Teapot Tuesday 47

What an interesting teapot this week, don't you think? I'm dying to see the other side(s), but Cindy says she's saving this for another day. BTW, please go look at what she's created on her glob. And when you're done, take a look at the Teapot Tuesday 47 Gallery. The creativity is endless.

Cindy encouraged us to go birdwatching this week which is why you see those little bluebirds hiding out inside this birdhouse. You see the nasty wrens (not pictured) are trying to take over this nesting box, but the bluebirds are not going to let them. They are going to stay in there until the wrens get the message and move on.

(If only our bluebirds were as persistent. They lost their eggs to the wrens and they've moved on. We put up a wren guard, but too late it seems. Now we're trying to lure the wrens to another box so we can entice the blues back to their preferred home.)

This card is one of those shadow-box cards. And I tried a new technique using white pencil on kraft cardstock and coloring over that with markers. It seems to work well. What do you think?

Oh, and don't you just love the spoon brads? I got them on vacation last year and I knew that they'd come in handy someday. I'll be looking for more this summer.

Remember, go check out the other teapot cards in the teapot gallery and Cindy's glob - it's worth taking the time!

I think I'm going to keep this card for myself and put it up on my tack strip at work.