I have the honour of hosting this weeks TEAparty for our very own DonnaJeanne. DonnaJeanne lost her husband in December and while home and family are changing, I thought DonnaJeanne might like to escape to Splitcoaststamperville for a while.
I have created a 'home away from home" using Lavinia houses and a little pet fox by Craftin' Desert Diva. Everything was done on copy paper, coloured with Prismacolour pencils, blending pencil, Zest it pencil blend and highlighted with a few Copics. Fussy cut.
The background is Brusho's, a ton of water and el cheapo watercolour paper. I place a few sheet of cheap watercolour paper on my desk before I do any messy type work that requires liquid inks, powders and water.
I was applying Brusho's to smooth white cardstock and got carried away with the amount of ink powder and water I used, so I plonked one of the watercolour sheets on top of the inky, watery mess and like magic, the wc paper sucked the living daylights out of the puddle on the cardstock.
I loved this piece as the purple (DonnaJeannes fav colour) is really intense, yet evenly spread. I added a bit of yellow distress ink to add some interest. The cardstock piece is in my stash for another day.
Some of my favourite backgrounds are created by moping up a mess, or cleaning stencils with baby wipes, cleaning stamps by stamping until no ink is left, paint brushes etc.
I tore the house apart looking for gingham (you would think as challenge hostess I would pick something I had plenty of....you would be wrong LOL). I found a small piece of purple checked paper
in a Graphic45 8"pad. I remodelled a roof and accessories for little foxy. Whew crisis averted.
Thank you for looking and I hope you get a chance to send DonnaJeanne a paper hug. The details can be found HERE.
P.S. Happy 600th birthday Teapotters!!
Date: Monday, January 20, 2020 GMT Views: 1408
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Sun, Jan 26, 2020 @ 11:42 AM
Another lovely creation from you, Susie! Love all the colors, and I'm so glad you found that bit of gingham paper! Just goes to show you, never throw anything out...lol! I always love to read your stories of how you create your cards!
------------------------------ -----Liz "Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, ..." ~~1 Thess. 4:11 (NIV)
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