Sweet Red Cup

I've been playing with some new things (for me) and this is what I've come up with.  I made this for Mel Jen's challenge - Red &/Pink and Kraft and used the sketch from Seems a Little Sketchy challenge.  I don't know if the "tea" is good enough to qualify for the Kraft part, but I hope so!
To start with I used the patterned paper and cardstock from Stampin' Up and embossed a white panel with swiss dots using my Cuttlebug(I love to play with this tool!).  Then I added some ribbon that was a gift because it had even more dots!  The image is coloured, sides inked and matted on cardstock which I cut around with a pair of my decorative scissors.  I was still missing something to go along the edge but I didn't have anything that complimented the card so..... I was thinking and remembered seeing this wonderful tutorial on ribbon flowers over at Really Reasonable Ribbon Ramblings.  So I thought I'd give it a try.  My ribbon flowers didn't flair out as nicely as hers, but I still like how they turned out!

Then the embossed panel looked a bit lonely still so I created this to go in it!

I used Mel Jen's sentiment and added a couple scraps of ribbon from the flowers.  Then the end I punched with my new Fiskars oval punch.  Tied a piece of embroidery thread on the end and tucked it under my little tea cup!  Here's a close up.

Well, I had fun trying some new things and I hope you enjoy it to.  Do pop over to see the tutorial on these fabulous flowers if you'd like to try something new!
Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs