Taylored Expressions and Bazzill Basics Partnership!

Hi Everyone!!

Over at Taylored Expressions this week, Bazzil Basics Paper has teamed up with TE to celebrate Father's Day! Every day this week there will be a different card featuring the awesome collection from Bazzill called Mac using all the different stamp sets from Taylored Expressions !

I love this amazing set of papers from Bazzil - have always loved all their cardstocks - and this collection called Mac is seriously awesome for making projects and crafts for all those men in your life! I don't know about you - but making "masculine" cards are always so much harder for me than making beautiful swirly and girly cards :) but having the right papers and coordinating cardstock totally makes it way more fun and easy :) Here is the card I made using this collection with the stamp set Far Out which has an amazing collection of robots with the sentiment Love Bots with the Happy Father's Day sentiment from the Boys Will Be Boys stamp set from Taylored Expressions.

This paper collection has such a fun sets of robots in the paper - so I used three of them on the bottom and put two the robots from the Far Out collection on the top part of the card which I colored in with copics and added some hearts on the side and one in the middle  - and finished it off with the Sprokets Border Die on the bottom. I added a little glaze to the robots and to the sprokets and then added a little bling in the middle of the border:

Card Ingredients:
Stamps: Far Out and Boys Will Be Boys stamp sets from Taylored ExpressionsPaper: Bazzill cardstock and Mac DP from BazzillInks: Memento Tuxedo Black and Love Letter
Accessories: Sprokets Border Die from TE, Banner Stacklets dies from TE, Oval Spellbinders Nestabilities, mini heart punch, bling, liquid glaze, sponger, dimensionals and copics

 I loved coloring in these two robots - they are symbols of my two little bots - to whom I showed this card that I made for Daddy and they were so excited to give it to him! Can't wait to make some more Father's Day Projects for the dad's in my life :) 

Please hop on ever to the Bazzill Blog and Taylored Expressions to find out how you can win this amazing prize just by entering comments!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!
Big hugs,
Sankari :)

May Stamp of the Month from Taylored Expressions

Hi Everyone,

Taylored Expressions has created an exciting new item - the Stamp of the Month Club - where every month you can receive a special stamp set and can also get the Key Ingredients kit that will coordinate with it (or you can just get the KI kit or just the Stamp of the Month - sooo many options!!) Seems like it is a way to create cards that are "taylor" made to perfection!  Check out the Taylored Expressions Deluxe Subscription kit (where you can get the KI kit and the Stamp of the Month) for May here:

http://www.tayloredexpressions.com/category.php?category_id=252

 Isn't it so cute! As soon as I saw the cute little clothesline - I kinda went gaga!! There is something about clotheslines that always have me weak in the knees! I decided to use the clothesline stamp as well as the clothesline from the designer paper in the Key Ingredients Kit and created a little scene using the Clouds Border die and the sun is from the Sunny Days with coordinating die and then I added a button to the center with some twine - I had so much fun creating this:
 

This stamp set has awesome flowers that I stamped with some chalk inks on the inside of the card - Its fun to create a little magic on the inside of the card too:

Card Ingredients:
Stamps: Cutie Pie SOTM (May 2013) from Taylored Expressions
Paper: May 2013 Key Ingredients Kit
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Chalk Ink Rouge
Accessories: Spellbinders circles, Sun made from the Sunny Days with coordinating dies, pearls from kaiser, dimensionals, Cloud Border die from TE and copics

Here is a closer peek at the front of the card. I loved decorating it with some pearls and I paper pieced some of the clothes with the DP and the other parts I colored in with copics:
 

It was so much fun to create this card with this adorable stamp set and this fun KI kit with all the matching fun ribbon! I can't wait to see what all the amazing designers have created with this beautiful deluxe kit - please hop along with me and check them out!!

• Amy Crockett
• Carole Burrage
• Cassie Trask
• Charmaine Ikach
• Debbie Carriere
• Jami Sibley
• Kerri Michaud
• Monika Davis
• Regina Mangum
• Sankari Wegman
• Shelly Mercado
• Stephanie Kraft
• Tammie Edgerton
• Taylor VanBruggen
• Tracy Clemente

Thanks so much for stopping by today!
Big hugs,
Sankari :)

Taylored Expressions May Spotlights: Mr. & Mrs. Cutting Plate

Hi everyone,

Welcome to the Taylored Expressions May Release Spotlight Hops where today we have a blog hop that features all the designers showcasing this awesome release!

