Our teaparty this week is for a very special Splitcoastie, Julie Gearinger and her hubby Dave. I hope you can join in and send some paper hugs and good wishes to Julie and Dave. To learn more about this weeks special Teapot Tuesday teaparty, the details can be found here[/COLOR].
After fussy cutting the mice and wielding a scalpel for the fiddly bits (with minimal blood loss) I tried to come up with a suitable background. Nothing seemed to work until I found an offcut in my scrap box, then I had a light bulb moment and went in search of the card it came from.
I uploaded this card [/COLOR]back in 2017. There is a link to Sabrina's fun challenge and from there you will find a link to Loll Thompson's metallic tissue paper technique.
Even though I loved the original card it always seemed to be lack something....I should have known two well dressed mice on a bike carrying a brolly would do the trick!
To blend the image with the background, I added some gold to the bike and brolly using Gansai Tambi water-based pigment stuff (it's like Twinkling H2O's, but more intense and easy to use with a wet paint brush or aqua pen).
The Mo Manning digi mice are printed on copy paper, coloured with Prismacolour pencils and Zest it pencil blend and highlighted with Copics. Lots of liquid pearls were added before fussy cutting and adhering to the background using a glue stick.
Thanks so much for looking and I hope you get a chance to play along.
Date: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 GMT Views: 1049
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Registered: March 29, 2011 Location: Covington, WA Posts: 32470
Tue, Aug 06, 2019 @ 12:13 AM
Susie, those adorable mice on the bicycle are the perfect add on to that marvelous bg and gate. Love, love, love the umbrella! Great coloring and fancy pearl embellishments. The original was elegant, you stepped it up to fabulous with your mice. Sure hope they get your internet upgraded soon!!!!
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Registered: January 8, 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 40409
Tue, Aug 06, 2019 @ 12:19 AM
This is beyond fabulous, Susie! Your green metallic bg looks amazing and I just love the gold gates and bike. Your liquid pearls add so much to this card. Looks like they are off on an adventure. How GOOD was the cricket, I stayed to the end last night~
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Tue, Aug 06, 2019 @ 1:00 AM
Oh my mate over East...wow wow wow...that BG...those mice, that umbrella, the gate...where do I stop. Love love it. I was thinking of an umbrella theme for one of the DTGD challenges...mmmmm...can I, could I...watch this space. Thanks Susie...hugs from the West
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Registered: November 20, 2007 Location: Northumberland, UK Posts: 13285
Tue, Aug 06, 2019 @ 4:22 AM
That's a gorgeous background Susie and the mice are adorable (which is saying something coming from somebody with something of a mouse phobia!). Did they just scrump that strawberry from the grounds of the stately home beyond those gates, I wonder?
Registered: January 11, 2017 Location: Wisconsin summer and Arizona winter Posts: 19745
Tue, Aug 06, 2019 @ 7:48 AM
Wow! Wow! Wow! I love those wonderfully colored mice with the liquid pearl accents! Your background is amazing! I just keep looking and looking at this stunning card Susie! I desperately want to come and craft with you! fav'd
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Registered: February 28, 2010 Location: Eastern Ohio Posts: 6290
Tue, Aug 06, 2019 @ 7:56 AM
Sweet sweet images that were fussy cut with hmmmm "very little loss of blood to you and them"---LOL--- great background, coloring and all the extras added making such a neat and colorful card
Registered: September 12, 2004 Location: Redmond, Washington Posts: 54470
Tue, Aug 06, 2019 @ 8:33 AM
Susie, this scene is exquisite!! All of the details are so wonderful I have to keep going back to look some more. We get a lot of rain here in the Pacific Northwest so I have a pretty large collection of umbrellas
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Registered: July 9, 2008 Location: Stars Fell on Alabama Posts: 75007
Tue, Aug 06, 2019 @ 10:22 AM
Oh goodness, this is beyond adorable. I love you have two mice under the umbrella. Fabulous card all the way around.
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