Sheri has given us a fun challenge this week to cheer up Deanna from Alberta, Canada. Our mission is in the form of a Teapotter Intervention and makover!!
Here we have the make-up artists to the stars ready to lend a hand. They have loaded up the car and are leaving the city behind them, shouting "Yoohoo Deanna". Big Bertha, Little Bertha, Gertie and Flo met at the Teapotterville School of Beauty and Deportment years and years ago. Rumour has it they tought the Kardashian sisters how to walk, hold a handbag at right angles AND talk all at the same time.
About the process...I have a lot of single sided dp that I will never use so I thought I would try and make a background with the white side. I did the usual smack and squirt technique (smack distress ink pad directly onto aluminium foil, squirt with water, sponge onto paper). The sponge didn't go over the paper smoothly like it does on cardstock, it sort of gripped the paper and was hard to blend the different colours. I like the result for this card but I don't think I will rush and do this again. It takes a lot of ink which is a far more expensive than paper. It was worth a try.
The girls were stamped onto smooth cardstock, coloured with Copics then fussy cut. I randomly stamped a terrifc "buildings" stamp which was a RAK from our sweet Miss Kathleen Lammie from Alabama. I added a few reeds and a tree stamp (stamped upside down at the top of the card).
Thank you for looking and have a terrific week everyone.
Tip: Single sided dp that you will never use is great for making envelopes, the pattern is hardly visible on the inside of the envelope.
Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2014 GMT Views: 2351
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Registered: March 7, 2009 Location: Where the corn is knee high by the 4th of July Posts: 17498
Wed, Oct 08, 2014 @ 8:14 AM
Super cute, fun card for Deanna! I adore the "girlfriends" line of Art Impressions stamps. Great coloring. Fab bkgrd! Like the ink blend, that terrific "buildings" stamp, the "branches," and your scribble frame. The car looks so shiny, like it's been "glossed." Hee. Surely Deanna will love it.
Registered: October 21, 2010 Location: in the okanagan in b.c. canada Posts: 13012
Wed, Oct 08, 2014 @ 12:38 PM
Hey my friend, how fun. I so want to join these girls, looks like they are ready for a super time, and ready to help our friend out big time, if no-one can....these girls so can...;0).
Your bg did turn out wonderfully, but I know what you mean with the ink. My little neighbor is just 5 and loves to cut and glue so have been giving her some of my papers, but never thought of using them for envelopes...what a super idea, and same as using the tree stamp upside down...LOVE how you think out of the box, and how you have such super fun cards...Big smiles all around and Deana will LOVE these girls and will be so up for their visit...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: January 23, 2012 Location: West Tennessee Posts: 3043
Wed, Oct 08, 2014 @ 6:46 PM
Loved your fabulous card with the notorious girlfriends! Your stories always make me giggle, thanks for sharing! I'm sure they will lift Deanna's spirits.
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Thu, Oct 09, 2014 @ 10:09 PM
Susie...What a WONDERFUL cute card, I Love all your elements, never heard of the smack & sponge technique, Yours turned out just terrific!! Wow...Awesome, and aren't those gals a hoot!!
Ya...Wanda was telling me of this challenge, not sure I have time...and I would love to do a card for her Deanna, ..and yes, Wanda is my DD.
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 132012
Fri, Oct 10, 2014 @ 11:19 AM
Love the customised number-plate, Susie. I was hoping you'd bring these gals along. And what a fabulous background you made for them, too.
You should try stamping on the right side of your no-use DP some time. If it's not too "loud". Sometimes it can be surprisingly effective - but using the wrong side is a great way to use it up and clear it out, too!