WooHoo another terrific Teapot Tuesday party. This is for Mrs Bratvold and all the wonderful children in the Evansville Kindness Club. I googled this amazing little group...WOW. The world is a better place for having these great teachers and kiddies.
My card continues on from the story this week about Sallie Lou and Sandi Lynn getting lost in an orchard near their school. It was suggested a bell or an alarm be used so the children could find their way back. Thankfully the schools headmistress had contacts in the electronic industry and she arranged for every child to be issued with a GPS Tracking Device....problem solved.
You can see in my card that Sallie Lou is in trouble again and has been ordered to sit on the "naughty chair" and face the wall. Her little mate, Sandie Lynn is inside reading the Kindness Club manual (she will be tested on this later). Sheri Leonie is supervising her friends, she is so clever that she can read a book and swing at the same time.
I had so much fun making this center step card. The weatherboards are done with Kaiser DP, I scored the dark lines to give it an authentic look. I cut out the shape for the window. I placed acetate on the back of the window. Looking in through the window I used Graphic45 paper that had a blackboard, international clocks (for all of us girls around the world), times tables, etc. I cut all the little girls from the same Graphic45 paper.
I plaited 3 strands of bakers twine to look like a skipping rope and using a brad, hung it on the wall, on the other wall I put a brad in back to front and made a little hook with the "arms" and hung a paper rug on the hook. Paper rug was made with scor pal, then wetting and scrunching in my hand until dry, then punched a hole to hang it on hook.
A Martha Stewart border punch was used as an awning and I hung a little swing from it. The swing really works, but if it swings sideways, it wacks poor little Sallie Lou in the head!!
The grass is MS fringe scissors then trimmed to shape, my usual favorite fence and tree completes the scene. I loved making this and can't wait to send it off to the Evansville Kindness Club.
Thanks for looking and have a great week.
Date: Monday, April 22, 2013 GMT Views: 2660
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Tue, Apr 23, 2013 @ 8:29 AM
How amazing, and creative! You managed to get almost every detail of the story and a few extra special touches of your own too. Wonderful card...I wish I could see the children's faces when the teacher shows them this card that she received!
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Tue, Apr 23, 2013 @ 10:29 AM
OH MY.....what a WONDERFUL little scene here...so much work...and so well done...wow...It DOES look like you had lots of fun tho with all the neat and personal details...even like the twine for the swings....right on...will so be loved...TFS....good to see the girls got back safely...:0)
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Tue, Apr 23, 2013 @ 11:53 AM
Susie, you set the bar awfully high for the rest of us.... This card is incredible with so much wonderful detail to look at and admire! Another great job!
------------------------------ Phyllis Young at heart, slightly older in other parts. We really never grow up, we just learn how to act in public!! What if you woke up today with only what you had thanked God for yesterday??
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Tue, Apr 23, 2013 @ 1:14 PM
Those little vintage look girls have GPS! We must have fallen into a time-warp, although nothing is surprising on Teapot Tuesdays. The little skipping rope and rug are such sweet additions, and as one of the international gals I love your world time clocks. As always you've put so much work into making this absolutely perfect for the challenge and full of so many fun details.
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Tue, Apr 23, 2013 @ 2:57 PM
Susie, I am loving these little scenes you've been creating for TPT. I suspect people are going to look forward to them the way we all look to see what Curt is up to this week.
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Tue, Apr 23, 2013 @ 3:10 PM
Wow! What an awesome scene! Love the details & the vintage feel to it. The images remind me of my grade 1 reading books with Dick, Jane & Sally, Spot & Puff. Oh, now I'm really dating myself, aren't I?
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Tue, Apr 23, 2013 @ 7:56 PM
Susie!!! This is precious!!! Love your schoolhouse with your adorable children! Awwww! I can't even put into words just how sweet your card is! You have created a vintage fenced-in school yard complete with children, tree, birds and of course a couple of apples! Love it Susie!!!