For my project today I created a cardset with the absolutely gorgeous Mr. & Mrs. Cutting plate and some metallic cardstock. This cutting plate is amazing - seirously makes it so easy to create a set of cards. I decided to go monochromatic and pick cardstock that is gold, copper, vintage gold and use cream on white for my card set - here is look at the set that created:

Card Ingredients:  
Paper: Stardream Metallic Cardstock (Vintage Gold and Copper), Gold cardstock, Choice Buttercream cardstock, Choice Snow White cardstock  
Accessories: Bling, pearls, glaze 

I ran the cutting plate through my Big Shot and recommend using the Metal Shim that Taylor has in the store for making it easy to pop out all the delicate areas of the plate. I actually  cut out two in the same color and layered them ontop of each other before layering it on to the card back so that the card would have more texture and weight and dimension (hard to see in the picture) and then afterwards I added some bling or pearls in coordinating colors and a light glaze over the Mr. and Mrs. part of the card: 

 Here is the same card in creams and white with pearls of different sizes:

I used gold with some white bling for this card:

 And here is the vintage gold card with some pearls and rhinestones that I colored in with my copics:

This is a wonderful die for all the anniversaries, weddings or celebration of love moments that you want to celebrate :) and it makes it super easy to create a card that looks like it took a lot of time to make ;) Can't wait to see what the rest of the ladies have created today - please hop over and check them out with me!!

Carole Burrage
Charmaine Ikach
Jen Shults
Kerri Michaud
Sankari Wegman
Shannon White
Shelly Mercado
Stephanie Kraft
Tammie Edgerton
Taylor VanBruggen
Wanda Guess

Thanks so much for stopping by today!
Big hugs,
Sankari :)

Taylored Expressions May Release Day: Birch Tree Border

Hi Everyone!

Welcome to the Release Day celebration at Taylored Expressions - where all the brand new dies and stamps are ready for your crafting pleasure!! You can check into the Fresh Out of the Oven section at the store to see all the deals and steals :) 

For today's project, I made a card using the Birch Tree Border die (which coordinates with the Birch Tree Cutting Plate) - this two dies just blow me away - they make creating a scene SOOO easy!!). I LOVE the Birch Tree Border die - there are so many different possibilities that are there with this die and I went with a very simple scene - keeping the colors more neutral - just grays and creams and whites and just a pop of red :) I used some cardstock from Bazzil that is already texture-ized to cut out the Birch Tree Border die that I then sponged with some brown ink and layered it in some snow that I tore out of some cardstock. I also used the Birch Tree Accessories for which I used to cut out a little birdie and the treehouse that I tied to a branch using some Baker's Twine:

 For the inside of the card - I used awesome die of the buck stepping in some snow - the buck was die cut from from some texturized Bazzill cards using the Birch Tree Accessories - love the feeling of snowy covered fields with this die!
 

Here is a closer peek at the card - I added some "snow" with some liquid pearls and created a snowy skyscape using the Cloud Border Die and then added some glaze to the birds wing and the treehouse:

Card Ingredients:Paper: Choice Buttercream cardstock and Bazzill cardstockStamps: Rejoice stamp set from Taylored ExpressionsInks: Memento Inks: Love Letter
Accessories: Birch Tree border die, Birch Tree Accessories dies, Baker's Twine, dimensionals, sponge, stickles, liquid pearls


I loved making this card and can't wait to see all the release day creations from this awesome design team - please hop with me and check them out!!

Carole Burrage
Charmaine Ikach
Jen Shults
Joan Ervin
Kerri Michaud
Lynnette Kauffman
Sankari Wegman
Shannon White
Shelly Mercado
Stephanie Kraft
Tammie Edgerton
Taylor VanBruggen
Wanda Guess

Please stop over tomorrow for some Spotlight hops from TE - and thanks so much for hopping over here today!!
Big hugs,
Sankari :)

Taylored Expressions May Sneak Peek: Happily Ever After and Damask Flourishes

Hi Everyone!

Welcome to Day 2 of the May Sneak Peeks from Taylored Expressions!! Can you believe its MAY! And I don't know about you - but May is one of the most craziest months in terms of activities - graduation, teacher's appreciation parties, baseball and soccer tournamnets, birthdays and WEDDINGS!! The summer wedding season has begun and I am so excited for my friends who are coming together in holy matrimony :) If you are in need of making wedding cards, anniversary projects or just celebrating a lifetime of love - then you won't want to miss this month's release from TE tomorrow morning at 8am PST! For my project today, I created two projects - one a wedding card for my friends wedding this summer and another an anniversary card celebrating 40 years of marriage (WOW!)

