It’s Teapot Tuesday and today’s Tea Party is for Linda (Hotwheels). We’re sending some kind words and encouragement as we mark the second anniversary of her dear mother’s passing. Polly is our hostess and she has challenged us to make our cards with something that reminds us of our own mother. When I read that Linda and her mother liked tea, I knew I had to make a tea party card. I get my tea drinking habit from my mom. When I was growing up, she always had a cup of tea on the table while she sewed, and now so do I. Well, except I’m making cards instead of sewing. I wish I had picked up the sewing skills too.
This ended up being a combination of last week’s MIX Challenge to paper piece with mixed media backgrounds, because I was looking at these sweet Bo Bunny teacups and thinking they would look good paper-pieced. I had small strips of paper that I had used to soak up the watercolor from yesterday’s Technique Lovers Challenge.
I love the Fabriano Hot Press paper. The pad that I have right now is 11 x 14. I’m able to cut six card fronts out of each piece, and I’m left with two strips of 5.5 x 1.25. I always soak up the remaining ink of my workspace with a scrap of paper and yesterday I decided that I should use those strips. Lo and behold, those strips that I used to soak up the bird color made beautiful teacups. To make it a truly mixed media card, I added gold Wink of Stella to the rims of the teacups, colored the flowers with metallic markers and added Stickles to the petals and flower centers. Love that sparkle.
I’m also linking to this week’s Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge which is looking for Feminine cards.
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!
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