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.

Thinking Of You Sympathy Card

Happy Friday. DT Annalisa here, and today I’m sharing a sympathy card I made for a friend who recently lost her husband. They had been together for decades, so I wanted the card to feel heartfelt and gentle. I used the Thinking Of You Sentiment Die, along with a stencil from Time For Tea Designs, and kept the design simple by focusing on one main stamped image.

I started with Distress Watercolour paper to create the main panel. Using the Cosy Sweater 6x6 Stencil, I applied Dusty Concord Distress Oxide and Uncharted Mariner Distress Ink. I swiped the oxide ink pads onto the back of the stencil, spritzed it with water, and then pressed the watercolour paper onto it using a paper towel. I left it in place for several seconds to allow the ink to fully saturate the paper. After removing the stencil, I dried the panel with my Ranger Heat Tool. Next, I ink-blended Shaded Lilac Distress Ink over the panel and finished it with splatters of Uncharted Mariner Distress Ink and Picket Fence Spray Stain.

Once the panel was completely dry, I die-cut it using a stitched rectangle die. I adhered it to an A2 card base using liquid glue, after colouring the base with a BG15 Copic marker.

For the focal element, I die-cut vellum using the Heart Nesting Dies. I added a stitched line detail around the edge of the heart with a white Posca pen, then secured it to the card using vellum adhesive.

To create the sentiment, I sprayed Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide Spray onto watercolour paper and die-cut it using the Thinking Of You Sentiment Die. For added dimension, I die-cut the same sentiment three more times from white cardstock and stacked the layers together with liquid glue. I used a small heart die from my stash to replace the dot created by the die, then adhered the completed sentiment to the card panel.

The kitty image is from Oops a Daisy, and the small flowers are from the Just Married stamp set. I coloured all the images with Copic markers and added white gel pen accents. After die-cutting them, I adhered the images to the card using a combination of double-sided foam tape and glue.

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

Woodland Joy!

Hello Tea Timers!  

Michelle here from the Design Team here today with a card that’s full of woodland joy. This sweet scene is all about celebrating friendship with a dash of squirrel cuteness, a few falling leaves and plenty of bounce.

Supplies used:

Jumping With Joy

Bee - I Really Dig You

Flowers - Oops A Daisy

I started by creating a bright and cheerful forest setting by ink blending a sky background using a cloud stencil and Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide. There was more ink blending using Twisted Citron and Lucky Clover Distress Oxides for the grass.

I shopped my stash for a large tree die, ran it over with a woodgrain texture die and then ink blended with Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo and Ground Espresso Distress Oxides. 

To make the cozy tree canopy, I used a large cloud/speech bubble die. I cut these out several times from white cardstock and then ink blended with the same green inks for the grass but with a slightly lighter touch. I added texture using white acrylic paint and Pine Needles Distress Oxide.

Once all the ink blended parts were dry I used liquid glue and foam tape to build the forest, giving the layers of depth.

Each character was stamped, coloured with alcohol markers, and placed to tell their part of the story - from the jumping squirrel to the smiley hedgehog and the happy little bee. I thought it would be really sweet to add little stashes of acorns and pinecones in the trees as well as some falling leaves to help show the movement from the jumping squirrel.

I used white heat embossing powder on craft cardstock for the sentiment - ‘Jumping with joy to have you as a friend’. It adds just the right touch of sweetness to a card that’s already full of heart.

Until next time, happy crafting and happy acorn collecting!

Michelle

Sweet Garden Friends!

Hello everyone!

Michelle here from the Design Team with a cheerful garden card that’s blooming with friendship! These little critters are spending a sunny day surrounded by beautiful flowers, butterflies, and most importantly each other.

Supplies used:

Cacti Critters

Oops A Daisy

Sunflowers - Hey There Critters

Flowers - I Really Dig You

Fence - Ewe Are Moovellous

For this card, I used a mixture of stamped and digital images and all were coloured with alcohol markers with white gel highlights. 

To build the scene, the background is a simple soft sky ink blended with stencilled clouds. I used a grass border die to create the grass where it was ink blended with green inks and then further splatter details were added for texture. 

I arranged and layered everything with liquid glue and foam tape so that the flower bed is full of colour, the white picket fence helps make everything pop and the three friends tending the garden that they have worked hard on.

I think this has to be one of my favourite cards, all the bright colours and the super cute critters! This would be would be perfect to send a little love and appreciation to someone who always brightens your day.

