Cheers to 2024

Happy Friday, who is ready to start 2024? DT Annalisa here and my project today is a Happy New Year's card featuring the You’re Engaged stamp and Happy New Year Sentiment Die.

I used the Stars Stitched Cover Die to cut white heavy stock and ink-blended the cutout cardstock with black soot, chipped sapphire, prize ribbon, broken china and tumbled glass Distress Oxides.

The stars were ink-blended with mustard seed and queezed lemonade Distress Oxide. I added white splatter with a paintbrush, water and Copic opaque white. I adhered both portions of the die-cut cardstock to an A2 card base with liquid glue. 

I die-cut red patterned paper with the Happy New Year Sentiment Die and ink-blended it with lumberjack plaid Distress Oxide using my Beautiful Blender Brush. I added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen. 

I added dimension by die-cutting the same die three times with white cardstock and using liquid glue to stack up the layers. I stuck the sentiment to the card with liquid blue.

I stamped and coloured (with Copics) images from You’re Engaged (car, kitties, bubbly) and Let’s Party (balloon and sentiment) and cut them out with their coordinating dies. I added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen. 

I added dimension to 'Let's Party' by die-cutting the outline three times with white cardstock and using liquid glue to stack the layers. I used liquid glue to adhere to the card base.

I used liquid glue for the balloon and foam tape for the kitties in the car. I added Festive Fun Designer Enamel Dots to complete 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.

Hello, hello....

 Hello there Tea-timers...

Today I'm sharing a hello card that I made using die's from Time for Tea designs with a touch of pretty sequins!

T4T products used :

- Hey, hello, hi dies

- Flirty flowers cover die

To create this card I started by die cutting the flirty flowers cover die from a teal blue cardstock. I then backed the die cut piece with black card stock to fill in the open portions. 

Using the hello die I die cut it three times from yellow card and three times from black card before adhering together with liquid glue and adhering to the card base with foam tape to add dimension.

To complete the card I added a touch of pretty yellow sequins adhered with micro glue dots (I love these things, they are perfect for sequins!).

I hope you enjoyed my die cut card, I love just using dies on my creations sometimes when I might not be feeling like colouring. 

Happy crafting friends, hugs Ashlee.

Merry Christmas!

 Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Tea Timers! I hope everyone is having a wonderful and joyous day filled with family and love. I am so sad that Christmas is almost over but wanted to share one last Christmas card before we head towards the New Year.

I wanted to create a scene of a family bringing home a Christmas tree because it's never too late to celebrate with family.

Sets used:

You're Engaged Clear Stamp set

Coordinating die set

You're Engaged Stamp and Die bundle available here 

Snow Much Fun Clear Stamp set

Coordinating die set

It's Penguin-ing to Look A Lot Like Christmas Stamp set

Anthony's Alpha Dies

Slimline Mini Village die set

Slimline Hillside Scenes die set

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

I then die cut a hill piece and the mini village twice from white cardstock. I blended the hill piece with Black Soot and Weathered Wood Distress Oxides to create a road. I then blended the pieces with Salvaged Patina to give it a snow look.

On an A2 panel, I blended Kitsch Flamingo, Picked Raspberry and Seedless Preserves Distress Oxides. I splattered all my pieces with white water color. 

I heat embossed the word 'Christmas' onto teal cardstock with white embossing powder and trimmed it down. 

I diecut the word 'MERRY' from the alphabet dies. 

I assembled the car by gluing the tree on top of the car and then wrapping twine around the tree. I then adhered the passengers into the car. To complete my card, I assembled my card using liquid adhesive and foam tape. 

I hope you enjoyed this blog post today and I hope you have a wonderful day! Links to the products I used are above and don't forget to treat yourself today and use the code T4TRANDY10 at checkout.

Happy crafting and Happy Holidays!

Interactive Christmas Card

Happy Friday! DT Annalisa here today sharing a festive interactive card as we are just days away from Christmas! It features the Open The Door Die and some adorable Time For Tea Designs critters. 