The wedding card was made using the Happily Ever After stamp set which has such gorgeous flowers - the flowers are both solid (so you can ink it directly) and open (so you can get some color therapy and color in ;). I chose to use the Fancy Pants - Park Bench (6x6 paper pad) and matched my ink colors with this color scheme. I stamped the flowers a couple of times and then cut out the smaller flower and popped it up onto the bigger flower and then punched out some circles from the DP with some bling for the flower centers.

I cut out some leaves using the Leafy Branch Die from TE and then placed them here and there amongst the flowers. I stamped the sentiment and then used my corner punch to create rounded corners on the sides of the sentiment panel to round it out a bit - and then popped it on the circle punch with a nestie mat - here is a closer look at this card:

Card Ingredients:
Paper: Choice Snow White cardstock and Fancy Pants - Park Bench 6x6 paper pad
Stamps: Happily Ever After from Taylored Expressions
Inks: Memento Cantaloupe and Chalk inks: Ice Blue and Yellow Ochre
Accessories: Bling, Leafy Branch Die from TE, yellow grosgrain ribbon, dimensionals, Spellbinders nesties, circle punch, corner punch, EK success border die


For my second project today, I created an anniversary card using the new Damask Flourishes die from Taylored Expressions and paired it with the sweet sentiment from the new to be released stamp set: Lifetime of Love. This damask has a ton of possibilities - it makes it super simple to create an elegant card and really makes it easy to make a card that looks like you did a lot of work :). I kept my color scheme neutral with a little pop of turquoise and used up some scrap papers that were lying on my desk. I cut out the Damask Flourishes die with some gray cardstock and and then used the new to be released Band It Die to created a center panel for the sentiment. I then used some liquid pearls to dot up different parts of the flourish for some flourish ;)

 Here is a closer look at the card. The center panel is vellum - to give it a softness and I added some pearls with hearts on the side and finished it with some silver ribbon on the side :

Card Ingredients:
Paper: Choice Snow White cardstock and Gray cardstock from Bazzill, vellum and scrap paper

Stamps: Lifetime of Love from Taylored Expressions
Inks: Memento London Fog
Accessories: Pearls, Damask Flourishes, silver ribbon, liquid pearls, Band It Die from TE, heart punch, corner punch and dimensionals

Please check out my amazing team mates and check out all the new stamp sets and dies that will be released tomorrow!! Hop along with me and check them out!!!

Carole Burrage

Charmaine Ikach

Jen Shults

Joan Ervin

Kerri Michaud

Lynnette Kauffman

Nancy McKinney

Sankari Wegman

Shannon White

Shelly Mercado

Stephanie Kraft

Tammie Edgerton

Taylor VanBruggen

Wanda Guess

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Please hop over tomorrow and celebrate the May release!
Hope your day is filled with sunshine and awesomeness!
Hugs,
Sankari :)

Taylored Expressions May Sneak Peek: Band It Die (with Many Mini Occisions)

Hi Everyone,

It's time for the May Release from Taylored Expressions - Yippeee!!! Let me just tell you that this release is pretty much DIE-normous!!!! There are so many amazing dies that will be released this Thursday at 8am PST - and they all make card making so much more easy and fun!

Today I am showcasing a card made with the Band It Die set that coordinates perfectly with the previously released Many Minis Holidays stamp set and the Many Minis Occasions stamp set and it also coordinates perfectly with the Greetings for Him stamp set that will be released on Thursday. The die can work both vertically and horizontally on your cards - for this project, I chose to have it go horizontally. I used the Simple Stories 24/7 designer papers that has so many cool items to cut out - which I cut and arranged on my card. 

I used the Band It Die set to cut out the yellow chevron paper onto which I adhered the mini mat shape that also comes with this die. From the previously released Many Minis Occasions stamp set, I stamped the sentiment: "Thinking of You'  onto the oval die that also comes with this stamp set - LOVE how easy it is to assemble all the pieces of the Band It Die set system together!

