Hoppin’ with Kimmie’s Tea Party

Hi everyone!  I’m back today for a hop using Kraftin’ Kimmie’s new Spring Tea Party kit.  If you’ve just come from Tara’s fantabulous blog, then you’re right on track.  If you just popped in here, you might want to go back to the Challenge Blog where it all begins.  Be sure to leave comments along the way as two lucky winners will receive some free Tea Party images and accessories!  🙂

It’s been so much fun sharing samples of these new images.  Even though I just posted a card yesterday using Gabrielle, I decided to do another.   Afterall, I like her the best!

Make it a Grande

This might be my favorite of the cards I have made using these new releases.  I love the “Cold Raspberry” patterned paper by Jillibean Soup.  I love the circle… the brown pearls.  I just love brown.  And I love Gabrielle’s grande cup!

In the actual image, she is holding a dainty little tea cup.  But I replaced it with one of the accessory images that comes in the kit, a “grande” tea cup.  The smaller image is still there beneath the larger one.  I just colored it in right along with the hair so the bits that you can see through the cup handle pretty much blend in.

I used a kraft knife to carefully cut around Gabrielle’s thumb, then inserted the larger cup handle and placed a pop dot beneath the cup.  A tiny dot of glue holds her thumb down onto the handle once the cup was in place.

For even spacing of the pearls along the edge of the circle, I used the larger holes on my SU piercing template.  The pearls fit perfectly and made the equal spacing very easy.

The Spring Tea Party Kit is only available from the Kraftin’ Kimmie store, it’s only available for a limited time, and right now you can get it at a discount.  You can see all the images and sentiments included in this kit here.

Your next stop along the hop is with DONNA, one of my (many) stamping/coloring idols.  🙂

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a GREAT day!  (And now, I am going to take a short break.  I’ll be back soon!) 

Stamps:  Kraftin’ Kimmie “Spring Tea Party Kit”  Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black  Cardstock:  Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate, Stamper’s Select (white)  Patterned Paper: Jillibean Soup Cold Raspberry “Dry Sherry” and “Cinnamon Stick”  Accessories: Copic markers (E000, E00, E08, E31, E33, E35, E43, E50, R20, R46, Y21), Creative Memories circle cutter, Recollections pearl stickers, ribbon, dimensional boosters.  Finished size 5 ¼” x 5 ¼”.