Papertrey Ink Stamp-a-Faire: Tea Staining Technique

Hi friends!  How many of you participated in Papertrey Ink's Stamp-a-Faire yesterday?  I bought the kit to participate, but was at a stamp and scrap art show here in Buffalo with my stamping buddy Cheryl Rowley.  We saw lots of new stuff and new techniques.  We also spent a little bit of our pensions on that new stuff!  LOL!!  When I came home I was exhausted, but managed to get a card done.

 

 I started with this tea staining technique.  Before I left yesterday morning, I put some muslin, felt, and lace ribbon in some tea and left it in there all day.  I used them to make my card.

 

 

 The flower was made according to the technique Melissa Phillips explained.  I used the Ruby Rose dies to cut four large flowers and two small flowers from the muslin.  These flowers were stamped with a text stamp in cameo coral ink.  I then cut a flower from tea stained peach felt.  I also cut two leaves from tea stained green felt and a small button from tea stained ivory felt.  I adhered them all with fabric glue.  The button was threaded with peach floss.  I mounted the flower on a burlap circle I just purchased in a package on sale at Michael's.  The lace started out white and came out a nice antique color.  The rest is pretty self-explanatory.

I hope to complete more of the challenges tomorrow.  I've been looking at them and they look like lots of fun!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Half and Half, Background Basics: Text Style (PTI)

Paper:  Groovy guava, kraft, Curio (Basic Grey), Carefree (Authentique)

Ink:  Cameo coral, Memento rich cocoa

Accessories:  Lace, muslin, felt, burlap circle, pearls, floss, fabric glue