 Here is a close up picture of the die - I chose to keep the chevron Band It die cut element off centered and then popped up each mat layer with some dimensionals. I also added double ribbons for fun and then cut a quarter of a circle on the bottom with a row of bling on the other side:

Card Ingredients: 
Paper: Simple Stories: 24/Seven (6x6 paper pad)
Stamps: Many Minis stamp set from Taylored Expressions
Inks: Memento Love Letter
Accessories: Band It dies from Taylored Expressions, stickles, heart punch, grosgrain ribbon, circle punch and dimensionals

There are so many stamp sets and dies that are being shown today by the wonderful Taylored Expressions DT and our lovely guest designer Joan Ervin - please hop over with me and check them out here:

Carole Burrage
Charmaine Ikach
Jen Shults
Joan Ervin - Guest Designer
Kerri Michaud
Lynnette Kauffman
Nancy McKinney
Sankari Wegman
Shannon White
Shelly Mercado
Stephanie Kraft
Tammie Edgerton
Taylor VanBruggen
Wanda Guess

 Thanks so much for stopping by today!
Please stop over tomorrow for peeks from this awesome release!

Ciao for now,
Sankari

Verve Divs - May Inspiration Hop

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to our Diva Inspirations Hop! It's the 5th of the month and that means it's time for the Verve Inspirations Team to breathe new life into some much-loved stamps and dies. And there's a PRIZE up for grabs, which might just come in handy for the new stamps and dies Verve is releasing on Friday, May 10! So be sure to leave a little shout out in the comment section of each blog as you hop about to be entered in a drawing for a $30 gift certificate to Verve Stamps! Check out all the details and prize info over at the Verve Blog.

I made my card for today using the beautiful stamps from the newest release and paired it with the super amazing (AH-MaH-ZING!) Seam Binding Ribbon from Verve stamps - you can check them all out here. I love the flower from the Surely Goodness stamp set and paired it with one of my most favorite sentiments "Shine Brightly" from the Remember This stamp set from Verve stamps. 

I love this sentiment - I just can't tell you HOW happy it makes it to stamp this sentiment - its such a lovely sentiment of encouragement! All the sentiments in the Remember This  set have that quality of being the most perfect sentiments - Julee is amazing like that - always creating such lovely sentiments! The CAS style of cards is a really hard one for me - I always struggle with it because I always feel like 400 jillion layers are missing! So here is my attempt to a CAS style card trying to keep the sentiment and the flower as the centerpieces :)

 I stamped the flower from the Surely Goodness stamp set - it is such a gorgeous flower and I stamped it 4 times - each time cutting layers of the flower and then popping it up on the previous layer. I love the colors from the this MME DP so I kept the colors minimal and colored the flower only blue and then mixed some greens and grays for the leaves. Here is a closer up picture of the layers on the flower and the lines of pearls on the side of the flower and above the sentiment:

Card Ingredients:
Stamps: Surely Goodness stamp set (flower) and the sentiment is from the Remember This stamp sets from Verve Stamps
Paper: My Mind's Eye, PTI white and gray Bazzill cardstock
Inks: Memento London Fog,
Accessories: photo angle chomper, line of pearl bling, dimensionals, spellbinders nestabilties, large pearl bling, Signature Ribbon collection from Verve stamps and copics.

I just loved making this card - I think I could make all my cards with this sentiment - its just so inspiring to the inside sunshine in all of us just to let that light that we are - shine out bright!!!

Please check out the wonderful creations from my fellow Verve Divas - leave them a little love in the comment section and you can be entered to win a wonderful prize from Verve!!! Hop along with me and check them out:
 

	1. Julee	7. Sankari
	2. Amy	8. Sarah
	3. Anya	9. Sony
	4. Betty	10. Susan
	5. Jessica	11. Tiffany
	6. Karen

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!
Shine On my friends - Shine ON!!!
Big hugs,
Sankari :)

You're Out of Sight!

Hi Everyone,

How has the start to your week been? Things here are starting to heat up as spring starts to flower all around us and the sunshine streams in earlier through the windows. I was happy to be able to sit down and get my craft on and crack open a stamp set that I hadn't inked yet - the truly spectacular Spectacular stamp set with the Spectacles dies from Taylored Expressions.

I love the Spectacles dies - they make it so easy to create these perfectly crisp glasses dies and I love how you can die cut the glasses from patterned paper too - so much variety and possibilities!! I layered the glasses over some vellum paper and then added some glaze over the "lenses" for that spectacle look :)

Card Ingredients:
Stamps: Spectacular stamp set from Taylored Expressions
Inks: Memento Bahama Blue
Paper: My Mind's Eye
Accessories: Spectacles dies from TE,  Banner Stacklets, corner chomper, satin ribbon, EK success scalloped punch, glaze, dimensionals, square block bling, Best Glue Ever.

