Have a Sweet Day

Happy Friday! DT Annalisa here, summer has arrived, and today I’m sharing a bright and cheerful ice cream-themed card I created using stamps, patterned paper, and dies from Time For Tea Designs.

To begin, I selected a beautiful 9" x 6" piece of patterned paper featuring colourful ice cream lollies. I adhered it to my card base using liquid glue. Next, I used the Simple Square Nesting Dies to create a thin border from yellow cardstock and glued it around the patterned paper to add a pop of colour and help frame the design.

For the focal images, I stamped several adorable critters from the older Cool Critters stamp set and die-cut them using the coordinating dies. I coloured the images with Copic markers and finished them with white gel pen highlights for extra detail and dimension.

To create the focal panel, I die-cut a piece of thick vellum using one of the Scalloped Circle Dies. I then adhered the coloured images and sentiment to the vellum using liquid glue. To keep the adhesive from showing through the vellum, I placed it strategically behind the images and sentiment before securing the vellum panel to the card base.

I love how the bright colours and playful ice cream theme capture the fun feeling of summer.

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Simply The Zest

Happy Friday! DT Annalisa here and I’m sharing a bright green thank-you card that I created using stamps and dies from Time For Tea Designs. To create the vibrant background, I used Twisted Citron Distress Paint.

I started by placing several drops of Distress Paint onto a piece of acetate and spritzing it with water. I then repeatedly pressed the acetate onto Distress Watercolour Paper, spritzing the paper with water to help the paint spread and blend. I repeated this process several times, heat-setting between layers to build up colour and create a textured background.

Next, I die-cut a thin frame from Distress Watercolour Paper using the Simple Square Nesting Dies. I coloured the frame with Distress Watercolour Pencils in Weathered Wood, Lost Shadow, and Hickory Smoke, then adhered it to the green background. The completed panel was then glued to an A2 card base.

For the focal images, I stamped the fruit from Squeeze the Day, die-cut them with the coordinating dies, and coloured them with Copic markers. I added white gel pen highlights for extra detail and interest. The adorable mouse is from Sweet Cart Critters and was also die-cut using the coordinating die set.

Finally, I adhered the images and sentiment using a combination of liquid glue and 1mm double-sided foam tape for added dimension.

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Welcome Baby!

Hello Tea Timers!

Michelle from the Design Team here and today I am sharing the most adorable little baby card that is just bursting with colour and charm! 

Supplies used:

Love Is In The Air

Balloons - Hey There Critters

Sweet Summer Paper Pack

Smallest Square - Simple Square Nesting Dies

For the background I used a polka dot patterned paper in white and teal from the Sweet Summer paper pack, giving a fresh and playful feel without being too busy. It's the perfect backdrop to let all those colourful elements shine!

The main focal point is a set of fun baby building blocks spelling out "baby" in the most gorgeous mix of pink, yellow, blue and teal shades. I blended each block with soft ink to give them a little depth and dimension. Peeking up from behind the blocks are three of the cutest little characters - a fluffy lamb, a sweet bunny and a little grey cat, each with the rosiest cheeks. They look like they are ready to celebrate in style!

Floating above the whole scene are a bunch of cheerful balloons in the same shades as the blocks, coloured with alcohol markers to give them that lovely shiny, rounded look. The whole design is layered up onto a soft mint green base card which frames everything beautifully and ties all those pastel tones together.

To finish things off, a little gold "welcome" sentiment, heat embossed onto a banner and placed right at the bottom of the blocks, adding just the right touch of warmth and sparkle.

This card would be a wonderful way to say "welcome to the world, little one!" and I think it is safe to say this little trio of animals would agree!

Michelle

Valentine Sweets

Happy Friday! DT Annalisa here, and today I’m sharing a sweet Valentine’s Day card featuring the Sweet Cart Critters stamp set from Time For Tea Designs. I used Distress Watercolour Pencils along with the Scattered Hearts Stencil to create a soft, pretty water coloured background.

