More Tea???

No, it's not time for another smART Cookie tea party quite yet, but having taught the "Mad About Tea" class over the weekend, I thought I'd share one of the cards created in class:

It uses the teacup from ABC-From the Cupboard, and "Thinking of You" form WD-35 Semi Say #2, and is pretty straight forward -- Markers, cutting out, layering, punches, etc. At the same time, it's some of those "little details" that actually make the card special...

Using a Stamp-a-ma-jig positioner, the cup and saying were each stamped on the front of an A-2 white card.  A second cup was stamped and embossed on white scrap.  The "scrap cup" was then colored and cut out. 

The little flower punches (PBS5 and PBM2) and stems (hand-cut narrow strips of green stock for these) were then adhered to the card front.  Ahhhhh!  Now you see why we stamped that cup on the card...

The leaves (PBS4), however, were adhered to the back of the cut-out, and the cut-out was then foam-taped over the image on the card. You'll find doing it this way produces wonderful dimension!

All four card corners were rounded (a look I sorta like, sorta don't), and the tri-dot pyramids were added - Where did those come from???  From this border punch -- Uniform, clean-cut, and quick!  The adhesive???  One teeny dot of The Ultimate (tacky glue) applied with a toothpick.

Lastly, the finishing touches: Sparkling blue gel pen on the berries & dark flower petals, and tiny little rhinestones in the flower centers.  Bling-Bling Girl struck again!

Here is the "horizontal" version of the very same card -- Of the two, my favorite, but I trusted hubby's intuition for the class)...

Class participants actually put together three cards, so I still have more to "tea" to share, but will save it for another day... If time permits, maybe even tomorrow.

Comments

[Trish D]

Very pretty! I particularly like the dimensionality of the "greenery." And I've got to get me some of those fingernail gems!!

[Juliana]

This is clever and absolutely adorable!