Our Teapot Tuesday cards are going to Karissa, a young woman with serious heart problems. Karissa loves mystery novels, puzzles and Nancy Drew. The wonderful characters in this weeks story and looking for a ghost so I have brought along Inspector Repmats to look for clues.
Inspectotr Repmats is a digital stamp, I think I made him a bit big, hence half of his bottom is in the window. In my craft world, things like that don't really seem important. The children are having their tea whilst the inspector is outside in the reedy grass looking for ghost footprints!!
My copic work is coming along very slowly, but I did do his face, hands, magnifying glass and shoes. The coat, belt and hat are all paper pieced. After cutting out each piece I swipe the edges with a dauber dipped in TH Distress Ink - black soot.
I stamped reeds on the dp and also on a scrap piece of dp and fussy cut a few reeds to give a bit of depth to the card. I added acetate and lace to the window frame before sticking down. I forgot to stamp the children first, so I stamped on a scrap and tucked them in under the lace.
To give a deep 3D appearance without using foam tape, I have only stuck Inspector Repmats from the bottom of the window sill down. The top half of his body and the magnifier are not stuck down at all.
Did you spot that Inspector Repmats is Inspector Stamper spelt backword. Have a lovely week everyone and thank you for looking.
Date: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 GMT Views: 2009
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Fri, Jul 19, 2013 @ 2:14 AM
WOW WOW WOW -- Susie this is amazing -- reminds me of a TV show that used to be on over here. Your cards have so much work put into them. This one is sure to add a smile
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Fri, Jul 19, 2013 @ 11:59 AM
Susie,
I can't wait each week to see what wonderful scene you will be creating. Your scene this week is so very, very adorable and the details are amazing!
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Sun, Jul 21, 2013 @ 3:08 AM
Wow - this is sooo awesome. You created a wonderful scene and met all the fun keys to this challenge. This is cute, interesting, and fun - she will absolutely flip over it. Wonderful job!!!! Hugz!
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Sun, Jul 21, 2013 @ 1:01 PM
No - I didn't spot who Repmats was!! Too tired, too hot. As always, Susie, you've produced a fantastic card tailored 100% to the challenge. The dimension in the scene is wonderful, and I think my favourite little detail is the brad on the cuff and Liquid Pearls (I think) for the belt buckle and on the epaulette. You do use the pearls in the most imaginative ways.