Holiday Market Cheer!

Hello everyone!

Michelle here from the Design Team with a Christmas card that’s full of festive cheer. These sweet robins have bundled up and gathered at a holiday market stall for warm drinks, twinkly snow and lots of smiles.

Supplies used:

Seasons Tweetings

Snappy Before Coffee

A5 Woodgrain Stamp

Trees - Snow Much Fun

Bunting - Trick Or Treaters

The snowy night sky is ink blended in deep blues (Salty Ocean and Chipped Sapphire Distress Oxides) with plenty of white splatters and snowflakes die cut from white glitter cardstock for a flurry effect. I added trees and a woodgrain hut to bring the scene to life. 

The hut was made from stamping the A5 Woodgrain stamp in Ground Espresso Distress Oxide onto Kraft cardstock. Once the ink was dry, I traced out the outline of a hut (measuring roughly 3.5 inches x 3.5 inches) in the pencil and then cut it out. I ink blended some more Ground Espresso Distress Oxide around the edges of the hut to give it more dimension before cutting out strips of dark brown cardstock to make the roof and the window ledge.

The characters are all stamped and coloured with alcohol markers, dressed in winter hats and scarves. The string of bright bunting adds the perfect pop of colour above.

I found the perfect simple Merry Christmas sentiment in my stash. I heat embossed this onto red cardstock with white heat embossing powder. 

This card would be lovely to send warm wishes to someone special this holiday season.

Wishing you hot drinks, happy crafting and all the holiday sparkle!

Michelle

Sending Happy Mail

Hello and happy Friday, DT Annalisa here! Today, I am sharing a cheerful, happy mail card I created using the You Got Mail clear stamp set from Time For Tea Designs. The coordinating die set for this collection is currently on super sale, so be sure to grab it while you can!

To create the background, I began with watercolour paper and a combination of Twisted Citron, Salvaged Patina, and Picked Raspberry Distress Sprays. I layered the colours one at a time, heat-setting between sprays to create depth and texture. For a final touch of shimmer, I added a spritz of Peacock Feathers Distress Spritz, which gives the background a beautiful sparkle!

Once the panel was dry, I adhered it to a 5 3/4" x 4 1/4" card base.

Next, I used the Wide Stitched Frame Dies to cut a frame from White Silver Neenah cardstock, then attached it to the background with liquid glue.

For the focal elements, I stamped several images from the You Got Mail stamp set, colored them with Copic markers, and die-cut them with the coordinating dies. I added a few white gel pen highlights using a Gelly Roll pen for extra detail. The cute little acorn is from Jumping With Joy, and the flowers are from Ewe Are The Best, both cut with their matching dies.

I arranged the images on the card front, adhering some flat with liquid glue and others with foam tape for dimension. To finish everything off, I added three Designer Enamel Dots from the Summer Haze collection for a fun pop of colour and shine.

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my project today! Don’t forget to use my discount code T4TANNALISA10 when you shop at Time For Tea Designs to receive 10% off your order.

Smile - Critter Portraits!

Hi Everyone!

Michelle here from the Design Team with a happy little card that’s sure to bring a smile. This bunch of cute critters have all been captured in their post poses for you all to see.

Supplies used:

Hey There Critters

Plant with Heart Leaves - Purrfect Day

Smile Inverted Scallop Frame Dies

Spiky Plant - Home Sweet Home

A5 Woodgrain Stamp

For all the critters, I stamped and coloured them all with alcohol markers and added white gel highlights. For the picture frames, I created them all myself in a design tool before printing them out and colouring them in your traditional frame colours of yellows and browns.

To create the background, I lightly ink blended a piece of white cardstock with Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide with the edges being slightly darker to give it some depth. I then stamped over the ink blending with the spiky plant stamp from Home Sweet Home stamp set in a random pattern to create a cool wallpaper look. 

For the floor, this was created from the woodgrain clear stamp and Vintage Photo Distress Oxide on kraft cardstock.

Once all the main parts were done, I hung up the framed critters on the wall and added plant pot for a cozy finishing touch. 

The sentiment “Smile” sentiment was die cut twice from white cardstock with one of them being ink blended with Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide as the shadow layer. I think it wraps up the card perfectly!

This one would be so lovely to send as a cheerful hello or just to brighten someone’s day.

Hope this card gave you something to smile about!

Michelle

Pamper Yourself

Happy Friday, DT  Annalisa here! Today’s card features the Queen For The Day Printed Cardstock and coordinating dies. The printed cardstock sheets from Time For Tea Designs are absolutely stunning in person, and I always enjoy creating with them!

For the background, I used watercolour paper along with the X Marks the Spot Stencil. I pressed Salvaged Patina, Cracked Pistachio, and Twisted Citron Distress Inks onto the stencil, then spritzed it lightly with water. Placing the stencil ink-side down onto the watercolour paper, I pressed gently for a few moments before lifting it away and heat-setting the ink.

