Welcome to the Around the World on Wednesday blog hop where we have a sketch challenge for May. This is my favourite type of challenge and I’ve given the Latte Love bundle a bit of a twist with some new products.
If you are new to our blog hop, we are a group of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from different parts of the world and on the 2nd Wednesday of each month we share inspiration with you using our beautiful products centred around a particular theme.
When I selected the Latte Love bundle as the product I wanted to use with this sketch, I didn’t anticipate going in the direction which my project took me. As I started creating, I wanted to create a different look with this mug to those I had previously made. I decided to replicate a beautiful Bone China style mug with watercoloured flowers – similar to something you would use at high tea.
To achieve this I stamped the mug in Crumb Cake ink, stamped off, on Fluid 100 Cardstock. Then I took the floral corner stamp from the Country Flowers stamp set, masked off a section, and stamped the floral image onto the mug with Crumb Cake ink stamped off. Using a Blender Pen, I worked on the watercolouring of the flowers, mug and coffee.
The outline of the stamped image was quite faint and I did improvise a little bit with the flowers and leaves where I couldn’t see the image too well. This didn’t matter as it lent to the watercoloured look I was aiming for.
The handle was stamped separately in Versamark and heat embossed in Gold. Once watercoloured, I attached this to the cup. For the saucer, I used the Round We Go dies, watercolouring the base and adding a Gold embossed centre for a matching set with my cup.
Some leaves from the Citrus Blooms dies fill in around the handle and the sentiment. A simple Gold bow and Pretty in Pink Resin Dots completed my vision for this card.
Thank you for taking the time to stop by my part of the world in Melbourne today and I hope you have been inspired by my card. I would love for you to leave me a comment as you hop through to see Cheryll Miller‘s beautiful project.
- Jan Clothier – NZ
- Leonie Stuart – AU
- Rochelle Laird-Smith – AU (you are here)
- Cheryll Miller – AU
- Aurélie Fabre – FR
- Mikaela Titheridge – US
- Angie McKenzie – US
- Kelly Taranto – US
- Shel Anderson – CA
- Sharon Hashimoto Burkert – US
- Chris Smith – US
- Theresa McEntee – US
- Bree Renwick – US
- Lori Willcox – CA
- Teri West – US
- Cheryl Hamilton – US
Bravo Rochelle! I am in awe of your talent, your bone china tea cup is just gorgeous! As are all those other little touches which go to making up this little work of art. What a fabulous take on the sketch. xxxx
Absolutely love your artistry and interpretation of the sketch!!! Making that mug into a dainty teacup and the coaster… brilliant! Love all the colors and vintage details. Thanks for the inspiration as always. xxx
Wow! So elegant and beautiful! Every detail is great!
Rochelle…this is absolutely stunning! All of the watercolor detail is amazing!
This card is truly stunning. High tea anyone?
Oh my! That watercoloured cup is just magnificent -what a great idea and what fantastic execution. Love it, Rochelle – you’re a genius!
Gorgeous! I LOVE how you colored the cup, it is simply stunning.
an incredible Rochelle card! I think it’s really crazy! I love this veiled mug, and the English cottage vibe that emanates from the whole thing! I’m always blown away by your creations, and this one is as always surprising, elegant and creative! Bravo !
This card is so YOU!! So classy & pretty!