It's Tea Time.

It's always nice to share tea with a friend.

Welcome back! I'm so glad that all of you can join me today to learn and make this new card.

Today I am working with this lovely digital image from Digi Doodle Studios called Tea Time. It reminded me so much of time when I was little and loved to play tea party. Who didn't have that special friend that you would go out to the back yard and just sit in the sun and play? Those were the days. This is my entry for the DDS Blog Challenge.

This is what you will need:

• Image: Tea Time
• Printed Paper 4 1/4" x 6 1/2" (Plaid)
• Printed Paper 5 1/2" x 6 1/2" (Polka-Dot)
• Card Base 5 1/2" x 6 1/2"
• SSS Stitched Scalloped Dies
• ​Lawn Fawn Scalloped Rectangle Stackables
• Copic Markers (colors listed below)
• Prismacolor color pencils (colors listed below)
• Faber-Castle Small fine point ink pen
• Die-namics LJD Scribble Roses Overlay
• Die-Namics LJD Scribble Roses
• Die-Namics Layerd Leave
• Clearly Besotted Tiny Type
• Self Adhesive Pearls
• Tacky glue

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Lets begin...

​So for this card I decided that I wanted to make it more a a scene card which meant that I kept the majority of my image intact and built up around it.  Because I had the idea of two girls playing tea outside, I wanted to draw in a picnic blanket.

Using my handy dandy ruler and  trusty pencil I began by drawing out a rectangle to encompass the bottom portion of my card and created a grid for a quilt.  I then took my fine line Faber-Castle ink pen and traced it out so that it matched my image lines. 

Coloring of the quilt.

​Step 1.

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To begin we will start with the base coloring.  I randomly colored in my quilt with Y000, YG011 and RV000.  I left some blocks white as you can see to add in some detail later on.

Step 2.

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Next we will add in some polka-dots to add in a pattern to the quilt.  I added darker shades to the above listed colors.  R81, YG45, Y11.

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Finally we will add in some flowers to the white squares.  begin by making polka-dots with RV21.  You will then create a black swirl to it using the Faber-Castle ink pen.  Then go back in with YG17 and make a dash for the leaves.   This creates a really adorable pattern to your quilt. 

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A Clear Blue Sky & Green Grass.

The Sky

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Using B000, color in the background in side strokes.  Fill in the sky from one side of the quilt to the other.   You will then create clouds by using the colorless blender "0".  This will dilute the blue causing your clouds to appear out of the blue (pun intended).  Then you will add in some shading here and there with C1.

The Grass

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Using YG61 and YG63, you will use short upwards strokes all along the boarder of the quilt.  Alternate colors .  I tend to use darker colors closer to the quilt and for grass that is further, I use the lighter of the two greens. 

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The Coiffure

Working the hair is fairly simple.  with the light tones you will color the whole of the hair.  With the blond hair I combined the base and light tone to come to the color i wanted.  Then using the mid tone I colored in long strokes allowing for swatch of the light tone to show through at the highest point of the hair and curls where the sun would hit first.  the dark tone is in even shorter strokes and from the roots and ends.  This would be the areas that would have the least amount of sun hitting it. 

Light Tone: E31, Mid tone: E23, Dark Tone: E29

Base:  Y000, Light Tone: Y11, Mid Tone: Y15, Dark Tone: YR23

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Skin Tones

The skin is done in layers.  Base: E00, Shading: E21, Shadow: E11 and Cast Shadow: E13.  Cheeks: E93

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 Outfit (girl on right)

For the dress of the girl on the right I wanted it to match the tea pot that she was holding, so I drew in a flower similar to the one on the pot.  I used the Faber-Castle Ink pen to draw this in.  Then Using C1, C2, C3 I created Shadowing on the fabric folds.  

Next I began on the pants. I used my mid tone (C6) to cover the whole of the pant legs Then I add in shadows with my dark tone (C10) and extended them with the mid tone (C8) and blended them out with C6.  Once the pants were done, I moved on to coloring in the flowers on the teapot and dress. I used RV21 as a base for the flower then RV34 to add some shadows here and there.  The leaves were filled in with YG17.  Finally for the ribbon on the top I used RV34 to color it in solidly.

Shoes

For the shoes I used another variation of grays.  Sole: C8, Top of shoe base: C3 (leaving  a swatch of white on the tip of the shoe).  Shadows: C4

Ribbon

For the ribbon i used C6 as a base color allowing for white to peek through at the center part of the ribbon as a highlight.  Then I used C10 for the shadows.

Flower & Bow

Now for the remaining part of the accessories, the flower and bow.   For the flower I used RV00 as the base, R85 for shading and R56 for shadows. 

For the bow I simply used R85 for the base and R56 for the shadows.

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Outfit (girl on the left)

Blouse

This one is a little bit easier to color in since I am using the white for the card on the pants and socks.  For the top I used BG10 as the base.  For the fabric folds I came in with BG11, BG13.  For the ribbon on the top I used BG18 either solid or with a shine (as on the sleeve).

Flower

For the flower I settled on peach tones.  I sued E01 for the base of the flower, E95 for shading and YR65 for the spots and berries. 

Ribbon

I wanted to match the ribbon to the blouse so I used some of the same colors.  For the base color I used BG 11, allowing white to show through in the center of the ribbon as a highlight.  I then used BG15 for the shadows at each end of the ribbon. ​

​Now we are ready to move on. 

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Assembly

Step 1.

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We will begin by cutting out our image.  I used the Scalloped Rectangle Stackables from Lawn Fawn.  We will use the second largest of the dies,  measuring 5 3/8" x 4 1/8".  I used a low tac tape to hold down my die so that it would not move and cut my image out incorrectly.   

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Next I picked a small polka-dot paper in an aqua color that I had purchased previously from Recollections at Michael's.  Because this paper is not a card stock I used a 80 lb. cardstock to cut a base out for stability.  I cut both out using the largest of the Scalloped Rectangle Stackables from Lawn Fawn.   I glued the printed and cardstock together.  Once it was completed I glued down the image in the center. 

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Using the plaid printed paper that came in the same pack as my polka-dot (which is perfect since they seem to pair like colors).  I used the SSS Stitched Scalloped Boarder die (listed above) to trim one side of my paper.  I didn't need to trim out a supporting piece since it is adhered directly to the card base.  Once that is done I glue down my image piece.  

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Moving on we will begin with our embellishments.  Now I wanted to keep this simple and easy to mail.  I had recently purchased a new set of dies from MFT and figured this would be perfect. Using white paper I cut out my Scribble Rose Overlay.  On a pink printed paper I used the Scribble Rose to die cut and adhered my overlay ontop.  Then using Die-namics Layered Leaves, I die cut out green paper.  I glued the leaves to the backs of my flowers.  Finally I adhered both flower pieces to my card on the upper lefthad corner. 

Tiny details:  Pearl centers

The sentiment says it all.

Using Memento black ink I stamped out the sentiment: Amazing Friend from the Tiny Type from Clearly Besotted.  Then cutting as close to the type as possible I trimmed out a fishtail banner using my scissors. Finally I glued this atop my two flowers on the upper lefthand corner. 

Finished!!!

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