Tea & Friends Gift Box

Hello and Happy Friday!!!  Creative Cuts & More generously sent me some extra die cuts to play around with in addition to the ones I used in The Perfect Pair Blog Hop.  I'm in love with their boxes (among other things).  This one comes with an acetate square for the window, but I chose to use some fun patterned paper instead.  Click here for the box details.

I used one of my new favorite sets from Clear & Simple Stamps, Tea Time. The box is a lavender color so I chose to use a plum color for all the stamping.  

Here's a peek at the inside of the box.  This would make a lovely get well gift or thinking of you gift.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you have a great weekend!

{Tea & Friends Gift Box}

Stamps: Tea Time (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Patterned Paper: Hippy Girl (Kaiser Craft)

Ink: Perfect Plum (SU)

Accessories: Fancy Frame Window Box, Orange Sheer Ribbon (Offray), Sticky Tape

 

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The Perfect Pair Blog Hop

You are in for a treat today!!!   Clear & Simple Stamps has paired up with Creative Cuts & More to show how wonderfully die cuts and stamps can work together.  If you hopped here from Melisa's blog, you are in the right place.  If not, you'll want to start at the Creative Cuts & More Blog.

For my project today I used the Tea Time stamp set from Clear & Simple Stamps.  This is such a charming set.  I love tea (and coffee too).  I created a card and box ensemble for tea lovers.  

You can find the card template here.  It is an A7 size and comes complete with a score line and window frame.  

I just adore this box.  You can find the box template here.  It was such a coincidence that my favorite tea, Lemon Lift, matches my box perfectly with it's yellow tags.  I was able to fit about 5 unwrapped tea bags into the box.  The box was very easy to but together with a little sticky tape.  I sponged all the edges with Espresso Your Style ink.  You can find the little green tags I used on both the card and the box here.

Here's a view of the card opened, laying on it's side.  I placed a piece of acetate in the window frame and that is what the teapot is adhered to.  It looks as if it is floating.  The tea pot and tea cup are paper pieced.  I love that they look like a matching set.  Just think of the little girl tea party cards you could make with these stamps.  Oh, the possibilities!  

I hope you are having a hopping good time!  The next stop on the hop is Lynn Stevens.  Make sure you leave a comment on all the blogs along the way for a chance to win two great prizes!!!

Have a great day!

{Tea & Friends Ensemble}

Stamps: Tea Time (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: Frame Die Cut Card, Kraft Like a Rockstar, On the Catwalk Cream

Patterned Paper: Hippy Girl (Kaiser Craft)

Ink: Espresso Your Style, Perfect Little Black Dress 

Accessories: Tag Mini Set, Embroidery Floss, Acetate, Parakeet & Geneva Brads (Bazzill), Stampin' Sponge, Foam Adhesive, Circle Punch, Markers 

 

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OCC Challenge - Sketch Challenge

Hey there!  It's Saturday and that means another fabulous challenge from Our Creative Corner.  This week we have a sketch challenge for you.  I was short on time, so I used a pre-made card base from Creative Cuts & More.  These are perfect to use for a quick card.  They even come with a score line.  I'm not sure of the exact color, but I know it perfectly matches the patterned paper (Apple Cider by Imaginisce).

Every layer of this card is matted with cork.  The cork I use is so thin that it really doesn't add any extra bulk to a card, no more than regular card stock.

The sentiment "grateful"  is an SRM Press sticker.  I've been having a ball using their stickers lately.  I never thought I was a sticker person, but these are great since they look like stamps.

Check out the other sketch samples from the talented design team by clicking ----> HERE.  I hope you make some time to get creative this week and play along with the sketch challenge.  Have a wonderful weekend!!!

{Grateful}

Card Stock: Red Card Die Cut (Creative Cuts & More)

Patterned Paper: Apple Cider (Imaginisce)

Ink: Close to Cocoa (SU)

Accessories: Cork, Labels 9 Nesties (Spellbinders), Grateful Sticker (SRM Press), Ribbon (Michaels), Parakeet Brads (Bazzill), Foam Dimensionals, Stampin' Sponge (SU)

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An "I love you so much, Sweetheart" card...

Hello!  I was so grateful I already had a project planned to share with you yesterday.  My allergies have been awful and the medicine I've been taking has been making me so drowsy and making my brain all fuzzy.  The last thing I wanted to do yesterday was sit down and make a card.  That is a feeling I'm not used to.  So, I held off on taking my allergy medicine until after I made a card (and had my grocery list finished) and it worked out so much better today.  

So, about my card.  The awesome layout comes from this week's Mojo Monday sketch.  I wanted to keep this card masculine since I'm giving it to my husband for dealing with my crankiness and mood swings all weekend.  I had to keep apologizing for being so moody.  I'm blaming it all on the allergies.  

The tag I used comes from Creative Cuts & More.  It was a minty green, so I sponged it with a little brown ink so it would go better with the color scheme of my card.  I'm sure you've noticed how much I've been using this burlap string.  Gosh, I just love it and now I'm completely out of it.  Why did I only order 3 yards of it?  I should have ordered a whole spool.

I hope you are all enjoying your day!  Thanks for visiting today!!!

{I love you so much, Sweetheart}

Stamps: Signature Greetings, Daily Designs Sentiments (Papertrey Ink)

Card Stock: Creamy Caramel (SU)

Patterned Paper: Basics Manila (Basic Grey), Apple Cider (Imaginisce)

Ink: Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip (SU)

Accessories: Tag, Burlap String, Edge Distresser (Heidi Swapp), Stampin' Sponge (SU)

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