Anyone for a Cuppa ....

Hi everyone, sharing my card for the challenge this week at Can You Case It.

The stamp set I have used is A Nice Cuppa along with the matching Cups & Kettle Framelits, I also used the Circles Collection Framelits.  The Designer Series Paper is from the Have A Cuppa Designer Series Paper Pack.

I always find the colour scheme of Melon Mambo, Basic Black and Whisper White so striking.  I picked up the Melon Mambo colour from the piece of Designer Series Paper and added the Basic Black for the contrast.

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Carolyn

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Anyone for a Cuppa ....

Enjoy the Little Things ....

Do you have someone that you have not seen in while and would like to catch up with or someone that you have met socially and would like to get to know better.  How about sending them a little invitation to come and sit together and drink some tea.  What a great way to extend the hand of friendship.

For my card I have used the 'Twisted Card' tutorial by KellyJean Gettelfinger that you can find on Splitcoast Stampers.

I had already made my cardbase using Tip Top Taupe cardstock and the matching Designer Series Paper from the Sale-A-Brations Catalogue "Perfectly Artistic" when I decided to use some Twinings tea bags "Australian Afternoon", very apt as it is afternoon here in Perth, Western  Australia.  The colour Pumpkin Pie went perfectly with the colours in the tea bag covers, so I used this to create the kettle, tea cup and flowers.

Back to the "Perfectly Artistic" Designer Series Paper - Do you like it? Do you want a chance to get it for free?   If you live in Australia then just place an order with me for $90 and it is yours. You can order online here or contact me here. 

I added some Tip Top Taupe Dotted Lace Trim (this I trimmed down and used the other piece for the tag) to the back of the Designer Series Paper on the pocket before I adhered it to the pocket front. For the inside pocket I created a little tag using the stamp set "Enjoy the Little Things", the "Lots of Labels" Framelits and the 1/8" handheld punch finishing with the piece of Tip Top Taupe Dotted Lace Trim and some Linen Thread.  The flowers were made using the punch from the "Itty Bitty Accents" Punch Pack with some Rhinestones added for a little bit of bling.

The kettle is made using Pumpkin Pie cardstock and the "Cups and Kettle" Framelits and the sentiment is from the "Ballon Celebration" stamp set.  A little more bling was added with the Rhinestone Trim on the kettle lid.

The inside of the card is decorated with more die cuts from the "Cups and Kettle' Framelits, flowers and the words from the "Balloon Celebrations" stamp set.  These were stamped onto Tip Top Taupe cardstock with Black Archival ink and punched out using the Word Window Punch.  I did try stamping direct onto the Designer Series Paper but the words got a bit lost.  The tea bags are held in place with a little bit of Washi Tape on the back.

Send someone a little surprise invitation today.

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Carolyn

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Enjoy the Little Things ....

Hope you had a Merry Christmas!

Hi everyone, hope you had a Merry Christmas.  I had a really great day with my family, having lunch at about 1.30pm before everyone departed at about 4pm to have dinner with their in-laws.  We will be eating leftovers for the next few days but as everything was delish this is no hardship.

I woke up this morning and looked at my clean table, I mean there was absolutely nothing on it, and it was a dismal site.  As I had planned a quiet day at home, I soon sorted this out and I have now managed to get cardstock, paper, framelits, stamps, inks and all the other bits and bobs you need to create spread all over.

This is the card I made using the Mojo Monday sketch along with some of the new products available on 5 January 2016.

I have used the stamp set "A Nice Cuppa", "Cups & Kettles" Framelits, "Have a Cuppa" Designer Series Paper Stack, Bermuda Bay 1/8" stitched ribbon, "Have a Cuppa" embellishments.  I matched these items with products from the Annual Catalogue, Basic Black cardstock, Crushed Curry cardstock, Whisper White cardstock, Metallic Foil Doilies, Silver Metallic Thread, Project Life Grid Cards, Project Life Corner Rounder along with Circle Punches 2" and 1 1/4".

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Carolyn

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Hope you had a Merry Christmas!

Time for Coffee ...

You know when you have an idea in your head but it does not seem to come together, well this is what happened to me recently.  I purchased a box of Robert Timms Coffee Bags intending to design gift packaging to put them in.  Well I just never seemed to find the right stamps or design.  You can imagine my squeal when I opened the new Occasions Catalogue and found the Cups and Kettles Framelits dies and the stamp sets Timeless Textures and Balloon Celebrations.  Oh what bliss!

The gold embossing did not show up very well in the photo, but it looks great against the Early Espresso Cardstock.  I have put the measurements for the coffee folder at the end of this post, they are for the Robert Timms Coffee Bags available in Australia. I am not sure if they are the same size in the big wide world, so you may need to adjust your measurements to suit.  I cased the Occasions Catalogue on page 29 for the stamping, I just changed the tea cup for the coffee cup.

I made a matching 3"x 3" gift card, carrying on the wording from the coffee folder.  I also made a small envelope to fit the card, using the Envelope Punch Board

The inside of the card is very simple with the sentiment Happy Birthday.

Measurements for the Coffee Folder

Early Espresso Cardstock 12cm x 26cm
Gold Satin Ribbon 45cm
Gold Foil Sheet 8cm x 11.5cm (for front)
Crumb Cake Cardstock 7.5cm x 11cm (to be stamped for front)

Score the Early Espresso Cardstock on the 26cm edge at 4cm, 12.5cm, 13.5cm and 22cm.  Fold and burnish all score lines.

Add tape to the top and bottom (on the inside) of the 4cm flaps, when adhered down these create the pockets for the Coffee Bags on the inside of the folder.

Add the ribbon to the folder, and then do the stamping and adhere this piece to the Gold Foil Sheet mat and then adhere this to the front over the ribbon.

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Carolyn

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Time for Coffee ...