Grandma’s Teapot
by Jeanne Jachna
Hi friends! Thanks for stopping by! I don’t know if I’ve said it before but I’m a big fan of tea. I love it cold on ice in the summer and hot and steaming in the winter. And one of my most favorite dies in the Poppystamps collection is Grandma’s Teapot.
Today I thought I’d share a little “behind the scenes” of my creative process. All of my cards always start out with the images arranged on a piece of clear plastic the size of my card base. This allows me to move them around until I’m happy with the arrangement.
I like to cut LOTS of die cuts in different colors – especially leaves and flowers. This gives me lots to choose from and any extras I store with the die in it’s envelope.
The clear sheet gives me the ability to pick up the entire arrangement and layer it over different backgrounds until I find one I like. In this case I chose blue.
My little teapot is layered over a Brilliant Ring die cut. I think it looks a little like a saucer! I surrounded Grandma’s Teapot with pretty florals from the Fern & Daisy Pop Up Easel. This set includes flowers, leaves and little butterflies too!
Everything is layered over the new Lattice Plate that makes me think of a pretty tablecloth, completing the scene.
I think this will make a great Mother’s Day or simple “hello” for one of the Grand Dame’s in my life.
Finished Size 4.25 x 5.5″
Supplies
Hi Jeanne, I love your idea with the plastic sheet and arranging your die-cuts over the background before deciding which to use, I must try that technique.
You have created a beautiful and colourful card, I’m loving the teapot, although I’m a coffee girl myself, I have one cup of weak black tea first thing in the morning, then the rest of the day I drink weak coffee. In our house my hubby drinks tea all day and I drink coffee all day haha, in the evening it’s a glass of red wine for me and a whiskey for my hubby hahaha.
Have a lovely weekend.
Lots of love from Patricia xx