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I’ve been having so much fun with the Sara’s Surfaces™—I made a lot of sample projects to show on QVC earlier this month, but we flipped through them so quickly that I thought I’d post a few here. So in the next couple of weeks, I’ll be sharing projects with instructions. Enjoy!

Tea For Two Folder
This folder is a great place to tuck specialty tea bags or other treats!

Supplies:

• Sara’s Surfaces 4-Fold Folder
• Chocolate Use ‘Em for Anything papers
• Chocolate Monograms
• Chocolate Silk Flowers
• Chocolate Brads Pack
• Black inkpad
• Small Zots™
• Glue stick
• Foam tape
• X-acto® knife, cutting mat
• Emery board

Instructions:

1. Fold and score the folder. Cover the front flap and front panel with stripe paper, placing the stripes vertically. Open the folder and cover the inside front flap with dot paper. Ink the edges of the front flap.
2. Open the folder and line the inside panels, alternating striped paper and light cream texture paper. I find it works best to cut my paper slightly smaller than the fold lines—that ensures the folder will close properly. Ink the edges of the paper before attaching with glue.
3. Cover the pocket flaps with dot paper, ink the edges and glue to secure.
4. Use the emery board to heavily sand the “T”, “4” and “2” monograms. Attach the “4” and “2” with foam tape as shown. Insert brads into small silk flowers and attach with Zots™.
5. Cover the back of the “T” with light cream texture paper, trimming the edges with an X-acto knife. Attach the left side of the letter to the front flap only.
6. Add a brad through two silk flowers and secure to the front of the folder with foam tape.