A Top Tea Party

I’ve something a little different to share with you today, a top hat.  It doesn’t look that much from the front, does it?  And why does it have a lid you ask?

Here’s the side view showing the gorgeous Rio N Toots Tea Party stamp from Simply B Stamps. 

I’ve got a thing for tea parties (as does the recipient of this special top hat) and hats (even though I don’t wear them myself) so I just love this image.  It’s modeled on Betty’s own daughter, Rio, and her outfit for a recent school dance.  The pins are ones I made up, there’s a mushroom in the teapot as a nod to my little avatar, Emily Shroom.

I’ve never made a top hat before but that didn’t stop me altering the pattern for this one from Laura de la Rosa on the Graphic 45 blog.  I’ve also never made a mini album before but I’m always up for a challenge so altering the top hat pattern to include a mini album inside was just par for the crafting course with me.  Here’s what’s hiding under the lid.

 

This piece took a lot of work, all of the weekend just gone to be precise so it deserves a pile it on challenge entry so, to that end, I’m entering it into the following challenges:

Divas by Design – Anything Goes

Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog Challenge #5 – Anything Goes

Paper Crafting Journey – Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly – Anything Goes, with an option of two stamps

Penny’s Challenges Challenge 126 – Diecuts and/or punches

Pile It On #19 – For a Teen

Simply Create Too Challenge #37 – Anything Goes

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin Rio E000, E00, E01, (E93 cheeks) / Toots YR12, YR14, YR16, 0, YR20, YR21, YR23 Spica Clear

Eyes E23, E25, E27

Lips Rio R24, R46

Hair Rio YR 14, E57, E07, E08

Dress Rio and Hat Y23, Y26, Y28, E84, YR14, YR15, YR68, Spica Clear, Gold Spica

Shoes YR14, YR15, YR68, Spica Peach

Peacock feather, teapot and cups BG23, BG34, BG49

Mushroom R24, R29, R46, R89, E40, E42, E43

Cricut cart

Creative Memories Reminisce

Dies

Spellbinders Nestabilities A2 Matting Basics

Spellbinders Nestabilities Decorative Labels Twenty-Seven

Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Eleven

Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Four

Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels One

Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Twenty-Eight

Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Two

Spellbinders Nestabilities Standard Circles

Embellishments

Assorted ribbons from LSS

Assorted beads from stash for pins

Creative Memories Heritage Titles sticker

Dress It Up buttons – Cupcakes and Time for Tea

Gems from stash

Paper flowers from stash

Prima Sunrise Sunset Mechanicals Vintage Trinkets Roses

Papermania Art Deco Alphabet Stickers

Paper

Creative Memories Vintage Chic embossed cardstock

Cream cardstock from stash

Graphic 45 Kraft Reflections Bed of Roses

Stamps

Simply B Stamps Rio N Toots Tea Party

Challenges

Divas by Design – Anything Goes

Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog Challenge #5 – Anything Goes

Paper Crafting Journey – Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly – Anything Goes

Penny’s Challenges Challenge 126 – Diecuts and/or punches

Pile It On #19 – For a Teen

Simply Create Too Challenge #37 – Anything Goes

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