kudos on a darling card.
Registered: October 11, 2009 Location: Cape Cod, MA Posts: 1379
Tue, Sep 07, 2010 @ 10:06 AM
Lavina's in the house! She is large and in charge! No way those two mavericks are going to step out of line now. What a fun card and great story. Your coloring is great and your creative background is perfect. Brilliant!!
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Tue, Sep 07, 2010 @ 12:43 PM
What a kick!!!
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