For the background, I started with watercolour paper and the Scattered Hearts Stencil. I soaked Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry, Tattered Rose, and Seedless Preserves Distress Watercolour Pencils in water, then scribbled them directly onto the stencil. After lightly spritzing the stencil with water, I placed it ink-side down onto the watercolour paper and gently pressed for a few moments before lifting it away. Next, I spritzed the paper with water to help the colours spread. After heat-setting the ink, I added splatter using the pencils and a watercolour brush.

I ink-blended Speckled Egg onto a 1 1/4" x 4 3/4" white cardstock panel. Using a blender brush, I then ink-blended Salvaged Patina through the Tiled Wall 6 x6" Stencil.

I adhered both inked panels to a square 5 1/4" card base using liquid glue. I die-cut a patterned paper frame using the Simple Square Nesting Dies and glued it onto the card base.

I stamped several images from the Sweet Cart Critters stamp set, coloured them with Copics, and cut them out using the coordinating dies. I added white gel pen details with a Gelly Roll Pen. The butterflies are from Squeeze the Day, and the sentiment is from Sweet On You. I used 1mm double-sided foam tape to adhere the images to the card for added dimension.

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Adventure Awaits New Driver Card

Happy Friday, DT Annalisa here! It is time for another congratulations card, as another of my beautiful nieces has gotten her driver's license! Once again, the Adventure Awaits stamp set was perfect to create a card to help celebrate the occasion.

On a panel of watercolour, I used Squeezed Lemonade, Picked Raspberry, Peacock Feathers, and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Ink Re-inkers with water and a paintbrush. I added splatter using Picket Fence Distress Spray Stain. Once the panel was dry, I die-cut it using the Simple Square Nesting Dies and adhered it to a dark grey card base with liquid glue. I added white stitched lines with a Gelly Roll Pen for interest.

I stamped several images from the Adventure Awaits stamp set onto watercolour paper, coloured them with Distress Watercolour Pencils, and cut them out with the coordinating dies. I added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen and used liquid glue to adhere the images to the card.

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.

Watercolour Ocean Scene

Hello, and happy Saturday, DT Annalisa is back again today! I wish I could be out on a boat in the ocean right now. Today, I’m excited to share my project featuring the new Boat Buddies stamp set from Time For Tea Designs.

To create the front panel of the card, I used an Evergreen Bough Distress Watercolour Pencil. I soaked the pencil in water, then scribbled it on acetate, pressing it onto watercolour paper to transfer the colour. Once the panel dried, I die-cut it using the Simple Square Nesting Dies and Stitched Circle Dies.

For the background panel, I utilized Squeezed Lemonade and Saltwater Taffy Distress Watercolour Pencils. I adhered this panel to a square card base with liquid glue. 

I stamped several images from the Boat Buddies stamp set, coloured them with Copics, and cut them out using the coordinating dies. I added accents with a white gel pen from a Gelly Roll Pen. The compass and birds were from the Adventure Awaits stamp set.

Next, I die-cut vellum with the Ocean Waves Dies and colored it with a blue Copic marker. I used liquid glue to attach it to the back of the blue-green watercolour panel.

I stuck the boat to the card base using liquid glue and stamped the sentiment and birds above it. I then used double-sided foam tape to adhere the blue-green panel to the card base.

Finally, I used liquid glue to attach the remaining stamped images in the four corners of the card base.

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Sunflowers and a Smile!

Hello Everyone!

Michelle here from the Design Team and for today’s inspiration, I have a cheerful little mouse to give you sunflowers and a smile!

I thought I would try something different and create a clean and simple card with some soft colours compared to my usual style of bright colours and a busy scene. 

Here are the stamp sets and dies used:

• Mouse and sunflowers - Hey There Critters
• Cart (this is the bottom half of the coffee cart ) - Snappy Before Coffee
• Foliage - Seasons Tweetings
• Smile sentiment - Smile Inverted Scalloped Frame Dies
• Simple Square Nesting Dies

To start off, I stamped all my images out on white cardstock, coloured them in with alcohol markers and highlighted them with a white gel pen. I then arranged the flowers and foliage together like a bouquet with the mouse peeking out to give a bit of whimsy.

Next, I die cut a piece of white cardstock using the 6th square die (counting inwards from the largest) from the Simple Square nesting die. I then used some Saltwater Taffy Distress Oxide ink as a watercolour to create the soft pink background. Once that part was dry, I splattered some more Saltwater Taffy ink.

