Tea Together thanks a bunch

For today's project, I combined  new stamp sets, Tea Together (148779) Beautiful Bouquet (143666) and Colorful Seasons (143726) with an older retired stamp set, Basket of Wishes.  In doing so, it shows the versatility of stamp sets and how they can be utilized to inspire you to bring out and dust off some of the sets you love.  Look around and see what sets you have that you could use for this same technique.  The sentiment and the black flower centers come from Beautiful Bouquet, the tea cup from Tea Together, the cherry blossom flowers from Colorful Seasons and the succulents from Basket of Wishes.  Look around and see what you have, then dust it off and get creating.  I started with the succulents on this card, then used a mask to mask them off prior to stamping the tea cup.  This gives the illusion that it's one stamp and the succulents are sitting inside the cup.  I then stamped the tea cup.  I stamped a tea cup onto a post it note then cut out of the center of tea cup to mask off the outside of tea cup to place my cherry blossoms and black flower centers on the cup and stay inside the cup image. I colored the handle, base of the tea cup and plate using my Stampin' Blends in light and dark flirty flamingo which can be purchased either separately or in a combo (147278).  I colored the succulents using the light and dark mint macaron blends (147283) along with the light flirty flamingo.  The focal panel was cut using a Rectangle Stitched framelit (148551) and mounted a panel of Wood Texture designer series paper (144177) which was also cut with the largest rectangle from the die set.  These were mounted on a card base of tranquil tide.  I love how this turned out. 

For the inside of this card, I stamped my sentiment in soft suede and the branch image is actually two stamps which make the cherry blossom branch.   All of these images come from Colorful Seasons. 

The photo below shows my mask for the inside of the tea cup, although this was a project I made for St. Patrick's Day.  But it gives you the same technique.

Thank you for taking some time from your busy day to visit my blog today.  I hope I've inspired you to do something creative.  If you would like to purchase any of the Stampin' Up! products I've used today, click on the shopping cart to the right.  It will take you directly to my online store where you can shop 24/7.

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Teresa

Fable friends encouragement card

Today's project features the Fable Friends stamp set (148670).  Is this bunny not the cutest?  I love it so much.  It reminds me of Peter Rabbit.  I started this project with a card base in crumb cake.  I sponged a little soft suede ink onto the recessed side of the Pine Planks (143708) dynamic embossing folder then placed my card front into the folder on the opposite side and carefully closed the lid prior to running it through my Big Shot (143263).  I then stamped my rabbit in Momento Tuxedo black ink on a piece of whisper white.  I colored him using my Stampin' Blend markers in Pool Party (144605), Crumb Cake (144601)  and Soft Suede (147273).  I used the light Petal Pink for the inside of his ears.  His buttons are Pear basics that I colored with my Blends.  I then cut him out using the Rectangle Stitched framelit dies (148551) and mounted that on a larger rectangle cut from pool party cardstock using the same die set.  The sentiment is stamped in pool party ink and also cut using the rectangle stitched dies.  This is mounted on a larger stitched rectangle which has been cut from a scrap piece of pool party.  The sentiment comes from the February Paper Pumpkin kit.  I combined two of the sentiments from the kit, but you could use anything that you have on hand.  If you aren't familiar with Paper Pumpkin, it's a monthly all inclusive kit subscription.  You can skip a month, suspend your account for several months, cancel at any time and there are no penalties.  Prepaid subscriptions are also available for one month, three months, six months or twelve months.  Each kit includes an exclusive stamp set you won't find anywhere else, ink and all the cardstock and embellishments you'll need to complete the kit.  Your first Paper Pumpkin kit  will include a clear block for mounting your stamps  in addition to everything else.  Should you have questions, please feel free to contact me. 

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Amazing Happy Life card

This card is inspired by Dena Rekow of the Creativity Cave.  I watched a Facebook live where she created a similar card.  This card features the Amazing Life bundle (150624) which includes the stamp set (148750) and the Rectangle Stitched Framelit dies (148551).  If you don't have these dies in your stash, you are missing out.  They have stitching on both the inside cut and the outside cut which you can see if you look closely at the card photo.  I began with a card base in gray granite.  To make my focal image, I first stamped the large sentiment in the center of a layer of whisper white.  I then cut the sentiment out with a die from the stitched rectangle die framelits which are included in the Amazing Life bundle.  if purchased together, you save 10% when using the bundle order code.  This left me with a white frame.  To this I repeatedly stamped one of the flowers from the Amazing Life stamp set and turned it in different directions so it didn't look so uniform.  I colored both the sentiment and the flowers with my watercolor pencils (141709).  I added the frame to the card base, then adhered the sentiment piece to the frame opening using Stampin' dimensionals to add some depth and create interest.  This card is fun, easy and quick to make. 

For my envelope, I stamped the same flower on the envelope flap and colored some randomly with my watercolor pencils.  I'm hoping the recipient will be excited to receive this little bit of happy mail.

