No one can ever call Curt lazy. He happened upon these potted flowers of the miniature kind, saw that they were in need of water so off he went to get the hose and give them a sprinkle. Now if this was in Colorado where it tends to snow and get real cold and perhaps you forgot to disconnect the hose from the spigot, he would probably have to first let the ice cubes flow through the stiff hose! hehe BUT no problem-O. We are headed to Arizona!...or should I say, our cardÂ’s are about Arizona or southwestern stuff. Hey, do yourself a favor and go here to read all about itÂ…Â….now my cardÂ…..
DH has lots of southwestern kind of pots. So I was inspired by them to make my pots here. I used ovals and a circle for them, Zentangled the designs and colored with copics.
Drew Gardener Curt, hose, fence and part of the teapot. Oh and the stem and leaves. The flowers are compliments of the internet. Coloring was done with copics except for the fence and CurtÂ’s sombrero, which was done with a stylus and prisma pencils. The teapot house was first painted with light molding medium, then dabbed color on using chalk pastels. Window, shelf and clay pot copics.
Stamped the Judith grass and SU leaves and sponged the clouds using RR cloud stencil. Then sponged the grass. Lots of masking done here. My trick for that is print out a b/w copy of the scene/image on regular paper, then cut out the parts I need, much easier than re-stamping or drawing. hehe
Well, that is it once again. Hope you have enjoyed another Teapot Tuesday with Curt cardÂ…..Have a splendid Tuesday everyone!......TFL :0)
Hi Sis! Thinking of you today. Hi NC Sis!
P.SÂ…Â…btw, I guess itÂ’s true, big hats DO make your butt look smaller. Why just look at CurtÂ’s, it has practically disappeared Â…..Note to self, buy big sombrero! Â….. hehe :0)
Date: Tuesday, October 4, 2011 GMT Views: 1542
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Registered: April 23, 2006 Location: Looking For Teapots! Posts: 59742
Tue, Oct 04, 2011 @ 6:28 PM
Interesting...I left a comment and it went missing! Hmmm.....but what I said was....
OMG! You are certifiable! Giggle! This is the curest.....Curt is da bomb.....and the pots! I could not think of that zendangle stuff....but I knew it was it on the pots! I am so with these technigues! This is precious Kathy....gotta love Curt at a teaparty! Good thing he's watering the pots........that'll get us in the gate....You rocked this challenge, as usual! Hey, if the big sombrero thing works, can you let me know? Ha!
Registered: February 18, 2010 Location: Stuck in the middle! Posts: 4680
Tue, Oct 04, 2011 @ 10:26 PM
Thinking of a design takes me forever and a day. Then to get that out of my head and on CS takes another day or two. Do these ideas for your cards just POP into your head? When you KNOW what you are going to do, about how long to make your card? Mine can still take forever and a day! I bet you whip your cards out in nothing flat, unless of course, you need drying time for them. So many steps and techniques, most of which I have never heard of much less tried! Cathy and Curt, dynamic duo does it again!
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Registered: April 19, 2006 Location: Under piles of craft stuff in New Zealand Posts: 4148
Wed, Oct 05, 2011 @ 1:46 AM
Unfortunately I can't make the teaparty this week but I still had to have a wee peek to see what Curt was up to this week. Gardener Curt is so fantastic -- he looks like a real professional. I love Curt. xx
Registered: January 19, 2009 Location: iowa Posts: 37114
Wed, Oct 05, 2011 @ 4:44 PM
Curt looks very dashing in his sombero! And looks like a pretty good gardener watering those lovely flower pots! A very creative and fun scene! You do amazing work Cathy! TFS
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Fabulous zentangle pots!!! Your scene is awesome!!! Great idea for the masking - tfs your tip!!! All the techniques you used on your card blew my mind! WOW!!!
Registered: October 3, 2009 Location: In a state of grace Posts: 10850
Fri, Oct 07, 2011 @ 8:26 PM
Curt really has quite the green hoof! Love how he's coaxed all of those hibiscus flowers into beautiful bloom. LOVE those Zentangle pots - they look amazing! Curt's sombrero is fantastic...love all of the detail that you achieved with that stylus. Love your masking trick too, it sure works beautifully!
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