Thanks for reading,

Michelle

Sending Love

Happy Friday! DT Annalisa here and I'm excited to share a card I created using the Oops a Daisy stamp set from Time For Tea Designs. This adorable set features kitties and flowers, two of my absolute favourites!

I started by ink-blending Kitsch Flamingo onto white cardstock, which I then die-cut using the Sweet Scalloped Dies. To add some texture, I applied white splatters using Picket Fence Distress Spray Stain before attaching the panel to a card base with double-sided tape.

Next, I trimmed patterned paper from the Joyful Winter Paper Pad to fit within the stitched lines on the pink panel and secured it with double-sided tape.

For the heart design, I die-cut Ranger Distress Watercolour Cardstock with the Heart Nesting Dies. To add colour, I used Saltwater Taffy, Picked Raspberry, Tattered Rose, and Spun Sugar Distress Watercolour Pencils. I soaked the pencils in water, scribbled the colours onto acetate, and then spritzed the acetate with water. After that, I pressed the acetate onto the watercolour paper repeatedly, heat-setting and spritzing with water as needed. I also incorporated Mica Spray Stains in Cocktail Party and Sugary Gumdrop for extra shimmer.

Using liquid glue, I adhered the heart to the card base.

I then stamped images from three stamp sets: Oops a Daisy,  Fruitful Friends and Squeeze the Day. I colored these images with Copic markers and added accents with a white gel pen.

Finally, I used liquid glue to attach the stamped elements and sentiment, completing the card.

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

Thank Ewe Farm Friends

Happy Friday! It's DT Annalisa, and I'm excited to share a spring farm scene I created using the Ewe Are Moovellous and Ewe Are The Best stamp sets from Time For Tea Designs.

To create the sky section, I used Mermaid Lagoon Distress Spray Stain on watercolour paper. For the grass section, I applied Twisted Citron Distress Paint as a base layer. I added the paint to my glass mat, sprayed it with water, and then repeatedly pressed the watercolour paper onto the glass mat, drying it in between each application. To add texture, I included splatters of Mowed Lawn and Rusty Wilderness Distress Watercolour Pencils.

Next, I die-cut the sky and grass sections using the Waves Cover Die. I also die-cut white cardstock with the same die to create a white outer frame. I adhered this frame to a card base using liquid glue. Then, I added the grass and sky sections inside the frame with additional liquid glue.

I stamped several images from the Ewe Are Moovellous, Ewe Are The Best, and Oops a Daisy stamp sets. After colouring them with Copics, I cut them out using their coordinating dies and added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen.

Finally, I attached the images to the card base using either liquid glue or double-sided foam tape.

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 get 10% off your order.

Ewe Are the Best Spring Card

Hello and happy Friday from DT Annalisa! Today, I’m excited to share a beautiful spring scene featuring the Ewe Are The Best stamp set from Time For Tea Designs.

I started by die-cutting some white Distress White Heavy cardstock from Ranger using the Sweet Scalloped Dies. Then, I ink-blended Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide using a Beautiful Blender Brush through a cloud stencil. I added splatters of Stormy Sky Distress Oxide and water by flicking a wet paintbrush.

Next, I ink-blended another piece of Distress White Heavy cardstock with Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide ink using a blender brush. I also created splatters on this panel using water and Lucky Clover Distress Oxide. After that, I die-cut this panel with a grass die and again used the Sweet Scalloped Dies.

I glued the grass section to the sky panel with liquid glue and then attached both to a card base.

For the focal images, I stamped images from the Ewe Are The Best, Ewe Are Moovellous and Oops a Daisy stamp sets, then cut them out using their coordinating dies. I colored the images with Copic markers and added accents with a white gel pen.

I used liquid glue and double-sided foam tape to adhere the images and sentiment to the card. Finally, I added some sparkle to various elements on the card using a Wink of Stella brush.

I hope you enjoy this cheerful spring 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.

Thinking of Ewe Scalloped Circle Card

Happy Friday, DT Annalisa here! Today, I'm excited to share a vibrant Spring scalloped card featuring the Ewe Are The Best stamp set. I created the shaped card using the Scalloped Circle Dies.

I ink-blended Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide ink onto white cardstock, which I then die-cut with the Scalloped Circle Dies. I attached this inked panel to a card base of the same size using liquid glue.

