Sunday, April 21, 2019

National Tea Day With Honey Bee Stamps and The Coffee Loving Cardmakers!


So excited today!  It's National Tea Day and over at the Coffee Loving Cardmakers we are hopping along with Honey Bee Stamps and sharing inspiration with some fantastic Honey Bee products!

I don't often drink hot tea actually... I do like it with lemon when I'm not feeling well.  But every few days I brew a fresh pot of Black Mango Tea and keep it in the fridge.  I fill my cup every day before I go to work with a slice of lemon and keep myself caffeine infused all day.  I just keep adding water so by the end of the day it's barely caffeinated which works out well for bedtime...lol!

So!!  What's going on today??  We've got lots of inspiration for you!  Hop and comment along the way for your chance to win one of two $30 gift certificates to the Honey Bee Shop!  You have until Friday, April 26th at 11:59pm to leave us some love and be entered in the drawing to win!  The more love you leave... the more chances you have to win!  Winners will be announced on the Honey Bee Stamps and Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blogs on April 27th!

You should have arrived here from the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog!  If you get lost along the way, just head there or to the Honey Bee Stamps Blog for the full hop list!

For my first card, I wanted to combine the beautiful Honey Bee Spring Blossoms set with the quite awesome Tea Time Stamps and Honey Cuts:


I decided to do some line coloring with my Prismacolor pencils... my first time and while it didn't turn out as I had imaged, I do love the way it looks!  And these flowers are perfect for the technique.  I created three different layers in the corner of my card.


I stamped and die cut the cup and lemon slice from the Tea Time set and colored them in with my Copics and nestled it into the flowers.


And I built my sentiment using the Perfect Blend sentiment set.  I love this set because there are so many sentiments and single words or short phrases that can be combined together to create so many different sentiments!


And with this pink pretty I'm playing along with the challenge over in the Honey Bee Stamps Buzzworthy Challenges group on Facebook... would you just take a gander at this inspiration photo:



That's quite the inspiration isn't it?  Just join the Facebook group here and add your creation to the challenge album!

The coolest thing about the Tea Time dies is not only do you get a die to cut out each of the stamped images, but there are also a few that are stand alone dies so I decided to make a card using those:


I used some pretty design papers from Authentique and of course my cup is plaid!  And another sentiment that I built from Perfect Blend.


Yeah... I'd buy that cup!

With this one I'm playing along with the Simon Says Stamp Spring Mood Board... it's also a beautiful one!


And I'm also playing along at Kat Scrappiness' Pastels Challenge for April!


And finally I was inspired by the packaging that my last order came in!


Yup... that background paper was cut from the bag that my order was packed in!  I used a bunch of the images from Tea Time for this one.. it's such an awesome set!

Edited to add:
This one got top pick at Inkspirational!




Making me hungry....


And I really can't say enough about the Perfect Blend sentiment set... it can't be beat!


With this one I'm playing along over at Inkspirational... it's a fun Tea Photo Inspiration!


And there you have it!

Thanks so much for stopping to see me today!  I hope you enjoyed your visit and please do be sure to hop along through and see what everyone has created for you today!  From here you should head on over to my awesomely talented teamie Helen Gullett!  Comment along the way for chances to win one of the two $30 gift certificates that Honey Bee is so generously offering up!  And Happy National Tea Day!

70 comments:

~amy~ said...

gorgeous! I love all of your projects! The first one with the blooms is WOW.

Shari Dancer-Thomas said...

Wow! Love them!

Sherry Butcher said...

Wonderful Tea cards today, love the different designs. thanks for the amazing inspiration!

A.Rose said...

I think the use you made of these sets is wonderful! Bold cup with softer flowers!

Julie Tucker-Wolek said...

Wow wow wow!!! You always amaze me my friend!!! These are gorgeous!!!!!!

Holly AKA KopyKat said...

Oh these are all so fabulous!

MadeByMeghanK said...

These are fabulous! I love how you accented everything with sequins and nuvo drops! Great coloring!!!

creative lady said...

Love all your cards! Thanks for the inspiration.

Lisa said...

Wow Lisa, 3 awesome cards! The flowers look like they were painted so great job with the pencils! I also would like to buy that plaid cup so let me know when you find it and genius idea to use the packaging for your inspiration on the third card. You never cease to inspire my friend!

Debbie Rumpza said...

Adorable cards! I love them all!

KLancaster said...

Lovely cards!

Lee said...

Very sweet cards! Happy Easter!

Lori Kobular said...

So many wonderful and fun Tea Cards!! I love the colors on all your cards, you always make such beautiful cards! Happy Tea Day and Happy Easter!

Kate said...

Beautiful cards! Love the florals paired with the tea cups.

Christine said...

Impressive as always...love the florals, the fun plaid mug, and the croissant image! Ever so cute!

Hetty said...

So many beautiful cards! Love the flowers, so different from the white one, but that is beautiful to and the last one with the colors set of to the brown background is also wonderful.
Thank you, Lisa.

Dotty Jo said...

Beautiful cards, Lisa! Jo x

Denise Bryant said...

What pretty cards! Awesome colors and details! Love that cup o' tea! Happy National Tea Day and Happy Easter to everyone!

Cynthia Cole said...

