Here is my card for the Tickle a TeaPotter challenge this month - took me a few days to figure out what I was doing, and it took a few twists and turns, but I am finally done!
My card base is garden green - I have had this piece of mulberry for years - got it at Hobby Lobby - looked like a tie dyed t-shirt from the 60's! Put that on a piece of green and stitched it all the way around - now, go figure, after I stitched it, I proceeded to cover up more than 2/3 of it with my scene!! Now that part, I sure didn't think through too well!!!
Cut the curvy hills (and grassy border) with SB A2 curvy borders, cut the tall and evergreen trees with my IO dies, the deer with Memory box die,and a LOT of leaves from a Poppy stamps wreath die, and added about 3 wreaths full of leaves. Next, I stamped some grass tufts with my Kittie Kit "Cause a Scene", in garden green, then added some highlight to the grass with my watercolor crayons and an aqua pen. Then, I cut another border and fringed it to look like grass for the first layer - whew, almost done - then added the deer ! Looking at it afterwards, I guess I should have made the trees the white birch they were meant to be, since now they kind of look like palm tree trunks, but what is done is done! Hindsight again!!
Hope some tea potter will be happy to get this card - at least they will understand the processes I just went through!
Thanks for looking - I appreciate your comments!
Date: Thursday, January 29, 2015 GMT Views: 1894
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Registered: February 9, 2010 Location: Mentone, California Posts: 7361
Thu, Jan 29, 2015 @ 10:24 PM
You have created an amazing scene...I LOVE that you started your wonderful scene with the mulberry paper...You have great perspective and texture in this scene. You used the birch trees in a way I have never seen them used before...really creative and wonderful! Your grassy knoll ROCKS!!! AND your stitching is the cherry on top.... GREAT job!
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 132001
Thu, Jan 29, 2015 @ 11:39 PM
Sue, Sue, this is a little green piece of heaven! Your background paper couldn't be more perfect, and then you've built such a wonderful woodland on top of it, with the trees and the grass and the deer just enjoying it all. And you get extra cookies .
Registered: June 4, 2009 Location: Deatsville, Alabama Posts: 83609
Sun, Feb 01, 2015 @ 10:13 AM
Sue, this is Wonderful!!!! I love the scene you created - Kenny would love this too - I will have to show it to him. He is in the woods now looking for these deer! Seriously. Love your card. Hugz
------------------------------ Nancy Williams - Hope your day is Spirit-filled and ink-filled (in that order)!DRS Designs-DT, Punchkateerforever, Dirty Dozen Alumni