Next, I die-cut a large circle using the Stitched Circle Dies. For the sky and grass, I ink-blended Tumbled Glass, Twisted Citron, and Mowed Lawn through some stencils from my collection. I added splatter to the sky with Salvaged Patina Distress Spray Stain and to the grass with Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide.

I used double-sided tape to attach the circle panel to the card base.

I stamped images from the Ewe Are The Best, Ewe Are Moovellous and Oops a Daisy stamp sets and colored them with Copic markers. I then used their coordinating dies to cut them out and added accents with a white gel pen.

To complete the scene, I adhered the stamped images and the sentiment to the card using a combination of liquid glue and double-sided foam tape.

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

Thinking of You Every Daisy

Happy Friday! DT Annalisa here sharing a sweet Thinking of You card featuring the Oops a Daisy stamp set and the Scattered Hearts Stencil. This is my most used stencil from Time For Tea Designs!

I ink-blended kitsch flamingo, dried marigold, scattered stray and cracked pistachio Distress Oxides onto an A2 card through the Scattered Hearts Stencil with my Beautiful Blender Brushes. After I removed the stencil, I filled in the white areas left on the card with the remaining ink on the brushes.

I used a stitched rectangle die to trim a white card panel to 4 inches by 5 1/4 inches. I then used one of the Heart Nesting Dies to cut out a heart from the upper center section of his panel. I used 1mm double-sided foam tape to stick this to the card base over the ink-blended area.  

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

I used the Fenced In Dies to die-cut white woodgrain card stock and stuck this to the card with liquid glue. I attached the images to the card base using a combination of liquid glue and double-sided foam tape for dimension.

I stamped and die-cut the sentiment with its' coordinating die and used liquid glue to attach it to 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.

One More Chapter Bookmark

Hello everyone, DT Annalisa here with a colourful bookmark to share with you today that combines both new and older sets from Time For Tea Designs. It is always great to get more use out of older sets with new dies and stamps!

Sets used:

Book Buddies stamp set

Book Buddies coordinating dies

Squeeze the Day

Squeeze the Day coordinating dies

Sweet Cart Critters

Sweet Cart Critters coordinating dies

Oops a Daisy

Oops a Daisy coordinating dies

Scattered Hearts Stencil

Bookmark Dies

I die-cut the large bookmark die from Distress White Heavy cardstock by Ranger. I ink blended abandoned coral, spiced marmalade, squeezed lemonade, twisted citron and peacock feathers Distress Oxide through the Scattered Hearts Stencil with my Beautiful Blender Brushes.

After using the stencil, I used what was left on my blender brushes to fill in the white areas left on the bookmark.

I die-cut the smaller inner piece of the bookmark from vellum. I stamped the 'one more chapter' sentiment using VersaFine Onyx Black ink, sprinkled on Icicle ultra-fine embossing powder by Brutus Monroe (clear), and heat-set it with an embossing gun. I then used a double-sided vellum adhesive to adhere it to the bookmark.

I stamped out my images and used the coordinating dies to die-cut them. I then used Copic Markers to colour the images and added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen.

I used liquid glue to stick the stamps to the bookmark and added Designer Enamel Dots from the Sweet Summer collection.

Finally, I tied teal twine to the slot at the top of the bookmark to make it easier to pull out of a book.

Thank you so much for checking out 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.

Lots of Luck

Happy first Friday in March. DT Annalisa here sharing a bright green card ideal for wishing someone luck on a new challenge or adventure. It features several products from Time For Tea Designs. 

I sprayed Distress Oxide in twisted citron, mowed lawn onto the Flirty Flowers Stencil, and pressed it onto watercolour paper with my fingers. I used a paper towel to soak up the extra liquid. I lifted up the stencil and spayed gently with water.

Once the panel was dry, I die-cut it with the new Sweet Scalloped Dies. I used liquid glue to stick it to a 5 3/4 inch by 4-inch card base.

I die-cut gold and black cardstock with the Lots of Luck Large Sentiment Die. I added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen to the black cardstock and glued this on top of the gold cut-out slightly offset to create a shadow effect. I used double-sided tape to adhere this to the card base.

I stamped and coloured (with Copics) images from Oops a Daisy (cat), Good Luck Critters (mouse, clovers and horseshoes), Just Married (small flowers) and cut them out with their coordinating dies. I added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen. 

I adhered the images to the card base using liquid glue or double-sided foam tape for dimension. I added Glossy Accents by Ranger to various areas of the card and then adhered Designer Enamel Dots from the Festive Fun 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.