Teapot Tuesday 11

Once a week, on Tuesday, I try to participate in the Teapot Challenge on Cindy's glob which can be found here. She has a collection of teapots and chooses one each week as the inspiration for a card and she invites others who want to to participate. Being a tea lover myself, I was drawn to this challenge. This week's teapot is this cute fall pumpkin one. Aren't the colors just great! Please visit Cindy's glob (her word) to see her absolutely gorgeous card.

And here is my offering for the week.I got out a retired stamp set - Give Thanks - and stamped the pumpkins and sunflower on confetti cream cs with Basic Gray ink using the masking technique. Then I got out (SU! friends, now is the time to close your ears, er.... eyes?!) my Prismacolor pencils and Odorless Mineral Spirits to color the image. I have to tell you that I have had this set of Prisma's for over 30 years. I picked them up at a flea market in Vermont for $15 (which at that time was a little pricey, believe it or not) which would be a steal now, cause they go for more that a buck fifty for one. (If you ask my kids - they will tell you that mom's colored pencils were always off limits for school projects!) Using the mineral spirits on paper stumps helps to blend the colors.

I haven't done a lot of coloring this way lately (or ever for that matter), but I think it came out pretty good for being so rusty.

In my stash of goodies, I happened to have some leaf buttons which tied in (get it!) with the theme.

Hope you enjoyed it!