Home Sweet Home!

Hello Tea Timers!

Michelle from the Design Team here and today I am sharing the most fun and chaotic new home card featuring two very busy crocodiles in the middle of moving day. 

Supplies used: 

Home Is Where The Heart Is

Snappy Before Coffee

A5 Woodgrain

Baked With More Love

Baked With Love Kitchen Add On

I started with a soft rainbow stripe background for the walls which gives the room such a cheerful, welcoming feel. It is bright and playful without being too overpowering, and really sets the tone for the busy scene unfolding below!

The room is packed with all the moving day essentials, stacked cardboard boxes and a gorgeous teal sofa that has already been claimed by the most unbothered cat, fast asleep without a care in the world. A tiny bear is also peeking out from behind the boxes in the background, which is such a sweet little detail to spot!

Taking centre stage are our two brilliant crocodiles, one lugging a big box through and the other has found the box with the missing tea cup because honestly, no moving day is complete without a cuppa! A red teapot and little blue cup sit on the floor ready for when the next break rolls around.

The whole scene sits on a rich woodgrain floor which grounds everything beautifully and gives the card that cosy, homely feel. To finish it off, the "Home Sweet Home" sentiment is stamped onto a lovely mint banner in the top corner, matching the sofa.

This card is perfect for anyone settling into a new place and is sure to raise a smile, or at the very least make them put the kettle on!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! 

Michelle

Meowdy!

Hello Tea Timers!

Design Team member Michelle here and I’m kicking off the new year with this purrfectly charming card featuring some book-loving kitties and their cactus companions! 

Supplies used:

Purrfect Day

Home Is Where The Heart Is

Cacti Critters

I started by creating the brick wall background using a stencil and ink blended with Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide as I wanted to try a bright colour that I don’t normally go for. The shelves were rectangles that I drew and coloured to look like warm wood tones, then I filled them up with books, little plants, and of course, the stars of the show - two adorable cats! Everything was stamped, coloured with alcohol markers and some white gel pen details for highlights.

The sentiments “Meowdy!” and “Meow you doing?” were stamped in black ink and popped up with an extra layer of cardstock for a playful finish. A couple of red hearts add just the right touch of love.

I love the punny sentiments and bright colour palette for this cheerful bookshelf scene. This card a fun way to mix books, plants and pets all in one design. Hope your day is purrfect!

Michelle

The One Where You're Awesome!

 Hello Everyone!

Michelle from the Design Team and this week I am super excited to share a fun and heartwarming pop-up box card with the sweetest little friends gathered together for a cosy catch-up. Any guesses to what inspired this?!

Supplies used:

Hey There Critters

Sofa & Lamp - Home Is Where the Heart Is

Fountain - Birthday Cake

Umbrellas - Rain or Shine Mice

I started with a pop-up box card base using a rich purple cardstock which adds a lovely depth to the scene. I then ink blended a grass panel and gave it a light splatter to add texture and interest.

For the background, I created a magical night sky using ink blending in blues and purples. I added some gold and white splatters for a touch of starlight sparkle, and tucked in a layered city skyline to set the scene. 

Right in the centre is of course the fountain that was created from some strategic frankensteining from the top of the wine bottle and partial stamping of the cake stand from the Birthday Cake stamp set. I hand drew the water coming out of at top and added some glitter to give it the extra shimmer. I did think about not including the fountain but I love how it brings the whole design together and gives it that extra special touch!

The real stars of the show are the adorable critters all coloured in with alcohol markers, all snuggled up on the comfiest yellow couch (I forgot what the original colour was!) I couldn’t forget about adding some of the extra details like the lamp and the colourful umbrellas in this iconic scene. I’ll let you decided which critter is which famous character!

For the sentiment, I made a custom one based on the naming convention of each of the episodes using a white gel pen on a banner cut from black cardstock.

I absolutely loved making this Friends inspired card! Could it BE any cuter and I hope it brought a smile to your face!

Thanks for reading,

Michelle

Out of this World!

 Hello Tea Timers!

Michelle from the Design Team and today’s card is something out of this world using a stamp set from the new release. We have two kitties off on a galactic space adventure with a little mouse stowaway in tow!

Supplies used:

• Adventures Awaits!
• Stars - Happy Trails
• Planets - Simple Circle Dies, Home Is Where The Heart Is

When I saw this stamp set, I had a million and one ideas in my head! I knew I wanted to do something different and I had also been wanting to do something space themed and so this was the perfect opportunity to combine the two together.

