Lovely Lacy Valentine Favors

This tea bag/chocolate holder is what I made for about 7 special friends this Valentine's Day. I got this idea from Ann Schach a couple of years ago. I used the retired Tea Party stamp set. I changed the color scheme and the embossing folder for the Blushing Bride panel.

Inside you can see that I folded a piece of 6 x 6" Love Blossoms Designer Series Paper in half, glued it along the bottom (using up just 3/8" space). Then I cut out the half circle shapes using a Circle Punch. Chocolate on the left, tea bag on the right! 

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Tea Party Thank You

Hi Friends! Today's card is my "Thank You" for customers placing orders. Very simple, a little fussy, and quick to put together.

My card base is Whisper White. The patterned paper is from Park Lane. The beautiful scallops are fussy cut images from Tea Party. I stamped it in Basic Gray onto Basic Gray card stock.

The Thank You tag was stamped in Basic Gray onto Whisper White, snipped out and another cut out stamped in Daffodil Delight to match the Designer Series paper. When I cut the tag out, I left a little "chimney" at the top to punch a hole and place my Candy Dots brad in Basic Gray. My brad catches a piece of Daffodil Delight Seam Binding Ribbon that I shaped into a bow.

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Tea Party Thank You Supplies:

Card Stock: Whisper White, Basic Gray

Designer Series Paper: Park Lane

Stamps: Tea Party

Ink: Basic Gray, Daffodil Delight

Embellishments: Tea Lace Doily, Neutrals Candy Dots, Candy Dots Brads, Daffodil Delight Seam Binding Ribbon

Tea Party Swap Card

Hi blog friends! Here is a card I made for a swap. Everyone participating makes cards, sends them to one person who is the organizer, and that person re-distributes the cards so everyone gets one of each. In this case, we each only made 6 cards and will get 5 in return. The hostess/organizer will get one of each. I am doing this with a group of demonstrators who are not going to Convention in a couple of weeks. Last year I went to my first convention, and it was fun, but it takes a big chunk of time and a big chunk of income. I may do it every other year--we'll see!

The very first thing I knew about this card, was the color scheme. We are each working with any color in the blue family. My card base is Soft Sky. My Top Note Die is Whisper White. Next is a Chalk Talk Framelits die cut tag cut from the Soft Sky print from the Subltes Designer Series Stack. A Soft Sky Seam Binding Ribbon bow was tied around one side of the tag. 

I stamped the tea pot with flowers from the Tea Party stamp set onto Whisper White using VersaMark. I added Smoky Slate Embossing Powder and heat embossed it with my heat gun. I cut it out using another tag from Chalk Talk Framelits. I used my Aqua Painter dipped in some Pool Party ink to color the roses in the tea pot. (Soft Sky didn't show up as well). I adhered my tag using Stampin' Dimensionals and added a Candy Dot at the bottom. 

I left the card without a sentiment so the recipient can use it for whatever they choose.

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Tea Party Swap Card Supplies:

Card Stock: Soft Sky, Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Subtles Paper Stack

Stamps: Tea Party

Ink: VersaMark, Smoky Slate EP, Pool Party

Big Shot: Chalk Talk Framelits, Top Note Die

Embellishments: Soft Sky Seam Binding Ribbon, Subtle Candy Dots

Eastern Elegance Get Well

I'm so sad that Eastern Elegance Designer Series Paper is retiring and I did not get full use of my package! I love the colors and the femininity of this beautiful paper, but I just didn't use it all up YET. 

I needed a couple of Get Well cards, so I chose this Tea Party stamp set (also never-used!) and then replaced the sentiment on the image stamp with the sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes that I stamped onto a Bitty Banner.

At the very beginning of creating this card, I accidentally scored on the wrong line! So I just made up the difference on the right side of the card with a smaller strip. I decorated it with a piece of DSP that I had trimmed with the Scallop Border Punch. All is right with this accidental fold.

Having so much fun creating after so long, I leisurely stamped the teapot of flowers from Tea Party onto the inside panel for a little extra touch. I used Smoky Slate, Pistachio Pudding and Crushed Curry Stampin' Write Markers to color directly onto the rubber stamp. I like how the teapot looks like an antique silver pot.

One more close up of the "tag" I made. It's a Chalk Talk Framelit in Smoky Slate, layered with the two different stamped and die cut/paper-snipped images. I colored the flowers with Crushed Curry Stampin' Write Marker. The Crushed Curry lace border that I "pearled" is another image form the stamp set that I cut a bit shorter than it really is. The rich ribbon is the NEW Hello Honey In Color in 3/8" stitched satin, which is very close to the Crushed Curry color.

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