It is SIMPLY time for Tea...

...and that's about all I can handle right now-ugh.  Yet another stomach bug has decided to knock me over and I am thinking tea is about ALL I can handle...maybe some Gatorade :(

Well, I've come to the right place, because today is the Taylored Expressions "BLAST from the PAST" Blog Hop and I'm using CreativiTEA for my card today.

Now, I must warn you, I am NOT a "CAS" (Clean and simple) kind of stamper.  This was a very difficult concept to me and if it hadn't been for Sankari's AWESOME sketch I don't know WHAT I would have come up with, LOL!  I swear, the word "simple" when it comes to a "Clean and Simple" card only makes it more difficult for this girl....I had to hide my sewing machine and put off those extra layers of paper and MAN, it was hard!   Here's the sketch which was optional to use for today's event but BOY am I glad it was there:

My card today uses the APRIL Key Ingredients kit, featuring the super cute "Kitch" line of papers by The Girls Paperie.  Everything you see on this card comes with the kit, including the super cute mini-rose and pearls.   Are YOU a Key Ingredients subscriber?  Be sure to check out ALL the deets on how you can have fresh, tailor-made card kits arrive at your door each month-it takes ALL the guess work out of stamping, let me tell ya!

I did a little bit of paper-piecing (shhh!) here-for as SIMPLE as this card is, it needed a little 'somethin'.  :)  I am sure that I am not alone in the fact that "CAS" just isn't really "simple" for some of us :)  But hey, it's ALWAYS good to challenge ourselves, right?

Be sure to check out the links below-it's an amazing list of hoppers!  Thanks so much for stopping by, everyone!