I created the background with the Tiled Wall 6 x 6" Stencil by spraying on lumberjack plaid Distress Spray Stain and water on some high-quality watercolour cardstock. I used the left-over ink that remained on the stencil after using it for another background. I placed watercolour cardstock on the inky stencil and pressed it down firmly. I carefully lifted the cardstock and sprayed it liberally with water to create this beautiful effect. 

I adhered this 5-by-5-inch panel to a white card base and added a snowy hill using the Landscape Edge Standalone Die. I ink-blended lost shadow Distress Oxide ink onto the stairs area of the Open The Door Die and stuck it on top of the snowy hill on the bottom center of the card.

I ink-blended prize ribbon Distress Oxide ink onto the woodgrain cardstock and then splattered it with water. I die-cut the inked woodgrain cardstock and a silver metallic paper with the door die. I glued a piece of white paper to the back of the door so that I could stick it in the silver sections of the door. 

Next, I trimmed white cardstock to fit behind the door frame. I used the Tiled Wall 6 x 6" Stencil and lost shadow Distress Oxide ink to create the inside wall of the house. Antique linen Distress Oxide ink was ink-blended for the floor. 

I stamped and coloured (with Copics) images from Snow Much Fun, It's Penguin-ing to Look A Lot Like Christmas, Baked With More Love and Let’s Party and cut them out with their coordinating dies. I added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen. I glued these to the inked background 'wall' cardstock. I then glued this scene in behind the door frame so that it would peak out when you open the door. 

I used liquid glue to stick the door panel and it's' inside to the front of the card. I didn't own the Open The Door Holiday Add-On Die Set (I do now! as I grabbed it in the awesome Black Friday sale!), so I decorated it with mistletoe from It's Penguin-ing to Look A Lot Like Christmas and holly from Gingerbread Family - Our House to Yours.

The elements on the front are from Let’s Party (the small red present), Lucky Ducks and It's Penguin-ing to Look A Lot Like Christmas. I coloured these elements with Copics and stuck them down with liquid glue.

Finally, I added the 'HO HO HO' from the Sentiment Cards – Winter Wonderland White to complete this 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.

Happy birthday....

Hey there Tea-timers...

DT Ashlee here with my weekly Time for Tea designs inspiration....

This week my card is a birthday themed one featuring a cute fox and lots of birthday yummies!

T4T products I used to create this card....

- Birthday fox

- Birthday cake

To create this card I started with a white card base and masked off the bottom portion so that I could ink it up with Twisted citron distress oxide ink. Once I'd filled the top portion with ink I stamped a bunch of the images over it from the birthday cake set using peeled paint distress oxide ink...

I gave it a splatter of black paint and then once it was dry I stamped the sentiment "happy birthday" using Memento tuxedo black ink.

I stamped, coloured and die cut some images from the birthday fox set before adhering them to the card base using foam tape. A touch of sequins and the card was complete!

A simple yet sweet birthday card for the birthday celebrations card stash...

Thanks for stopping by. Happy crafting, hugs Ashlee. 

Thank You Card

 Hi Tea Timers, welcome back to the blog. With all of the Holidays quickly approaching, I thought it would be a great time to start working on Thank You cards! I have been making Thank You cards to have them ready whenever I receive a card or gift.

Sets used:

Walrus Be Friends stamp set

Coordinating die set available here

Stamp and die set available here

Thank You Sentiment die set

Landscape Edge Standalone die set 

I first stamped our my images and used the following Copic Marker colors to color them: E00, E11, E13, E15, B00, B01, B02. I then fussy cut them out. Coordinating dies are available for this set as well.

To create my background I blended Cracked Pistachio, Twisted Citron, Scattered Straw, Worn Lipstick and Picked Raspberry on an A2 Panel.

On a second panel, I die cut two ocean pieces using one of the hill dies. I then blended it with Peacock Feathers and Salvaged Patina. I splattered white water color all over both pieces along with the background.

After the background dried a bit, I took the Thank You sentiment die and die cut it out of the background. I added piece of rose gold cardstock to the back so that the word pops.

To assemble my card, I adhered my ocean pieces first using liquid adhesive. I then adhered the walrus on the rocks. I added the sheets of ice and then the remaining walruses using foam tape.

