Pretty Teacup Shaker

Hello crafty friends, June here! Today I’m back with a cute card using some products from the new release. 

I’m not gonna lie – I might have screamed when I saw the new products. This release has my name written all over it: all the cute tea themed products, the florals, the birds?! It’s all just too adorable!

One of the many products that instantly caught my attention was the Teacup Shaker. When I saw it, I knew exactly what I wanted to make with it. The Floral Wreath Builder has some fantastic flowers that I could use to make an antique floral china pattern that goes inside of the cup. I chose muted cardstock colors for the flowers, did a little bit of ink blending and added gel pen details to give them some dimension. I kept the cup itself white without any ink blending, so I felt like the flowers really needed that extra touch. 

I also cut out the tea bag from some brown cardstock scraps and added my shaker bits. I chose all my colors based on the Enchanted Shaker Beads, so they looked great inside of the cup. 

I wanted to add onto the vintage floral theme, so I stamped the florals from the Hummingbird Floral stamp set using brown ink and colored them in a matching color palette. 

My card was already looking very detailed with all those flowers, so I went with a rather simple background. I used the Watercolor Oval stencil from the March release for this because it’s already a staple in my craft room. To achieve the watercolor look, I used Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide and made sure that the borders were more saturated than the middle. After that, I added a lot of splatters in the same color around the oval to make it look like a big watercolor splotch. Or a tea stain maybe?

I cut out my panel using the largest Stitched Torn Rectangle die, which I think looks amazing combined with the new watercolor stencils. To finish my card, I embossed a sentiment from the Friend Greetings stamp set onto aqua colored cardstock and used the same brown ink from before to add another sentiment from the Tea Time stamp set right underneath my cup.

I still can’t believe how adorable this release is, so I’ll be back soon on the blog with more inspiration for these products. I hope to see you again then, bye for now!