Colourful Party

Happy Friday! DT Annalisa here, and today I’m sharing a colourful birthday card I created using Distress Watercolour Pencils along with stamps and dies from Time For Tea Designs.

I started by die-cutting a piece of Distress Watercolour Paper with a stitched rectangle die to create an A2-sized panel. For the background, I used Distress Watercolour Pencils in Saltwater Taffy, Fossilized Amber, Seedless Preserves, Walnut Stain, and Wild Honey. This beautiful patterned technique is inspired by Jenn Shurkus’ Mixed Media in Season class. I learned so much from this course and highly recommend it to anyone interested in exploring mixed media techniques.

Once the background was complete, I heat-set the panel and added white splatter for extra interest and texture. I then adhered the finished watercolour panel to an A2 card base using liquid glue.

The bear is from the Birthday Bear set, and the mouse is from the Sweet On You set (the coordinating dies are still available). I stamped the images, coloured them with Copic markers, and added highlights using a white Gelly Roll pen. To give the images dimension, I adhered them to the card with 1 mm double-sided foam tape.

For the sentiment, I used the Let’s Party Large Sentiment Die to cut silver cardstock. I die-cut two additional layers from cardstock and adhered all three pieces together with liquid glue to create extra dimension before attaching the sentiment to the card.

To finish the design, I added tiny pink and white embellishments from the Lots of Love Shaker Embellishment Mix for a final touch of sparkle.

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

Birthday Wishes

Happy Friday, DT Annalisa here sharing a cupcake birthday card featuring the beautiful Big Birthday Wishes Large Sentiment Die and the cute mouse from the Birthday Bear Clear Stamp Set.

I sprayed Distress Mica Stain Cocktail Party onto watercolour cardstock, heat-set the ink, and then die-cut it with the Big Birthday Wishes Large Sentiment Die. I cut two more pieces of paper using the die and glued them together for added dimension.

I ink-blended squeezed lemonade Distress Oxide onto white cardstock using my Beautiful Rainbow Blender Brushes. I then ink-blended abandoned coral Distress Ink through the Dancing Dandelions 6 x 6" Stencil. I used a stitched rectangle die to trim down the panel.

I used the A2 Layering dies to die-cut Neenah Metallic cardstock for the back panel, which I glued onto an A2 white cardstock card base. I die-cut vellum with the smaller Large Scallop Celebrate Frame Dies and used vellum adhesive to stick it to the card base.

I stamped and coloured (with Copics) the mouse from the Birthday Bear stamp set and cut him out with the coordinating dies. I added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen. 

I used liquid glue to stick down the large sentiment to the card base. I added double-sided foam tape to the back of the mouse and cupcake and stuck him down so the candle was in place of the letter 'I' in the word wishes.

I used the tiny stars and circles in the  Open The Door Holiday Add-On Die Set to die-cut silver metallic paper. I used liquid glue to stick these down to the card to complete it.

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.

Sending Big Birthday Wishes

 

Happy Friday, everyone! DT Annalisa here sharing a slim line card today featuring several stamps and dies from Time For Tea Designs. I created a bright watercolour background using distress ink reinkers and distress oxides. 

I used Arches cold pressed watercolour paper and painted on a mixture of Distress Ink Reinkers (squeezed lemonade, picked raspberry, peacock feathers) and Distress Oxide Ink (squeezed lemonade, twisted citron) with a paintbrush. I added some white splatter once the inks were dry.

I die-cut the panel using the Snow Flurry Cover Die. I then used the same die to cut some white card stock to get the outline. I used liquid glue to adhere everything to a slimline card base.

I used the Big Birthday Wishes Sentiment Die to cut out the sentiment three times and used liquid glue to adhere them together and then to the top of the card. 

I stamped, coloured (with Copics) and die-cut elements from five different stamp sets Lucky Ducks, Paper Plane Pals, Birthday Bear and Fairy Garden. I used a mixture of liquid glue and foam tape to adhere everything to the card. I added Glossy Accents to the bunny's goggles, balloon, ladybug and the word 'Big.'
 

Thank you so much for reading my blog post. Don't forget to use my discount code T4TANNALISA10 when you visit the Time For Tea Designs shop to get 10% off your order.

Birthday Balloons

 Good afternoon Teatimers,

Today I'm here sharing with you this bright and happy birthday card using one of my favourite sets Birthday Bear. I absolutely love this cutie and he/she can be used for so many occasions.

To start I stamped and coloured my images using my Ohuhu Markers (colours listed below in order of lightest to darkest)

Bear (main) - YG040, YG080, E300 

Bear - (stomach and nose) GY173, E280

Red - R1, R2, R4, R5

Green - GY4, G120, G190

Purple - VO20, V040,  V160 

For my background I took the Boho Tiles Stencil and created a rainbow panel using distress inks in - Abandoned Coral, Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron, Mermaid Lagoon, Wilted Violet and Picked Raspberry. I cut the panel out using the A2 Layering Dies.

I stamped the "HAPPY" from the Bold Sentiments set onto white card and cut out using the matching die. Once I'd placed the image and sentiment where I wanted I stamped the "birthday" directly onto the card.

To finish I took the stars from the Birthday Bear stamp set and added then randomly around the card, finally adding a few clear sequins.

The whole panel was popped up on a card blank using foam tape.

Thank you for joining me here on the blog today,  as always you can use my code T4TLYNDSEY10 for 10% off your order in store.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend

 Lyndsey x

LET'S CELEBRATE

 Hello crafty friends! Silvia's back today with a birthday card.

