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Friday, 27 May 2016

Pastel Afternoon Tea


Happy Friday peeps! I am celebrating my birthday today by taking a day off work as is the Culinary Consultant. We don't have any special plans, just having a lazy day is special enough - we slept in (although it's quite sad that we are getting so old that sleeping until 7am is considered sleeping in!) and I'm planning on making a delicious brunch involving eggs, bacon, smoked salmon, mozzarella and raspberry and white chocolate scones. Not to mention the first coffee I have had in two weeks, which I know will taste absolutely delicious (I'm trying to cut down on my addiction to calorie-rich over sweetened caffeinated drinks). I did start the day with a bit of crafting, as I'm sure it's the best way of starting out a good day!

 Today's card is inspired by the challenge over at The Card Concept (this is for the Clean and Simple category). What a great opportunity to get to use one of the lovely stamps from the STAMPlorations Coffee Happy stamp set combined with one of the hilarious sentiments from Literary Caffeine-aitions. I was also inspired by sketch over at The Paper Players, and I'm linking up with Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges where Anything Goes.


I started by stamping the tea cups in Versafine Onxy Black and masked the image. Then I used a round die to cut a hole in a scrap piece of paper and added water to the cardstock base through this home-made stencil to create the circular background. I painted the background in Tim Holtz Distress ink in Iced Spruce and Peacock Feathers. After the background dried, I added some splatters of water and Peacock Feathers before painting the cups and adding some gold Sharpie around the edges of the cups. I stamped the sentiment in Versamark and heat embossed it in gold - inspired by the gold frame in the inspiration image. Last, I added some enamel dots.

 Card: 300 gsm white textured card
Stamps: STAMPlorations Coffee Happy and Literary Caffeine-aitions
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Versamark, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Iced Spruce, Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry and Spun Sugar, Gold Sharpie
Other: Gold embossing powder, Stampin' Up Candy dots, home made enamel dot

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7 comments:

  1. Caryn27 May 2016 at 11:45

    This is awesome - I love the CAS style - gorgeous.
    Thanks for joining in at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge. Hugs, Caryn xxx

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  2. laurie27 May 2016 at 14:59

    Love the soft look of watercolor background and cute enamel dots!Thanks for joining us at The Paper Players!

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  3. stampwithsandy27 May 2016 at 15:33

    Such a beautiful CAS creation! I love your watercolored background and that sentiment is awesome. Thanks for playing along this week at The Paper Players!

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  4. Shery Russ27 May 2016 at 22:53

    This card is just oh-so-dainty with that super watercoloring! Sounds like you have/had a marvelous birthday. Hugs!!

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  5. TesaB28 May 2016 at 10:35

    Gorgeous CAS card, love the stamps. Totally cute, and the sentiment is soooo true for me too. :)

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  6. laurie29 May 2016 at 19:05

    Back again and to thank you for joining us at The Card Concept this time...really love that fun sentiment!

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  7. LauraJane:)5 June 2016 at 01:26

    Your teacups are so pretty in pink and light blue!! Thanks for playing at TCC:) The soft BG is very complimentary to the stack of cups!

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Please feel free to leave any comments you have, I read them all and appreciate them very much, they truly make my day! I also want to send out a huge thank you to all you challenge DT members for your comments, encouragement and wonderful, inspirational creations.