"Tea" is for tiger

It's been a few weeks since I have played along with a challenge. I was at the beach for ten days and had the best time. This is the first summer that I have had free in 7 years, because of school. It has been a jam packed time. But now it is nearing its end and soon I will be back in a routine.Which includes early mornings in my studio with a cup of tea and Pandora playing quietly.

I am a tea drinker.  Don't get me wrong, I like coffee, but it has to be a foo-foo flavored latte type beverage. Tea though is what gets my heart started in the morning. I grew up having tea and toast for breakfast everyday. Once in a blue moon we had cereal and that was like dessert for breakfast. I drink it the English way with milk. My husband drinks tea too, but he drinks all these fancy teas, that require timing, certain temps, and boiling points. Why over complicate a good cup of tea. Lipton is just fine for me. 

That is why I had to play along at The Library Challenge. The book to inspire us is The Tiger who came to Tea. This is a classic children's story.

This tea-riffic card uses Newton Nook's "Newton loves coffee" set. Added the sentiment and Newton is having a cup of tea to get his tail in motion. 

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Five weeks in a balloon

The challenge over at The Library Challenge is hosted by visiting librarian, Martina. She chose "Five Weeks in a Balloon" by Jules Verne. I gotta say I never read this book, but I am pretty sure I saw the movie as a kid.

But the idea of a ride in a hot air balloon does sound awesome- but.....five weeks not so much!!

I don't have many hot air balloons, but I do have this cute one from Lawn Fawn. So I pulled it out and started playing around. After tossing a few cards in the trash, I came up with this idea. It appeals to my CAS heart.

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Live life in the meow!

There is a new challenge posted over at one of my new favorite challenges- The Library Challenge. If you are a reader this is a great challenge for you, but even if you aren't the book covers are so inspiring!

This week the challenge is based on the book "The Rainbow" by D.H. Lawrence. D.H. wrote very racybooks for the times. If you don't recognize "The Rainbow", you might know "Lady Chatterly's Lover" one of Lawrence most famous books.

What struck me about this cover was the bold primary colors and how they played off of each other. I decided to use the same colors and the layout. I am definately a cat person, so I pulled out an incredibly old stamp set from Inkadinkado. It was a give away at a Michael's opening. I go for this set time after time. We all have sets like that. What's yours?

To jazz it up I had to add some gems to the flowers on my kitties. The sentiment is from  a brand new set at Newton's Nook called "Cat-itude".

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Reach for the sun

There is a new challenge at The Library Challenge. It was a bit daunting. Virginia Woolf's "To the Lighthouse". I don't think Virginia is my cup of tea, but I love this cover for her book.

I do have lighthouse stamps, but I wanted to go in a different direction. I thought about the sun, and how flowers reach for the sun, and my inspiration was born.

Using Newton's Nook's "sunscape stencil" I stenciled the sun. I grabbed my go to flower stamp from Atenew, which I embossed with the closest to yellow embossing powder I had- Adirondack butterscotch powder from Ranger.  I added my sentiment and this fun play on the book cover was complete. The only thing I wished  I had done was emboss "birthday" in yellow to match the flowers. 

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Sip happens and a new challenge

Happy Sunday all! I recently discovered a new challenge site that is right up my alley. It is The Library Challenge"!!! How awesome is that?!!? Libraries are my second home and I easily read a book a week.

I had to play along.  The book inspiration is the book titled- The Art of the Stripe. Love this minimalistic cover. Not to mention my wardrobe consists of a whole lot of stripes.

 
When I was trying to decide inwhat direction to go for my card, this Art Impression stamp set jumped out at me. Here was the cover girl 50 years in the future. Newton's Nook supplied the sentiment from their "wine a little" stamp set. Using the book cover colors for inspiration, this card came together quickly.  

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