This week is "Tickle a Teapotter" week. How fun. It's also our first guest hostess week and Fran aka Philsmom has done a fine job!! I love it one of her monikers is Fairy Dogmother.
Anyhow, Fran has us going to Paris. Wow, it's my first time off the North American Continent. And I don't even have a passport.
Sad to say, but I have nothing that can be construed as being French , other than my Fleur De Lis dies, in my supplies. So, being that I march to my own drummer or hear voices in my head, I went the way of Paper embroidery and thought of the La Grande Roue or Paris Eye. Funny, when I googled it, I got more images of Paris Hilton's eyes than I did of the Paris Eye.
Of the many patterns that I have, I went with this one, as IMO it most resembled a ferris wheel. The hardest part was trying to get this sucker centered, (I'm off kilter if you don't know it by now).
Like a real ferris wheel, this one rotates. It's a little catty whumpus, but again that's me. Instead of using a penny, I diecut circles from a piece of the cardboard that comes with the Cuttlebug B plates. It's glossy on both sides and pretty substantial, so it works good and is not as heavy as 2 pennies.
The crystals in the center represent lights on the Eye at nighttime.
So hop on and take a spin on the Eye. The view is stunning on a clear day or night.
Bon Jour Mademoiselle.
Date: Monday, March 26, 2012 GMT Views: 1416
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Registered: February 21, 2007 Location: Bay City, MICHIGAN Posts: 17556
Tue, Mar 27, 2012 @ 7:26 PM
Oh my gosh, this ROTATES TOO!???
You have my total admiration for being able to do something as gorgeous as this!! Unbelievable!!
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 131503
Wed, Mar 28, 2012 @ 2:37 PM
How clever to actually have this rotating. I have a good number of photos of the Paris Eye, but being allergic to heights we've never gone on it. Even the first floor of the Eiffel Tower was a struggle the last time I tried it, and I certainly wasn't going to join DH going on any higher. At least I'd been to the top in my younger days when I didn't mind heights!! This certainly reminds me of seeing the wheel all lit up at night - we were there in December one year just after all the Christmas lights were illuminated.
Registered: February 5, 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 92404
Sun, Apr 01, 2012 @ 3:58 AM
Jennifer, what a truly creative card...especiaolly in interpreting the "Paris" theme. Your needlework is extraordinary and the effect, magical. Great card!!