Quilled sampler with "Cup of Tea"

Hello crafty friends!

It was a great and out-of-the-ordinary week for Spring Break for our family and we're diving into the first week of Spring! It sure doesn't feel that way in the Dallas, TX area. It's been cold and cloudy this week, but I'm hopeful this will turn around soon!

I want to share a quilled sampler I created this past week as part of Stampin' UP!'s Creative Challenge using 1 of the color combos, as shown below. The color combo on the right includes: Crushed Curry, Pool Party, Starry Sky, and Crumb Cake. 

picture courtesy of Stampin' UP!

I had been itching to use an opportunity to use Paper Quilling for something, so I chose to combine the Creative challenge with some quilling to create a coffee cup sampler. I do realize that the Cup of Tea stamp set is for tea cups but I changed it up a little and defined them as coffee cups. 

This sampler did take a little time as I had to get re-acquainted with Paper Quilling. It's been MANY years since I've used this technique. I do LOVE the outcome every. single.time!

Sampler-making Tips:

• The finished size is 8" x 8" from Crumb Cake Cardstock (CS).
• The largest squares measure 3.5" x 3.5" (in Basic White CS) followed by 3-3/8" x 3-3/8" (in Pool Party, Starry Sky, or Crushed Curry CS) then 3" x 3" (in Basic White CS).
• Use the flowery cup image from the Cup of Tea stamp set to stamp it onto the 3" square Basic White CS. Be sure to stamp off so that you'll get a light image showing, just enough to give you a template for your quilling.
• Cut 1/4" wide strips of your DSP (cardstock was too thick for my quilling tool). Most of my strips were 6" long but some were 3" long and others 2.5" long, depending on what shape you're quilling. The cup outline is longer than 6" so you'll need to adhere another strip at the end to complete the shape.
  
• It's very important to first prepare the outlines by shaping the paper strip without any glue involved. After shaping the outline, adhere it with a very thin line of glue. I used Tombow glue. Next, will be the quilled leaves will be adhered inside the cup outline to match with the stamped image. Last will be the quilled "steam" pieces and the "coffee beans".    
  
• The following colors are used for the different elements:
• coffee cup on the top left square uses the Pool Party DSP from the Design a Daydream DSP stack. 
• The bottom left coffee cup uses the 2022-2024 In-Color DSP. 
• The bottom right coffee cup uses the Regals DSP pack.
  
• The "steam" pieces are made using the Crumb Cake paper from the Neutrals DSP pack. 
• The "coffee beans" and "Coffee" sentiment are made using the Early espresso paper from the Neutrals DSP pack.

Sampler Products Used:

Thank you SO MUCH for stopping by today! Have an awesome week!

Until next time ...

Back-to-school Teacher Card

 Hello, Hello & Happy August!!!

I am excited to share with you a quick fun-fold card that will delight any teacher since it holds a gift card inside. I hear that most teachers welcome gift cards to stores that can help them purchase any school supplies they may need.

I was inspired by this week's TGIF Challenge #379 along with a Stampin' UP! sketch (that I LOVED), provided by their concept artists. 

I chose to use the rectangles in the sketch as colored pencils in Stampin' UP! colors: Daffodil Delight, Poppy Parade and Pacific Point. Then I used my FREE stamp set that I earned - the Amazing Phrasing Stamp Set, during the Sale-a-Bration promotion (SAB), for the sentiments placed on the card.

I worked with two different papers for the frame of the card front. One was Basic White Cardstock and the other was the Silver & Gold 6"x6" DSP (another FREE SAB item). Which one do you like best? I think they both look good in their own way.

Cardmaking Tips:

• The Gray Granite cardbase measures 10" x 5.5" and was scored at 1.5" and 5.75" along the length.
• Adhere 1/4" x 5.5" strips of Daffodil Delight, Poppy Parade and Pacific Point cardstock to the center of the card front, using Tombow glue.
• Cut a piece of cardstock (Basic white or Silver & Gold DSP) using the 2nd largest Deckled Rectangles Die. Use your Stampin' Blends in Daffodil Delight (dark), Poppy Parade (dark), and Night of Navy (dark) to flick some ink from the brush-tip onto 1/3 of the cardstock piece for each color.
• Cut a 1" x 3-1/8" piece from the following colors of cardstock: Daffodil Delight, Poppy Parade, and Pacific Point. Using your grid paper and a straight edge, draw a pencil line from the top middle towards the right edge at the 2-1/4" mark. Same thing on the left side. Cut along the lines for all 3 pieces of cardstock.
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• Cut a 5/8" x 4" strip of Very Vanilla and adhere to the strips of colored cardstock such that the bottom edge lines up with the bottom of the triangle you created. Trim along the left and right sides.
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• Your "colored pencils" are ready to be adhered. Place some dimensionals on the back of each one and begin with adhering the Daffodil Delight piece, making sure to center it on the frame. Adhere the other two as well, making sure to leave even spacing on both sides of the "colored pencil".
• Stamp the sentiments from the Amazing Phrasing Stamp Set onto a strip of Gray Granite cardstock using Memento Black ink. Trim around the words as shown then adhere onto the "colored pencils" using Stampin' Seal.
• The inside of the card includes the Gift Card and another frame cut from Basic White cardstock using the Deckled Rectangles die. Flick some Stampin' Blends ink onto the frame, same as before. Then Stamp the "woo-hoo" sentiment in Memento Black ink as shown.

Cardmaking Supplies:

Thank you SO VERY MUCH for stopping by today! Please don't hesitate to leave me a comment on which version of this card your prefer! I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Until Next Time...