This is a bit late and by the time Harry (Mr Yabbadodo) recieves this, I hope Harry and our own teapotter, Faith (yabbadodo) are back in the forest searching for the perfect wood for carving.
We learnt from Faith that her husband Harry loves wood work and makes beautiful knives. I cannot imagine a more dangerous hobby to have, knives and I have quite a history. I remember once when I was trying to cut pumpkin with a huge knife. The knife got stuck half way in the pumpkin and as I tried to pull it out, the knife and the pumpkin lifted off the kitchen bench and thumped me in the forehead. There was no blood and only a mild concussion.
On another occassion I was using a very sharp knife to cut packing tape from a box. I placed the box on my desk....long story short, the box slipped but the knife kept coming. I got six stitches, but it was ok because it was in the exact same place as my appendix scar. I have so many more knife stories LOL....There is a bit of a joke amongst family & friends, when I offer to help in their kitchens everyone jumps up and says...No Knives!! OK enough about me, now about the card.
This started out as a 4" x 8" tall card, unfortunately I mucked up some stamping near the top so I decided to lop the top portion off and use the coloured panel as a layer on a 5" x 6" card.
The coloured background was done with the smack and squirt technique (smack ink pad onto foil, squirt on water, then sponge onto card using a foam blending tool) I sponged on Mowed Grass (bright green) distress ink followed by some Peeled Paint (green) in a few spots. I then used Spiced Marmalade (orange) followed by Festive Berries (warm red). I then went over each coloured layer with the foam blending tools and undiluted ink. To tone it down a bit I scrubbed on undiluted Walnut Stain and spritzed on a tiny bit of water.
When the card was nice and dry, I stamped on two different garden scenes using Archival ink. The little owls were stamped onto smooth white cardstock then fussy cut. I then I went to my reject backgrounds box, chose a few bright backgrounds, stamped the owls again, fussy cut their clothes, hats and boots, then paper pieced then to the owls. I adhered the owls to the coloured background and gave them some googly eyes.
The kraft background is a very thick (app 320gsm) cardstock. I embossed it with a woodgrain EF, then spritzed with water and dragged my Gathered Twigs distress ink pad over the raised area.
Thank you for looking and have a lovely week everyone.
Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 GMT Views: 1776
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Registered: February 21, 2007 Location: Bay City, MICHIGAN Posts: 17556
Wed, Feb 18, 2015 @ 9:07 PM
Glad none of your knife "mishaps" have permanently damaged or even amputated any of your special features - we don't know what we would do without your wonderful sense of humor, as we hear your stories each week!! Love this BG and the woodgrain behind it - very realistic!! The BG is similar to one you have done before but this one has the cute owls, instead of fairies - their paper pieced outfits are very stylish and I especially love their eyes - then a thought - are their eyes that big because they see you holding a KNIFE?? No knives, Susie!! PLEASE!
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Registered: December 15, 2011 Location: Abilene TX Posts: 11275
Wed, Feb 18, 2015 @ 9:17 PM
Oh, Susie, you do make me laugh (as rude as it may be to laugh at others' misfortunes)!
This is so completely adorable! Harry and Faith look ready to go out to dinner in their stylish duds, and they're just bug-eyed in love with each other. Or maybe Sue was right?
Fabulous as usual and into my favorites, also as usual!
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Registered: June 10, 2011 Location: Canberra, Australia Posts: 7394
Wed, Feb 18, 2015 @ 9:45 PM
Oh wow - still laughing from the knife stories - how you do entertain us all. This could be scary because I have just come from chopping up some vegie scraps to put in the compost bins - chopping with a very sharp knife. Those lovely owls beautifully dressed in their Sunday best are so cute and only have "eyes" for each other!!! he he
We love our googly eyed owls, don't we? I have been known to put googly eyes on a lot of different animals. This is so cute and love how you paper pieced their clothes. I always love your bright backgrounds. A-plus!
Registered: February 1, 2015 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Posts: 18
Thu, Feb 19, 2015 @ 2:34 AM
Susie can your cards get any better then this?
ADORABLE!! LOVE IT!!!
As I loved your fairy cards, this is my new favourite, it's gorgeous.
Just looking at the card I was thinking how did she stamp the owls on the background, masking?...never guessed they where fuzzycutted. And then there outfits, so matching. The googly eyes are a must.
------------------------------ Elisabeth Being creative is not a hobby, it's a way of life!
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 132007
Thu, Feb 19, 2015 @ 7:13 AM
You know we all enjoy your stories - though so many of them must have been painful for you at the time. Yep, cutting pumpkins or anything like that is not easy, so I can totally picture it.
Onto the card - a Susie classic with your wonderful background and silhouettes. The owls are just so cute, even more so with those big eyes.
My owl (and more!!) is on the way - thank you again ;-).
Registered: August 15, 2007 Location: Twin Cities MN Posts: 50714
Thu, Feb 19, 2015 @ 7:52 AM
Simply adorbs! Those googlie eyes are hilarious just themselves but paired with the coats and hats...well it's over the top hilarious!! Enjoyed your antics....how about plastic picnic knives...any luck with those or are you banned from using those?
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Registered: October 26, 2009 Location: Oakhurst, near Yosemite Nat'l Park. Posts: 46821
Thu, Feb 19, 2015 @ 9:58 AM
Hahahaha!! Love those googly eye! Great funny card and I know he'll love it! It'll give him a chucke for sure to lighten the heart!
Love it Susie...just like you!
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