Wonderful set of cards!

arlsmom aka Lynda said...

Fantastic projects...love the details you add to your cards!

Becca Yahrling said...

All so beautiful! The packaging you used is very pretty; I can see why you'd use it. I love the first card and those gorgeous flowers.

Shauna said...

Wow... what a fab bunch of cards! I like your bold colors and the creative, layered designs. Thanks for playing with us at Inkspirational!
- Shauna

Sue D said...

Thanks for sharing all of these--they are all tea-riffic.

Kirsty Vittetoe said...

Happy tea day! Your lovely cards just make me happy. Thanks for sharing!

JessicaK said...

Beautiful coloring skills!

Ginger said...

Super cute creation...it makes me want to get up early and start the day off right!

Kristina "Tina" said...

Wonderful, fun and lots if inspiration to see!!!!

cghundley said...

Beautiful cards! Love
the card made from the
packagin.
Carla from Utah

sharon g said...

They are all 3 so cute. I love the plaid mug the best!

Barbara said...

A wonderful collection of cards! I can't choose my favorite, they are all fabulous in different styles! Thanks for joining us this week on Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog! Barbara

sandie said...

What a super set of cards and fab to see you entered one to Ink. I adore you used the packaging of your last order, how inspired! Fits so well with the colours of our pebbles. Fab use of colours, so vibrant and what great colouring and suoer arrangement of all these elements. Great to see you at Inkspirational

Lisa Byers said...

I love this stamp set and you did an amazing job with it. Your coloring is wonderful. Great use of colors!!

JMN said...

Gorgeous, love all your cards.

Jean said...

such lovely cards! Thank you for the inspiration!

Shari Czerwinski said...

Cards & Coffee, two of my favorite things! <3

Lagene said...

Awesome tea creations!

Tricia A Podmore said...

Wow and wow what beautiful cards. Love the tea bag string with label on the mug as that is really cool. Appreciate your sharing of your talents.

Leslie Kiley said...

These adorable cards are too cute. I love the friendship these cards would foster. Can not wait to get these stamps.

Andre M. said...

You've shared a gorgeous range of cards that showcase these products beautifully.

rckymtgrl said...

Who knew,how cute. Thanks for the tea.

Verna Angerhofer said...

Both cards are so well designed and beautiful!

Kelsey Thomas said...

Fantastic cards!

Barbara said...

These are so cute and great inspiration and suit me to a"tea"! LOL! Sorry!

Teres TB said...

So much inspiration, so little time to play! I love the "red" and "green" card. Great use of color!

Rose Mary Smalley said...

Lovely cards. And a big thank you for sharing the other challenges. Everyone is providing such beautiful samples. Thank you so much for sharing. What a pretty day it is here to sit and enjoy the spring flowers and a cup of tea with a friend. Ok...time to go and stamp something. Thanks!

Julie from NZ said...

I love your designs and I love how you reused packaging.

ljcasselman said...

What talent! I love all of the cards!

connie said...

Love the cards and using the packaging!

Anonymous said...

Marisela Delgado said: Beautiful cards and colors mariandmonsterd@yahoo.com

B. Poteraj said...

I like your use of so many decorated papers. It looks really cool.

Cindy Macias said...

Bold colors and stripes, this is making me hungry! That’s a big croissant! Very pretty tho! Thanks!

VanessaB said...

wow! i love all of these and you showed off the set with different color examples perfectly. that first card is GORGEOUS!

Christine BK said...

I love your 3 cards- it looks like you had so much fun using the Honey Bee stamp set! The kraft card is especially gorgeous!!! Great job!

Arianna Barbara said...

Wow! I'm totally in love for your gorgeous cards! Amazinmg layouts and colouring!!!

Lucy E. said...

I love all of your creative
and energized cards! What
a variety of products and styles.

Allie said...

Beautiful spring colours!

Helen said...

You have created beautiful cards, Lisa! My favourite is the first with it's bright, vibrant colours! Thank so much for sharing and the inspiration.

Shawninaz said...

Beautiful cards, I love how you combined the Florals with the cup! Thanks for the inspiration!

Amy C. said...

Wow, your cards are full of beautiful details! I love these stamps.

Connie said...

Wow! Your cards are just like tea....sooooooo many luscious flavors! Yummy :)

Judy Markowitz said...

OMG your projects are amazing!!!! I am totally inspired!

Alison said...

LOVE!!!! Your 1st and 3rd cards are so dynamic and graphic. And your 2nd card is so very sweet. Such a great range of styles with these stamps!

Cindy C. said...

Thanks for sharing these gorgeous projects!! Such a feast to the eyes!

Crystal O. Minkler said...

Wow, Lisa!! So many awesome cards!! All so beautiful!!

cghundley said...

Fabulous looking
cards and love the
background packaging
you used!
Carla from Utah

Helen Gullett said...

WOW Lisa... they are beautiful, sweet, and inspiring cards!

Celeste Goff said...

Such amazingly gorgeous cards...every single one of them!

Scrapper69 said...

WOW! Awesome cards Lisa! Totally love the designs and your coloring on that first card was awesome! So pretty my friend!

Theresa

Anila Dikay said...

All cards are equally beautiful. Thank you for sharing in the Inkspirational gallery

sandie said...

congrats for getting top picks at Ink