For the sentiment, to give it some height, I die cut this twice and glued them together - once from white cardstock and once from cardstock that I ink blended with Saltwater Taffy Distress Oxide ink to help it tie in with the background.

When all parts were ready, I adhered everything down with liquid glue and foam tape to create the final card.

The clean and simple style was harder that I thought but think I got halfway there! Overall, I liked how the card turn out and hope it brightens your day. 

Happy Crafting,

Michelle

You're Always On My Nice List

Happy Friday from DT Annalisa! I’m excited to share a fun Christmas card featuring the new stamp set, Santa’s Nice List, along with beautiful patterned paper from Time For Tea Designs.

I die-cut a 5 1/8-inch square of striped paper from the Winter Wonderland Paper Pad (6x6") using the Simple Square Nesting Dies. I adhered this square to a card base with double-sided tape.

Next, I trimmed another piece of patterned paper from the same paper pad using the Scalloped Circle Dies. I then ink-blended it with Lumberjack Plaid Distress Oxide, using my Midi Beautiful Blender Brush.

I used the Stitched Circle Dies to die-cut a lovely design from the Winter Wonderland Paper Pad for the background scene. I attached this background to the scalloped patterned paper panel with a tape runner. I used 1 mm double-sided foam tape to give the card some dimension to adhere both pieces of patterned paper to the card base.

I stamped the trees and heart from Seasons Tweetings, along with Santa and his reindeer from Santa’s Nice List. After colouring them with my Copic markers and adding accents with a white gel pen, I cut them out using my Brother Scan N Cut SDX125e.

Using liquid glue, I attached the stamped elements to the card. I took the smallest die from the Simple Slimline Nesting Dies to trim around the sentiment and glued it onto the card as well.

I added Designer Enamel Dots from the Festive Fun and Clear Bubbles sets to complete the card.

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Lime All Yours Bunnies

Happy Friday, DT Annalisa here today I share a lime-coloured punny card. Who doesn't love a good pun? I combined new and older Time For Tea Designs stamp sets to create this scene.

I started by adding several drops of twisted citron Distress Paint onto my glass matt and spraying it with water. I pressed water-coloured cardstock into the paint several times to create a bright green background.

Once the background was dry, I used the Simple Square Nesting Dies to die-cut it out. I then glued it to a 4 1/2 inch by 4 1/2 inch card base.

I used the same die set to cut some patterned paper to a 4-by-4-inch square. I then used the Heart Nesting Dies to cut into this patterned paper. I also cut a 4-inch by 1/2-inch piece of green patterned paper and glued it to the bottom area.

I stuck down vellum paper on the card base in the area where the heart opening was. I then used liquid glue to adhere the green patterned paper to the card base.

I stamped and coloured (with Copics) two bunny images from Blooming Bunnies, the lime from Squeeze the Day and the butterfly and bee from I Really Dig You. I cut the images out with their coordinating dies. I added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen.

I used double-sided foam tape to stick the bunnies, lime and sentiment to the card base. I used liquid glue to stick the butterfly and bee.

I used the letters in 'lime' from the Appletini Puffy Alpha Stickers and stuck them above 'all yours' in the center of the heart opening in 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 In A Melon

Happy Friday! DT Annalisa here sharing a colourful fruit-filled card I created using the new Fruitful Friends stamp set and coordinating dies. I combined these with the Slimline Postage Stamp Frame Dies that are on a super Summer SALE until August 18th!

I used Tim Holtz Distress Sugary Gumdrop Mica Stain, Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide Sprays on water-coloured cardstock. I love the shine the mica stain gives! Once the panel was dry, I trimmed it to 4 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches and glued it to an A2 card base.

I die-cut vellum with the Slimline Postage Stamp Frame Dies. I then used the  Simple Square Nesting Dies to die-cut four small squares from white card stock. I ink-blended two with abandoned coral Distress Ink and two with twisted citron and mowed lawn Distress Oxides. I added stitched lines along the outside of each square with a white Gelly Roll pen.

