Welcome to our monthly hop! This month's theme is the brand new "In Colors" from the 2022-2023 Annual Catalogue! I love ALL of the new colours which are Sweet Sorbet, Tahitian Tide, Parakeet Party, Orchid Oasis and Starry Sky. For this project, I decided to focus on the gorgeous Orchid Oasis!
When you're feeling a little under the weather or just stressed out from life, what could be better than receiving this little care package from a friend? I used products from the new Tea Boutique Suite Collection (item 158670 on pg 12/13 of the catalogue). The card base and envelope came from the Tea Boutique Cards & Envelopes. The envelope is already decorated for you! To make the pocket, I just cut off a 5 1/5" x 2" piece from the Orchid Oasis side of the card base and glued it down on the white inside edge of the card (see photos). I added a 5 1/4" x 2" piece of the Tea Boutique 6x6 Designer Series Paper and then some Tear & Tape on the sides to form the pocket! Be sure to put one of the tea bags in place before you stick the sides down so that you have enough space inside. I added a 5 1/2" x 1/2" piece of Fresh Freesia DSP to the edge of the pocket.
I stamped the little tag on Basic White cardstock in Orchid Oasis ink (full strength) for the outline and Blackberry Bliss (stamped off once). I die cut it with the tag from the Teacup Dies. The tea cup pieces were die cut using Fresh Freesia and Orchid Oasis cardstock. The tag was attached to the teacup with a 2" piece of Orchid Oasis/White twine from the 2022-2024 In Color Baker's Twine Pack. I used Tear & Tape to adhere it. I die cut the little hearts from Blackberry Bliss.
The sentiment was stamped in Orchid Oasis ink on Basic White and then cut with the largest banner from our new Stylish Shapes Dies (a must-have!). I first ran it through the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine with the sentiment towards the left of the die, and then again with the sentiment towards the right of the die. This allowed me to make the banner shorter! I attached the teacup and banner with Stampin' Dimensionals and the little hearts with Multipurpose Liquid Glue. I finished off by adding some Wink of Stella to the hearts. The teabags were purchased from Amazon and the tea is wonderful!
Be sure to check out the projects of my talented colleagues below!