August Stamping Project - You Fill Me With Happiness Teatime Card

I have to backdate this entry because it was a little late. As I mentioned a couple of months ago, we had an unplanned repair and it really upended things. I had to pack away a lot of craft supplies and we were packing and unpacking - who knew such a little thing could cause a big disruption? When my desk was set up again, I was so eager to play with all my new paper that I decided to make a variety of rectangular and square cards.

Supply list

• Very Vanilla 8.5x11" cardstock
• Whisper White 8.5x11" cardstock
• Vellum 8.5x11" cardstock
• Tea Room Specialty DSP
• Spot of Tea Framelits Dies
• Time for Tea Stamps
• Fresh Fig ink
• Big Shot, Stampin' Blends markers, adhesive, Stampin' Sponges and Stampin' Dimensionals plus scissor snips

1. I made rectangular and square cards. For the rectangular bases, I scored a sheet of Very Vanilla cardstock at the 4.25” mark and cut each sheet in half. I did the same for the square cards, but trimmed them to 4.25x4.25”.
2. Cut the fronts from Tea Time DSP. The fronts of the rectangular cards will be 3.75x5”. The fronts for the square cards will be 3.75x3.75”. An easy way to make a variety of card fronts is to cut 3.75” strips from the 12x12” DSP sheets, then trim into 5” rectangles or 3.75” squares.
3. Stamp the tea cup on Whisper White cardstock in Fresh Fig ink. Rich Razzleberry would also look great! Die cut each one.
4. Die cut a matching amount of the largest doily shape and set aside. Die cut some from vellum paper too if you wish.

From here on, the rest is up to you! I used up some scrap paper, used the leftover pieces of the DSP and just tried different arrangements to make some quick simple cards and more layered ones. As you can see from the samples, I made a couple of whoopsies. I didn’t realize that I scored some of the cardstock at the wrong point. A simple solution was to move the DSP front to the fold edge. Remember, arts and crafts is all about problem solving sometimes!

I added some small touches with Stampin' Blends markers and I could have used some ribbon here or there - but it was just so good to finally CRAFT, that I didn't want to get too crazy! Click on each picture for a larger view.

Sunday Sketch - August Stamping Project

So, I came up with a new idea! Since I always post my projects at the end of the month, I decided to share the sketch for them at the beginning of the month. Quite genius, if I do say so myself! Check back in a couple of weeks to see how the sketch becomes reality.