Merry Penguins

Happy Friday! DT Annalisa here sharing a sparkling penguin Christmas card that features the Mistletoe Kisses Digital Stamp Collection from Time For Tea Designs. I paired this with some beautiful patterned paper and dies.

I trimmed patterned paper from the Winter Wonderland Paper Pad 6x6" to 5 1/2 by 4 1/4 inches and used double-sided tape to stick it to an A2 card base. I die-cut white cardstock with the Falalala Scalloped Slimline Dies, trimmed the two longer sides to 5 1/2 inches and ink-blended them with peacock feathers Distress Oxide. I used liquid glue to adhere these to the sides of the card.

Next, I ink-blended peacock feathers and lumberjack plaid Distress Oxide onto white cardstock and trimmed out the letters 'merry' in alternating colours. I added sparkles to the bottoms of each letter with a Quickie Glue Pen and Lawn Fawn Prisma Glitter and then used double-sided foam tape to stick them to the card.

I used a stitched circle die in my stash to cut out a 3 1/4-inch circle from white card stock. I ink-blended salvaged patina and peacock feathers Distress Oxides onto the circle with my Beautiful Blender Brush. I added white splatter with a paintbrush, water and Copic opaque white.

I sized, printed and coloured the two penguins with my Copics and cut them out with my Brother Scan N Cut SDX125e. The mistletoe is from It's Penguin-ing to Look A Lot Like Christmas; I coloured and die-cut it with the coordinating dies. I added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen. 

I applied liquid glue to the bottom of the circle and added Lawn Fawn Chunky Glitter on top. I then glued the penguins and mistletoe. I used double-sided tape to adhere the circle panel to the card. I added Sweet Summer Designer Enamel Dots to complete the card.

Thank you so much for reading my blog post. Remember to use my discount code T4TANNALISA10 when you visit the Time For Tea Designs shop to get 10% off your order.

Q U E E N

 Hello there Tea-timer's...

It's your crafty friend DT Ashlee here with some new T4T inspiration for you!

This week my inspiration features the super cute Queen for the day set. I just love this adorable set, it's perfect for making cards for all the special queen's in our lives!

To create this card I started with a pink cardstock base, I then used Catherine Pooler Be mine ink to make a bit of a pink ombre background. Once I was happy with the background blend I gave it a splatter of black paint!

Using the Anthony's alpha die I die cut then Q U E E N sentiment using a light grey card and a black card before adhering together slightly off set to create a shadow. This was then adhered to the card base with foam tape to start adding dimension.... 

The sub sentiment was stamped directly onto the card base with Memento tuxedo black ink. I stamped, coloured and die cut all the images from the Queen for a day set then adhered these also to the card base with foam tape. The bath was covered in WOW! sparkles for a pretty effect!

To complete the card some pretty sequins....

That's all for my card today, I hope you enjoyed it! Happy crafting, hugs Ashlee.

Sing into the Holidays with our favorite Penguins!

 Hi Tea Timers, welcome back to the blog. I am continuing the Holiday inspiration with another card featuring the adorable penguins. I wanted to highlight the FaLaLaLaLa die as well that comes with the slimline set.

Sets used:

It's Peguin-ing to Look A Lot Like Christmas Stamp set

Coordinating die set

Walrus Be Friends stamp set

Coordinating die set

Beach Scene Builder stencil

Falalala Scalloped Slimline die set

I first stamped out my images and used the coordinating die set to cut them. I then used Copic Markers to color them. 

To create my background, I first took the wavy side of the stencil and blended it with Peacock Feathers and Salvaged Patina Distress Oxides on the lower half of an A2 Panel. On the top part of the panel, I blended Worn Lipstick and Tattered Rose.

I then splattered white water color over the panel.

I die cut out the sentiment from gold cardstock. I then arranged my images and sentiment so I knew where I wanted to adhere them

I used a mixture of liquid adhesive and foam tape to adhere the images and sentiment onto the card.

I hope you enjoyed this blog post today. All items that I featured today are in stock and linked above. Don't forget to use the code T4TRANDY10 at checkout for some savings!

Happy Crafting and Happy Holidays!

Slimline Christmas Houses

Happy December, DT Annalisa here and I am kicking this month off with a CAS (clean and simple) slimline Christmas card that I created using three dies and no stamps. I rarely do this, but I really enjoyed making this card. 

I used the Simple Slimline Nesting Dies to die-cut a white panel and some blue cardstock. I sprayed the blue cardstock with Distress Mica Stain in Shiny Bauble to add shimmer. I love the shimmer and shine that Mica sprays add to projects. 

