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Wednesday 27 March 2024

Easter egg wishes

Hey there Tea-timer friends...

DT Ashlee here. Today I am sharing another Easter card because we certainly don't have long now until the fluffy bunny will be here! 


To create this card I started with a yellow card base and added stencilling to it with the Mini egg pattern stencil and distress oxide ink...

Using the eggstra special slimline add on die I die cut two eggs from a teal blue card to add to the card base. These were adhere in place with foam tape to start adding dimension! I went on to create the sentiment "easter wishes". This was die cut from black card then cut again from white card with inking on it before adhering together slightly offset.

To complete this Easter card I added a sprinkling of pretty sequins. 


Now it's time to wait for the bunny and eat all the chocolate we desire... 
Well I know thats what I am doing hehe!

Until next post, happy crafting. Hugs Ashlee. 

Tuesday 26 March 2024

Let's do coffee ☕

Oh how I love my cup of coffee! Especially when accompanied by something sweet 🍫🍩. What makes it even better, is sharing it with a relative, friend or a nice colleague. Thus, another invite for coffee for me to share with you all today!

I took the digistamps Sweet On You and Warm Hugs which I printed on alcohol marker friendly white cardstock and coloured them with Copic markers. I then cut them out using my Scan 'n cut machine. Set the images aside and started working on the background.


Using the Simple Slimline Nesting Dies I die-cut two panels from white cardstock in two different sizes. The smaller size was about to get an upgrade πŸ”₯ Using tattered rose and abandoned coral distress oxide I stenciled a tiled wall onto the panel (Tiled Wall stencil). After that I used the Heart Apertire Slimeline add on to cut out 3 hearts. I then took the larger white panel and lined it up with the smaller panel, making sure I'd ink the inner parts of the cut out hearts. Distress oxides used are salvaged patina and peacock feathers. Added some splatters with acrylic paint and water and let it dry.

After both panels had dried completely, I taped them together with double sided tape. With the help of my stamping tool, I stamped on the sentiment from the Perfect Blend Clear Stamp Set. I used lilac structured cardstock to make a card base, to match the coloured images. Last, but not least, I added my coloured images Γ‘nd beautiful enamel dots Summer Haze.

Now, who's ready to grab a coffee with me?

~Ilona~




Monday 25 March 2024

Thank You Card

 Hi Tea Timers, welcome back to the blog. I wanted to create another thank you card and this time built a scene around the image of the bunny holding a bouquet of carrots. I thought it would be cute to create a little carrot garden.

Sets used:

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

To create my background, I first took a cloud stencil and blended it with Scattered Straw and Salvaged Patina Distress Oxides onto an A2 panel. I then took the Thank You sentiment die and die cut it out of the background.

I took a piece of gold cardstock and trimmed it down to fit the back of the background panel. I then adhered it to the back with liquid adhesive.

To create my garden, I die cut out a hill piece and a grass piece. With the grass piece, I blended it with Mowed Lawn and Twisted Citron Distress Oxides. I then splattered it with white watercolor.

For the hill piece, I blended it with Gathered Twigs and Tea Dye Distress Oxides. I splattered this piece with white and brown watercolors.

I had a paper punch that create half a circle slits. I took that and punched it a few times across the hill piece. This is how I was able to put in the carrots.


To complete my card, I added the carrots into the soil. I then added the bunnies using liquid adhesive and foam tape.

I have been making more and more Thank You cards lately to have on hand to be able to say thank you with a homemade card. All of the products are linked above. Don't forget to use the code T4TRANDY10 at checkout for extra savings.

Friday 22 March 2024

I'm a Sucker For You


Happy Friday, everyone. DT Annalisa sharing a sweet pink card featuring the Sweet On You stamp set and the coordinating die set. I love the adorable critters holding all the sweets in this set.

I ink-blended kitsch flamingo, picked raspberry distress oxide onto white cardstock and added white watercolour splatter with a paintbrush. I die-cut this with the A2 Stitched Hearts Cover Die.


With my Beautiful Blender Brush, I ink-blended squeezed lemonade Distress Ink onto the upper half of an A2 card base. I used the small heart from You’re Engaged and the twirl and xo tiny stamps in Sweet On You and stamped them onto the top section with squeezed lemonade Distress Oxide. I ink-blended to the bottom section with lost shadow Distress Oxide. 

I die-cut a piece of Pretty Pastels 6x6 Paper Pad with the edge die in the Sweet Scalloped Dies collection. I ink-blended spun sugar Distress Oxide to the edges of the patterned paper and used liquid glue to adhere it to the inked A2 card base. 


