It's Tickle a Teapotter time and Susan is our hostess this month! Susan has introduced us to Mary Delany's art and challenged us to make a floral mosaick in our own style. That's a tough one for me, Susan! It's also Challenge Your Stash day and Joyce has challenged us to use a flower stamp that has never seen ink before. Everyone is conspiring against me today to make me use flowers. Do I have my own flower style? I realized as I was watching the video of Mary Delany's work that I was not about to put my flowers on a black background--that is definitely not my style. Nope, my style is bright colors and lots of patterns. So I printed out this lovely Tiddly Inks digi that I was so enthusiastic about buying and never actually used and went big with some of my brightest pinks and greens. Then I went looking for some floral DP to go with it, but I don't really have a lot of floral DP. But I did have this fun paper with globes and flowers and thought it was a nice way to represent our teapotters around the world. I did mute the flowers a little bit with colored pencil and some Antique Linen brushed over it to bring the colors down to the level of the DP. Then I found a perfect sentiment stamp--one that my friend gave me for Christmas and stamped it in green and black. For some reason the green turned black in the photo, but I promise those large words are green. Finished off with some Nuvo Dream Drops on the flowers and a few iridescent sequins for bling. Flowers aren't me, but in the end this card does feel like me. I had fun making it and I hope the receiving teapotter enjoys it!
Registered: August 15, 2007 Location: Twin Cities MN Posts: 50473
Wed, Apr 29, 2020 @ 3:05 PM
Bright big and bold is your style...this is a wonderful homage to Mary Delaney and also the Teapotters from around the world. Such a gorgeous card Jen!
Registered: December 4, 2010 Location: Minnesota Posts: 16610
Thu, Apr 30, 2020 @ 5:04 PM
What a gorgeous card this is Jen - I swooned when I opened this up to the larger picture. These flowers are so beautifully colored and "SO ME." I love roses and these are the colors my mother always had. I am super pleased to see you doing flowers Jen. And you do them so well too. Great use of patterned paper too! ~Karen.
Registered: November 2, 2015 Location: Murrells Inlet, SC Posts: 5811
Sun, May 10, 2020 @ 12:21 PM
Jen, when my card arrived and saw it was from You, I was so excited. I admired your card for days, the colors were so bright and beautiful and I was wondering why I did not do bright flowers. Pink and green has always been my favorite colors together, it was like your card was meant for me. Many Hugs from a former New Englander.