I love tea!

Yes, I do love my tea!  And I love this teacup stamp which comes as part of the Tea Shoppe stamp set in the Summer Mini catalogue! 

Rather than rely on my trusty Stamp-a-ma-jig to perfectly line up each cup, I first scored my card using the Simply Scored tool to make squares which I could stamp in!  The Tea Shoppe stamps I used were clear-mounted so I could easily see where I was stamping.

Products used:

Stamps: Tea Shoppe (Summer Mini Catalogue)

Inks: Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo, Regal Rose, Pool Party

Card stock: Whisper White, Island Indigo, Pool Party

Tools: Simply Scored, Modern Label Punch, Eyelet Border Punch

Embellishments: In-colour brads, Everyday Enchantment ribbon (July freebie)

Just as an aside...I thought I would share a snapshot of my work area - this much mess was for making just a couple of cards!  Can you imagine what a 10-20 card session might look like??  Well let's just say the mess is not just confined to one table, or one room for that matter!!

Fancy a cuppa?

So I got my big box of goodies delivered on Friday.  I had a busy weekend making a stack of cards commissioned by friends (pictures of these to follow...), but I managed to make 2 cards using the new products from the Summer Mini Catalogue.

The first uses the Tea Shoppe stamp set and new Framelits dies.  It's a fairly simple one - I needed a change from some of the more elaborate and labour intensive cards I've been making for my friends!!

It also uses the flourish from Everything Eleanor to make the steam coming from the teacup! The 'steam' is stamped sraight onto the card base and a window was cut out of the very vanilla using the framelits and then embossed.The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.

Stamps: Tea Shoppe, Everything Eleanor, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla

Inks: Crumb Cake, Regal Rose

Equipment: Framelits dies, Perfect Dots embossing folder, Word Window punch

Others: Pearls and Chantilly Lace Trim