One layer Tea Shoppe

This card was designed for my Three Minute Thursday slot tomorrow but as I don't want to miss the OLW deadline, it's appearing today. It's a good thing too because I have another week full of chores and dentist visits to plough through so quick cards are definitely the way forward! The OLW challenge is to make a one layer card for a woman in your life and I was also inspired by a new colour challenge called Dynamic Duos where the fabulous colour combination this week is Pool Party and Lucky Limeade. As if that weren't enough, the wonderful St Lukes Charity Card Challenge is asking for one layer cards too! Come and see what I came up with:

To make the background, I used a sponge dauber to sponge Pool Party ink into a mask made with my large square punch. The background is overstamped with a pretty cup from my new Tea Shoppe stamp set.

It was a happy discovery that this sentiment from the set fits the square rather nicely! The 'steam' is stamped with the flourish from Season of Joy (which I use all the time!) and I added a rhinestone and a little shading with my Lucky Limeade marker to finish.

The card is made for the most special young woman - my daughter. She makes me laugh, she makes me cry but above all she fills me with admiration for her talents, her sensitivity to others and her innate wisdom. The card is both a thank you for changing the whole course of my life and a celebration of all the cups of cream and marshmallow-laden hot chocolate we've bonded over!

EDITED TO SAY: And after all my rushing about - I missed the OLW deadline anyway! That wouldn't ever have happened to any of you would it?!

Here's what you'll need to make today's card:

Stamps: Tea Shoppe, Season of Joy

Ink: Lucky Limeade, Pool Party

Card stock: Naturals Ivory

Other: 1 3/8" square punch, sponge daubers, Basic Rhinestones, stamp-a-majig

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Talking of cream, what do you do on a chilly and wet bank holiday weekend? Warm everybody up with hot scones of course! My goodness they were delicious! We ate them while playing our favourite game of Articulate during a nasty rainstorm. Our word descriptions were punctuated with crashes of thunder which was hilarious - like being in a very bad horror movie!

Do come back here for another fast card tomorrow as I return for Three Minute Thursday.

Enjoy your day!