I am so late...I hope there is still some tea in the pot. This very late card is for Jan's super fun Tickle a Teapotter challenge.
I recently purchased some Lavinia digi images of houses. They were rather expensive compared to many other digi images so I plan to get my moneys worth, hence this house has been turned into a teapot.
The background was made by spraying Dylusions ink onto an A4 sheet of cardstock then squirting with a lot of water. I got a bit carried away with the ink and the water, so I quickly slapped a new sheet of A4 cardstock on top. I rubbed the card with my hand then peeled the sheets apart.
This is actually the second sheet, the colours were a bit softer and I liked the white bits. The original sheet is in my stash for another day.
For the house, I printed the image onto photocopy paper then drew on a handle and spout using a fine black sharpie. I put it back into the printer and ran off a copy, which I then coloured.
I coloured with pencils and then added Spectrum Noir markers over the top. I may never buy copic cardstock again, colouring on the photocopy paper is great. The waxy pencils seem to make a good base for the alcohol markers. It's a piece of cake to cut!!
It is almost time for Dare To Get Dirty week, I hope to see you there. Thank you for looking.
Date: Thursday, July 28, 2016 GMT Views: 1889
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Registered: December 15, 2011 Location: Abilene TX Posts: 11275
Fri, Jul 29, 2016 @ 4:58 AM
Susie, what a fun and mystical teapot you created! I love the ingenuity of turning the house into a teapot - and so cleverly doodled and colored. Fantastic background, as always, and a very happy Teapotter in the future!
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Registered: August 15, 2007 Location: Twin Cities MN Posts: 51215
Fri, Jul 29, 2016 @ 5:03 AM
I LOVE your whimsical red teapot...it's just magical! I've been looking at Lavina stamps...they're so pretty and fun. You are definitely an enabler...What a great idea to transform this house into a teapot...it's adorable! Maybe I'll be the lucky one who gets this Susie original...I can hope..
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Fri, Jul 29, 2016 @ 5:39 AM
Wow Susie!! What a brilliantly done project here!! LOVE the fun design on your teapot with all of your clever details!! Amazing job with adding in the extra teapot details by hand drawing! Really amazing and stunning my friend!!
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Registered: February 28, 2010 Location: Eastern Ohio Posts: 7072
Fri, Jul 29, 2016 @ 6:38 AM
And to think I own one of your new house digi images and am loving it. You are so inventive with your card making--with smooshing, mashing, squirting----LOL---whatever it takes to make your master piece. They all turn our so very nice!! This one is great---teapot from a house and your colors are so pretty and colorful and love your background tooo--sweet card.
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Registered: October 26, 2009 Location: Oakhurst, near Yosemite Nat'l Park. Posts: 46873
Fri, Jul 29, 2016 @ 6:42 AM
Susie, you are queen of Tea Pot land mate! This is incredible and I LOVE how you made your tea pot from a Lavinia house!!! You are soooo very creative! Never would have thought of it in a cazillion years! I like your new coloring technique too, it's very cool!
I Love your card, it is so bright and colorful and fun and love the bits of danglehickies in the corner!!!! I think me needs a vacation to Susieland where we can have our own craft camp! Hee!
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Susie, You could be making "big bucks" designing these cards for a major card company. I can't figure out why they haven't found out about you. Maybe it's time you got an agent!!!!
Registered: December 4, 2010 Location: Minnesota Posts: 16609
Fri, Jul 29, 2016 @ 10:17 AM
Susie, this is absolutely incredible - and fantastic! I love how you created your background (I need to try doing that now), and I love how you drew a spout onto this house. This is ingenious and you pulled it off brilliantly! I love the colors you used and I love how you stamped around the edges to make this lovely, magical scene. So fun! ~Karen.
Registered: October 21, 2010 Location: in the okanagan in b.c. canada Posts: 13010
Fri, Jul 29, 2016 @ 10:40 AM
Hey sis NEVER too late for tea....besides I have lots of cups, there is another shelf of them up higher that did not show on the pic...( wink-wink)...he-he. So glad you made it. So lovin the colors here and SIS....you do not need to buy digis when you can add and create like you did the handle and spout, they are even neater then the original part. I keep forgetting to try the bgs you make they are sooo cool...will have to soon...TFS...HUGS..:0)
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Registered: March 31, 2008 Location: Eastlake, OH Posts: 22599
Fri, Jul 29, 2016 @ 5:48 PM
You sure never disappoint! The doodles, turning a house into a teapot, the awesome backgrounds- just amazing and SO fun to see! This is spectacular and will delight the recipient!
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Fri, Jul 29, 2016 @ 6:24 PM
Wow Susie girl...this is quite a teapot...WOW on the colouring, and no your not too late...lots of tea left yet...love your BG too...awesome card hun
love De mama
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