Tiny Teapot House by Janet

Have you seen the latest Ai challenge? It’s the Artful Architecture challenge. I was really excited for this one because there are just so many Ai stamps that feature whimsical houses. For my card, I chose to use the adorable teapot house found in the 5935-Fairytale House set. It’s a great set because it comes with matching dies for all the images. Just so cute and convenient!

To make this, I first decided on a circle shape to stamp the teapot. It works well on a circle because of the rounded bottom of the pot. To cut the circle I used 5726-Nested Circle Dies. The smallest was cut from marker friendly cardstock. I cut another circle out of plain white cardstock with a circle die in the set that is three circles larger. To create a set of stacked circles, I cut two more scalloped circles out of blue frosted cardstock using 6045-Scalloped Circle Dies. I cut, stamped, and shaded two fence images and did the same with three flowers, a butterfly, and bee images. It’s so great to have the stamps and the dies for all these little accents.

The next step was to stamp the teapot house and color it with Copic markers. I’m not that great at creating grass with markers so I used the grass dies in the set and tucked the grass cuts into the base of the scene. I trimmed excess that hung over the circle. I then layered all the circles in graduating sizes. I glued the two fence pieces in place which slightly overhang the first circle. This gives a more finished effect with a touch more dimension and texture. I added the flowers and bee to the scene. Before gluing the butterfly, I folded the wings up and glued the center to the scene so that the wings pop up and give even more dimension. I will point out that I used the white Signo Pigment Ink Gel Pen from the store to draw in the white stripes on the teapot, reflections in the windows, and accents on the butterflies.

I chose a preprinted patterned card base and glued in a strip of delicate cream crocheted lace. I collect old buttons and I had this beautiful shabby chic blue button in my stash. It’s just perfect as an accent to the lace and the house. The finished card is whimsical and full of color and texture.

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