Wow! I can’t believe it is October 1st already! I have been so busy getting things done here at home that have been neglected, that the time has just flown by! Well, we have an exciting sennior design challenge this month at Papertrey! I think we were all really were looking forward to this one.
I had a real blast making this tea card. Using the pointed flower from Beautiful Blooms as well as the smaller flowers from that same set, I went to work
making the card front envelope. I used the flower stem from Flower Garden, and I re-stamped and added an extra part to elongate the stem. The tea tag was made using the set Tea for Two. Using the Marvy scalloped circle punches gave me a nice place to tuck the tea bag into. What I love most about the card is the stitching.
Wanting to create more than a card, I decided on making a very practical and “green” to go cup cozy to match. This will eliminate the need for using the paper sleeves on your coffee cups, and is WAY cuter! All I did was stamp and cut out the same flower on cardstock as well as the smaller leaf image from “Friends Til the End”. This gave me a nice scale between the flower and the leaves. I free cut the stem and added embroidery stitching all around as well as a Scarlet Jewel button in the middle of the flower, just like the card.
another fun aspect of the felt cozy was the back. I trimmed the edge of one of the sides of felt using pinking shears. I then attached three buttons with the embroidery floss. I just love how it looks like a little vest. I hope you like this little project. It is a really nice little gift for anyone really. Maybe you can try it! Why don’t you see what kind of inspiration the other senior design team members have for you! Wait to be blown away!
Teri Anderson {Our fun and fabulous guest!}
Stamps: Beautiful Blooms, Flower Garden, Tea for Two, Friends Til the End
Paper: Stamper’s Select, True Black, Ripe Avocado
Ink: Summer Sunrise, Scarlet Jewel, Ripe Avocado
Other: Vintage Buttons, Marvy Scalloped Circle Punches, Embroidery Floss, Fleece (found in fabric stores in 8.5 x 11 sheets), My Timeless Templates ”Keeping Tabs” Decorative Layer
Oh la la, Becky. Two thumbs up, Totally dig it.
Love these! The tea cup cozy is soadorable with it’s little buttons. great idea!
Adorable!!! And I love the idea of the pocket on the front of the card!!!!
Your card and tea cozy are adorable! I love the stitching too!
That felt cozy is just about the cutest “green” thing I have seen yet…and much more fashionable than corrugated cardboard! Makes me want one to match every coat I have, giggle….FABULOUS project, Becky!
This is fantastic! What a great gift idea. The stitching on the card is just terrific!!
I came for the card, but fell for the sleeve! I think these would make great TV watching activities for me for this fall. Thank YOU!
Yep. Still loving this!!!!!!!!
LOVE the color combo and I can think of a few people that I could make these for!
Thanks for the inspiration!!
(((HUGS)))
This is so cute! Love the ‘green’ cup holder idea.
Love the cup cozy and such a beautiful (and labor intensive!) card. But worth the effort, because both are so stunning. I have to have my own cup cozy!!! Great holiday idea!
Wow, wow, wow! Awesome idea to make a tea cozy for the cup. It is adorable. Also love the tea bag packet.
Cute beyond words!
Becky, I have been checking your blog for MONTHS and love to see what you are creating next. This cup cozy is adorable! I love the colors..the sunflower…buttons…just too cute! Thanks for sharing!
becky, I really like this. the felt cup holder is great. Makes me want to work on my button stash which is incredibly lacking. I love how well it goes with the card you created.
OMG BFL! I love it. I want one!!! Any chance you have a template??
Oh when I was in Delaware I tried the DD coffee you love….it was ok. I like out Canadian Tim Hortons better but it wasn’t bad and I thought of you every time I saw a DD. Haha.
Becky, I totally adore your projects, especially this one. Love the pocket card.