Week 125 Sweet Summertime in the Tea Room

Happy Monday!!

It is Week 125 in the Shabby Tea Room, and it REALLY is my last week as a Guest Designer..LOL.

The challenge this week is "Sweet Summertime" we would like to see you use the beautiful image below for color inspiration.  We would also like to see flowers and a stamped sentiment included in your project.

 Here is the yummy inspiration photo.

Here is what I decided to create.

It is a decorative tussie mussie that I created using the "B is for Banner" Digital collage sheets from Gecko Galz.  I used two of the banners, the lavender and the green.  I LOVE how it turned out!

The heart tag was created with a die and stamp that I won in the Tea Room when "just rite stamps" 

was the sponsor.  I LOVE the set of dies and stamps!  I also used some pink and blue roses, my favorite Champagne flatback pearls and a purple cameo. I tucked in some May Art's leafs and ivory pearl sprays all from Pro 31 Designs.  I LOVE the Blue and silver trim (also from Pro 31 Designs) at the top!

I used some Tim Holtz paper tape that I purchased from my best friend Ginny's store in downtown Dexter to attach my banner pieces together to form the tussie mussie.  I then added the flatback pearls in Pink around the edges (yummy if I do say so myself).  I then placed a little hole on one of the green banners at the top, and where the purple and green banners met in the opposite corner.  I attached the blue seam binding for my hanger.  Then I covered these holes up with the fabby blue and silver trim!

I used my crop o dile to punch a hole in the top of the purple banner.  Used a grommet there and on the heart.  I then attached the heart to the banner with another blue seam binding bow.  I attached a pink chandelier drop and another blue seam binding bow with beading wire to the bottom of my tussie mussie.  I also added the pink roses on each side at the bottom point.

I hope you will have some time to play with us in the Tea Room this week!!


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Heather

Week # 21 Sugar Creek Hollow

Happy Saturday!!

It is "Christmas in July" at Sugar Creek Hollow and we have a wonderful sponsor

Sassy Cheryls Digi stamps.  Cheryl will be giving the winner at SCH this week a $5.00 gift certificate to her store.  We were each given a stamp to work with this week.  I received this cute Primitive Santa Image below.

I thought I would make a card.  It does say "Ho Ho Ho" but I did it in Ranger's Perfect Pearls, so it doesn't show up well for the camera :0)

I chose to paint my image.  I have been getting the "painting bug" lately so I did a really simple paint job.  I painted everything a soft pink, then shaded with a darker pink and then again with red.  The beard and fluffy hat stuff were done with a cream and shaded with a raw sienna.  I used Ranger's distress inks in old paper, antique linen and vintage photo to distress the painted stamp and background to give it an older look.  The tiny holly was done in green, and I used Ranger's Stickles in Red to add as a holly berry.

The ivory mulberry roses (medium and small) were distressed with Ranger's Vintage Photo Distress ink.  The mulberry roses, burgundy rosettes, brown blingy bling mesh, red acrylic mini flowers are all from Pro 31 Designs.

My Favorite Champagne flatback pearls, and black drop pearl trim were used as well.  I added an ivory pearl spray as well.  The peppermint candies, and holly leaves are images that I painted in GIMP and created into die cuts a while back. I had these sitting around and thought they would be perfect for the "Christmas In July" theme.

I hope you have some time to create a little something to mark off your "Christmas Have to List" 

and you can join us in our challenge at Sugar Creek Hollow.  I can't wait to see what you create!

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Heather

Week 124 My last week in the Tea Room

Hello Friends!!

It is week 124 in the tea room

"Oh so Pretty and Pink!"

I LOVE pink!!

This is my last week as Guest Designer in the Tea Room (July just flew by).

Create your project inspired by the colors in the photo below.  You need to include a flower too (this won't be too hard for anyone that I know...LOL).

I decided to create an altered composition book.  Here it is.

I started out with "The Sounds of Paris" digital stamp from Gecko Galz.  I changed the background color from White to Pink, which I used GIMP to pull the pink color right out of our inspiration photo.

I made this treasure for Leanne, she is the owner of Gecko Galz.  I inked the edges of this sheet with Ranger's old paper distress ink.  I then used the "Paris Flea Market" digital stamp as well.  Changed it's background to pink.  Used GIMP to add the white script, dark pink eiffel tower & crown and the white bird (another Gecko Galz digi stamp).  I colored in the flowers with white and shaded them with some green (all done in layers in GIMP).

Recognize the Embellishments?  If you said "Pro 31 Designs" then you know me quite well.  I have the mulberry roses in pink, clear crystal wheat sprays, clear acrylic flowers, pink acrylic flowers, may art's leaf trim in green, flatback tiny pearls in white, white beaded sprays and pink heart dropbead flatback pearls.  Tiny pink flower are from Iamroses

The lettering for "Leanne" is from Gecko Galz.  Here you will see the pink blingy bling mesh, round crystal trim, pink flatback pearls as well as more tiny white flatback pearls from Pro 31 Designs.

I covered the edges of the cover of this composition book with some of Ranger's Paper tape.  I then used the distress stain in white on the edges and binder.  I bought both of these items from my Best Friend Ginny's store in Beautiful downtown Dexter.

I did add some paper to the inside covers and back, but I forgot to take pictures of them!  Leanne it is happily with Leanne now.  Above you will see how I used the blingy bling mesh (pink) to create little flowers.  I just used 4 gems and then put a tiny pearl in the center.

Well I hope you will join me for my last week in the tea room!

Enjoy your Monday!

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Heather