Tea Bag Card Tutorial

 Time for another tutorial ... I think this card is really cute and could be used for many different occasions.

Stampin’ Up! Products:

Whisper White Card Stock, item #100730 – 1 piece 5 ½ x 8 ½”, 1 piece 4” square

Very Vanilla Card Stock, item #101650  - 1 piece 4” square

Concord Crush Card Stock, item #119792 – 1 piece 4” square

Cherry Cobbler Card Stock, item #119685 – 1 piece 4” square       

White Vellum Card Stock, item #101856 – 1 piece 4” square

Concord Crush DSP Paper Patterns, Hostess Gift (any DSP will work) – 1 piece 5 ½” x 6”

Tiny Teacup Stamp (individual), item #118086 – Wood Only

Concord Crush Stampin’ Write Marker, item #119801 (sold in set of 5 in colors)

Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Marker, item #119681

½” Stitched-Poly Ribbon – Concord Crush, item #119266 – 1 piece 6 ½” and 1 piece 4”

Linen Thread, item #104199 – 1 piece 6”

Crop-A-Dile, item #108362

Extra Large Tag Paper Punch, item #119866

Large Tag Punch, item #119876

½” Circle Paper Punch, item #119869

Scallop Square Extra-Large Paper Punch, item #119884

Scallop Square Duo BigZ Die, item #120903

Multi-purpose Liquid Glue, item #110755

Scotch Tape & Snail Adhesive, item #104332, & Sticky Strip, item #104294

Dimensionals, item #104430

Paper Cutter, item #104152

Directions:

1.       Score the 5 ½” x 8 ½” piece of Whisper White Cars Stock at 4 ¼”.  Crisply fold.

2.      With the 6” side going across the top, cut your DSP at 1 ¾”

a.      Attach ribbon to the smaller piece – attach ribbon to back with scotch tape, then tie knot type bow.

b.      Using SNAIL, attach larger piece to card base matching right side of card.

c.       Attach small piece of DSP on the left side (some will overlap on the piece below) with sticky strip.

3.      Using Big Shot … cut out Concord Crush Scallop Square (smaller of the two on the die)

4.      Ink the teacup stamp with Concord Crush & Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Write Markers, then stamp on Whisper White 4” Square.  

a.      Punch out with Scallop Square Paper Punch.

b.      Adhere to Concord Crush Piece with SNAIL Adhesive

c.       Attach to card front with dimensionals.

5.       To make Tea Bag:

a.      XL Tag Punch:   1 in Very Vanilla and 1 in White Vellum Card Stock

b.      Lg Tag Punch:   1 in Cherry Cobber

                                                              i.      Tear to form “tea”

                                                            ii.      Glue “tea” piece to Very Vanilla

                                                          iii.      Punch out ½” circle in Cherry cobbler

c.       Using a small amount of adhesive, glue Very Vanilla Tag and White Vellum Tag at the very top.              DO NOT GLUE THE WHOLE TAG.   Glue shows thru the vellum.

d.      Cut about ¼ off the ½” circle (Cherry Cobbler)

                                                              i.      Attach to top of tea bag aligning straight lines.

                                                            ii.      Punch hole in the circle using the smaller Crop-a-dile hole

                                                          iii.      Use linen thread to knot and tie bow.

 
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