I'm late to the party!! This challenge was a couple of weeks ago, but I didn't have any appropriate stamps on hand ... so I HAD to go shopping
Here is a card for the Teapotter's Challenge (MMTPT210) - for Laura Triem. Laura was in a tragic accident late last year and is working hard on her recovery. The "Teapotters" Challenge was to make a girly-girl card for Laura and send messages of encouragement.
I found this digital image at Clear Dollar Stamps and thought Laura would like this "tres chic" french gown.
The image was printed onto a white card front and then paper-pieced with vellum over top. It is so pretty in real life, but I just couldn't capture the interest from the vellum layer with my camera.
Registered: March 15, 2012 Location: Alabama Posts: 11018
Wed, Aug 22, 2012 @ 5:59 PM
Using the vellum sounds so cool! I sure wish we could see it, but the important thing is that Laura will and I am sure it will make her smile! It is a VERY pretty CAS card just as I see it!!! So clean and crisp! Wonderful Loll!!!
Registered: November 19, 2004 Location: Lutz, FL Posts: 15938
Wed, Aug 22, 2012 @ 6:15 PM
Ooh la la! Such a lovely slinky dress. I'm sucking in my belly just thinking about trying to slither into it. LOL! Great choice and I'm sure Laura will love it. And, hey, yours will stand out because it didn't arrive with all the others.
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Registered: February 21, 2007 Location: Bay City, MICHIGAN Posts: 17556
Wed, Aug 22, 2012 @ 8:04 PM
You might think you are late, but this gown is TIMELESS!! Love your card!!
------------------------------ SUE aka GREENIE - Twisted Sistah Handmade cards because..No one displays an email on their mantle, or saves a FB post in a box of treasures! Nothing is impossible with God!
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Registered: June 19, 2010 Location: SC Posts: 6005
Wed, Aug 22, 2012 @ 8:12 PM
Loll, you're a sweetheart to think of Laura and create a card for her. This is just so pretty. I wish I could show all of you the photo's of Laura in her evening wear during those cruises - she's so lovely - and extremely tall. When she was a little girl she and her cousins would always measure their height to me when they would see me. Because I'm short (4'11") it didn't take them long to catch up (which delighted them). Thank you again Loll for playing along. Laura will love this card. She's been trying to send thank-you's so hope she'll be able to get one out to you.
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Registered: October 29, 2004 Location: Coos Bay, Oregon Posts: 24007
Wed, Aug 22, 2012 @ 8:37 PM
Wow.....Loll....so Chic, Elegant and beautifully CAS. I am sure Laura will be thrilled with her very special card. I cannot see the vellum, but I bet it gives the gown a chiffon look and was a creative idea. TFS
Registered: February 9, 2010 Location: Mentone, California Posts: 7361
Wed, Aug 22, 2012 @ 10:35 PM
What a wonderful stamp!! That is just genius doing it in vellum...wish we could all see it IRL! I love the wee pink flower as the only color. This card is amazing and I know she will absolutley love it!
Registered: April 23, 2006 Location: Looking For Teapots! Posts: 59742
Sun, Aug 26, 2012 @ 4:49 AM
OMG! I am so glad I was looking at today's favorites and noticed this wonderful card for Laura! Welcome to the teaparty! So glad you could make it...and I am so sorry I was so late to greet you! I love that you went shopping specially for Laura!
This is a lovely little card....wonderfully done! And I know Laura will get a big smile from receiving this card......I love the simplicity of the dress and the card! Whoot! You did good...
Love that you are a newbie to the teaparty! Newbies get newbie cookies! Tee hee! Now, I just gotta find where I hid them from the other teapotters! Snort!
Registered: September 21, 2006 Location: In the beautiful Sequatchie Valley, Home of the Paper Clip Project - The National Cornbread Festival Posts: 26563
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Mon, Aug 27, 2012 @ 8:14 AM
What a thoughtful thing to do to go get a pretty stamp for Laura. She will DEF. love this. so clean and pretty....TFS..:0)
------------------------------ We as people are raindrops of colorful ink , falling down Crisp and Clear, each a different shade more vibrant then the last, but once we realize at the bottom of an endless abyss we all fall into the same inkpot forming one color, only then can we come together as one My son.