Saturday, December 15, 2018

International Tea Day w/ Studio Katia


Happy Saturday everyone! I am so excited to be a part of the "International Tea Day" collaboration blog hop with Studio Katia and Coffee Loving Cardmakers today! You should have arrived from Amy Tsuruta's blog. If you are just stopping in to see what I've been up to, why not start at the beginning over at the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog HERE OR over at the Studio Katia blog HERE and come celebrate International Tea Day with us?! 

There will be a $50 gift certificate up for grabs from Studio Katia (eeeek!!) so make sure you comment along the way - commenting will be open from Dec 15 to 22nd and the winner will be posted on Sunday, December 23rd at 6 a.m. PST.

I just gotta say that although I am not *really* a tea gal (when I am sick I drink tea, but other than that, I am a coffee-lover), I fell in love with this stamp set as soon as I saw it - it's absolutely GORGEOUS...my first card features spring colors and a pretty teal tea cup/saucer:


It was so fun to color up while cyber crafting with my good friend Leanne last Saturday and Sunday! The matching die set is awesome to go along with this stamp and the die sentiments included are "tea" "thanks" 


I also added pretty Gold Sparkle Crystals for some added bling to finish off the card - I really enjoy the CAS design with the tea cup as the focal point!

For 2nd card, I wanted to color up the image using Christmas colors and I absolutely LOVE how this turned out:


I am so in love with this card. The colors, the sparkle, the contrast with the image popped up on a black background...so pretty! I embossed "a cup of" with some winter white embossing powder and cut the black "thanks" with some foam to give it more dimension. Again, I added more Gold Sparkle Crystals for some added bling, then used a bit of red glitter on the berries...

 

A huge thanks to Studio Katia for all the wonderful goodies and allowing me to be a part of this awesome International Tea Day celebration! 

Next on the hop you will head over to Laurel's blog (click HERE) for more amazing inspiration...click HERE to start at the beginning of the hop and don't forget to comment along the way for your chance to win the $50 gift certificate to Studio Katia - commenting is open from Dec 15-22 and winner announced Dec 23!

Thank you so much for stopping in today and enjoying a cup of tea with all of us - enjoy the rest of your Saturday and cheers!

45 comments:

  1. Lori, both of your cards are gorgeous! Love them!

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  2. The black background makes the flowers pop up. Beautiful cards

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  3. Love your beautiful cuppa thanks!

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  4. Your amazing colouring and design skills have elevated this pretty image to absolutely stunning! The Christmas version: swoon! Bold and beautiful! Wonderful cards to celebrate International Tea Day!
    ~carol

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  5. So pretty. Love the contrast between the tow cards. The coloring is rich and deeeelish!

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  6. These are both just beautiful. I love the colors on the 2nd card more only because I am loving red & aqua together right now. lol

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  7. Both so cute and love the yellow gingham background!

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  8. These are gorgeous! I have that stamp and die set, and I can't wait to get it inky in the nearest future! Now that I'm done with Christmas cards, I'm finally free to do so! ;-)

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  9. I really love both of your cards, Lori! I'd be hard pressed to choose one!! Thank you for the inspiration! Now I want to color it up again, and make them all shades of yellow!! MUAHHH

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  10. Both cards are lovely!! Love the soft background on the first card and love the bold color combination on the second one!

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  11. Both of these cards are absolutely gorgeous!! Beautifully colored!

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  12. Happy International Tea Day!!! Your cards are so beautiful!!! Fabulous colouring!!!

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  13. stunning designs - love your second card - it really POPS!!!

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  14. Thanks for sharing these beautiful cards.

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  15. Both versions are gorgeous. Like the background on first & cloth on second, pretty. The colours on both work so well, I can see why you i be the christmas colours so much, must try this combination.

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  16. WOW! your coloring on both is just INCREDIBLE!

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  17. Both cards with the Teacup filled with flowers are just wonderfull.
    Like the red glitter berries in the 2nd one.

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  18. I love your bright and beautiful teacup! So pretty!

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  19. Gorgeous cards! The colors of the teacups are amazing.
    Thanks for sharing...

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  20. Such a lovely stamp and beautifully colored!

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  21. Your cards are beautiful! Love your coloring and the backgrounds on both cards are gorgeous added touches!

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  22. Love both of these beautiful cards... but the drama in that second one is quite awesome!

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  23. Beautiful coloring on these lovely cards!

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  24. I love the Studio Katia A Cup of Thanks stamp, it is my favorite floral stamp this year! What you have done on both cards is beautiful but the Christmas version is STUNNING!! I had not thought about using it for Christmas but it is so perfect, thank you for the amazing inspiration! (mardy14@bellsouth.net)

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  25. Thank you for sharing these two wonderful cards...I loved them both....may you have a blessed holiday season.

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  26. Beautiful!! I love the contrast of the black background on your second card! Stunning!

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  27. Beautiful vibrant colors on both of these cards.

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  28. Great idea! Nice design! Can’t wait to see what the rest have created for this hop!!!!

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  29. Such different cards. The first
    is so soft and and second is bright
    and bold. Both are fantastic.
    thanks for sharing
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  30. Stunning cards! Gorgeous designs and beautiful coloring. Love your backgrounds.

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  31. Beautiful card duo, so very romantic!

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  32. What a difference both cards have with the same stamp both are beautiful! Thanks for the inspiration!!! 😊

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  33. I also fell in love with the Cup of Thanks stamp set when I saw it for the first time. And it is so versatile, I have seen a lot of cards made with this stamp set and non where the same. Yours are also so gorgeous Lori, the first one with his delicate colours and the second one with it's burst of bright colours. Thank you so much for sharing.

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  34. Wow!! These are awesome!! My favorite stamp set!! They are colored beautifully!! Gorgeous!!

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  35. Such lovely cards!
    Great display of using
    opposite color blocking-
    like night and day!

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  36. Beautiful card designs! I just love this stamp set.

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  37. Beautiful tea cups and I like the backgrounds.

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  38. Love the black background make everything pops!

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  39. Simply Stunning cards, lovin the products and I bet the sparkle and bling is fantastic to see!

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  40. Both cards color combos are simply stunning. I adore the image and your coloring.

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