Spooky In Pink

Happy Friday! DT Annalisa here, sharing a cute ghost Halloween card that features the Too Cute To Spook sentiment dies and  Trick or Treaters Digital Stamp Collection. I love the size of this sentiment die.

For my project, I used non-traditional colours and ink-blended spun sugar, kitsch flamingo and picked raspberry Distress Oxide inks over a piece of the Halloween 2022 Digital Paper Collection. I added black soot Distress Ink along the edges of the paper to darken it up. I trimmed the patterned paper to 4 1/8 inches by 5 3/4 inches and used double-sided tape to adhere it to a white card base.

I used the Smile Inverted Scallop Frame Dies and the Too Cute To Spook sentiment die to die-cut dark blue card stock. Once die-cut, I sprayed the die-cut blue cardstock with Distress Mica Stain in Shiny Bauble to add shimmer. I love the shimmer and shine you can see in the right light. 

Next, I stamped and coloured (with Copics) the ghost Trick or Treaters Digital Stamp Collection. I added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen. The leaves, acorn and pine cone are from Jumping With Joy and Stinkin’ Cute – these sets are great for all your fall cards. I used my Brother Scan N Cut SDX125e to cut the images out.

I adhered the images, sentiment and vellum outline to the card base using liquid glue or 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.

Let it snow ☃️

Although I am not quite over the hoa hoa hoa season yet, I am moving on to christmas for this week's blogpost! I only just received these adorable little snowman from the Snow Much Fun Clear Stamp Set and I just had to make a card with them! So I stamped three images out of the set and coloured them up with Copic alcohol markers. After that, I cut out the images with my cutter bee scissors. 

After that, I die cut a slimline panel out of white cardstock and blended the background with distress oxides bundled sage, speckled egg, blueprint sketch and seedless preserves. I splattered white acrylic paint thinned with water on top and let it dry. Meanwhile, I die cut a sentiment with the Let It Snow Sentiment Die out of white cardstock, and blended the same colours distress oxide, but just the other way round (top to bottom).

I glued the sentiment onto the panel, and added the cute snowmen with some 3D foam tape. Finished the card by adding glittery snowflakes and adhered the entire scene onto a slimline folded base card.

I really do wish for snow. In winter. Not just yet ;-)

~Ilona~

"Lots of time to relax..." -- Retirement Card

 Hi Tea Timers, welcome back to the blog. Today I am creating a retirement card and I wanted to use the adorable cat images from the 'Queen for a Day' stamp set. I wanted it to look like just a bunch of friends, finally able to enjoy their time now that they get to live the retirement life.

I thought the set would pair well with the 'Baked with Love Kitchen Add-on' stamp set to help create the bathroom.

Sets used:

Queen for a Day stamp set

Queen for a Day Coordinating die set

Baked with Love Kitchen Add-on stamp set

Baked with Love Kitchen Add-on coordinating die set

Flirty Flowers Stencil

Lots of Luck large sentiment die

I first stamped out my images and used the coordinating dies to die cut them out. I then used Copic Markers to color the images.

I then took an A2 Panel and drew a tile floor using one point perspective and a fineliner pen. I trimmed it off so I can adhere it to a background.

To create the background, I took an A2 panel and blended it with Tattered Rose Distress Oxide. Then I took the stencil and blended it over the panel with Saltwater Taffy and Worn Lipstick Distress Oxides.

I took the large sentiment and die cut it out of gold cardstock. I then trimmed off the 'luck' part using scissors.

For my sentiment, I heat embossed it onto teal cardstock using embossing ink and embossing powder and heat set it. I then took the coordinating die for the sentiment and die cut it out. 

I started to work on my card by first adhering the tiled floor onto the background using liquid adhesive. I then adhered the first part of the cabinets and trimmed off the excess part so I can adhere it to the opposite side.

I added the cat in the tub in the middle of the cabinets using liquid adhesive and then added to the two cats in front with foam tape.

I added the accessories to the card using liquid adhesive.

I then started to work on the sentiments by adding the "Lots of" at the top of the carding using liquid adhesive.

I then decided to add the "time to relax" below the cats with liquid adhesive as well to complete the first part of the sentiment.

I hope you enjoyed this blog post today. All of the products I used are linked above. Don't forget to use the code T4TRANDY10 at checkout for extra savings. Happy Crafting!

Too Cute to Spook Kitty

Happy Friday, DT Annalisa here sharing my first Halloween card of the season! It features the Trick or Treaters Digital Stamp Collection and the Too Cute To Spook sentiment dies.

I adhered the spider web patterned paper from the Halloween 2022 Digital Paper Collection to an A6 card base. I framed it with the largest die in the Smile Inverted Scallop Frame Dies that I stuck to the card base with liquid glue.

