Day 3: "Funny Farm" and "Tea Time"

Welcome back to day 3 of our previews! First set of the day is Rupa Shevde's "Tea Time". If you love tea, you'll love this set! (Sometimes it's just the idea of tea that makes things seem so sophisticated! ;) I used this little geisha tea set today, love the elegant shape of this pot and cups without handles...
I paper pieced it with a solid distressed piece of Basic Grey Lemonade, it is perfect for the patina of antique china. Swipe a a darker marker over the edges and detail to give shadows and contour. TIP: I also stamped them in black onto the white paper, colored the handle brown and glued my teal pieces over them, this way you don't have to worry about trimming the handle. Don't forget to make a little shadow underneath each, here I used W-3 Warm Gray. For Asian inspired cards I always try to use a simple, serene layout, so I just divided the fancy background DP from the same pack into sections to go above and below and adhered them all to a Pure Luxury Lipstick Red base. I am completely out of all my paper and sateen flowers now, so, I colored and cut out a few of my blooms from my new "Buds and Vases" to embellish the top and bottom! A terrific match for the DP, swirls on the tea pot, and girly theme.

Next is Gina K 's "Funny Farm". Oh, the zany antics you'll stamp up with these farm critters! I had to start with this cute little pig and the sentiment "...hogs and kisses" so I pulled out two chipboard "x"s I had, sponged them with black and popped up two little stamped pigs I colored with Copics in between, XOXO!

Base is Pure Luxury Innocent Pink and tag is Soft Sand. I used 5/8" black gingham and a button from the pink assortment tied with hemp.
Sides of the white mat are stamped with "In Stitches".

For more samples with tonight's new stamp sets, please visit these participating designer's blog links:

• GinaK


• Jessica


• Theresa
  


• Tami
  


• Melanie
  


• Nina


• Cathy


• Lee


• Lynn


• Asela


• Bev


• Colleen


• Sankari


• Suzanne


• Valerie


• Tera *our CenterStage Spotlight Designer*

The entire team would like to cordially invite each of you to our release party this Thursday night, September 30. We'll have contest questions, challenges, chatter, and lots of samples with the new stamp sets to share during the party. Please make plans to join us from 7-10 central on StampTV!

My giveaway for the new "Buds and Vases" set is still going on, so don't forget to enter here if you have not already!

Hogs and Kisses,

Melanie