Guest Designing in The Tea Room!

Hello all! Thank you so much for visiting today! It seems like forever since I last posted! This post is an extra special treat for me as I am Guest Designing for The Shabby Tea Room...one of my favorite spots for inspiration!

The challenge this week is to create following this sketch: I did something maybe a little too traditional, or "old school", (or something)...I took some new paper (new for me, anyway), and cut out and arranged some of the beautiful flowers and leaves for my focal point. I've done this once before on one of my favorite projects HERE and had fun with it.

I love the soft colors in this pad (Bailey). And while it is hard to see in the photo, the horizontal band in the sketch is creme tulle on my card. Had to wrap it several times to get it to show. I thought it would look pretty with the style and colors I chose.

I also used some more of my prize package of bunches of ribbons and trims from the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store. I wove some of my seam binding through the trim and added a few buttons. I've also used some pretty pearl swirls (Recollections) here and there. And I FINALLY got myself some of the Martha Stewart doilly style tags that I have been seeing forever...everywhere!!! Who would have thought those would be so hard to find! They're even prettier than I expected--so delicate!

If you haven't visited The Shabby Tea Room yet, you'd better skip on over there and see what's brewing! There is always plenty of sweet, shabby inspiration to be had!

I do appreciate your visit and hope you'll stop by again!!

Have a great day!

Geri