Two-at-a-time all-occasion cards

I'm back today with a few more two-at-a-time cards. As I mentioned in my last post, during August, I was working on card collections for friends. When I got out a stamp set to make a card for one friend, I tried to also make a card for the other friend (or one for my stash). Today's cards are ones you could use for almost any occasion by just changing the sentiment.

I love the Cup of Tea stamp set and coordinating dies (Stampin' Up!), and these cards make me happy. I started with Crumb Cake card bases and added a die-cut white scalloped frame to each. I decided where I wanted to position the die-cut teacups, but before I glued them down, I stamped the greenery image on the card bases with Crumb Cake ink. I added tea-bag tags to the cups with crochet thread then glued the cups to the bases. I stamped a sentiment in the upper right corner of each card, added a die-cut lemon slice, and finished with a few white hearts.

I apologize that the lightning in this photo isn't great; I always have a hard time with cards that are mostly white. At any rate, I used the Organic Elements stamp set (Essentials by Ellen) for these two cards. They have exactly the same layout -- the only changes I made for each card were the colors of the solid shapes and the sentiment. I used the Spa Collection - Zen Garden set of inks (Catherine Pooler) for the colors. There are eight colors in the collection, so I used four for each card. (The one on the bottom right of the second card is a dark green.) I used a black pen to draw a border around each panel and attached the panels to white card bases using foam tape. I finished both cards with clear enamel dots.

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