Sunday, July 11, 2010

The Play Date Cafe PDCC No. 37

You're Invited to Tea This card is for this week's The Play Date Cafe Challenge #37. It's been a long time since I've been able to play for one of these challenges, and then it happened that this week was extra challenging! This beautiful photo is so open to interpretation. I went to the photo's website for the photo credit and spent time dreaming about the beautiful French pottery there. Wow! Then I went for an absolutely literal interpretation of that photo! I got out my scor-pal, made bead board using every 1/2 inch mark, and then chalk inked them with creamy brown. Then came the lemon tart cardstock, the certainly celery, and pure poppy. I figured out instead of sewing the button flowers on, I'd just put some brads through them - so ridiculously easy I thought why haven't I done this sooner? I used SU's white craft ink on the tea cups and tea pot and then heat embossed with two layers of UTEE. I thought that made them look more ceramic - at least in real life! Thanks for stopping by! Supplies: Cardstock: Certainly Celery and Wild Wasabi (SU!), Lemon Tart, Pure Poppy, and Stamper's White (PTI) Stamps: Tea for Two & Tea for Two Additions, Everyday Button Bits Ink: Basic Black and Craft Whisper White (SU!), Creamy Brown Chalk (Colorbox) Embellishments: black brads (unknown), buttons (Crystalline Buttons), red ribbon Tools: teapot and teacup dies (PTI), UTEE (Suze Weinberg)

5 comments:

  1. Wonderful use of this weeks challenge, the faux paneling looks wonderful with your tea images. Thanks for playing at the PDCC.

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  2. Love your interpretation, Melissa! Just beautiful.. Thanks for playing with the Play Date Cafe this week!!

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  3. gorgeous use of the UTEE! Love those teacups and teapot. thanks for joining us at the play date cafe :)

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  4. What a wonderful entry for this week's challenge at The Play Date Cafe...so glad to have you play with us again!

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  5. Lovely panelling and pottery! Sweet card! Glad you joined us this week at the PDCC!

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