I kept the layout kind of simple and layered the glasses over the Banner Stacklets dies that I die cut over some patterned paper. I had some pearled tiles that have an adhesive back that I have had for a couple of years (always happy when I get to use supplies that I have had for years! :) 

It was so much fun to make this card - love all the fun sentiments in this set and I really loved getting to use the new  - it makes it so much fun to embellish or accessorize a card!

Hope that spring is springing wherever you are - or if it isn't yet - hope that the sunshine is warm and that your are in a happy and cozy place :)

Thanks so much for stopping by today!
Big hugs,
Sankari :) 

Taylored Expressions April Studio Challenge

Hi Everyone, 

I's time for the Baker's Dozen Studio Challenge.  Every month the Taylored Expressions team comes together to share what makes our stamping studios hum.  We have a monthly challenge of creating a project by answering a crafty question which allows us to share our favorite stamp sets, some tips and tricks, stamping advice and more. So without further ado - here is the question for April:

The theme for April is:

Mix and Match!  TE stamp sets are designed with plenty of images and sentiments so they are "self-contained" for lots of creativity, but sometimes it's fun to mix and match several different sets for even more possibilities.

Your challenge is to create a project using three or more TE stamp sets.  

I love this challenge! It is so much fun to mix all the stamp sets together and create a card by using some elements from one stamp set, sentiments from another and other images from another! So for my project today, I created a little happy summery scene from a few different stamp sets:

I thought I would share a little bit about why I picked the stamp sets that I did for this card:

1. The trees are from the  Falling for You stamp set which is a set available to members of the Key Ingredient Kit and Deluxe Kit Clubs (you can click here for more info about these subscriptions) I stamped the trunk of the trees on a white piece of paper and then attached the trunk over the tree that was created by paper piecing it with different shades of green. I love this tree - it is so fun for fall, for spring - pretty much any season :)

2. The hot air balloon is from the Sky's the Limit stamp set (comes with coordinating dies!!) There is nothing more summery to me than lying down on a picnic blanket and watching a hot air ballon up in the sky :) This stamp set has lots of cute versions of hot air gallons and dies to cut them out too!!

3. The sentiment is from the Vintage Dreamer  stamp set - I used this sentiment because then this card could be for anyone who is celebrating anything :) ANd I love the fonts in this stamp set - soooo lovely!!

4. I used dies for the clouds and sun from the Sunny Days stamp set that comes with coordinating dies - which I love!!! Makes it really easy to create a sunny and happy sun! I die cut it using some gold paper and added some liquid pearls and a bling bling in the middle ;)

5. The little green hill mounds is from the Love Grows Here stamp set - The large hill I created from a circle punch that is cut in half and the smaller mound from this stamp set I felt added a little bit more fun and whimsy. I dotted the hills with some liquid pearls - kind felt like some flowers on the hill and added some grass with my punch to create a perfect place for a summery picnic 

There are so many stamp sets from Taylored Expressions that are designed to go with each other and coordinate perfectly - but sometimes its fun to mix and match different sets together :) 

One tip on how to mix and match stamp sets: I like to take different elements that make up a scene from different stamp sets and see how they go together (a tree from this set, a sun from another and so on) and I love when things come together so perfectly even though they might not have been specifically designed like that :)

Card Ingredients:

Stamp set: (trees) Falling for You, (hot air ballon) Sky's the Limit, (sentiment) Vintage Dreamer, (little green hill mound) is from the Love Grows Here

Inks: Memento Rose Ink, Memento Rich Cocoa (and copics)

Paper: Vintage Bliss from Simple Stories

Accessories: The sun and clouds are dies from Sunny Days stamp set that comes with coordinating dies, corner chomper, dimensionals, Flower Box Sprigs and Dies, Liquid Pearls, bling, Best Glue Ever

I can't wait to check out what lovely creations my fellow design teammates have created by mixing up the different stamp sets from TE - please hop with me and check them out!

Broni Holcombe

Carole Burrage

Charmaine Ikach

Jen Shults

Kerri Mchaud

Lynnette Kauffman

Sankari Wegman

Shannon White

Shelly Mercado

Stephanie Kraft

Tammie Edgerton

Taylor VanBruggen

Wanda Guess

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Hope your week is off to a great start!

Ciao or now,

Sankari :)

Congratulations on the Journey!

Hi Everyone!

