Sunday, May 16, 2010

Coffee? Tea?


I prefer tea. When I saw this adorable tea cup charm I had to have it. I love to hang embellishment on my cards and I think that charms look great. The buttoney bow has been a big hit embellishment but I think the charm hanging off the buttoney bow is that much sweeter. This one also has a little Heidi Swapp bling on it. Here's a close up of it.
I made a pile of this card for a MFT swap. I knew I wanted to use a WTG stamp set so I dug through my stamps and picked this one because it's fun and easy to paper piece. I didn't find any sketch challenges so I went with an easy peasy layout. I did have a couple challenges I wanted to play in, a color challenge and an inspiration challenge.
So here's the deets:
Stamp: My Favorite Things "Coffee? Tea?"
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Ranger "Bundled Sage"
Paper: Stampin' Up Pink Pirouette dp; MFT Bubblegum cs; SU Certainly Celery cs; Georgia Pacific white cs
Miscellaneous - Heidi Swapp bling; charm, ribbon, Martha Stewart "Doily Lace" border punch; SU corner punch
Here's the challenges:
PIO #19 - Photo inspiration - a photograph from the White House Museum of a bedroom in shades of pink and ivory. I used the colors for my card and it's the kind of room you'd like to sit down in with a nice cup of tea.
City Crafter Week 4 - color challenge Pink with a hint of green
Cute Cards Challenge #112 - Someone Special
Stampin' B #58 - Food or drink
Charisma Cardz Week 19 - Sweet Treats Food or Drink
Belli Challenge #91 - Hole punches (I dug this punch out of my stash and it kept getting stuck, if you have this problem try punching a piece of aluminum foil, it did help)
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17 comments:

  1. Those are great cards. I really love the charm. Can you tell me where you got it?

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  2. This is just lovely! That tea cup charm is perfect for the image you used. Thanks for playing at CCCB. :)

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  3. I love that tea cup charm and the bow too, just so lovely!
    Thanks for playing along with us at CCCB!

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  4. Wow great card, love the pretty ribbon and the cute charm! Thanks for joining us this week at The Pile It On Challenge!!

    Hugs,
    Patricia

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  5. So pretty and feminine! Very tea-like with the colors, the lace punch, and the lovely ribbon!

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  6. OMGosh ... so cute! That ribbon and the little tea cup bling are simply a-dorable!!!!! Thank you very much for joining us at PIO! this week :)

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  7. What a great card Chris!!! Love that charm!! Where did you find that? Like Mike's or Joanns? I am soo gonna CASE this!! :)
    jennik

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  8. This is so cute, I love MFT stamps. and that little charm adds the perfect touch. Thanks for playing along with us this week at CCCB.

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  9. I love the little tea cup charm - it looks adorable with the buttony bow!!! Very pretty card!

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  10. Gorgeous card, very elegant! Thank you for playing with us at Pile it on!

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  11. This is GORGEOUS! Love the paper piecing. Way to use that inspiration photo! Thanks so much for piling it on with us :) Also, thank you so much for your super sweet comment on my blog!

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  12. so pretty! love the charm & beautiful ribbon and your piecing & inking are fab too!

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  13. lovely card and image
    Thanks for joining us at Charisma this week
    AllisonX

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  14. Oh so beautiful Chris! I always love your work! You never forget a single detail! The charm is the perfect touch too!

    Thanks for joining us on PIO challenges! We hope you will join us again this week! :)

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  15. This card is too cute!! I love the paper pieced dress, coffee cup charm and over all shabby look!! Thanks for joining us at Creative Belli!

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  16. What pretty paper piecing and I love that gorgeous ribbon!!! Thanks for playing in the Belli challenge!!!

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  17. ACK! I LOVE this card! Love the bow, the paper piecing, the colors - WOW! Great card! Thank you for joining us in the Belli Challenge!

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