I hope you enjoyed this blog post today. Do you make your own Thank You cards as well? All of the sets I used are linked above. Don't forget to use the code T4TRANDY10 at checkout.

Happy Holidays and Happy Crafting! 

Sweet Gingerbread Christmas

Happy Friday! DT Annalisa here sharing a sweet mini slimline Christmas card featuring the Gingerbread Family - Our House to Yours stamp set from Time For Tea Designs. This is an adorable stamp set that is perfect for Christmas cards.

I die-cut dark blue cardstock using the rectangle in the Mini Slimline Scallop Die set. I sprayed the blue cardstock with Distress Mica Stain in Snow flurries. It is hard to see in photos, but I love the shimmer and shine that Mica sprays add to projects. 

I used liquid glue to stick the blue panel to a wide card base (6 1/2 by 3 5/8 inches). Next, I die-cut white cardstock using the same die set to create a mini scalloped frame and used liquid glue to adhere it to the card. I added 'snow' to the sky using a white metallic marker.

I stamped and coloured (with Copics) several images (and the 'have a sweet Christmas sentiment) from Gingerbread Family - Our House to Yours and cut them out with their coordinating dies. I added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen. The little bird is from Love Is In the Air and it was cut out with the coordinating dies.

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

MEOW....!!

 Hello lovely Tea-timer friends...

DT Ashlee here with a kitty cat themed card for today....

"YOU HAD ME AT MEOW"!

Time for tea designs products used for this card are :

- You had me at meow sentiment dies

- Pawsome prints stencil

- Home is where the heart is stamp set

- Home is where the heart is co-ordinating dies

To create this card I started with a mustard yellow card stock that I added partial paw print stencilling too with Catherine Pooler ink. I went on to die cut the sentiment, base from black card and then white for the wording that I added ink blending too for a fade of colour. This was adhered to the card base using foam tape to start adding dimension. 

Using a couple of images from the home is where the heart is set I stamped, coloured and die cut them before adhering to the card. These were coloured using Spectrum noir tri-blend markers. 

To complete the card a touch of pretty sequins adhered using micro glue dots (I love these things for adhering sequins, they are the best!)

That's all for my card today, what do you think?!

Happy crafting, hugs Ashlee. 

"No stinkin' way... I love you!"

 Hi Tea Timers, welcome back to the blog. I am taking just a small break with Holiday cards and thinking ahead to the new year! I wanted to create a cute Valentine's Day card, which I know is months away but always good to get ahead!

Sets used:

Stinkin' Cute clear stamp set

Coordinating die set

Winter Trees die set

Landscape Edge standalone die set

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

I took an A2 panel and blended a cloudy sky using a cloud stencil with Worn Lipstick and Tattered Rose Distress Oxides.

I then diecut out the winter trees and blended them with Gathered Twigs and Antique Linen Distress Oxides. Wither another A2 Panel, I die cut out 2 grass pieces and blended them with Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn

For the sentiments, I heat embossed them onto some sky blue cardstock using embossing ink and white embossing powder. I then die cut them out using the coordinating dies.

To assemble my card, I first adhered the winter trees using liquid adhesive. After, I trimmed off any excess parts. I then adhered the grass pieces using liquid adhesive as well.

I decided where I wanted the skunks to go and used a mix of liquid adhesive and foam tape to adhere them onto the background. I then adhered the sentiments using foam tape at the top.

I hope you are inspired to get a head start on Valentine's day cards or which sets you are wanting to use. All of the sets I used are linked above. Don't forget to use the code T4TRANDY10 at check out for extra savings. 

Happy Crafting!

Merry Penguins

Happy Friday! DT Annalisa here sharing a sparkling penguin Christmas card that features the Mistletoe Kisses Digital Stamp Collection from Time For Tea Designs. I paired this with some beautiful patterned paper and dies.

I trimmed patterned paper from the Winter Wonderland Paper Pad 6x6" to 5 1/2 by 4 1/4 inches and used double-sided tape to stick it to an A2 card base. I die-cut white cardstock with the Falalala Scalloped Slimline Dies, trimmed the two longer sides to 5 1/2 inches and ink-blended them with peacock feathers Distress Oxide. I used liquid glue to adhere these to the sides of the card.

