Life is Better with Coffee

Happy Friday! ☕ DT Annalisa here, and I’m sharing a fun summer scene featuring all things coffee, created with stamps, dies, and stencils from Time For Tea Designs. I certainly believe that life is better with coffee—especially when it’s an iced latte!

I started by die-cutting white cardstock using the Sweet Scalloped Dies. Next, I ink blended Lost Shadow and Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide through the Tiled Wall stencil. I masked off the ground area and then blended Salvaged Patina and Peacock Feathers Distress Ink through the Beach Scene Builder 6x6 Stencil to create the sky. To add a little extra interest and texture, I added grey splatters to the ground and blue splatters to the sky.

For the card base, I ink blended Stamperia “Coffee” dye ink onto a 5 1/8" x 3 1/2" white card base. I then adhered the scalloped panel to the card base using liquid glue.

Next came the fun part - creating all the little coffee-loving characters! I stamped images from Snappy Before Coffee, I Really Dig You, Cafe Critters, Love is In the Air, Oops a Daisy, and Cacti Critters. I coloured the images with my Copics, adding a few white gel pen accents for extra detail. I then used the coordinating dies to cut everything out.

For the sentiment, I used the Rain or Shine stamp set. I trimmed off the word “you” so I could create the sentiment “Life is better with coffee” and position it perfectly above the coffee cart.

Finally, I arranged all of the stamped images and adhered them to the card with liquid glue. I love how this little summer coffee scene came together, it’s bright, cheerful, and a perfect reminder that a good cup of coffee can make any day better! ☕💙

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.

Punny Cat-astrophe

Happy Friday! DT Annalisa here, sharing a punny cat card featuring the Kitty Capers A4 Printed Cardstock from Time For Tea Designs. I paired it with a stencil and coordinating dies to create a fun little scene.

I began by ink blending Stormy Sky and Salvaged Patina Distress Oxides through the Scene Builder 6x6 Stencil. To add some texture, I splattered the background using a paintbrush and Distress Spray Stains in Picket Fence and Stormy Sky.

Once the panel was dry, I adhered it to a card base using liquid glue.

Next, I die-cut white cardstock with the Stitched Window Cover Die and glued it over the inked background to frame the scene.

I then used the Kitty Capers Coordinating Die set to cut out the images from the Kitty Capers A4 Printed Cardstock. I adhered the images and sentiment to the card using 1mm double-sided foam tape for added dimension.

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

You Make My Heart Soar Interactive Card

Happy Friday! DT Annalisa here, today I’m sharing a fun interactive pop-up card featuring the Love Is In the Air stamp set from Time For Tea Designs. With its bright colours and playful design, this card would be perfect for Valentine’s Day.

I started by cutting white cardstock to 3¾ x 5 inches. Using the cloud section of the Beach Scene Builder 6x6’ Stencil, I ink-blended Saltwater Taffy, Kitsch Flamingo, and Picked Raspberry Distress Oxides with my Beautiful Blender Brushes. To add extra interest, I finished the background with white splatter using Distress Spray Stain.

Next, I followed the Lawn Fawn video tutorial to die-cut the blended panel and assemble the interactive element using the Pull ’n Pop Pull Tab Die. For the top panel, I used a stitched cloud die along the bottom edge and adhered it to the ink-blended panel with liquid glue. Before attaching it, I stamped the sentiment, “You make my heart SOAR.”

I then used 3mm double-sided tape to adhere the interactive panel to an A2 card base, which I had covered with patterned paper from the Pawsome Rainbows 6x6' Paper Pad. I absolutely love how fun and colourful this paper collection is.

To finish the card, I stamped images from the Love Is In the Air stamp set and coloured them with Copic markers, adding white highlights with a Gelly Roll pen. I die-cut the images using the coordinating dies and adhered them 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 shopping at TTime For Tea Designs to receive 10% off your order.

Summer panda with Kaja

Hi all,

It's Kaja from Kajcyika crafts and today I made a cute little birthday card featuring a little panda.

