CCMC Card "Create"tions Week 2 Favor

Good morning, Friends! The Create with Connie and Mary Cards "Create"tions has come to the end of week 2! Wow! I hope that you are a subscriber and have seen these amazing card sets! If you aren't a subscriber then why not join today? You can still enjoy all the projects that have been shared so far and download the tutorials! At the end of each week, the designers share a little favor using the set that was used during the Cards edition. This past week I used the Blooming with Kindness set. I don't own this set so I borrowed it from a friend. So the only way to see any cards that I have made with this set is to be a subscriber! (I do think that I have shared one card made with this set)

This week I made a tea bag holder.

I won't go into a lot of detail as to how I put it together. I used the directions from the Splitcoast Stampers website. And I do wish that I had prettier tea bags to put into the slots but all I had was the Lipton yellow tea bags. But I think you get the idea :) I used Basic Gray, Primrose Petals and Pink Pirouette card stock and Primrose Petals and Basic Gray ink. The tea bag holder is held closed by a piece of Primrose Petals stitched satin ribbon. I used a piece of the silver foil designer vellum for the inside of the holder and silver twine for the spine of the holder. 

I enjoyed making this sweet little gift! I thought any of the sentiments would work for this project! I kept thinking about Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory when he always says to his friends in distress "Can I offer you a hot beverage?" Love that show!! Anyway, there you have it! Be sure to stop by the Create with Connie and Mary website to see all the treats that the other designers have created! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Blooming with Kindness; Paper- Basic Gray, Primrose Petals, Pink Pirouette, silver foil designer vellum; Ink- Primrose Petals, Basic Gray; Accessories- Primrose Petals stitched satin ribbon, silver twine, 1 1/4" circle punch, dimensionals

Blooming Vellum

Good morning, everyone! I think that I am getting back to the land of the living. Ugh! My allergies have taken over and I can't seem to get rid of them! I have been really sick. We came home Sunday evening from the basketball tournament and I went straight to bed. Today I feel like I have dried up a bit but I still have the raging migraine. I hope that I will be able to get rid of that soon. So very miserable!! And I hope that it doesn't hurt as bad so I can get back to doing some stamping! I've gotten some new goodies that I want to play with! By the way… our boys lost to the other Fruita team (there were enough Fruita boys to make two teams) in the semi-finals. Bummer!! But it was a very fun weekend!

Today's card was an experiment. I wanted to see what this stamp would look like embossed on vellum and then sponged with color behind it. I think it came out o.k. Not my favorite but it's not terrible. Here are the details:

• Card base is Crumb Cake
• I adhered a piece of Fresh Prints designer paper to a piece of Whisper White (both the same size) together
• Stamp the flower image from Blooming Kindness onto a piece of vellum that has been flagged at the bottom using VersaMark and emboss with white emboss powder
• On the back of the vellum piece, use a sponge dauber and Coastal Cabana ink to apply color
• Adhere the vellum piece to the dsp by using mini brads in the top corners
• Tie a piece of Crumb Cake 3/8" taffeta ribbon around the panel and then adhere to card base with dimensionals
• Stamp the greeting from Blooming Kindness in black StazOn onto the card

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

Card Recipe: Stamps- Blooming Kindness; Paper- Crumb Cake, Whisper White, vellum, Fresh Prints designer paper; Ink- black StazOn, VersaMark, Coastal Cabana; Accessories- Crumb Cake 3/8" taffeta ribbon, mini brads, white emboss powder, sponge dauber, dimensionals