LTC Tea Party

These are my cards for Wise Wanderer's "LTC Tea Party" swap.  I really enjoyed making them.  My card is called, "Teapot House."

I used this background technique before and decided to do it again.  I had some of it leftover from the first time and used it on a few cards.

For these cards, I used Watercolor paper.  I sprayed the paper with water, then Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, and you wrinkle up some plastic wrap and press it onto the paper.  I love the wrinkle effect and the gold that is left on the paper when they dry.

When they are dry you remove the plastic wrap and cut the cards to size.  I wanted to add a doily to my card but didn't want to hide the background that I loved.  I found this Tim Holtz stencil and spread Texture Paste on it and let it dry.  I liked it but I wanted to add some color.

Once the Texture Paste was dry I daubed some gold ink on the doily area.  I liked it but I probably should have pulled some of the paste out of the jar, added some gold paint, and then smeared it through the stencil.  I also rubbed some of the gold ink around the edge of the card.

LTC Tea Party: Teapot House

Then I stamped, cut out my stamp image, and glued it on with a glue stick.  I discussed with Daddy's Favorite Princess if I should color parts of the teapot.  She said that it looked best plain.  So I left it at that.  I should have carved my stamp a little smaller but I think they look great.