Next, I ink-blended peacock feathers and lumberjack plaid Distress Oxide onto white cardstock and trimmed out the letters 'merry' in alternating colours. I added sparkles to the bottoms of each letter with a Quickie Glue Pen and Lawn Fawn Prisma Glitter and then used double-sided foam tape to stick them to the card.

I used a stitched circle die in my stash to cut out a 3 1/4-inch circle from white card stock. I ink-blended salvaged patina and peacock feathers Distress Oxides onto the circle with my Beautiful Blender Brush. I added white splatter with a paintbrush, water and Copic opaque white.

I sized, printed and coloured the two penguins with my Copics and cut them out with my Brother Scan N Cut SDX125e. The mistletoe is from It's Penguin-ing to Look A Lot Like Christmas; I coloured and die-cut it with the coordinating dies. I added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen. 

I applied liquid glue to the bottom of the circle and added Lawn Fawn Chunky Glitter on top. I then glued the penguins and mistletoe. I used double-sided tape to adhere the circle panel to the card. I added Sweet Summer Designer Enamel Dots 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.

Q U E E N

 Hello there Tea-timer's...

It's your crafty friend DT Ashlee here with some new T4T inspiration for you!

This week my inspiration features the super cute Queen for the day set. I just love this adorable set, it's perfect for making cards for all the special queen's in our lives!

To create this card I started with a pink cardstock base, I then used Catherine Pooler Be mine ink to make a bit of a pink ombre background. Once I was happy with the background blend I gave it a splatter of black paint!

Using the Anthony's alpha die I die cut then Q U E E N sentiment using a light grey card and a black card before adhering together slightly off set to create a shadow. This was then adhered to the card base with foam tape to start adding dimension.... 

The sub sentiment was stamped directly onto the card base with Memento tuxedo black ink. I stamped, coloured and die cut all the images from the Queen for a day set then adhered these also to the card base with foam tape. The bath was covered in WOW! sparkles for a pretty effect!

To complete the card some pretty sequins....

That's all for my card today, I hope you enjoyed it! Happy crafting, hugs Ashlee.

Sing into the Holidays with our favorite Penguins!

 Hi Tea Timers, welcome back to the blog. I am continuing the Holiday inspiration with another card featuring the adorable penguins. I wanted to highlight the FaLaLaLaLa die as well that comes with the slimline set.

Sets used:

It's Peguin-ing to Look A Lot Like Christmas Stamp set

Coordinating die set

Walrus Be Friends stamp set

Coordinating die set

Beach Scene Builder stencil

Falalala Scalloped Slimline die set

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

To create my background, I first took the wavy side of the stencil and blended it with Peacock Feathers and Salvaged Patina Distress Oxides on the lower half of an A2 Panel. On the top part of the panel, I blended Worn Lipstick and Tattered Rose.

I then splattered white water color over the panel.

I die cut out the sentiment from gold cardstock. I then arranged my images and sentiment so I knew where I wanted to adhere them

I used a mixture of liquid adhesive and foam tape to adhere the images and sentiment onto the card.

I hope you enjoyed this blog post today. All items that I featured today are in stock and linked above. Don't forget to use the code T4TRANDY10 at checkout for some savings!

Happy Crafting and Happy Holidays!

Slimline Christmas Houses

Happy December, DT Annalisa here and I am kicking this month off with a CAS (clean and simple) slimline Christmas card that I created using three dies and no stamps. I rarely do this, but I really enjoyed making this card. 

I used the Simple Slimline Nesting Dies to die-cut a white panel and some blue cardstock. I sprayed the blue cardstock with Distress Mica Stain in Shiny Bauble to add shimmer. I love the shimmer and shine that Mica sprays add to projects. 

I used liquid glue to adhere the blue panel to the white panel and a slimline card base. I used the Slimline Mini Village Die to cut white cardstock that I then glued to the card. 

I ink-blended lumberjack plaid Distress Oxide onto white cardstock and then used Anthony's Alpha Dies to cut out the letters to create the word 'Christmas.' I added sparkles to the bottom of each letter with a Quickie Glue Pen and Lawn Fawn Prisma Glitter.

