I almost forgot I hadn’t posted this Tea Boutique Orchid Oasis Thank You Card yet, but here it is, just in the nick of time! On Monday, May 1, the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog and many of its great products will retire. I hate seeing many of them leave, but we always say that until the new products go live!
This easy card uses the Tea Boutique 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper, a great set of designer papers. Not only does it have teacup and teapot images, but there are plenty of more generic patterns, some with foliage, herbs, flowers, and other basic design patterns. So you can do a lot with this paper even if you aren’t making a tea-themed card or project.
That’s how I came to make this card. This pattern is a print of little envelopes holding flowers so you can use this paper for almost any occasion of card. There’s nothing about tea on this sheet of paper!
The card base is the In Color Orchid Oasis, then the layer of 4″ x 5 1/4″ designer paper. The greeting is stamped from the Cup of Tea Stamp Set (no longer available) with Orchid Oasis Ink, on Basic White, die cut, and then layered on Orchid Oasis cardstock diecut with the Layering Circles Dies. These dies are also retiring and are on the Last Chance list.
For an embellishment, I used the Fresh Freesia 3/8″ Open Weave Ribbon around the front with a separate bow tied and adhered with a Mini Glue Dot.
The greeting is popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Since it is already higher up on the card, I added a flat diecut flower from the Cup of Tea Stamp Set. That way it doesn’t add any more bulk in the envelope for mailing.
If you want to use up any of your outgoing designer paper, just use this card design for an easy way to make a lot of cards, then just add greetings when you need the card! Be sure to search “Tea Boutique” in the Online Store and find three great bargains on the Last Chance Sale…the Tea Boutique Cards & Envelopes, the Tea Boutique Designer Paper, and the Teacup Dies.
The Last Chance Sale ENDS Monday, May 1st! New Catalog goes LIVE Tuesday, May 2nd!