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Painted Seasons friend are flowers Thank you card

For my project today, I had to make a quick thank you card to place in one of my customer orders....yes, I could have used one I already had made, but.....it's more fun to make a new one.  I had this frame already laying around from another project so I just needed to use it.  This is the idea that came to me.  It features the Painted Seasons Sale-a-bration free stamp set 150349 and I used the coordinating dies Four Seasons framelits 150074 (which are only available while supplies last or March 31 whichever is earliest) to cut out the two flowers in the center piece.  Hurry to get your free Sale-a-bration items before they're gone.  You only have a short time until the end of this month.  for every $50 you spend, you get to choose one free level 1 item.  For every $100 you spend, you can choose a level 2 item or a two level 1 items.  The more you spend, the more you get for free but only until March 31, 2019!  I then adhered them down with a tiny bit of adhesive to die cut the frame using the Rectangle Stitched framelit dies 148551.  The frame is also cut with those same dies.  I mounted both diecuts to a card base in blackberry bliss.  The colors used to stamp were blackberry bliss, calypso coral, mint macaron and pool party for the small dots.  The sentiment comes from A Big Thank You 147377.

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Thanks again, make it a great day and happy stamping.

St. Patricks Day tea together treat card

Today’s project is a 3D project.  I got the idea from LeAnn Greff who had made a similar project; however, her’s did not fit my chosen treat.  I had to alter the dimensions of the holder to fit my treat.  The finished size of the card front is 2 3/4” x 2 3/4”.  It features the Painted Seasons Designer Series Paper 149574 free during Sale-a-Bration but only until the end of this month, so hurry to get your $50 order in to earn this paper for FREE!  I used the tea cup from Tea Together 148779 and the matching Tea Time framelit dies 149697 which are also a Sale-a-Bration FREE item with a $100 purchase.  I masked the outside of the tea cup after stamping it in Momento Tuxedo black ink, then stamped the clover from Amazing Life onto the tea cup.  The dot stamp is also from Amazing Life.  I then colored the image using the Call Me Clover Stampin’ Blends combo set.  Then using the coordinating framelits, I diecut the tea cup (Inspiration from Kathy Morgan for the tea cup). The sentiment comes from the Amazing Life stamp set and is diecut with the Rectangle Stitched Framelit dies which can be purchased as a bundle 150624 through the end of May 2019 to save you 10%.

In order to make the card base treat holder, you need a 2 3/4” x 10 1/2” piece of Call Me Clover cardstock.  Score at 3/4, 3 1/2, 4 1/4, 7 and 7 3/4”.  On the square closet to the 3/4” inch score, using your layering circle framelits 141705, diecut a hole with the circle closet to 1 1/4”.  Then diecut in whisper white a scallop closest to 1 1/2” and the same circle die used previously to make the scalloped frame to got around.  Adhere this to the card base.  Stamp Have a Lucky Day from Itty Bitty Greetings in the lower right corner in Call Me Clover.  Fold and burnish on all the score lines.  On the 3/4” strip at one end, place liquid glue or tear tape.  I trimmed this piece off just a hair so it would fit properly when folding up and adhering to make the treat holder portion.  Adhere the 3/4” end to the 3/4” scored strip between the squares to form the treat box.  I designed this size to fit a Knoppers  Milk Hazlenut Wafer I found at Walmart.  You can now decorate the front with the tea cup and sentiment.  I love how his project turned out and the wafers are delicious.😋

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Thinking of you Country Floral chameleon card

Oh my gosh I really love the stamp sets that came in the January and February Paper Pumpkin boxes!    I combined the chameleon and bird from the January set with the teacup from the February kit, to come up with the focal image for this card.  First I stamped the chameleon, then masked it off and stamped the tea cup image over the top.  I used my Stamperatus to accomplish this so I could rest amp if necessary to avoid a halo effect from the mask.  I then stamped the little bird to look like he is standing on the succulent.  I colored the images with my Stampin’ Blends.  I cut the image out using the rectangle stitched framelit dies.  I mounted that on a piece of mint macaron which I also cut using the rectangle stitched dies.  I then cut a piece of watercolor paper, lightly misted it with water and ran it through the big shot with the Country Floral Dynamic Textured Impressions folder.  The depth and dimension is amazing and it’s free through March 31, 2019, with a $50 order! I colored it with my aqua painter using mint macaron for the leaves and pool party and Flirty Flamingo for the flowers.  This is layered on a Flirty flamingo card base.  The sentiment is from By the Bay which is a Sale-a-Bration free item you can use when you spend $50

 The inside card is stamped with an image from Tea Together and the envelope image and sentiment is from the same two Paper Pumpkin stamp sets.

Stampin’ Blend colors I used are Mint Macaron light and dark, Flirty Flamingo light and dark, Pool Party light and dark, Crumb Cake light, Soft Suede dark, Calypso Coral light, Smokey Slate light, color lifter, Call Me Clover light.  I hope this project has inspired you as I really enjoyed making this one and I love how it turned out.  If you want to purchase any of the items I’ve used today, head on over to my online store by clicking on the shopping cart in the upper right.

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