To make the card, the background is an ink blend of Wilted Violet, Chipped Sapphire, Twisted Citron and Black Soot Distress Oxides - when ink blending, it looks like a mess but trust the process! I then added an abundance of metallic silver water colour splatters to give it the outer space feel.

As usual, all the images where stamped, coloured with alcohol markers and highlighted with a white gel pen. To give some details on how I created the planets, they were done by tracing the inner circles of the 2 smallest Simple Circle Dies with a black finer and then adding 'planet' details. For the rings around the planets, they are are actually the rug from the Home Is Where The Heart Is stamp set with the middle part cut out - shop your stash as sometimes the most unlikely stamp is just the one you need!

As there was already a lot going on in the card, I kept the sentiment simple but still visible by using white heat embossing powder on black cardstock.

Everything was glued down with liquid glue and the main car image was propped up with some foam tape. A finishing touch of glitter was added to the stars and the rings around the planets to give it the extra shimmer.

I loved how the card turned out and I can only imagine what new things that these 2 explorers have seen! I hope you enjoyed this adventure too.

Thanks for reading,

Michelle

Hello Kitties

Happy Friday, DT Annalisa here! Today, I'm excited to share a beautiful card featuring a watercolored background that I created using the Wonky Shapes Masking Stencil and Distress Watercolor Pencils.

To start, I soaked the Evergreen Bough and Chipped Sapphire Distress Watercolor Pencils in water. I then scribbled the colours onto the Wonky Shapes Masking Stencil and spritzed it with water. After that, I flipped the stencil over and pressed it onto Ranger Distress Watercolor Cardstock, holding it in place for several minutes.

While the stencil was pressed down, I traced the outline on one side of the stencil openings with a Victorian Velvet Distress Watercolor Pencil. I used a small paintbrush and very little water and brushed over the pigment, activating it, and spreading it out.

I lifted the stencil and heat set the panel with my Ranger Heat It craft tool. I trimmed the panel and used liquid glue to adhere it to an A2 card base.

I love the way the background turned out and will be trying this technique again!

Next, I stamped and coloured several images using Copics from the Kitty Capers, Purrfect Day (books, plants, and a cat lying down), Let's Chat (sentiment), and Home Is Where The Heart Is (telephone) stamp sets. I cut them out with their coordinating dies and added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen.

Finally, I adhered the images to the card base using liquid glue or double-sided foam tape for added dimension.

Thank you so much for reading 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.

I miss you!

Hey there Tea-timer friends...

DT Ashlee here and this week I have another clean and very simple card to share with you that reminds me of the friends TV show and how people might be feeling since one of the major characters passed.

I used the Home is where the heart is stamp set along with a sentiment from the brighter days sentiment cards....

To create this card I started with a grey cardstock base that I directly stamped the couch image onto. I then added some highlights to it with a white pen and some slight shading with a grey alcohol marker. 

I selected a sentiment from the brighter days sentiment card set and adhered it onto the card base using foam tape to give the card a little dimension. Completing the card with a touch of sequins!

I like how simple these style card are and they are so easy to reproduce for multiples. Thanks for stopping by the blog today I hope you like this card and it inspires you to try a CAS card too!

Happy crafting, hugs Ashlee.

MEOW....!!

 Hello lovely Tea-timer friends...

DT Ashlee here with a kitty cat themed card for today....

"YOU HAD ME AT MEOW"!

Time for tea designs products used for this card are :

- You had me at meow sentiment dies

- Pawsome prints stencil

- Home is where the heart is stamp set

- Home is where the heart is co-ordinating dies

To create this card I started with a mustard yellow card stock that I added partial paw print stencilling too with Catherine Pooler ink. I went on to die cut the sentiment, base from black card and then white for the wording that I added ink blending too for a fade of colour. This was adhered to the card base using foam tape to start adding dimension. 

Using a couple of images from the home is where the heart is set I stamped, coloured and die cut them before adhering to the card. These were coloured using Spectrum noir tri-blend markers. 

To complete the card a touch of pretty sequins adhered using micro glue dots (I love these things for adhering sequins, they are the best!)

That's all for my card today, what do you think?!

Happy crafting, hugs Ashlee. 

Welcome Home

Happy Friday DT Annalisa here with a bright welcome home card which would be great for someone who has just moved or has been away from home for a while.

