tea-drinking stamper

Since we made two rather fussy cards at my last stamp class, I knew I had to have a couple easier cards. This is one of the two (the other was in my previous post using the Tea Together stamp set). I fell in love with the Delicate Lace Edgelits in our annual catalog and only recently purchased them. I have now used all three of them for they each have their own mood but add that extra touch to the cards made with them. For this card, I used the edgelit on my card base before folding on the score line—it's so much easier to keep the die in place when the card is flat. I then put a strip of Highland Heather card stock behind the "lace". To do this, I line the contrasting piece up with the back of the card after running a strip of Snail down the left and applying a few drops of glue behind the lace. Once it is lined up with the outer edge, I merely fold the card and press. Voila! Perfect alignment. I used a blender pen to color the blooms. After stamping the greeting...