I think Spring is right around the corner... not really sure as there is so much rain, flooding and possibly snow even! Ay Caramba! Even though I can't wait for spring.... I really can't wait for summer :D and so for my card today, I used the summer scene of the lighthouse using the From My Window stamp set. This stamp set has so many awesome scenes that can be used on its own - or paired up with the window dies to create a scene of what you see from your window :) 

Card Ingredients:
Stamps: From My Window stamp set from Taylored Expressions
Inks: copics, Memento Bahama Blue and Tuxedo Black
Paper: Oh Snap! Simple Stories from Taylored Expressions
Accessories: corner chomper, Mint Cooler collection turquoise button, Banner Stacklets 2, twine,  Arched Window die, linen ribbon and dimensionals.

Okay - so I DON"T see a lighthouse from my window right now - what I actually see are flooded cornfields - BUT, I do hope to see one this summer and made this card with the sentiment: "Congratulations on the Journey" for one of my friends who will be graduating in June. 

I stamped the summer scene and colored it with copics and then popped the Arched Window die over the scene. I thought the arch of the window matched well with the arch of the Banner Stacklets 2 - so I paired them together. I tied some twine behind the image and then added a little ribbon flag with a twine bow on a button (from the Mint Cooler collection) to one side of the card.

Have you ever felt giddy with excitement when you imagine all the different things you can do with a stamp set?! I totally do with this stamp set - there are so SO so many cute scenes that you can use and combine in so many ways to create some super cute cards - so many possibilities that I am almost dizzy! LOL!!

Hope that your friday is a relaxing one and that we all get some crafty time this weekend to create something crafty!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!
Ciao for now!
Sankari :)   

Iron Craft Challenge # 7 - You're Tea-riffic!

Hi Everyone!

A while ago, I got an awesome email from Chaitali who asked if I would like to participate in a weekly Monday challenge that she had created called Iron Craft - which is based on the same idea as the Food Network show: Iron Chef - where a newbie chef cooks against a celebrity chef with the same ingredients. Chaitali is hardly a newbie! She is an amazing crafter and blogger and I love her work! And I am totally not a celebrity - that is too kind sweet Chaitali!

For our challenge this week, we both agreed on the same stamp set and the same sketch for our creation. The stamp set that we chose was the Tea-riffic stamp set from Taylored Expressions and the skech was SC425 from Splitcoaststampers: Here is a picture of the stamp set and the sketch:

I love this Tea-rrific sweet petite stamp set and love the fact that it comes WITH coordinating dies! Awesome! It makes it really easy to cut out those cup handles! And I have always been a tea drinker at heart - its more a comfort drink. One of my favorite memories is drinking tea with my mother on a rainy afternoon - both of our chairs by the window watching the heavy dark clouds pour buckets of rain over the houses and the trees in our neighborhood. I moved onto coffee in college, but a there is nothing more soothing than curling up on a rainy afternoon with a  good book, a blanket and a hot cup of tea!

I had some extra tea tins from making some presents for my family and friends this Christmas and so I thought I would create a little gift set with this stamp set and sketch for the challenge today:


 

 I love making things for my friends - little keepsakes that I hope that will make them smile when they see it in their house :) Here is closer look at the tea tin - I added the stacked tea cups onto a yellow DP cut using the Labels Stacklets 2 dies:

On each side of the tea tin, I die cut the My Mind's Eye DP with the Gift Card Frame Die - which makes it much easier to decorate each side of the tin. I tied a natural linen ribbon around the tin and then tied a little bit of twine around the ribbon. The top of the tin is also cut out using the Gift Card Frame Die and then I cut it into a square shape and corner rounded the edges. I added the sentiment "You're Tea-riffic" with a line of pearls and then added a little Prima rose with leaves cut from the Twiggy Branch die:

I used the same rose and Twiggy Branch die to decorate the card and for the steam from the tea cup, I cut out some vellum and adhered it to the back of the tea cup before popping it up on the mat:

Here is another view of the card - I added some liquid pearls around the circle that the tea cups sit on :

Project Ingredients:

Stamps: Tea-riffic stamp set with coordinating die from Tayored Expressions

Papers: My Mind's Eye

Inks: Nautical Blue and Tuxedo Black 

Accessories: Gift Card Frame Die, Twiggy Branch die,  Labels Stacklets 2, circle and pearled scalloped nesties, corner chopper, dimensionals, pearls, copics, twine, linen ribbon, swiss dots folder Cuttlebug, tea tin, liquid pearls, prima roses and vellum.

Thank you so much Chaitali for inviting me to the Iron Craft challenge - I had so much fun creating this project! Please hop over with me and check out Chaitali's project with the same set and sketch!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Ciao for now!

Sankari :)