I used the following supplies to create the card:

Wonky Window Cover Die
Purrfect Day Scene Builder Dies
Love Is In the Air
Love Is In The Air coordinating dies
I Really Dig You
I Really Dig You coordinating dies
Oops a Daisy
Oops a Daisy coordinating die set
Purrfect Day Clear Stamp Set
Purrfect Day Coordinating Die set
Home Is Where The Heart Is Clear Stamp Set
Home Is Where The Heart Is coordinating die set
Baked With More Love Clear Stamp Set
Baked With More Love coordinating die set
Be Slothy Clear Stamp Set
Be Slothy coordinating die set

The Wonky Window Cover Die and window frame from Purrfect Day Scene Builder Dies were die-cut into yellow cardstock. Then I stuck the window frame to the back of one of the wonky window frames. I added double-sided foam tape to the back of this panel and added it to an A2 card base to which I had added light blue watercolour patterned paper.

I stamped and coloured (with Copics) all the images and cut them out with their coordinating dies. I added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen. 

I stamped the sentiment onto the same yellow cardstock and heat embossed it with  Icicle ultra fine embossing powder by Brutus Monroe (clear). I die-cut it with the coordinating die and glued it to the card. 

The curtains and small carpet were die-cut from patterned paper and glued to the card. I die-cut several layers of white cardstock for the curtains and glued them behind the patterned paper for added dimension. 

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 Loads of Love

Happy Friday! DT Annalisa here sharing a cute laundry scene created using the new Loads of Love stamp set paired with some Time For Tea Designs stencils.

I used the Tiled Wall 6 x6" and I Really Dig You stencils. I masked off the bottom of an A2 white card base using mint masking tape and ink-blended Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide with my Beautiful Blender Brush over the Tiled Wall 6 x6"  stencil. I added ink splatter with water and a paintbrush using the same colour. 

I removed the mint tape and used it to mask the tiled wall area and ink-blended Speckled Egg on through the I Really Dig You stencil. I added Broken China Distress Oxide ink splatter.

I stamped, and coloured (with Copics) several images from the Loads of Love stamp set; the window is from Home Is Where The Heart Is, and the shelf is from Baked With Love Kitchen Add On. After die-cutting the images, I added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen. 

I stuck the images to the card base using a combination of liquid glue and double-sided foam tape for dimension.

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.

New home

 Hey there Tea-timer friends...

DT Ashlee here with some card inspiration to celebrate a new home!

I wanted the top portion of this card to be where the whole design was so I masked off a section and did some ink blending along with adding a flirty flowers stencilled design to create the wall of the room!

(Card base was die cut from the Hooray sentiment and cover plate die and the inking was all done using Catherine Pooler inks)

Once the inking was complete I stamped, coloured and die cut images from the Home is where the hearts is stamp set and added them to the base using different levels of foam tape creating a dimensional home scene...

(Colouring was done using Spectrum noir tri-blend markers)

Kitty is very happy perched up on top of the couch hehe!

To finish off the card I added a touch of sequins adhered with glue dots.

I used these Time for Tea designs products :

- Home is where the heart is stamp

- Home is where the heart is co-ordinating die

- Flirty flowers stencil

- Hooray sentiment and cover plate die

I hope you enjoyed my new card, I had fun creating it. Thanks for stopping by today and happy crafting. Hugs Ashlee.

Kitty Hugs

 

Hello and happy Friday! DT Annalisa here. For my weekly project, I am sharing a kitty hugs card using some items from the new release and some older ones. It is always good to use crafting supplies you haven't shown some love to in a while.

I did some ink blending over the heart inserts of the Heart Grid Masking stencil with Spun Sugar and Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxides and my Beautiful Blender Brushes. I added some white splatter with a paintbrush and some white acrylic paint. I trimmed the panel down to 5 1/2 by 4 1/4 inches and glued it down to a card base of the same size.

I ink blended Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide onto white cardstock and then used the Hugs Stitched Sentiment Die. I cut the outline of the die into some vellum paper and then used liquid glue to adhere the letters to it.

I stamped, coloured (with Copics), die-cut elements from the Kitty Capers, Purrfect Day and Home Is Where The Heart Is stamp sets. The small heart stamp is from Hogs & Kisses, the heart die cuts are the pieces that were die-cut out of the Flirty Flowers Cover Die. I coloured some of them in BG10. I used the Cloud Dies on some vellum paper. 

To assemble the card, I used a combination of liquid glue and foam tape for some added dimension. I finished up the card with some Sweet Summer Designer Enamel Dots.

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