Tea Party

I made this card based on Kim Wilson's inspiration photo over at Off the Wall Craftiness and Jen Del Muro's most recent sketch at i{heart}2stamp! I have been wanting to play along with Kim's challenges for weeks now and FINALLY had a chance to do so. There are SOOOOOO many fabulous and inspiring challenges posted each week, and I have such a difficult time trying to fit them all in. (Anyone else having this problem?) So, this time around, I combined a couple of challenges.

Here's the inspiration photo (click HERE for the Off the Wall Craftiness challenge details):

And here's the sketch (click HERE for the SFYTT challenge details):

And finally, some photos of my creation:

I absolutely LOVE tea (both hot and iced)! A dear friend of mine recently introduced me to Teavana!!! Oooooo...have you heard of it? It's a total "tea experience." The walls are covered with shelves full of gorgeous cast iron tea pots and tea cups. And when you walk in a staff person takes you around this beautiful space to sample different tea blends. Then, you can order a cup of tea to drink right away...or, you can buy the loose leaf tea blends to take home! If you're a tea drinker, it's heavenly!

  

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope you're having a good week!

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Supplies:
Stamped Images - "Sparkle Clear: Tea" and "Sparkle Clear: Coffee" (Hero Arts)
Ink - "Onyx Black VersaFine" (Tsukineko), "Chestnut Roan Fluid Chalk Inkpad" (Clearsnap)
Copic Sketch Markers
Cardstock - "Kraft" (Papertrey Ink), "Lime Crush" (Bazzill Basics), "Tangelo Blast" (Bazzill Basics), "Watermelon Sensation" (Bazzill Basics)
Patterned Paper - "Spring Green Gingham" (Making Memories), "Raspberry Small Dots" (Making Memories)
Page from old paperback book
Floral Embellishments (Prima)
Lime Flower Brad (Making Memories)
Adhesive Tape Runner (Therm-o-web)
Quickie Glue Pen (Sakura)
Pop Dots (All Night Media)

Finished Card Size: 5.5" x 4.25"

Compose a Card with Becky # 4

Here's a card I created for the most recent "Compose a Card with Becky" design challenge. The uber talented Becky Oehlers is the hostess of these challenges, and they are SUCH A BLAST!!! Every Tuesday Becky provides a card recipe (such as the one below), and your challenge is to design a card or project following that recipe! And that's not all!!! She also provides an inspiration photo, a video, and music to go along with the whole deal! Like I said...A TOTAL BLAST!!!

Here's the recipe for this week:

And, here's my card:

I was really pleased with the way this card turned out! These are two images that I would have never put together had it not been for this challenge. You see...that negative stamp image is the ONLY negative stamp I currently own :) And I don't think I've used it in YEARS!!! I think it was very happy to get inky again :)

The dots inside the squiggly circles are RAIN DOTS (Cloud 9 Design). Here's a close-up:

What do you think? I have lots of friends and family with birthdays at the end of February and throughout March, and I think I know the perfect person to send this one to.

Have a GREAT weekend!
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Supplies:
Stamped Images - Negative Flower Image (Inkadinkado), "Circular Designs" (Hero Arts)
Ink - "Onyx Black Versafine" (Tsukineko)
Cardstock - "Black, White" (The Paper Company), "Green" (Archivers)
Sentiment (printed in Microsoft Word: Curlz Font)
Black Rain Dots (Cloud 9 Design)
Floral Embellishment (Prima)
White Floss (Janlynn)
Black Button (purchased at Michaels)
Pop Dots (All Night Media)
Adhesive Tape Runner (Therm-o-web)
Black Satin Ribbon (Hot Off the Press)

Finished Card Size: 8" x 4"