A Tea Boutique Hello

I enjoy the “happy” colors in the Tea Boutique Designer Series Paper. Although I’ve made several cards with different patterns from the paper pack, this is the first time I noticed the detail in the teapot pattern. The water coloring effect in the teapots, tiny leaves and the detail in the tiny garden flowers is so pretty! I thought this pattern would work well with the Crushed Curry stripes.

Today’s Card Pieces and Parts

Make Your Cuts

The card base is Basic White Thick cardstock cut 11″ x 4 1/4″ and scored at 5 1/2″.
When cutting a white card base and die cutting in white, I always use a thicker cardstock. The card stands nicely and the die cuts look much better. It gives your finished card more substance.
There is a Crushed Curry layer on the front of the Basic White card base. The layer is 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″.
The teapot patterned paper layer is 2″ x 4″.
The striped patterned paper layer is 3 1/2″ x 4″.

Assemble The Parts

Attach the striped layer to the Crushed Curry cardstock layer, leaving a small border at the top and sides.
I attached the teapot patterned paper layer to the cardstock layer next. Be sure your sides line up with the sides of the striped layer. Leave a small border along the bottom. The Teapot patterned paper layer will slightly overlap the striped layer.
I cut a strip of Crushed Curry cardstock to cover the seam in the patterned paper layer. This measures 3/4″ x 4″.
The Basic White sentiment strip measures 1/2″ x 2 3/8″. See the photo for the place for the sentiment. I used a small long sentiment. You can use whatever works for you.
The tea cup is actually two die cuts glued together. I wanted it to be a little thicker.
I stamped the leaf spray in the teacup with Garden Green ink and the flowers with Sweet Sorbet ink.
The flowers and leaf spray were die cut with the matching dies in the Teacup Dies.
I attached the teacup and flowers to the card front with Dimensionals.
For a little embellishment, I added a white Classic Matte Dot.

Once you make your cuts and complete your die cuts, this card comes together easily. I hope you enjoy creating this card and adding your own signature to the design.

So, open up your Cup of Tea Bundle, cut some layers, add a teacup, and a Classic Matte Dot and create something just to say hello!

… the only limitation is your imagination!