Our very own Marie (momof5sons) has given us a fun story and lovely destination - Marie's uncle Lloyd Wilson. The Teapotters have been asked to get the hayride back on track!!
One of mums five sons jumped on his pushbike and hurried over to his great-uncle Lloyds farm as he remembers seeing a broken down old tractor last summer when he was there with two of mums others sons. Here he is leaning on the fence and scratching his head to trying to work out how to get the tractor out of the boggy ground. The tractor is in such a bad state of repair, even the rubber is perishing on the tyres.
This was heaps of fun to make, all the colouring was done with distress inks. I started by smacking a Faded Jeans distress ink pad onto a sheet of aluminium foil, squirted a tiny bit of water in one corner and using an aqua pen, coloured his overalls and hat. There was still a lot of ink on the foil so I squirted on heaps of water, then using a foam blending tool, I moped up the blue inky water and lightly swished it over a precut piece of cardstock to colour the sky. I lightly spritzed some water on the sky to give a dappled and cloudy effect.
The tractor and the base for the grass was coloured in the same method using Peeled Paint distress ink. I also used Walnut Stain distress ink on the tool belt, tractor and on the grassy area. Using coloured pencils I covered the green ink to look more like grass.
To make the tractor tyre look old and flaking, I first coloured it with black ink then I applied lots of Helmar 450 quick dry adhesive, just as it was almost dry, I pulled little bits of the glue off.
I fussy cut the tractor and stuck it on the background, it was at the point that I realised the card was too big. I tried to unstick the tractor...bad mistake, the grassy section ripped. I had spent half an hour doing the grass so I wasn't giving up without a fight. I continued to tear the card right across, then removed the middle section to make it smaller. I made it look straggly and purposely put it over the tractor tyre to look like it was bogged.
I fussy cut Maries son (so to speak) added half a bike, made a few little signs, doodled a border, inked the edges with Walnut Stain, mounted it on a white cardbase and now this card is on its way to New Jersey.
Thanks for a fun challenge Marie and thank you for looking ladies.
Date: Monday, January 12, 2015 GMT Views: 1457
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 131971
Wed, Jan 14, 2015 @ 12:43 PM
Fabulous colouring, Susie - your grass is so realistic, and I love the sky. And I've got to say, your tractor looks pretty like some of the ones we see in the more rural parts of the Greek islands even yet!
Registered: March 15, 2012 Location: Alabama Posts: 11018
Wed, Jan 14, 2015 @ 1:44 PM
Oh my gosh Susie! Does it get any cuter for a masculine type card?!!! I am pretty sure that young fella is a Mo Manning image and he is adorable! Your coloring is beyond fabulous! I LOVE that you explained how you achieved the look of the sky and the grass! Thank you! Bogging the tractor in the mud is such a clever idea! You always come thru, no matter what! LOVE that!!! Oh, and so great that you got Lloyd's first AND last names on there too!!!
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Registered: October 26, 2009 Location: Oakhurst, near Yosemite Nat'l Park. Posts: 46804
Thu, Jan 15, 2015 @ 8:42 PM
Ok, OMGosh, I LOVE this! This is so dang cute! I LOVE that little boy and boy is he ALL boy with the scars to prove it!! You put him in the middle of a lot of fun stuff too! Big tractor, his tools and the bike he is "fixing"? Hee! Love it Susie!! What a fun card and someone is going to treasure it! FOREVER!
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Registered: February 22, 2012 Location: Cape Cod Posts: 43340
Fri, Jan 16, 2015 @ 3:15 PM
Oh how cute! It takes me a while to absorb all the details in your scene cards. The little boy is so beautifully colored and I love that you even put a little bird on the tractor tire - great details!
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Registered: February 21, 2007 Location: Bay City, MICHIGAN Posts: 17556
Sat, Jan 17, 2015 @ 4:21 PM
AHH, a boy is mischief, with dirt on his face, a scar on his arm, and a big ol' toolbelt to help him "fix" anything that LOOKS like it needs it!
What an adventure your card has turned into - the grass in the field definitely looks real, and the poor tractor incident, turned out for the better, getting bogged down in the "muck" when you tried to move it to make the card smaller - looks like you PLANNED it that way.
I love how you described the way you did the sky and his jeans, and Uncle Lloyd will be thrilled to see his name on your signwork. Guess Marie's son will have to get busy on the tractor, as it must have been there a while, from the looks of the bird who has made the front tire his new perch!
Thanks for always making your cards such a rousing adventure - I always look forward to seeing what you have gotten yourself into each week as you construct each card! Big Hugs!
PS - just answered your email!
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Registered: June 4, 2009 Location: Deatsville, Alabama Posts: 83544
Sun, Jan 18, 2015 @ 5:26 AM
Totally adorable farm scene. No one makes scenes like you do! Fun, fun, fun and perfect for the challenge. Many hugz!
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