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You are my Cup of Tea

Valentine's Day is fast approaching. Didn't we just celebrate the holidays?! Well, I couldn't wait to create some special cards for some special people, so I got out a stamp I think is perfect for sending heartfelt wishes...a teacup!

I also got out my Distress Inks and Cutter Bee scissors, along with a vintage book page. I like to stamp with waterproof ink then color the image with Distress Inks and my Zig H2O pen.

I removed a page from the book, tore the edges, then inked them with an ink blending tool. Keep one side of the sponge applicator lifted (shown) as you use small circular motions to apply ink to all sides of your paper or page.

Here is the result~ I mounted the book page to graphic 45 houndstooth cardstock, then stamped random hearts on it.

I stamped Inkadinkadoo's Alice In Wonderland White Rabbit twice: once on white cardstock and once on Tim Holtz grungepaper.

I want the rabbit to have a nice white head and legs (he IS the White Rabbit, afterall!) so I will fussy cut the head and legs from the cardstock and adhere them to the painted grungepaper Rabbit. When I finished painting the Rabbit's clothing, I put some Stickles on his neck ruff.

I stamped the words 'Je Taime' and 'Amour' on a narrow strip of white cardstock, then placed it under a length of sheer white ribbon that I placed horizontally across the houndstooth card front.

I wanted to use a chipboard heart that coordinated with the card colors, so I used Broken China Distress Ink and misted  water to dye the piece.

Just smear Distress ink on a craft mat (or wax paper), mist it with water, then rub the chipboard around in the mixture~

I made a narrow slit in the teacup edge in which to slide the Rabbit. A Fiskars craft knife works well for this job.

All that is left to do is glue everything down~ I stamped a sentiment and wrapped a bit of bakery string around the edges. I also put a coat of Glossy Accents on the chipboard heart, then placed it on the saucer.

The teacup is mounted on foam to give it a bit of dimension.

    All ready for February 14! I think I will make another one :)

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I have been having fun making cards with layered stamping and decided to use my Cricut and the Summer In Paris cartridge along with my inks and stamps. Instead of using my Cricut to cut out an image, I used it to draw one on the card front!

I replaced the blade with the Cricut Fashion Color Marker in pink to draw the Eiffel Tower.

I used light to medium pressure to draw the image, otherwise the pen presses too firmly onto the cardstock and the lines are heavier.

Voila! I love the swirly interior design. I had the machine draw a second image which I fussy cut with Cutter Bee scissors. I planned to use foam adhesive to mount the fussy cut Tower above the flat image later. I used a Stampendous Music Score stamp and Tattered Rose Distress Ink to stamp the sheet music over the Tower.

I also stamped 'Paris', a fleur de lis and a compass using Distress Inks. The next step was to add small red brads on either side of 'Paris' and distress the edges, then mount the piece to a small houndstooth print.

I like adding the fussy cut Eiffel Tower to give the card front added dimension~

I aligned a ruler along the edge of the blank card after I glued a vintage book page to it~ this allowed me to tear the excess off and give the card a deckle edge. I could not use a traditional method to distress the edges of the book page because it was old and fragile.

The finishing touch was to adhere a small red rose to the Eiffel Tower and stamp an inside sentiment~

I like the combo of various pinks and browns~

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And speaking of October, I have been counting down the days until Fall...oh, we have a ways to go here in southern California! lol~ We will have summer weather until mid October. But to indulge my itch for autumn I have been making cards~
This one is Ranger alcohol ink on glossy paper, then stamped with a spiderweb. I cut the center plaques with my Cricut. The candle is stenciled using Distress Ink and my Zig H2O pen. I masked the candle, then stamped the Music Score over it.

This one was so fun to create! I stamped the girl images and fussy cut them. I used Ranger Distress Inks on glossy paper for the background, then stamped the spooky tree. The moon is masked~

I got to play with my new Tsukineko Walnut Ink on this next card! I made a 'Z' shaped card, matted printed paper with plain Bazzill cardstock for each segment. Then, I masked a moon using Distress Ink on a manila tag. I spritzed the moon scene with Tsukineko Java and also colored the grungeboard tree with it~

I've got three more to share with you tomorrow!