Christmas Tweetings

Happy last Friday before Christmas! DT Annalisa here and I want to share my favourite Christmas card of the year featuring two adorable birds from the Seasons Tweetings stamp set visiting a lovely Christmas market.

I applied Evergreen Bough and Peacock Feathers Distress Paint to my glass mat and sprayed it with water to create the background panel. I then smooshed a piece of Distress Watercolor cardstock into the paint and heat-set it with my heat tool. I repeated this process a few times for added texture.

Next, I applied Weathered Wood Distress Oxide Spray to the panel, followed by white splatters made with acrylic paint, water, and a paintbrush. Once the panel was dry, I used double-sided tape to adhere it to a card base.

I die-cut several shapes from Distress Watercolor cardstock using the Open The Door Holiday Add-On Die Set. For colouring, I used Distress Watercolor Pencils, water, and a paintbrush to colour the trees (Evergreen Bough, Mowed Lawn), wreaths (Rustic Wilderness, Mowed Lawn), bows, lights, and pots (Picked Raspberry). I added white splatters to the trees and wreaths for additional detail.

I used silver and silver glitter cardstock for the stars, circles, and Christmas ornaments. I assembled the trees, wreaths, and lights, securing them to the card with liquid glue and double-sided tape. To enhance the design, I added a thin strip of patterned paper from the Winter Wonderland Paper Pad 6x6" to the top and bottom of the pots.

I stamped the two birds from Seasons Tweetings, cut them out with my Brother Scan N Cut SDX125e, coloured them with Copic markers, and added highlights with a white gel pen.

Finally, I stamped two sentiments, fussy cut the word "tweetings," and used the smallest rectangle from the Simple Slimline Nesting Dies to cut out "Christmas." I attached these to the card base using double-sided foam tape. To complete the card, I added a white frame that I die-cut with the Smile Inverted Scallop Frame Dies.

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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.

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Big Pink Birthday Wishes

Happy New Year! DT Annalisa here sharing my first creation of 2024 that features the Big Birthday Wishes Large Sentiment Die. I love how this beautiful die fills a card. 

I ink-blended spun sugar, kitch flamingo, lumberjack plaid, and prize ribbon Distress Oxide ink with my Beautiful Blender Brushes to create a pretty pink background. I added splatter with a paintbrush, water and Copic opaque white and Distress Mica stain Cocktail Party. I die-cut this panel with the Simple Square Nesting Dies. 

I die-cut teal cardstock with the 5-3/16 inch die. I used double-sided tape to stick the pink square layer to the teal one, I then glued both of these on top of a square card base. 

I then ink-blended white cardstock speckled egg, salvaged patina and peacock feathers Distress Oxide. I die-cut this panel with the Big Birthday Wishes Large Sentiment Die. I die-cut this into two more pieces of white cardstock and stacked them on top of each other using liquid glue to stick them all together. 

I stamped and coloured (with Copics) the kitty with a party hat from Let’s Party and die-cut her out with the coordinating die. I added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen. I used liquid glue to stick this to the right side of the card. 

I used the Open The Door Holiday Add On Die Set to die-cut several stars using scraps from my ink-blending for the rest of the card. I used liquid glue to stick them on the card. 

I added Clear Bubbles and Summer Haze Designer Enamel Dots to complete the card. 

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Who's at the door....?!

 Hey there tea-timers...

DT Ashlee here with a fun and festive card to share with you. I absolutely can not wait for Christmas, what about you?!

This card features a stamp set from the new release at Time for tea designs called Gingerbread family and it is oh SO cute....

I combined the gingerbread family with a couple of previously released dies to make a Christmas door scene...

- Open the door die

- Open the door holiday add-on die set

- Wide stitched frame dies

To create this card I started by making my card base from a creamy tan coloured cardstock die cut from the wide stitched frames. 

I then die cut all the pieces to create the door and Christmas scenery from a bunch of different coloured cardstock before assembling it all onto the card base. 

The sentiment was stamped with Memento tuxedo black ink and die cut with the co-ordinating die. 

I stamped, coloured and die cut the two sweet little gingerbread and added them onto the doorstep with their yummy treats!!

(These were coloured with Spectrum noir tri-blend markers)

To complete the card a touch of sequins adhered using micro glue dots...

I just love how this card came together and I can't wait to create some more with this brand new set!!

Thanks for stopping by the blog today, happy crafting. Hugs Ashlee.

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Festive Christmas Cheer!

 

Hi Teatimer's it's DT member Natalie here with some Christmas inspiration. I love how Jo has created some festive elements to add to the Open the Door Die set the new set is called Open the Door Holiday Add on Set and comes with lights, a wreath some fun trees and other bits and pieces. It also has a fun element too as it can open, on this occasion though I decided to keep it closed so the wreath and the other details were the main focus along with the mouse (from the Baked with More Love Stamp set) and their huge stack of presents.

It was such a fun card to make and not a lot of colouring involved so nice and easy to make. I did a stencilled background with the new Tiled Wall 6 x 6 Stencil but decided to keep a white on white look and just add texture using an embossing paste. I think this keeps your eye on the main feature but adds a little interest to the background. 

I just love how it all turned out it's such a cute fun Christmas card to make and I can't wait to see your versions. It could be quite simple like mine or you could really bling it up and add more glitter, snow and baubles. Don't forget to share with us when you do and if you want to get any of the products used in my card or anything else in the shop you can get 10% off your orders using code T4TNATALIE10

Have a great weekend and Happy Crafting!