I die-cut the Too Cute To Spook sentiment from orange card stock in my stash and the outline from vellum. I used liquid glue to adhere both of these to the card.

Next, I stamped and coloured (with Copics) the kitty and pumpkin from the Trick or Treaters Digital Stamp Collection. I added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen. The leaves, acorn and pine cone are from Jumping With Joy and Stinkin' Cute - these sets are great for all your fall cards. I used my Brother Scan N Cut SDX125e to cut the images out.

I adhered the images to the card base using liquid glue or 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.

Halloween brew for you!

Hello!

Something's been brewing in my cauldron mind, and ofcourse it had something to do with Halloween! I wanted to try and transform my favourite standalone die, Takeout Coffee Cup Dies, into something cute 'n spooky! Did it work??

I knew I would be going for a pumpkin-orange coffee cup, so I actually started out with blending the background in complementary colours on a white A6 panel I die cut with the help of the Simple Nesting Dies. I used Distress oxides black soot, blueprint sketch, peacock feathers and twisted citron together with the Boho Tiles 6 x6" Stencil.

I added the sentiment, which I took from The Perfect Blend Clear Stamp Set, with versamark watermark ink and white embossing powder. I adhered the entire panel onto a basic A6 card and die cut a frame with the Waves Cover Die out of white cardstock to go around the panel.

I die cut the coffee cup out of orange cardstock and added distress oxide crackling campfire on the sides to make it look like a rounded shape. I borrowed a little pumkin face, arms, spider and spiderweb from different brand to help turn my coffee cup in very scary halloween pumpkin 🕸🕷

Added a little bit of twisted citron onto the foam to actually make it look like something a witch would brew 😉

Last but not least, I added Ranger glossy accents onto the eyes and mouth for a little shine and adhered the entire cup onto the card using 3D foam tape.

I wish you all a very brewtiful day!

~Ilona~

 

Llama Tell You...

 Hi Tea Timers, welcome back to the blog. Today, I am working with the Llama Tell You Stamp set that I have not worked with before. And now I am wondering why I waited so long because "llama tell you..." they are adorable!

I love the expressions on the llamas and wanted to create a surprise birthday card using them.

Sets Used:

Llama Tell You stamp set

Llama Tell You coordinating die set available here

Mountain Scene Builder dies

I first stamped out my images and fussy cut them out. I then used Copic Markers to color the llamas and accessories. I set them to the side to start working on my background.

I took an A2 panel and die cut out the mountain pieces from white cardstock. On the large mountain piece, I blended it with Antique Linen, Tea Dye and Gathered Twigs Distress Oxides. 

For the mountain caps, I took Antique Linen Distress Oxide and blended it on the bottom of each cap.

I then took a landscape die and die cut it from another A2 panel. I blended it with Mowed Lawn and Twisted Citron Distress Oxides.

For both the mountain and grass piece, I splattered it with white watercolors to give it some texture.

I then took another A2 panel and blended it with Peacock Feathers, Salvaged Patina and Scattered Straw Distres Oxides to create my sky.

I then took the 2 sentiments and heat embossed them onto my card panel using embossing ink and white embossing powder.

To assemble my card, I adhered the mountain pieces first using liquid adhesive. I then adhered the grass piece on top of it.

I added the two awake llamas on either side of the card and the accessories on top of them using liquid adhesive.

I finished the card by adhering the sleeping llama with foam tape.

I hope you enjoyed this blog post today. All items I used are linked above. Don't forget to use the code T4TRANDY10 at checkout for extra savings. Happy Crafting!

Slimline Birthday Treat

Happy Friday, everyone, DT Annalisa here! Today's card is a slimline birthday card I created using the Skies The Limit Slimline Die and the Sweet Cart Critters stamp set. This was the first time I had used this slimline die and I like the cute scene it created.

I created a slimline card base and die-cut the Skies The Limit Slimline Die from white cardstock. I used temporary adhesive on the rainbow die-cut scraps of paper to mask off the rainbow strips.

I ink-blended festive berries Distress Ink, spiced marmalade, squeezed lemonade and salty ocean Distress Oxide from top to bottom on the rainbow using my Beautiful Blender Brushes. Next, I ink-blended salvaged patina Distress Oxide in the sky area of the card base.  

Once all the ink-blending was complete I used liquid glue to adhere the Skies The Limit die-cut to the card base. I added the cloud pieces back into the die-cut and coloured them with my copics to add dimension.

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

The sentiment is from Warm Hugs, the butterfly and worm are from I Really Dig You, the bee is from Fruitful Friends, the flowers are from Ewe Are The Best and the balloons are from Just Married.

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, be sure to use my discount code T4TANNALISA10 when you visit the Time For Tea Designs shop to get 10% off your order.