Wow talk about a pressure!! Peggy (jasonw1) aka Queen of Drop Dead Gorgeous Monochromatic Masterpieces, is hosting this weeks Teaparty along with Sheri and our guest of honour is Pam aka yorkiemoma...none other than the the Die-Cut Diva herself!!
Our challenge is to bring layer upon layer, unfortunately layers means serious postage dollars. I remember my first ever Teapot Tuesday card cost almost $13 to post, so I learnt after that to tone it down a bit so it costs around $3 a card. I love making stair-steps for international post as depth can be achieved without adding "thickness" to an envelope.
As Pam is a Splitcoastie, she will know to foof (I think that is a word) up the butterfly wings and tweek the little flowers a bit after their long voyage. Lots of dies were used here, including a a RAK flourish die from Peggy. The Spellbinder gate die is a dream to use now, also thanks to Peggy who sent me the video about using dryer sheets on stubborn dies.
The diecut tree and butterflies on the backstep are adhered to a piece of acetate, so is the lower trunk of the tree at the front. The tree at the front is a die with a border around it - I just lopped off the border and only used the tree. I embossed a scrap of the metalic cardstock with the Swiss Dots EF, then used a couple of ancient EK Success punches - it is nice to know that some tools never date...unlike their owner!
I made the stairstep base and folded all the steps before embossing it. Whilst I had a lot of fun making this, I was itching to use some colour. My inner Peggy told my inner Susie to be quiet and just have a glass of red wine and not to add colour to the card. That worked, oh I should mention I made this late last night...I didn't have wine with my brekkie!!
Thank you for looking and have a great week ladies.
P.S. I am hosting next weeks Teaparty. If you would like a cheater email for next weeks challenge, PM me your email address and I will send it to you next Saturday USA time.
Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 GMT Views: 6015
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Sun, Mar 22, 2015 @ 7:51 AM
Oh, Susie!!! This is gorgeous, and I am not at all surprised that you could do something this beautiful with dies - and NO colors - hehe! I love it, and you are amazing, sis!! What a precious gift! Big squishing hugs!
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Mon, Mar 30, 2015 @ 1:55 AM
Wonderful card for Pam! The embossing, die cut layers and details ... fab! Today's TLC is one-color cardstock only and is perfect for layers. Maybe you'd like to give it a go again?
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Sat, Jun 27, 2015 @ 11:15 PM
Wowzer! Visiting the Side-Step Gallery today and discovering your talent. I do believe that you are the Queen of this style of card. So many wonderful things in your gallery that I could get lost.
LOVE your sense of humor.