Hugs and Hot Tea~

My friend Maggie sent me an altered journal the other day with a steampunk theme in rich teals and browns. What a nice surprise~ I love happy mail! Check out some of her creativity at her scrapbook gallery. To thank her I made a teabag card for her in vintage pinks and gold, with a touch of blue.

This little pocket card has pink roses, golden flowers and a chipboard butterfly painted blue on it. It also has pink eyelets, and I used a strip of torn fabric to tie it closed~ Nice combo of Old World and shabby chic, right?  I used my Verve stamps and Distress Inks in Mustard Seed and Worn Lipstick.

Inside there are two teabags...I put it in the mail to her this morning.

I like that these little cards can hold gift cards as well as teabags. For my friends who drink loose tea, I place small ziploc bags of fragrant tea in the pockets :)

Speaking of loose tea, I just learned that Upton Tea

provides a service that is fun and unique! They will personalize a printed label when you order tea from them....what a wonderful touch to a gift!

These are teabags from my friend Leintje in the Netherlands. I am sharing them with others. Isn't it a small world?

Hugs and Hot Tea...Happy Easter! Rejoice~

I am sharing this with Bev at Pink Saturday

ScrapbookPal.com Design Team entry~

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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