Christmas Wonder

Happy Friday, DT Annalisa here! I saved my favourite Christmas card that I made this year for last. I absolutely love this whimsical nighttime Christmas scene, created using the Santa’s Nice List and Sweet Christmas stamp sets.

For the background, I pulled out a moon masking stencil from my stash. I started by securing the negative (moon) portion of the stencil onto a 6" × 4 1/4" card base using double-sided removable tape. I then ink-blended Salvaged Patina, Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, Prize Ribbon, and Black Soot Distress Oxide inks to create a deep, moody night sky.

Next, I removed the negative piece and positioned the positive part of the stencil so that only the moon area was exposed. I ink-blended Squeezed Lemonade, Fossilized Amber, and Tumbled Glass to add soft colour and dimension to the moon.

To give the background a star-filled sky, I used a paintbrush to splatter both water and white paint across the panel.

For the ground section, I ink blended Hickory Smoke Distress Ink and Manatee Lawn Fawn Ink over a cobblestone stencil to create subtle texture.

I then stamped several images from the Santa’s Nice List and Sweet Christmas stamp sets, coloured them with Copics, and cut them out using my Brother ScanNCut SDX125e. I added white gel pen details with a Gelly Roll pen, and finished off some of the images with sparkle using a Quickie Glue Pen and Lawn Fawn Prisma Glitter.

The images were attached to the card base using liquid glue and double-sided foam tape for extra dimension.

To finish the card, I added a sentiment from the Sentiment Cards - Winter Wonderland | Black set: “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.”

Thank you so much for reading my blog post! Don’t forget to use my discount code T4TANNALISA10 when you shop at Time For Tea Designs to receive 10% off your order.

Tis the Season to Decorate!

Hello everyone!

Michelle from the Design Team here and this week’s card is all about festive fun and teamwork! Just look at these two little cuties decorating their Christmas tree. The kitty and squirrel are working together to string up lights and hang ornaments, and it couldn’t be more adorable. 

Supplies used:

Sweet Cart Critters

Snow Much Fun

Jumping With Joy

A5 Woodgrain Stamp

To create the background panel, I used a stencil and ink blended with Weathered Wood Distress Oxide for a soft brick look. Next, I shopped my stash for the arched window where I die cut it from white card stocked and lightly ink blended the edges again with Weathered Wood Distress Oxide to match.

The window background is a blend of Salvaged Patina, Peacock Feathers and Salty Ocean Distress Oxides with a silver and white paint splatters. I love how window gives a glimpse of a snowy winter sky, making it feel extra cosy indoors.

The wooden floor grounds the whole scene and this was made from my favourite technique of stamping the A5 Woodgrain stamp on Kraft card stock using Vintage Photo Distress Oxide. 

Each of the critters, decorations, and the gifts were stamped and coloured with alcohol markers. A tip - a white gel pen and some strategic fussy cutting were used to separate out some of the images! They were then arranged and in some places scraps of card were used for layering and dimension.

 

The sentiment is a nice and simple 'Merry Christmas' heat embossed onto red card stock cut into a fish tail banner to match the red ribbons on garland framing the window.

It’s a joyful little moment captured in card form and I hope it gives you all the warm, festive fuzzies too!

Michelle

Colourful Penguin Christmas

Happy Friday before Christmas! DT Annalisa here today sharing a sweet and colourful penguin scene I created using the It's Penguin-ing to Look A Lot Like Christmas stamp set from Time For Tea Designs.

To make the background panel, I used watercolour paper and Distress Watercolour Pencils in Cracked Pistachio, Salvaged Patina, Peacock Feathers, Shaded Lilac, Picked Raspberry, and Spun Sugar. I followed a technique from one of Jenn Shurkus’s Get Cracking on Christmas tutorials on YouTube. She has so many fantastic tutorials, a wonderful blog, and terrific classes. I highly recommend checking her out if you want to learn more about using Distress Watercolour Pencils.

Once the A2 panel was dry, I used a palette knife to spread White Embossing Paste by Wendy Vecchi over a snow stencil from my stash. After letting it dry for about an hour, I attached the panel to a card base using double-sided tape.

For the card images, I stamped elements from several sets: Skating By Penguins (ice), Merry Cheesemas (round Christmas ornament), and It's Penguin-ing to Look A Lot Like Christmas (penguins and igloo). I coloured everything with Copic markers and cut the pieces out using the coordinating dies. I added white gel-pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen and added a touch of sparkle to some images using a Quickie Glue Pen and Lawn Fawn Prisma Glitter.

I adhered the images to the card base using either liquid glue or foam tape for added dimension.

Thank you so much for reading my blog post! Don’t forget to use my discount code T4TANNALISA10 when you shop at Time For Tea Designs to receive 10% off your order.

A Snowy Globe of Cheer!

Hello Tea Timers!

Design team member Michelle here and for today’s inspiration, it is a classic Christmas look with this sweet snow globe card. Inside the globe is an adorable snowman all bundled up in a red scarf and top hat, surrounded by snowy fir trees. 

Supplies used:

Snow Much Fun

Trees - Happy Trails 

Foliage - Season’s Tweetings

Simple Circle Dies

A5 Woodgrain Stamp

Joyful Winter Paper Pad

As usual, all the images were stamped and coloured in with alcohol markers. I used a black fine liner to create the snow on the trees and added highlights to all the images with a white gel pen.

To make the snow globe, I nested 2 of the Simple Circle dies together and die cut them out 4 times from white card stock. I then layered and glued them together to it give dimension. 

The background of the snow globe is a blend of Salvaged Patina, Peacock Feathers and Salty Ocean Distress Oxides making white acrylic paint snow splatters really pop! 