Next, I added some splatter using the same colours with Distress Watercolour Pencils. Once the panel was dry, I die-cut it with a stitched square die from my stash.

For the card base, I created a 5-inch square card and blended Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide across the top panel using a blender brush. I then adhered the stenciled panel to the pink base with liquid glue.

I die-cut the images and sentiments from the Queen For The Day Printed Cardstock using the coordinating dies. Some elements were attached with liquid glue, while others were popped up with double-sided foam tape for dimension. The small shelf is from the Baked With Love Kitchen Add-On Clear Stamp Set, which I coloured with Copics and cut out using the coordinating dies.

To finish the card, I added Summer Haze Designer Enamel Dots.

Thank you so much for stopping by and 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.

Pumpkin Fun!

Hello everyone!

Michelle here from the Design Team with a fun and festive card featuring my two favourite happy crocs on the hunt for the perfect pumpkin. They’ve made their way to the patch, and it looks like they’ve found the one!

Supplies used:

Snappy Before Coffee

Giant Pumpkin - Pumpkin Spice

Pumpkins - Trick Or Treaters

Fence - Ewe Are Moovellous

Pumpkin vines - Purrfect Day

Bold Sentiments

To create the scene, first, I ink blended soft clouds for the sky using Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide. Next I die cut 4 hillsides - 1 from white card stock that I ink blended with Twisted Citron and Lucky Clover Distress Oxides. For the remaining 3 hillsides, this was going to be the mud/ground that the pumpkins are growing in so I die cut them out of kraft card stock to help make things a bit quicker. I added a little bit of ink blending and splattered with Vintage Photo and Ground Espresso Distress Oxide to give it more depth.

I added rows of pumpkins and a cute pick-your-own sign behind a white picket fence to build the scene - all the images were all either stamped or printed and then coloured with alcohol markers. 

The crocs were coloured in bright greens to pop against all those rich autumn tones, and I just love how joyful they look with their prize pumpkin.

For the sentiment, I picked a simple one from the Bold Sentiments stamp set - ‘You are awesome’ as I think it says it all.

To complete the card, I adhered it to some white card stock, leaving a thin frame around it before mounting it onto a card base that I had ink blended a gingham pattern using Carved Pumpkin Distress Oxide.

Thanks for visiting today. Hope you’re enjoying all the autumn crafty goodness!

Michelle

Halloween Trio

Happy Halloween! 🎃 DT Annalisa here, and today I’m sharing my fourth and final handmade Halloween card of the season! This project features a bright alcohol ink background and the adorable Spooky Circle Tags from Time For Tea Designs.

To create the background, I used Ranger alcohol inks, Yupo paper, Ranger blending solution, 99% isopropyl alcohol, and the Tim Holtz Ink Air Blower. The colours I went with are Ranger Indigo, Flamingo, and Amethyst.

Once the Yupo paper was dry, I die-cut it using the Sweet Scalloped Dies and attached it to a card base with liquid glue.

Next, I coloured the Spooky Circle Tags and candy images with Copic markers, then added a few white gel pen accents for extra pop. The stars are from Santa’s Nice List, and the sentiment comes from the Haunted House stamp set. I adhered all the elements with liquid glue.

For a touch of sparkle, I used a Quickie Glue Pen along the edges of a few images and sprinkled on some Lawn Fawn Prisma Glitter. ✨

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my post! Don’t forget to use my discount code T4TANNALISA10 when you shop at Time For Tea Designs to get 10% off your order.

Halloween Critters!

Hello everyone!

Design Team member Michelle here with a spooky-cute Halloween card that’s ready for a frightfully fun night. This little crew of costumed critters has taken over the pumpkin patch and turned it into their very own haunted celebration.

Supplies used:

Hey There Critters

Jumping With Joy

Trick or Treaters Digital Stamps

Candles - Home Sweet Home

Simple Circle Dies

First, I stamped and printed all the images I needed. For the critters, I used a black fine liner to add details so that they were all dressed for the occasion - it was a hard to decide which critter would be which character as I had so many ideas!

The night sky was blended with Wilted Violet, Chipped Sapphire, Salty Ocean and Black Soot Distress Oxides giving wonderful hues of purples and blues, with splattered stars and a glowing moon to set the scene. 

The moon was cut from white cardstock using a Simple Circle die before being ink blended around the edges with Weathered Wood Distress Oxide as well as using a stencil for the moon craters and adding a touch of glitter!

I added soft clouds to the sky to give it that extra spooky feel, a row of gravestones and pumpkins tucked in amongst them to build a playful background for the bunny vampire, bat mouse and sweet little Franken-squirrel.

The sentiment brings it all together. Have a spooktacular fright night. This card is perfect for Halloween happy mail or to add some fun to your festive decorations.

Wishing you a night full of costumes, candy and just the right amount of spooky!

Michelle