1) Today's sketch challenge, SC267, using this sketch: SC267 by SCSketches at Splitcoaststampers
and
2) The Flourishes February Release Challenge, What's Your Cup of Tea?, to be inspired by the container of your favorite kind of beverages.
Well, my favorite type of beverage is hot tea, and I recently discovered Bentley's White Tea, my current favorite. I was inspired by the package shown in my photo.
After looking at the tea bag wrapper, I knew that this little tea cup image (retired, The Angel Company) I had would be perfect for this card. However, I had it stuck in my head that those were little raspberries in this set, and it wasn't until I stamped the images that I realized that they are actually strawberries! Oops!!! Ah, well, I guess they are all in the same family
The images are colored with colored pencils. I created the white background paper by stamping the little berry image again and again.
Inside the card it reads "It's the little things that make life BIG. Happy Birthday!"
This was such fun to make. Thanks for stopping by to take a look!
Emily
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Registered: August 21, 2007 Location: Wayland MA Posts: 105224
Wed, Feb 10, 2010 @ 8:17 AM
How darling!! Mmmmmmmm. The idea of raspberry white tea makes my mouth water. This is just the cutest, Emily! TFS.
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Registered: April 3, 2007 Location: In a state of oblivion.... Posts: 14120
Wed, Feb 10, 2010 @ 8:57 AM
Very cute card! Great job on the challenges... (And I like strawberries and raspberries pretty much equally so I'd like the card either way!!!)
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Registered: December 19, 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 15571
Wed, Feb 10, 2010 @ 9:41 AM
This is my favorite in the gallery today Emily! I love that you made the bg paper and those cups with the raspberries are such a perfect idea! And of course that punched border is fabulous as well. A perfect card!!! TFS!!!
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 131821
Wed, Feb 10, 2010 @ 9:55 AM
Ha, I knew this had to be the Flourishes challenge. I am so struggling - I buy my tea and coffee from an Irish company, and they just come in plain silver packaging with a little bit of black and maybe dark burgundy. Yours is so much more inspiring, and led to such a pretty card.
Congratulations on your big win, too .