Take a look:

I started off the card by creating the stenciled background for which I used Beach scene builder stencil. I decided to go with three shares of blue which make a cute little ocean like look.

Next, I stamped and colored a bunch of images from the Love is in the air stamp set which I colored in using alcohol markers. I decided to go with the colors that are a bit that are not too bold, so the background pops out nicely. 

Once everything was colored in, I added some white gel pen details that bring the images to life.

To bring the card together, I cut the stenciled piece to be slightly smaller than the card base and added a white rectangle that I cut out with the Stitched hearts cover die.

The last thing that I had to add was the sentiment that reads 'it's your birthday' and can be found in Beach buds stamp set. I stamped it in black ink on white cardstock and then used a brown alcohol marker to color in the background, so it now matches perfectly with the basket that the panda is in.

Then, I just glued everything on a card base using double sided foam squares and liquid glue and the card was all finished.

Hugs,

Kaja

T4T supplies used: 

• Beach scene builder stencil
  
• Beach buds stamp set
• Stitched hearts cover die
• Love is in the air stamp set

Beach birthday with Kaja

Hi all,

It's Kaja from Kajcyika crafts and today I am back with a cute summer card!

Take a look:

This time, I started off the card by creating the stenciled background for which I used Beach scene builder stencil. I decided to go with traditional beach colors, so I used brown for the sand and green and brown for the palm.

Next, I stamped and colored a bunch of images from the Beach buds stamp set which I colored in using alcohol markers. I decided to go with the colors that are a bit that are not too bold, so the background pops out nicely. 

Once everything was colored in, I added some white gel pen details to both the stamped images and the stenciled background.

To bring the card together, I cut the focal image to be slightly smaller than the card base and added a piece of blue patterned paper from the Sweet summer paper pad.

The last thing that I had to add was the sentiment that reads 'it's your birthday' and can be found in Beach buds stamp set.

Then, I just glued everything on a card base using double sided foam squares and liquid glue and the card was all finished.

Hugs,

Kaja

T4T supplies used: 

• Beach scene builder stencil
  
• Beach buds stamp set
• Sweet summer paper pad
  

Summer birthday with Kaja

Hi all,

It's Kaja from Kajcyika crafts and today I am back with an adorable card that was inspired by the heat wave that we had in Slovenia last week. It really felt like it was already summer!

Take a look:

I love summer and I knew that I wanted to create a subtile sea in the background, so I started by inkblending some blues and greens into a piece of white cardstock. Once it was all nicely blended, I took the hearts from the A2 Stitched hearts cover die and die cut 4.

To add the wavy effect, I added some white gel waves with the help of Beach scene builder stencil that I used as a guide.

Next, I stamped out and colored a bunch of images from the Beach buds stamp set. I made sure that I used the colors that I knew would nicely coordinate with the blues in the background.

Then, I cut down a piece of striped paper from the Sweet summer paper pad. I trimmed it down to be the same size as my card base. To create a focal point, I used a slightly smaller rectangle, on which I glued down the hearts.

I stamped out the sentiment from Beach buds stamp set in black ink on a piece opf gray cardstock and this time I decided to go with a simple 'It's your birthday'.

I glued everything on the square card base using double sided foam squares and liquid glue.

Hugs,

Kaja

T4T supplies used: 

• Stitched hearts cover die
• Beach buds stamp set
• Beach scene builder stencil 
• Sweet summer paper pad

Let's Party!

Hey there, Tea Timers!!  It's Amanda here with a super fun card using some products from the New Release!  I created this card with the new Let's Party Stamps & Dies!

First, I created my background by blending Catherine Pooler Shea Butter Ink with the 6x6 Scene Builder and 6x6 Beach Scene Builder Stencils.

Next, I stamped my images from the Let's Party Stamps and then colored them with Copic markers.  I cut them out with the coordinating dies.  I used 3D foam squares to adhere the stamped images to my panel. 

That's all I have to share with you today!  Enjoy the upcoming weekend and I hope you find some time to get crafty!!  xx, Amanda