I used liquid glue to adhere the blue panel to the white panel and a slimline card base. I used the Slimline Mini Village Die to cut white cardstock that I then glued to the card. 

I ink-blended lumberjack plaid Distress Oxide onto white cardstock and then used Anthony's Alpha Dies to cut out the letters to create the word 'Christmas.' I added sparkles to the bottom of each letter with a Quickie Glue Pen and Lawn Fawn Prisma Glitter.

I used liquid glue to stick the letters to the card base. Next, I added Designer Enamel Dots Clear Bubbles to complete the card. 

Thank you so much for visiting my blog. Remember to use my discount code T4TANNALISA10 when you visit the Time For Tea Designs shop to get 10% off your order.

JOY with gingerbread

 Hey Tea-timer friends...

DT Ashlee here with a joyful bit of inspiration for you featuring a bunch of super cute gingerbread men by Time for Tea designs!

I used these T4T products on this card :

- Gingerbread family

- Joy

To create this card I started with a light grey card base. I masked off a rectangle before covering with a blend of distress oxide inks in shades of blue. Once I was happy with the blend I gave it a splatter of white paint then removed the mask...

I die cut the Joy sentiment from white and black cardstock before adhering to the centre of the card with foam tape. using the "from our home to yours" sentiment I stamped that directly on the card base top and bottom using Memento Tuxedo black ink!

Using the gingerbread family set I stamped, coloured and die cut a bunch of the images. These were all coloured using Spectrum noir tri-blend markers. I added white gel pen highlights and adhered them to the card using varying levels of foam tape also 

To complete the card a touch of T4T clear bubbles enamel dots...

This card is now complete and ready for the festive season, bring on December, Hello Christmas!!

Happy crafting, hugs Ashlee. 

"Dachshund through the snow"

 Hi Tea Timers, welcome back to the blog. The Black Friday sale its still ongoing and there are so many sets currently on sale like that one I will be featuring on the blog today.

Now that we are under a month away from Christmas, I have more holiday card inspiration to share. Today, I wanted to feature the Stop Dachshund Around stamp set and the clever sentiment "Dachshund  through the snow."

Sets used:

Stop Dachshund Around stamp set

Stop Dachshund Around coordinating die set

Pawesome Prints Stencil

Landscape Edge Standalone Die set

I first stamped out my images and used the coordinating dies to diecut them out. I then used the following Copic Markers to color the dachshunds: E000, E00, E11, E13, E15, E17. For the accessories I used: R20, R22, R24, YG21, YG23, YG45.

To create my background, I took an A2 panel and blended it with Seedless Preserves, Worn Lipstick and Tattered Rose Distress Oxides. 

I then heat embossed the sentiments and the snowflakes directly onto the panel using embossing ink and white embossing powder. I splattered this panel with white watercolor.

I took another A2 panel and die cut out two hill pieces. I blended the top parts with Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide. Using the paw print stencil, I blended it with Salvaged Patina as well to make it look like there are paw prints in the snow.

To assemble my card, I first adhered my hill pieces using liquid adhesive. I then adhered the two dachshunds using foam tape.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial today. All of the supplies I used are linked above. Don't forget that the sale ends soon!

Happy Crafting and Happy Holidays!

You Had Me At Coffee

Happy Friday, DT Annalisa here with another coffee-themed card - I have been on a roll for the last few weeks! I created this card using the large You Had Me At Meow Sentiment Dies that I adjusted to read 'You had me at coffee' by adding the Coffee Sentiment Die. It is always fun to get more use out of dies like this!

I used the Large Scallop Celebrate Frame Dies to cut out watercolour paper on which I ink blended ground espresso Distress ink through the Coffee Beans 6 x 6" Stencil. Next, I applied tea-dye Distress Oxide Spray and heat set the panel. I then added ground espresso Distress Ink splatter using water and a paintbrush. 

I die-cut teal cardstock with the 'You had me at meow' and 'coffee' sentiment dies and then ink blended peacock feathers Distress Ink for a deeper colour. I ink smooshed ground espresso Distress Ink onto the coffee text for added texture. I die-cut vellum with the coffee shadow die and used liquid glue to adhere it to the 'coffee' text. 

For the images on this card, I used Snappy Before Coffee (coordinating die set) and It's Penguin-ing to Look A Lot Like Christmas (coordinating dies) that I coloured with Copics and added white gel pen accents. 

I die-cut the letters/text three times for dimension and glued them all together with liquid glue. I then used liquid glue to adhere all the elements to the card.

I added stickles for sparkle on the bottom of all the letters and some of the images.

Thank you so much for reading my blog post. Remember to use my discount code T4TANNALISA10 when you visit the Time For Tea Designs shop to get 10% off your order.