Afternoon Tea

Hello Stampers and welcome back to the Classic Card!

Is there anything more "girly" than afternoon tea?  If so, I really can't think what it is!  Yesterday Jeri had her stamping party at my house and our theme was "afternoon tea and stamping."  I gave everyone permission to leave the hats and gloves at home.  Even though everyone was dressed comfortably, we did enjoy our tea in pretty china cups and we also had some tea-time treats--- chocolate dipped strawberries, miniature brownies with raspberry buttercream icing, tiny quiches, and some yummy zucchini-parmesan puffs.   Here's a photo of the group right before we began indulging in the goodies......

And here's another photo of the treats... don't they look yummy?

I decided that an afternoon of tea and stamping needed a very girly card to go along with our theme, so here's one of the cards we made.  I just love how you can dress this up or down, depending on the designer paper and background that you use.  Everyone really enjoyed creating this adorable card.  Take a peek and see if you like it too...

The second card was a direct copy of a card that Stampin'Up! Co-Founder and CEO Shelli Gardner  presented recently on Good Day Utah.  I liked the card so much that we just re-created it as closely as possible to Shelli's original.   Here it is...

  This card uses tons of free Sale-a-bration products, including the stamp (from Vintage Verses), the ribbon and buttons, the stamp set Madison Avenue, the Designer paper Sycamore Street, and the embossing folder Vine Street.  If you'd like to get some of these great products absolutely free, please contact me  at sjrstamps@gmail.com.  You'll receive one free Sale-a-bration product for each $50 you spend, but all the Sale-a-bration fun is over on Friday, March 22nd at 11pm our time.  Don't delay... it's almost over for another year!

Thanks for stopping by today. Why not take a "tea break" sometime this week?  Get out a pretty cup, your favorite tea, and  maybe a cookie or two and enjoy a bit of relaxation!  You deserve it!   I hope you'll enjoy a very pleasant week!

Hugs,

Susan