Thursday, June 9, 2016

CRACKED ICE TEACUP

Hi there,

Today I'd like to share another card using one of the new June Reveal sets - Roses Set 784. My grandmother used to have a set of teacups that had roses on them, and when I saw this new Roses stamp set - I began to reminisce!

Cracked Ice Teacup

I began by finding a teacup template on the computer, printed and cut it out. I put the template along the tent fold of card and penciled around the template and then fussy cut through both layers. The rose image was stamped in StazOn Black and was colored using my watercolor paints.

Cracked Ice Teacup

The background to the teacup was then sponged with Dandelion Memento ink.

Cracked Ice Teacup

The entire piece was applied with Versamark and heat embossed with Clear Detail. Applied again with Versamark and then heat embossed with Super Thick Clear, I repeated the last step again to get a nice thick coating on the teacup. The piece was then placed in the freezer for three minutes (well, I actually forgot about it - while I was having a cup of tea - so it was probably ten!!) Anyway, it cracked very quickly when it came out. You just need to bend it a couple of times to create the cracks. I sponged over the cracks with Distress Ink: Brushed Corduroy, taking a tissue to rub the excess ink off the top of the image to ensure that the ink just lies in the cracks. I then applied a last coat of Versamark and heat embossed with the Clear Detail to seal in the distress ink.

Cracked Ice Teacup

On to the background. I ran a piece of orange cardstock through the Darice Flower embossing folder and then sanded the raised pattern, to give a distressed look.

Cracked Ice Teacup

I stamped one of the single roses from the set on the inside of the teacup card and used the same watercolor paints to color. Memento Dandelion ink was again sponged around the background. The teacup was then attached to the embossed piece and a strip of yellow ribbon was attached at the fold of the teacup. This was then layered to a piece of white cardstock, edged with 1/2" Tear-ific TapeMimosa Sparkle N Soft was applied to the sticky edges of the base.

Cracked Ice Teacup

I stamped the saying twice in Versamark and heat embossed with Gold Detail. The two little tags were cut out with the Memory box Stitched Main Street tags, to represent the tag of a tea bag. I sponged the tags with Cantaloupe ink before removing the die.

Cracked Ice Teacup

A yellow and white thread was used to tie one of the tags to the inside of the cup. It was popped up with a foam square.

Cracked Ice Teacup

The other tag was tied to the handle of the teacup. I used three colors of Nuvo Crystal Drops, Dandelion Yellow, Ripened Pumpkin and Gloss White to decorate the cup and the embossed background of the card. This finished off my card for today.

Cracked Ice Teacup

I'd like to join in the following challenges with my card:

Our Crafty Corner: Challenge No. 10 - Anything Goes
Two Paper Divas Challenge: Tea/Coffee/Cocoa
Crafty Creations Challenge #317: Tic, Tac, Toe (Sentiment, Image, Tag)

Till next time,

Shona



14 comments:

  1. Wow! I'm impressed, Shona! You used your computer to find the template! Now I want that template, too! Psst! Do you still have the link? Hey! I wonder if my Scan n Cut has one? I will look. LOL beautiful card design and wonderful use of the stamp and technique. I have passed my grandmother 's teacup collection to my dad's wife because she loves the collectibles. They were incredible to see! I only have 3 left. I love that you used the teacup fold for the message! Thanks for sharing your memories. Hugs, de

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    2. Shona, thank you for emailing me privately with the link. I'm sorry you had trouble with it. Here is the link for your other followers! http://melisawaldorf.angelfire.com/Teacup_Card_Template.pdf

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  2. Beautiful! I have not done cracked glass in ages. I just love the tea cup with the rose on it and the fabulous colors you chose for your card.And thanks for the beautiful story you told too. No one in my family was a tea drinker until our son moved to Japan. So now a couple of my kids are at least.

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  3. Beautiful card , great colours and I love the tea cup a lot!!!

    Have a nice weekend !!
    MAria

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  4. Love love love this card and technique....You rocked it!

    Hugs
    Chris B

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  5. The Tea cup looks like a stained glass piece ,very interesting effect ! Loved those cracks n beautiful bg for the vintage cup :)

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  6. The Tea cup looks like a stained glass piece ,very interesting effect ! Loved those cracks n beautiful bg for the vintage cup :)

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  7. This is an awesome rose image, and clever you to decorate your crazed teacup with it. So unusual in the design, and so very pretty too. I've not done the crazing in a while, so thanks for reminding. I love the sunshine colors (which also looked so vintage on the cup)...and your interior decoration is wonderful too. Well done!!! TFS & Happy wkend. (psssst. forgot to say I'm liking the Nuvo drops too).

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  8. I'm back with a different hat, Shona! Thanks for joining us in the {Our Crafty Corner Challenge}! Hope to see more of your pretty projects again soon! Please check back to see if you are a winner!

    crafty hugs,
    de

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  9. Fantastic technique, love it. Thank you for joining us at Our Crafty Corner Helen DT

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  10. Wow...awesome technique and beautiful card...(I want to touch it..lol), but I can hardly stand not to feel all that cracked goodness...I know call me crazy..lol...beautifully created!!

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  11. This is just beautiful and what a great technique. Thank you for sharing the details and thanks for joining our challenge this month!

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  12. Oh wow Shona, the tea cup look so realistic. Such a stunning project.
    Hugs
    Desíre
    {ATG with a CREATE WITH TLC Element}
    {Doing Life – my personal blog}

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Thanks so much for stopping by and letting me share in part of your day. I would love to hear what you think about my latest creation!