A delicious cup of tea

As soon as I saw the colors for the current CAS Colours and Sketches Challenge, I knew I wanted to play.  The colors would be perfect for a snowy winter card or night Nativity scene.  But did I stay on course, stick to my Christmas card mission and make a Christmas card?  Of course not!  I pulled out a SU set of stamps and made this:

I stamped the cup and sentiment in navy on light blue card stock, covered the entire surface with VersaMark and clear embossing powder and heated to give it a real glossy, fine china look.  Then I fussy cut the cup and punched the sentiment.  I created a shelf with gold and punched white cs, from which to "hang" the cup.  The embossed background is the pale sky blue.

Which reminds me, when I dusted yesterday I forgot to dust the cups hanging from my shelf on the kitchen wall.  oops!  We are expecting overnight company this afternoon.  Maybe I should do that quickly.   At least I remembered the white kitchen ceiling fan!  Boy, does it get nasty!

After I enter these Challenges: 
CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge # 144 - Colours

The Stamping Boutique Challenge - No Designer Paper
Star Stamps Challenge - Add a Sentiment
613 Avenue Create Challenge #143 - Anything Goes, Twist- Sapphire


My mother and I enjoyed a 'pee your pants' moment the other day.  After a few hours working in my garden and then in hers, we sat down to a lovely cup of tea served in her chocolate brown pfaltzcraft cups.  The tea tasted wonderful, just the right temperature, absolutely delightful.  I was going to refill the cup and looked for the spent tea bag but couldn't find it.  Mom asked what I was looking for.  I told her my tea bag.  She said they were right in the box on the table.  No, I said, I was looking for the used bag.  She then asked if I had put one in the cup because she hadn't.  Well, neither had I.  My delicious cup of tea turned out to be hot water with a spoon of sugar.

Every day should have a 'pee your pants' moment!  Cherish them all!