Getting Dirty and the Perfect Blend

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So, I've got some big, exciting news today! I'm one of the new additions to the Splitcoaststampers Dirty Dozen design team! Finding SCS way back when literally changed the course of my life, and I would not be the stamper I am today without it.  I'm so excited to get to design for them for the next six months! Such a great honor. 😊

My first gallery is live today for Fan Club members. I've uploaded 9 projects with this month's theme that you won't see anywhere else.  I had a lot of fun creating!

For my card on the blog today, I chose to use the Tea for Two set from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. It fits in with this month's Dirty Dozen theme. I just love the sweet images in this set and have crazy love for both coffee and tea. This particular card reminds me of a very special friend, so I thought this sentiment would be perfect.

To start the card, I colored in the fabulous pot, mug and tea bag images with Copic markers and then fussy cut.  To create a backdrop for the images, I stamped one of the backgrounds from this awesome set on a circle, then blended with squeezed lemonade distress oxide.  I matted this with a scalloped black circle die cut and then layered my images, tucking the little teabag string behind the pot.

The sentiment is stamped on a strip of white cardstock, then I accented it with the heart steam image from the set and then colored with Copics and a gold gel pen. The background paper is from the Coffee collection by Echo Park and I finished off with a black mat and a white card base.

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