I used liquid glue to stick the letters to the card base. Next, I added Designer Enamel Dots Clear Bubbles to complete the card. 

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

JOY with gingerbread

 Hey Tea-timer friends...

DT Ashlee here with a joyful bit of inspiration for you featuring a bunch of super cute gingerbread men by Time for Tea designs!

I used these T4T products on this card :

- Gingerbread family

- Joy

To create this card I started with a light grey card base. I masked off a rectangle before covering with a blend of distress oxide inks in shades of blue. Once I was happy with the blend I gave it a splatter of white paint then removed the mask...

I die cut the Joy sentiment from white and black cardstock before adhering to the centre of the card with foam tape. using the "from our home to yours" sentiment I stamped that directly on the card base top and bottom using Memento Tuxedo black ink!

Using the gingerbread family set I stamped, coloured and die cut a bunch of the images. These were all coloured using Spectrum noir tri-blend markers. I added white gel pen highlights and adhered them to the card using varying levels of foam tape also 

To complete the card a touch of T4T clear bubbles enamel dots...

This card is now complete and ready for the festive season, bring on December, Hello Christmas!!

Happy crafting, hugs Ashlee. 

"Dachshund through the snow"

 Hi Tea Timers, welcome back to the blog. The Black Friday sale its still ongoing and there are so many sets currently on sale like that one I will be featuring on the blog today.

Now that we are under a month away from Christmas, I have more holiday card inspiration to share. Today, I wanted to feature the Stop Dachshund Around stamp set and the clever sentiment "Dachshund  through the snow."

Sets used:

Stop Dachshund Around stamp set

Stop Dachshund Around coordinating die set

Pawesome Prints Stencil

Landscape Edge Standalone Die set

I first stamped out my images and used the coordinating dies to diecut them out. I then used the following Copic Markers to color the dachshunds: E000, E00, E11, E13, E15, E17. For the accessories I used: R20, R22, R24, YG21, YG23, YG45.

To create my background, I took an A2 panel and blended it with Seedless Preserves, Worn Lipstick and Tattered Rose Distress Oxides. 

I then heat embossed the sentiments and the snowflakes directly onto the panel using embossing ink and white embossing powder. I splattered this panel with white watercolor.

I took another A2 panel and die cut out two hill pieces. I blended the top parts with Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide. Using the paw print stencil, I blended it with Salvaged Patina as well to make it look like there are paw prints in the snow.

To assemble my card, I first adhered my hill pieces using liquid adhesive. I then adhered the two dachshunds using foam tape.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial today. All of the supplies I used are linked above. Don't forget that the sale ends soon!

Happy Crafting and Happy Holidays!

You Had Me At Coffee

Happy Friday, DT Annalisa here with another coffee-themed card - I have been on a roll for the last few weeks! I created this card using the large You Had Me At Meow Sentiment Dies that I adjusted to read 'You had me at coffee' by adding the Coffee Sentiment Die. It is always fun to get more use out of dies like this!

I used the Large Scallop Celebrate Frame Dies to cut out watercolour paper on which I ink blended ground espresso Distress ink through the Coffee Beans 6 x 6" Stencil. Next, I applied tea-dye Distress Oxide Spray and heat set the panel. I then added ground espresso Distress Ink splatter using water and a paintbrush. 

I die-cut teal cardstock with the 'You had me at meow' and 'coffee' sentiment dies and then ink blended peacock feathers Distress Ink for a deeper colour. I ink smooshed ground espresso Distress Ink onto the coffee text for added texture. I die-cut vellum with the coffee shadow die and used liquid glue to adhere it to the 'coffee' text. 

For the images on this card, I used Snappy Before Coffee (coordinating die set) and It's Penguin-ing to Look A Lot Like Christmas (coordinating dies) that I coloured with Copics and added white gel pen accents. 

I die-cut the letters/text three times for dimension and glued them all together with liquid glue. I then used liquid glue to adhere all the elements to the card.

I added stickles for sparkle on the bottom of all the letters and some of the images.

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.