Tea Cup Chihuahua Gift Set

Good Morning! I am so excited to present to you my very first project as a Wink Wink Ink Design Team Member. I fell in love with the 'Tea Cup Chihuahua' image. I thought the little puppy with the big ears sitting in a tea cup was just the cutest thing! I am also an avid tea lover! In fact, I used up all the tea bags in my house making this project, that this morning I had to drink coffee instead. I like coffee too, but I've kicked the habit a couple of years ago and usually only drink it on occasion now. Anyhow, onto my project. The entire project uses the image 'Tea Cup Chihuahua' and the retired Stampin Up! Simply Scrappin Set "Petal Party". I made a card, a Tea Bag Holder, and a Tea Bag Container. Here is a group photo of the three items: First I'll talk about the Tea Bag Container. I started with a purchased tea bag box. I simply undid the box, unfolded it, put in on designer paper, traced it, and cut it out. I then glued the paper back on to the box and put it back together. Very easy.

Here is a full view of the completed box and its contents.

I added ribbon and a large prima flower for embellishment.

And I finished the box with a gift tag. All the sentiments in my Gift Set come from Papertrey Ink. I also used the same adhesive gems on every item, and I put a little dot of Stickles in the flower center.

One of the main reasons I love to work with digitals so much is because I can size the image to an size I need. to make this tiny tag, I shrunk the image way down. All three items in my project use a different size image. That is something you just cannot do with stamps. You are stuck with whatever size the stamp is. I just love digis!

Here is a full view of the Tea Bag Holder. This was so easy to make. I just followed the instructions on Splitcoaststampers; they have an excellent tutorial on this card. This is the cover. I used a SU! marker to make the tiny dots on the white card stock. The inside contains two tea bags and is tied shut with ribbon.

Here is a partial view of the inside of the holder.

And here is an inside view of the holder.

The tea bags fit so nicely inside the holder. What a nice gift to give to a friend who might be sick with a cold

And finally, here is a full view of my card. I used a sketch I found on Mo Manning's Blog to make this card. I printed the Chihuahua image twice so I could pop him up on dimensionals.

Here is a close up so you can see the coloring and the dimension. And, if you don't like to color, this image is also available 'pre-colored'!

I hope you've enjoyed looking at my gift set today. If you'd like to purchase this image, just click on the 'I design for Wink Wink Ink' blinkie in my sidebar and it will take you directly to the store.

Have a great day! Amy