I stamped and coloured (with Copics) several images from Fruitful Friends and cut them out with their coordinating dies. I added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen. The butterfly is from I Really Dig You, I die-cut it with the coordinating dies.

I used liquid glue to adhere the squares to the vellum postage die-cuts. Next, I glued the stamped and coloured images to the small ink-blended squares and then used double-sided foam tape to adhere them to the card base.

I die-cut the letters 'melon' from white card stock using Anthony's Alpha Dies. I ink-blended the top of each letter with abandoned coral Distress Ink and the bottom with twisted citron and mowed lawn Distress Oxides. I added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen.

I die-cut the same letters from black cardstock and glued the ink-blended letters to these (slightly offset to create the look of a shadow). I used double-sided foam tape to adhere the letters to the card base.

I masked off the word 'melon' from the 'you're one in a melon' sentiment stamp, and inked it with Versafine Onyx Black. I trimmed it down with a slim rectangle die and used double-sided foam tape to stick it to 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.

Colourful Easter Wishes

Happy Friday! DT Annalisa here sharing a colourful Easter card using several Time For Tea Designs products. I love the colourful giant eggs featured on this card.

I used the Simple Square Nesting Dies to die-cut Neenah Metallic cardstock for the back panel, which I glued onto a 5 and 1/4-inch white cardstock base. I used the same simple square nesting dies to cut a 4 and 7/8-inch inner square panel that I ink-blended squeezed lemonade, tumbled glass and kitsch flamingo Distress Oxide over a cloud stencil using my Beautiful Blender Brushes. I added white splatter with a paintbrush, water and Copic opaque white, picked raspberry and peacock feathers Distress Oxide.

I used twisted citron, mowed lawn and rustic wilderness Distress Oxide for the grass.

I die-cut watercolour paper with the Eggstra Special Slimline Add-On Horizontal Die and used the large egg cutouts for this card. I used saltwater taffy, abandoned coral, worn lipstick and picked raspberry Distress Ink on the pink egg; squeezed lemonade and fossilized amber on the yellow egg; and salvaged patina and peacock feathers on the teal egg. 

I pressed the Distress Ink pads onto my glass matt, sprayed the coloured ink with water and pressed the eggs into this to colour them. I added white splatter with a paintbrush, water and Copic opaque white.

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

I sprayed Distress Mica Stain in Cocktail Party onto watercolour paper. Once this dried, I added white splatter and die-cut it using the Easter Wishes Large sentiment die. I cut three layers using this die from white cardstock and glued them together for dimension. I then glued this to the card.

I then added the coloured eggs and critters using a combination of double-sided foam tape and liquid glue. 

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Pink Birthday Party Bunny

Happy Friday. DT Annalisa here sharing a sparkly pink birthday card, because who doesn't love pink and sparkly! I used a stencil, dies and stamps from Time For Tea Designs. 

I used the Simple Square Nesting Dies to die-cut Neenah Metallic cardstock for the back panel. I glued this onto a white cardstock card base. 

Next, I sprayed Distress Mica Stain Cocktail Party onto watercolour cardstock through the Diamond Burst 6 x 6" stencil. I heat set the ink and then spritzed water mist to create the light pink background in the white areas left behind. I stuck this to the card base with double-sided tape.

I ink blended peacock feathers, salvaged patina and tumbled glass Distress Ink to white cardstock. I scooped some white Perfect Pearls into a mini mister and added water, spritzed this onto the inked panel and then heat set it. 

I used the Square Label Dies to die-cut the teal-inked panel and a piece of vellum. I used liquid glue to stick the teal panel to the vellum one. I then glued this to the card base.

I used the Let’s Party Large Sentiment Die to die-cut silver metallic paper and paper from a Christmas cracker; I love being able to repurpose paper! I created a text shadow using silver paper by offsetting the text slightly when I glued the sentiments on top of each other. I glued these to the centre of the blue panel on the card base and added three pink Summer Haze Enamel Dots around them. 

I stamped and coloured (with Copics) several images from the Let’s Party stamp set and the stars from Happy Trails and cut them out with their coordinating dies. I added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen. I used double-sided foam tape to stick these to the card base 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.