I hope I'm not too late for the tea party! When this challenge came around, I knew exactly what I wanted to do. It just took me a while to do it, not because of the technique, but because I couldn't find the template for the teapot. Imagine that! In my nice, neat craft room where nothing is out of place! Yeah, right!
You ask where are the ribbons....Is it pushing the envelope a little bit by saying that the teapot is made out of "ribbons" of paper? Well, that's what it is. "Ribbons" of paper are cut to follow a template in the circular shape. The flowers are white silk flowers with gold beads and Diamond Stickles to make them sparkle. The leaves are an old Sizzix die that I haven't used in a long time. The corners are punched and the spout, lid and handle are cut from a pattern and pieced onto the card with Diamond Stickles around the edges. This is Iris Folding and if you have a pattern, it's really not difficult to do.
I will be sending Ashley some ribbons and things to help her out. I've been in the situation where my stickers and papers got ruined by water. It's not fun.
Date: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 GMT Views: 1516
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Registered: April 14, 2009 Location: in my own little PINK sparkly world Posts: 12150
Wed, Mar 30, 2011 @ 7:17 PM
how lovely....I've never been brave enuf to try that iris folding thingy.....I love the way you did it....Ashley will love this....so pretty and spring lilke....
Registered: October 21, 2010 Location: in the okanagan in b.c. canada Posts: 13012
Wed, Mar 30, 2011 @ 7:43 PM
wow and you say the technique wasn't what took you longer....I would still be on the first piece, amazing talent, it is soooo cool and very pretty, Ashley will just love it...TFS...:0)
------------------------------ We as people are raindrops of colorful ink , falling down Crisp and Clear, each a different shade more vibrant then the last, but once we realize at the bottom of an endless abyss we all fall into the same inkpot forming one color, only then can we come together as one My son.
Registered: March 24, 2006 Location: Deep in the Heart of TEXAS Posts: 15980
Wed, Mar 30, 2011 @ 7:44 PM
WOWZER this is a gorgeous card! Beautiful Iris folding!!
------------------------------ 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??
Registered: April 23, 2006 Location: Looking For Teapots! Posts: 59742
Thu, Mar 31, 2011 @ 5:18 AM
Oh my goodness! You are one of those! One of those that can do this! Wowza....I love this! If I tried one of these, I would be late to the teaparty not because I couldn't find the template, but because it took 42,000 hours to make! Whoo hoo! Thank you so much for sending this to Ashley, she is gonna be so very thrilled with this card! It's awesome!
Good thing your neighbor found her iron! She might have had to call you to borrow yours and that would have interuppted your template searching! Bwahaha!