Dies Only Coffee Card

Happy Friday, everyone! DT Annalisa here and I’m excited to share a card I created using only dies from Time For Tea Designs. While I typically prefer using stamps, I think these four die sets are terrific, and I wanted to make a card featuring them.

I added several drops of Dried Marigold Distress Paint onto my glass mat and sprayed it with water. I then pressed watercolour cardstock into the paint multiple times to create a vibrant orange background. After heat-setting the panel, I added Carved Pumpkin and Lumberjack Plaid Distress Oxide Spray.

Once the panel was dry, I die-cut it using the Snow Flurry Cover Die and adhered it to a panel of black cardstock that I had die-cut with the Sweet Scalloped Dies using liquid glue.

For the sentiment, I applied Salvaged Patina Distress Spray Stain to watercolour cardstock, heat-set it, and then die-cut it with the Warm Hugs Large Sentiment Die. I also die-cut the sentiment from White Silver metallic cardstock by Neenah. I used liquid glue to adhere the two die-cut sentiments with a slight offset before attaching them to the card base.

Next, I used the Takeout Coffee Cup Dies to cut the elements from watercolour cardstock and coloured them with Distress Oxides, inks, and sprays. Below are the colours I used for each part of the coffee cup:

- Milk Foam: Tea Dye Oxide Spray and Ink

- Coffee Cup Base: Lost Shadow Distress Oxide Spray and Hickory
Smoke Distress Ink

- Sleeve: Tea Dye Oxide Spray

- Heart: Salvaged Patina Distress Spray Stain

- Cup Lid: Lost Shadow Distress Oxide

I assembled the coffee cups with liquid glue and attached them to the card beneath the 'Warm Hugs' sentiment.

I added three Designer Enamel Dots from the Sweet Summer collection, to complete the card.

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.

Warm hugs and yummy treats!

Hey Tea-timers...

Who needs some warm winter hugs? It's winter here in Tasmania now so we need all the warm hugs and warms drinks we can get so today's card is inspired by that!

To create this card I started with a pink card stock base before adding ink blending to it using a red distress oxide ink and spritzing with water to create a mottled effect. I then used the middle sized frame die from the wide stitched frame die set to cut out a frame and adhere to the base....

Using the warm hugs large sentiment die I die cut this twice. Once from black card and then once from white card before adhering them together slightly offset and then adhering in place on the frame!

I stamped, coloured and die cut a cup of the warm drinks and a yummy treat from the Pumpkin spice stamp set. These were adhered in place before completing the card with a touch of pretty sequins....

That's all for my card today, I hope it makes you feel nice and warm!

Happy crafting, hugs Ashlee.

Warm Caffeinated Hugs

Happy Friday! DT Annalisa here with a coffee-themed card I created using the Warm Hugs stamp set and the Warm Hugs Large Sentiment Die. This card would be perfect to send to a coffee-loving friend going through a hard time.

I applied tea dye Distress Oxide spray to Neenah Smooth Classic Cream 80-pound cardstock. Once dry, I die-cut it with a 5 1/4 inch by 4-inch stitched rectangle die and ink-blended tea dye Distress Oxide from the edges using my Beautiful Blender Brush.

I took three teal Simon Says Stamp colours of Pawsitively Saturated inks - Seafoam (lightest), Surf and Ocean (darkest) and applied them directly onto white card stock from light to dark overlapping slightly between each colour. I die-cut into this inked panel with the Warm Hugs Large Sentiment Die and added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen.

I die-cut Neenah Metallic card stock with the same sentiment die and used liquid glue to stick the two text layers slightly offset to create a shadow. I then glued a third sentiment layer behind these two for added dimension and stuck these down to the card base.

I stamped and coloured (with Copics) several images from the Warm Hugs stamp set and cut them out with their coordinating dies. I added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen.

A 1 mm double-sided foam tape was added to the two critters and coffee cups and they were then added to the card below the sentiment. Next, I die-cut two small hearts from the same teal paper as the card base, added white gel pen accents and used double-sided tape to stick them to the card beside each critter. I used liquid glue to adhere the coffee beans to complete the card.

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.

Warm Hugs in a Mug

Happy Friday, DT Annalisa here! I tried no line colouring in today's card, I love the look of it, but it is a technique that I find quite tricky, since you have no dark outlines, you must create contrast in the right places to get the right look. 

I ink blended Simon Says Stamp Khaki Ink for the background over the Coffee Beans 6 x6" Stencil using my Beautiful Blender Brush onto white cardstock. I removed the stencil and used a lighter hand and what was left on my brush to fill the white areas. I added brown splatter with a paintbrush, water and Khaki Ink.

I die-cut the ink-blended panel with a stitched rectangle die and then used double-sided tape to stick it to an 80 lb Neenah Desert Storm card base ink-blended with vintage photo Distress Oxide. 

I used salvaged patina Distress Spray Stain on the smooth side of Distress Watercolor Cardstock by Ranger. Once it was almost dry I sprayed water using a Distress Sprayer that filled in the white spaces with a pale teal colour. 

I die-cut the teal panel with the Warm Hugs Large Sentiment Die. I ink-blended another piece of Neenah Desert Storm with vintage photo Distress Oxide and die-cut it with the same die. I glued the two die-cuts together slightly offset to create a shadow.

I stamped elements from Let's Chat, Pumpkin Spice, Warm Hugs and Get Whale Soon with Ink on 3 fadout No Line Coloring ink. I coloured them with Copics, cut them out with their coordinating dies and added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen. 

I adhered the images and the sentiment to the card base using double-sided foam tape for dimension.

I added teal and pink sequins from the Candy Christmas Squin Mix from Pawsome Stamps using liquid glue to complete the card.

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.