I used the extra inner part of the circles leftover from the snow globe to die cut some hillsides to ground the snowman and trees.

The base of the snow globe has a warm woodgrain feel and this was created with my favour texture stamp at the moment - the A5 Woodgrain stamp on Kraft card stock using Vintage Photo Distress Oxide. It is finished with festive foliage and a bright red “Merry Christmas” sentiment banner. 

The background panel is a pattern from the Joyful Winter Paper Pad cut slightly smaller than a standard card base giving a thin white border. Snowflakes die cut from glitter card stock were scattered throughout for a magical finishing touch.

This card just makes me smile and I hope it brings a little joy to your day too!

Michelle

Sweet Christmas

Happy Friday, DT Annalisa here! Today I’m sharing a sweet Christmas scene I created using the Gingerbread Family - Our House to Yours stamp set from Time For Tea Designs.

To build the background, I started with watercolour paper and layered Picked Raspberry, Salvaged Patina, and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Sprays. I applied the colours, heat-setting between layers to add depth and texture. For a touch of shimmer, I added a spritz of Peacock Feathers Distress Spritz, which gives the background a beautiful sparkle. I finished it off with splatters of Picket Fence Distress Spray Stain for extra interest.

Once the panel was dry, I added a frame that I created using the Rounded Corner Stitched Rectangle Dies and white card stock. I used liquid glue to stick it to the panel and then to a card base.

Next, I stamped several images from the Gingerbread Family – Our House to Yours set, coloured them with Copics, and cut them out using the coordinating dies (which are currently on sale!). I added white gel pen details using a Gelly Roll Pen and added sparkles to some images with a Quickie Glue Pen and Lawn Fawn Prisma Glitter.

The stars come from the Happy Trails clear stamp set, and I cut them using the coordinating dies.

To create texture in the snowy area, I added Ranger Translucent Grit-Paste. I love the dimension this paste provides. It works perfectly for mimicking realistic snow on a card.

I adhered the images to the card base using a mix of liquid glue and foam tape to give the scene depth and dimension.

To complete the card, I added three white enamel dots from the Sweet Summer Designer Enamel Dots collection.

Thank you so much for reading my blog post! Don’t forget to use my discount code T4TANNALISA10 when you shop at Time For Tea Designs to receive 10% off your order.

Critter Christmas Wreath!

Hello everyone!

Design Team member Michelle here and this week’s card is bursting with Christmas spirit! A wreath full of festive details frames a sweet little group of friends, each one decked out in their Santa hats and ready to celebrate.

Supplies used:

Jumping With Joy

Hey There Critters

Snow Much Fun

A5 Woodgrain Stamp

To make the card, I created the woodgrain background by stamping the A5 Woodgrain stamp onto Kraft card stock with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide. I had to do this a couple of time to get the crisp lines! I then lightly ink blended the edges using some more Vintage Photo Distress Oxide to give it some dimension. 

For the focal part of card, I stamped all of the images onto white card stock and coloured them with alcohol markers. I added highlights using a white gel pen. 

To create the wreath, this was 4 of the leaf piles from the Jumping With Joy stamp set that I coloured in three shades of green and arranged in a circle. Most of the ornaments on the wreath were all bits and pieces from other stamp sets I mentioned. The only exceptions are the hats, bow and ribbon that I shopped my stash for. 

I love how the bold red ribbons and ornaments pop against the dark woodgrain background.

I felt that the critters were getting lost in the woodgrain background and to make them stand out a bit more, I took some white card stock and Iightly ink blended some Crack Pistashio Distress Oxide onto it and then backed it onto the wreath.

The sentiment is simple and a classic “Merry Christmas” in bright red to match all the joyful touches scattered around the scene.

This was a really fun card to make and I hope this brings a smile to your face and a little extra cheer to your crafting this week!

Michelle

Cheesy Christmas

Happy Friday, DT Annalisa here! Today I’m sharing a cheesy Christmas card featuring the Merry Cheesemas stamp set and the Say Cheese Cover Plate Die. I love that I was able to use a non-traditional Christmas colour for the background of this project!

I began with watercolour paper and a mix of Squeezed Lemonade, Scattered Straw, and Rusty Hinge Distress Inks, along with Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide. I pressed the inks onto my glass mat, spritzed them with water, and then swiped and pressed the paper into the colour. I heat-set the panel between layers to build depth and texture.

Once the panel was dry, I die-cut it with the Say Cheese Cover Plate Die. I adhered the panel to a card base with double-sided foam tape and used liquid glue to secure the small cheese-hole pieces in place.

Next, I stamped several images from the Merry Cheesemas stamp set, coloured them with Copics, and cut them out using my Brother ScanNCut SDX125e. I added highlights with a white Gelly Roll pen. The mistletoe image is from It's Penguin-ing to Look A Lot Like Christmas, the heart is from Seasons Tweetings, and the red stocking is from Santa’s Nice List.

I added sparkle to some of the images using a Quickie Glue Pen and Lawn Fawn Prisma Glitter, then adhered everything to the card with liquid glue.

Thank you so much for reading my blog post! Don’t forget to use my discount code T4TANNALISA10 when you shop at Time For Tea Designs to receive 10% off your order.

Merry Cheesemas

Happy Tuesday!! 

I’m playing with the adorable “Merry Cheesemas” set from @timeforteadesigns for today’s holiday card. I colored in the cheese tree and mouse stamp with alcohol markers. I used foam tape to mount the images on a piece of jungle green cardstock. 

This one is sure to give a cheesy smile to whoever receives it!

Thank you for stopping by!