Tiny Teacups for a Birthday

2014, huh?

Seems it's been a hot minute since I posted anything over here...

Oops!

You see, my infant turned into a toddler who turned into a real live preschooler whose only way of living seemed to be "GO GO GO!" And, before I knew it, she was starting Kindergarten and swimming (any swim families out there??) and my older daughter was off to fourth grade and art classes and cello lessons.

That was in 2015.

Because that wasn't enough, I returned to work full-time. Trying to get my feet back under me was a super huge challenge and even after 5 years, it can still feel like a struggle at times (third-grade teacher, if that helps).

All my free time was no longer "free" and was instead eaten up with lesson planning and grading and running mom's taxi service. No more time to play with paper and visit blogs. No more time to explore ideas.

No. More. Time.

ARGH!!!!

Lissie has been after me for years to get back in my stamping space and make cards and I resisted. I had ZERO mojo left. Everything just seemed to be "meh" at best.

That said, I need the crafting outlet. With the uncertainty of the upcoming school year and whatnot, I'm a leeeeeeetle bit anxious.

Enter cards!

I've made a few here or there, but not posted.

Liss started to jumpstart her mojo by playing along with The Paper Players. I used to love playing along and decided this week's challenge was right up my alley.

I figure my cards are nothing if not CAS. Perfect!

And, I needed a birthday card for Paul. Teacups for the gent who loves nothing more than a good cuppa. :o)

Here's to a nice hot cuppa and a happy birthday!

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Stamp Set: Tiny Teacup, some sentiment from a long ago SU! Paper Pumpkin
Paper: Heavy Whisper White, Whisper White, Mango Melody
Ink: Poppy Parade, Mango Melody, Pineapple Punch, Lemon Lime Twist, Coastal Cabana, Gorgeous Grape
Miscellaneous: dimensionals to pop up the image

Tea-Riffic Tiny Teacups for PP86

This week's challenge over at the Paper Players is to use the colors Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Wisteria Wonder and Pear Pizazz on a card.

I thoroughly enjoy color challenges, while sketch challenges give me fits.  The moment I saw the colors, I knew what I wanted to create.

I love this Tiny Teacup stamp and have been wanting to play with it for a while (aw, who am I kidding, I've just been wanting to find time to stamp once more, the teacup is just an added bonus) and couldn't wait to get it out and play.  The trick for me was finding a sentiment to go with it. 

I had picked up a rather inexpensive set at JoAnn's and thought this sentiment fit the bill.  (Although, I have to put in a plug for SU! and other well respected stamping companies--there is something to be said about quality stamps and the clearness of the image when stamped.) 

I popped both the teacups and the paper they're mounted on up on dimensionals.

And (I know it is difficult to see in the top photo), I scored the white base behind the images to balance the card and add interest without adding a ribbon (Brien had challenged me, you see). This card is meant for my Grandfather, and Brien is adamant masculine cards (and gender neutral cards in general) DON'T have ribbon.  Alrighty then, scoring it is. :oP

We've really been struggling with the time change this week so I've not had much of an opportunity to get in and stamp.  I'm glad I had the chance to do it with this card. :o)

--Rach

Tiny Teacup Hello

And, here we have yet another card using that fabulous color combo from the Paper Players' challenge--Poppy Parade, So Saffron, Baja Breeze. 

I loved that teacup so much, and determined it needed a very CAS card to showcase it.  I used the Stamp-A-Majig to get the teacups straight and evenly spaced.  And, I'm falling in love with Baja Breeze (thank you, Jaydee!).  It took me a while to really warm up to the color, but once I did, wow.  It is such a lovely blue and so soothing. 

This card uses:
*Stamp Set: "Tiny Teacups"
*Paper: Whisper White, non-SU! linen white card
*Ink: Poppy Parade, So Saffron, Baja Breeze
*Accessories: Baja Breeze seam binding ribbon

--Rah

Tiny Teacups Color Challenge

Remember how I said the color challenge at the Paper Players really got my juices flowing?  Well, here's another one using that color combo, and I couldn't resist submitting it as well. ;oP 

I'd been wanting to play with the teacups for some time and inspiration struck.  I'm not one to enjoy cutting out and snipping of images (I think it stems from all the laminating I've cut out over the years...) but I just had to do it with these guys.  This card does indeed make me happy. :o)

This card uses:
*Stamp Sets: "So Many Sayings", "Tiny Teacup"
*Inks: Baja Breeze, Poppy Parade, So Saffron
*Paper: Whisper White, Baja Breeze

--Rach