I stamped and coloured (with Copics) several images from Sweet On You and Sweet Cart Critters and cut them out with their coordinating dies. I added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen

I added double-sided tape to the back of the stitched hearts frame and pressed it onto the card base. Next, I used double-sided tape to adhere the mouse and sentiment to the card base. The remainder of the elements were adhered to the card using liquid glue.


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

Wednesday 20 March 2024

Easter wishes!

Hey Tea-timer friends

DT Ashlee here with a new card to share with you and this one is an Easter themed card ready for the Easter weekend coming very soon!



I used these T4T products :

- Easter wishes large sentiment die

- Eggstra special layering stencil

- Eggstra special birthday stamp and co-ordinating die


To create this card I started with a pink card stock base that I added the cute egg design to with the T4T stencil and Distress oxide inks Worn lipstick and Picked Raspberry. I blended it out so it faded into the bottom of the card....

Using a piece of white card with ink blended.spritzed on it I die cut the easter wishes sentiment before die cutting it again from a pink card stock and backing it off centre to create a shadowed sentiment. This was adhered to the card base with foam tape to start adding dimension!


I stamped, coloured and die cut the images before adhering those to the card also with foam tape. To complete the card I added a touch of pretty pink sequins....

I hope you enjoyed my pink easter themed card. Thankyou for stopping by the blog! Happy crafting, hugs Ashlee. 

Tuesday 19 March 2024

Bonjour, hello, hola, hallo, ciao!


Bonjour mes amis!

That's about as much french as I remember from school, a loooong time ago πŸ˜‰ I think it would be wise for me to continue this blog in english, and tell you all about the card I made this week.

I'm really getting in the mood for spring, and have noticed I'm constantly leaning towards bright skies and grassy hills when crafting. I guess the few sunrays we have been catching here in the Netherlands have that effect on me. So I'm opting to dwell in it, and made another spring themed card for you, saying HI to the season to come!
The Hey there critters stamp set are perfect for saying HI, they all have their little paws up in the air, waving at you πŸ’› Ofcourse you could also give them one of the accessories from the stamp set, such as a balloon or a sunflower, to hold - like I did on the bunny.

I started off by stamping all the images, and colored with Copic markers. After that I ran the sheet through my Scan 'n Cut machine to cut them out. Set those aside and then focused on the background.
Using the Simple Nesting Dies - A6 I die cut a panel from white cardstock. Then I took a strip of 1,5 cm masking tape and adhered it onto the panel, approx 1,5 cm from the bottom. This creates the white area for the stamped sentiment.
I started with the pink sky, using Distress Oxides spun sugar and kitsch flamingo. Then I took my 6x6 Scene Builder Stencil out, and used the grass edge together with Distress Oxides mowed lawn and rustic wilderness. Keeping the masking tape and stencil on, I added dark green and white paint splatters to the grass.
After waiting until the ink and paint had dried, I removed the masking tape. Took my stamping tool and layed out the sentiment in the middle of the white area. I like how this black & white in the middle of the card emphasizes the sentiment! Draws your attention straight in. Lastly, I added the stamped and colored images, using foam tape 0,5 mm and 1 mm to create a little depth.

Adhered the completed panel to an A6 white folded card with double sided tape and that finished my card! Now let's all give a warm welcome to spring and hope it's going to give us lots of real bright skies and grassy hills!

Ilona ~





Monday 18 March 2024

HOORAY... Hoppy Easter!

Hi Tea Timers, welcome back to the blog. Easter is next weekend and I am continuing the inspiration with another Easter card. This time I wanted to create a shaker card as I have not made one in a while.


Sets used:
(coordinating die set available here)

I first stamped out my images and fussy cut the two bunnies out. I then used Copic Markers to color them.

Then I started on my shaker frame. I first die cut out the cover plate from white cardstock. With the stencil, I blended it with Worn Lipstick, Scattered Straw, Mowed Lawn and Peacock Feathers Distress Oxides. I moved the stencil a little over to blend the stencil on the entire card.



I then took the 'HOORAY' die and die cut it out of the frame. I trimmed a piece of acetate to fit the and adhered it with tape runner. I then added the center pieces to the Os, R and A with glue.

With a piece of gold cardstock, I trimmed it down to fit the back of the frame and set it to the side to work on assembling my shaker.

With foam strips, I added it to the back of the frame. Using anti-static powder, I brushed it over the edghes of the foam tape. I then poured in my shaker mix. I added the gold back to the frame.



I then heat embossed the sentiments onto pink cardstock using white embossing powder and embossing ink. I trimmed it down to add underneath the HOORAY.

To assemble my card, I added the two sentiments in the middle using foam strips. I then added the two bunnies using foam tape. 

I hope you enjoyed this blog post and are having fun getting ready for Easter. All the products I used are linked above. Don't forget to use the code T4TRANDY10 at checkout for extra savings.

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