I started ink blending a white panel with cracked pistacchio, squeeze lemonade, dried marigold, victorian velvet and milled lavander Distress Oxide inks, I splattered with water and I die cut it with "Sun Ray Cover Plate" die set.

I then stamped images from the "Birthday Bear" stamp set, I colored them with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and I cut them with coordinating dies.

I put everything together and I added a white frame cut with the "Smile Inverted Scallop Frame" die set.

For the sentiment I used the "Brighter Days Sentiment Cards" in grey and that's all.

I hope you'll like the card and don't forget you can get a 10% off your Time for Tea order with the code T4TSILVIA10.

Thank you for stopping by today. Hugs, Silvia.

Big Birthday Wishes Video Tutorial

 Hello Vic here today and I have a fun video tutorial for you today. I wanted to make a bright birthday card with lots of ink blending on my background. 

Here are the products you need for the card:

Birthday Bear Stamp and Die Collection 

Bokeh Bubbles 6x6 Stencil

Big Birthday Wishes Sentiment Die

Beautiful Blending Brushes

Distress Inks

 

My card size is an A6 top folding card. I trimmed down another piece of white card to A6 for my card front. This is the piece that I will be ink blending onto.

I added some distress ink colours to my card front. Using the  Bokeh Bubbles 6x6 Stencil I then applied a red ink over the stencil. I added some splatters of black ink to my card front once the background was dry.

I then stamped my images using the Birthday Bear Stamp and Die Collection  . I coloured in my images with copic markers then using the coordinating dies I run the images through my die cutting machine. Here is a list of the copic markers I used to colour in my images. 

I then used a piece of black foam and using the Big Birthday Wishes Sentiment Die I run this through my die cutting machine. I used foam instead of card to give the sentiment a bit more bulk but if you don’t want to add more bulk to your card just use a piece of black card. 

I then stamped some balloons to add to my card but I die cut the balloon first as I found this easier to stamp the balloons and string. I used the same red copic markers to colour the balloons in and I added these to my card once all my images were adhered down. 

Once your images are adhered into the card your card is now complete. I had so much fun making this card and using bright colours on my background I hope you will give this a go. Don’t forget to tag us in your creations so we can see your cards and crafty projects.

You can also save 10% off your order using the code: T4TVICKI10 at the checkout this includes the brand new release too!

Thank you so much for popping over today!

Vic

Big Birthday Wishes

 Good afternoon everyone, 

Happy Sunday, Lyndsey here and today I'm sharing some inspiration from our new summer release that went live on Thursday. If you haven't seen it yet (why not!?!) you need to check it out. Jo has once again worked her magic with an amazing selection of adorable images and fabulous die sets. This cute card has been made with the fabulous Birthday Bear stamp and die set.

To start as always I stamped and coloured my images using my Spectrum Noir markers (colours listed below in order of lightest to darkest)

Bear Body - EB1, EB2, GB8, GB10 

Bear Stomach and Nose - GB10, EB3, EB8, 

Balloon (red) - CR7, CR9, CR11, DR7

Balloon (blue) - TB1, TB3, TB4, TB5

Balloon (yellow) - CT1, CT2, CT4, GB5 

Butterflies - PP1, PL2, LV1

So I decided to make a little scene card and this little fella if off to surprise his friend with a bunch of brightly coloured balloons.

I used the 2nd largest of the A2 Layering Dies to cut a piece if white card, and used the Slimline Scene Builder Stencil and Peacock Feathers distress ink to create my background.

I cut some grass strips from green card using the Landscape Edge Dies and added the cute little picket fence from the Windmill Add On Dies.

The Big Birthday Wishes Die was cut from black card 4 times for dimension and added towards the top section of the card.

I finished off adding a few flying critters in the sky.

Thank you for joining me here on the blog today, if you haven't ordered your new release items yet, why not get yourself across to the store and use my code T4TLYNDSEY10 for 10% off your order.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend 

Lyndsey x

Here's The (Giant) Scoop

 

Happy Friday, DT Annalisa here. I am so excited to show my first card using the brand new July release. It is filled with so many goodies, from stamp sets to stencils, number and alphabet dies and a paper pad! I am featuring the Sundae Sweeties Clear Stamp Set and the Sweet Summer 6x6' Paper Pad, which is gorgeous for my card. I feel like I say that about every paper pad Jo releases!

What is extra special about this particular paper pad, is that I created the background coloured panels in some of the designs in the pack, including the one I used on my card! It is very exciting for me to have some of my artwork used in this way. 

I stamped, coloured (with Copics) and die cut my kitty holding the giant ice cream cone, as well as the popsicles from the Cool Critters Clear Stamp Set. To add sprinkles to the ice cream, I used the small circle in the Birthday Bear Clear Stamp Set and stamped it using Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide. 

For the back panel, I used the Mini Slimline Scallop Dies to die cut out some white card stock using the largest die in the set. I added colour to this using my BG13 Copic marker to match the colours on the popsicle. I also die-cut out the scalloped frame using the same die set.  

I cut down the patterned paper so that it fits behind the frame, and used liquid glue to add it to the blue-green background. I then added the white scalloped frame, followed by the kitty and ice creams. I stamped the sentiment from "Cool Critters" and cut it out with the coordinating dies and then added it to the card using some foam tape to add dimension. To complete the card, I added some white gel pen highlights and stickles to the cherry for some sparkle.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog, you can use code T4TANNALISA10 when you visit the shop to get a 10% discount on your entire order, including the new release!