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TODAY’S TECHNIQUE IS CREATING YOUR OWN DESIGNER SERIES PAPER

This week I am featuring the Tea Boutique Suite. There are lots of lovely flower and leaf images in the Cup of Tea Stamp Set, perfect for stamping your own background paper.

I chose two different floral images and one large leaf image from the set.

The first step was to stamp the leaf several times using Parakeet Party. I rotated the leaf each time I stamped giving good coverage across the panel of Basic White cardstock.

Then I used Crushed Curry, Orchid Oasis and Sweet Sorbet to stamp the floral images across the white panel. This is such a quick and easy way to create your own background design. I also stamped one of the flowers on the card insert and envelope.

The greeting, from the Cup of Tea stamp set, was stamped before being cut using one of the new Stylish Shapes Dies. This was placed on the front of the card using Stamping Dimensionals.

There are stitched squares, circles and banners in this set.

A piece of Adhesive Sheet was attached to the back of some Parakeet Party before cutting the leaf overlay tea cup. Then a solid tea cup was cut from Orchid Oasis cardstock. The green overlay piece was positioned precisely over the solid cup. I added dimensionals to the back of the cup and placed it above the greeting.

I die cut some of the flowers and ‘poured’ them into the cup, using dimensionals.

A length each of Orchid Oasis and Parakeet Party Metalic Woven Ribbon were tied into a bow and added to the front of the card.

Tomorrow is the day to share any projects I have made for blog hops or challenges.

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Because some of the products I have used to make this card are not yet available to customers, I am not able to show them at this time.

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MEMORIES ON MONDAY – WHAT WILL THEY BE?

When I thought about what occasion I could keep the memories of, using the Tea Boutique Suite with, I immediately thought of my friend Helen.

Her birthday is December 25, so for many years she and her three sisters have celebrated a few days earlier. They book into a hotel in the city for a couple of nights and enjoy shopping , a High Tea at Keri Craig Emporium and dining out.

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I created this one page layout to give to her to add some photos from her most recent High Tea.

The layout uses a 12″x 12″ Tahitian Tide cardstock for the base.

I used two pieces of the teapots paper, from the Tea Boutique 6″x 6″ Designer Series Paper, and cut 1-1/2″ strips vertically and horizontally to create the outer borders.

Then I added Adhesive Sheets to the back of a small piece of Sweet Sorbet cardstock. The, soon to retire, Playful Alphabet Dies were used to make the title for this page.

Using five different geometric monochromatic designs, I cut two teacups from each deign. The cups were then stacked inside each other before placing them on the page.

Finally, I added three Basic White rectangles for photos and journaling.

The designs , in the DSP bundle, are bright and vibrant.

It’s Technique Tuesday tomorrow and I think I am going to use the stamps to create my own designer paper for a card.

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Because some of the products I have used to make this card are not yet available to customers, I am not able to show them at this time.

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IT IS SUNDAY & IT’S TIME FOR SOME #simplestamping AND STEP IT UP CARDS

Yesterday I shared a video sneak peek of some of the exciting new products from the 2022 – 2023 Annual Catalogue. So, today, it is time to catch up with my usual weekend posts.

This week I am featuring one of these new product collections – the Tea Boutique Suite Collection.

The first two cards are seriously, extra #simplestamping projects.

I used Basic White Notecards & Envelopes, acrylic blocks and adhesives; along with these little goodies.

Card #1 is great for people who have never stamped before. They will go ‘wow’ when the ink transfers from the stamp to the card.

The teacup was stamped using Crushed Curry ink and the leaves were stamped in Parakeet Party.

The tea tag, stamped in the same col was fussy cut. I used my Take Your Pick Tool to punch a small hole to thread the twine through. Then I used a mini glue dot to secure the twine to the back of the tag. The tea tag has a Stampin’ Dimensional behind it to pop it up over the stamped teacup.

The small flower was stamped insode the card and on the envelope.

For this card I added one more colour and a second stamp. I used a strip of Post It note to mask the tops of the bottom two cups and create this tea cup stack.

Now for something different.

This time I stamped the tea cups directly onto a piece of the Tea Boutique 6″x 6″ Designer Series Paper. I also added an extra colour – Sweet Sorbet.

Let’s start stepping it up.

Using the same colours as before, this time I have added the Teacup Dies to the range of products I’m using.

I also stamped the flower image on Crushed Curry DSP layer.

For this card, I added the Banners Pick a Punch to cut the banner ends in the five different strips of DSP.

I used my Dark Tahitian Tide Stampin’ Blends pen to colour these Elegant Faceted Gems for the card front.

The teacups for this card have been layered differently as well.

This card has 5″x 3-1/2″ floral DSP front with Sweet Sorbet & Basic White Baker’s Twine wrapped around it and tied in a bow.

The teacups were die cut before being embossed with the splatters folder from the Stripes & Splatters 3D Embossing Folders.

I coloured the same gems using the Dark Sweet Sorbet Stampin’ Blends pen.

This soon to be available Tea Boutique Suite Collection is so lovely. I’m looking forward to creating with it this week.

Well, that was fun. From super #simplestamping to stepped up cards – 6 in total. I hope you like what I have shared today.

Tomorrow, we’re back to Memories on Monday.

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Because some of the products I have used to make this card are not yet available to customers, I am not able to show them at this time.

Product List
Paper Snips
[103579]
$17.00