For CAS411 (Hot Beverages), I chose tea as I'm a real tea drinker (can't stand coffee)!
I used the shaving foam method of marbling. I stuck to just two colours of Distress reinkers - Faded Jeans and Seedless Preserves. After swirling the inks on the foam, I just started playing with different scraps of cs. First I pulled a piece of regular fairly heavy cs through it. This got me a very dark marbled piece. I then tried a few others. I did not like the results on glossy or coated cs so tossed them. But my final pull was on a piece of quite lightweight watercolour paper and I really liked it so used it for the background for this card.
I die cut the first very dark marbled piece with the PTI teapot die, and cut a second teapot so I could layer it for more substance. I then coated it with Glossy Accents to make it look more like a china teapot. I trimmed the background piece so that I could place the teapot on it as if there was a swirl of lovely blackcurrant tea scent coming out of the spout. With a paintbrush, I added a bit of watered down reinker around the base of the teapot to ground it.
Date: Monday, January 9, 2017 GMT Views: 495
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Registered: April 1, 2012 Location: Rogers, AR Posts: 28925
Mon, Jan 09, 2017 @ 10:35 AM
This is amazing!!! What a lovely tea pot and the bg is just as pretty!!
------------------------------ Jan 'Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ'. Philippians 1:6
Registered: February 5, 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 92561
Mon, Jan 09, 2017 @ 11:48 AM
Love the "fluid" movement of your entire card with the various techniques that you used, Susan. You always have original bg that enhance your cards so much.
Registered: February 23, 2016 Location: El Paso, TX Posts: 22987
Mon, Jan 09, 2017 @ 12:05 PM
I love making shaving cream bg's and yours turned out great - I especially like that you retrieved the first dark piece and used it for the teapot. It made a lovely little piece of enamelware.
------------------------------ Linda aka Bubbles
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Registered: March 31, 2008 Location: Eastlake, OH Posts: 22598
Mon, Jan 09, 2017 @ 3:04 PM
I just love the colors you chose for this! I have not tried different cardstock with this technique so thanks for the heads up on that! How cool that you cut your teapot from the darker piece too.
Registered: December 28, 2007 Location: Victoria BC Posts: 544
Mon, Jan 09, 2017 @ 4:19 PM
I think it is great how you coordinated the tea pot and the background by using various pulls. Well done! It has been years since I did the shaving cream technique - long before I had DI reinkers. Must give it a new go soon, inspired by your lovely results.