This card was created mainly for the Tea Pot Tuesday challenge this week (MMTPT152). It is an abacus made from a tree and owls. The owls and wood grain stamps are new to me. The topiary stamp is really old and the Simply Best is medium old. So I also fit within the use old and new stash challenge for Thursday (WT329).
For this card I applied blue and green in directly for the background on white paper. Then I stamped the wood grain twice to make a long piece (C.C. on Crumb). I hand drew and cut the trunk then sponged and distressed the edges. I also stamped the topiary trunk stamp many times and cut them out for branches. I die cut the leaves and stamped them with two greens and leaf stamp. Then I used pieces of them for the foliage. I stamped along the trunk to mark the numbers represented by the abacus. The leaves and flowers and owls represent the beads/numbers. I stamped and colored and cut out the owls. I stamped and cut out the flowers and the sentiment (punch). I also sponged the edge of the sentiment in Teal.
Date: Friday, July 1, 2011 GMT Views: 1385
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Registered: May 15, 2005 Location: Arlington, Washington Posts: 30400
Fri, Jul 01, 2011 @ 5:40 PM
OMgosh! How to fun is this darling creation! I love it! the tall card is so perfect and fun for this partying bunch of friends! Awesome card..
Welcome to the teaparties... your card is a hoot!!
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Fri, Jul 01, 2011 @ 5:58 PM
How incredibly creative can you get. An abacus tree -- great way to carry out the theme, and a totally fun card. By the way, welcome to Teapot Tuesday, the friendliest challenge around.
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Fri, Jul 01, 2011 @ 6:07 PM
An abacus! How perfect! Your owls are a hoot!
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Registered: March 24, 2006 Location: Deep in the Heart of TEXAS Posts: 15980
Fri, Jul 01, 2011 @ 6:09 PM
Tasha, this is just a very cute and creative card for the tea party this week!! Welcome to the teaparty and since you are a newbie you should as The Mudder for a cookie that she keeps for the newbies. Can you believe that she doesn't trust the rest of us and hides those cookies?? She may be a smart cookie herself!!
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Sat, Jul 02, 2011 @ 4:30 AM
Very cute card. In reading your details, I think you get an A+ for creativity in counting!
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Sat, Jul 02, 2011 @ 4:43 AM
I always like long tall cards - a great choice for your colourful parliament of owls. I like the numbers up the tree trunk - took me a moment to spot them. You could work that abacus in other bases than our decimal one .