Tuesday, March 27, 2012

PCS High Tea Blog Hop

*NOTE – High Tea blog hop officially starts March 28th so if you’re here a little early, be sure to come back and see all of the projects the PCS design team has created for you.


Welcome to the Paper Crafters Sampler “High Tea” blog hop featuring our 3D teapot template from the March issue of the Paper Crafters Sampler entitled, “Orange Blossom Tearoom”.

With the current trend of tea images in the paper crafting world, it only seemed appropriate to offer a tea-related template, and that is our newest “High Tea” 3D, teapot.

Now-a-days, teapot come in so many sizes and shapes, it was easy to select one for my inspiration. What did you think of what I’ve created ?

I took my inspiration from pictures of Vintage French Enamelware Coffee Pots - I think they look more like modern day tea pots ;)  Here is my inspiration photo:



I did a fun little technique to get mine spotty and shiney :)  I first cut out the template and then went to town.  This template was very easy to put together and super fun!!  Here are some shots of it:



The lid even comes OFF!!!  And there is an opening in the spout to pour treats out of!




I had SO much fun embellishing this beauty!  Here is a close up of the flowers and hopefully a better picture of the finish of the tea pot :


There sure are some AWESOME tea pots on this tour - make sure to make your complete round through the tour.  If you started here, you can make the full round and end up here.

Make sure you visit all the design team members' blogs for fabulous ideas! As a "thank you", each design team member will randomly pick a winner to receive the Orange Blossom Tearoom issue for FREE! To enter, leave a comment on our hop posts by Friday. And join in the fun of making your own teapot!



Now, feel free to go back and take another at  Tiffany Bauer's teapot images or select the “Click Here” button before and hop on over to Karen Squire's  blog.  
 
 
I would love to know what you think of my tea pot - have a wonderful tour!


 



35 comments:

Unknown said...

I love the technique you used on the teapot, what a cool idea! It turned out wonderful!

Heidi Baks said...

You work just like me... from an inspiration photo. I'd love to hear how you made your spots. Very clever!

Debbie said...

Wow! That technique is great! Love the effect...thanks for sharing.

Joanne Hoffmann said...

How sweetly unique...LOVE your technique!! What a clever idea with the spots! How did you do that???

Unknown said...

WOW! This immediately took my breath away! It reminds me of a tea pot that my grandmother had when I was a little girl. Your color choice is simply awesome and I love the color choices.

Gail said...

Oh WOW!
I love shiny!
And enamel!

Anonymous said...

I love the speckled look! You did a wonderful job creating a nostalgic/modern look! Love it.
Martha L.

Vicki Burdick said...

Oh My, is this ever cute!! Love the look of the enamel!!! Your rolled flowers are a great accent!!!

Lisa Hensley said...

Looks like old Spatterware -- love this!!

Anonymous said...

I absolutely love this! The technique you used on the teapot is awesome, so realistic, like real enamelware, and the flowers are the crowning touch. thanks so much for sharing.

carolyn s
ceashark at aol dot com

Corinne said...

Loved it! I can't believe how you made it look so real!

scrapfancy said...

How fun taking the old time splatter look. Very nice.

csnippets@aol.com said...

What a fun idea for your teapot. I love the technique you used and the flowers are darling.
Carol Gilmore

Unknown said...

Love your teapot!!! So how did you exactly do this splatter look??

Susan said...

awesome t-pot...esp. the ingredients!

Lori Mueller said...

Clever, clever, clever! LOVE the affect you created with the spotted look!

Jan Farring said...

WOW = beautiful

Dawn Tidd said...

Love it! Reminds me of some spatter ware that I have! Such a good idea.

Donna Bagwell said...

Charming! I love how you made this teapot.

Diane (DeeDee) said...

Love your color combinations!

PocketsOfInspiration said...

OK...I LOVE the what you did with that paper. Is it just reinkers dropped on the CS? The colors is so bright..and the yellow flowers compliment it beautifully.

Patricia Huber said...

What a cute teapot! I like your spotted look. And, I love your quilled flowersW

Sue Root said...

Very pretty! I love how it's so shiny.

Anonymous said...

Very pretty. I love how you used the teapots for inspiration.
karenkurz@aol.com

Anonymous said...

Wow...love how you got your inspiration...you sure succeeded! And your embellishments really compliment your teapot. Thanks for entering me into your drawing... stampindjo@hotmail.com

Edna Siu said...

Oh, mine, it is stunning, and love it, great color match.

Chriserendipity said...

My goodness--you were a girl on a mission--that you totally completed with flying colours!!! What a breath-taking beauty, not to mention the awesome technique you discovered in the process! Please share!

Lisa Martz said...

I love how your teapot mimics the speckled enamel teapot in the picture. So clever! The flowers just really make the teapot! Red and yellow are perfect colors to pair together. Delightful!

Sherrie Gross said...

Love your teapot.

Stampin' Mom of Four said...
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Linda Callahan said...

Your enamelware design is wonderful - as is the scruchy ribbon!

Beth Harple said...

Great tea pot reminds me of the old tin ware that was called sponge ware i think.

Carol Parcell said...

This is great! I love enamelware and your teapot looks so real.

mitz said...

great thoughts went into this... wtg
mitz_zee@yahoodotcom

SHERRI said...

I love the yellow roses!