Get Well Soon!

 Hi Tea Timers, welcome back to the blog. DT Randy here sharing a new card with my current favorite style of backgrounds. I love using the images in a stamp set to create a fun background, perfect to complete with a wonderful sentiment.

Sets used:

Get Whale Soon stamp set

(Coordinating die set available here)

Get Well Soon Large Sentiment Die set

I first took an A2 panel and arranged where I wanted the whales and gnarwal to go first in the middle. After stamping them, using a stamp platform, I then removed the sea creatures and rearranged them to fit the perimeter of the card.

I made sure to leave space for the little accessories that are part of the set. I stamped my second set of sea creatures, I removed those stamps and arranged where I wanted the bandaid, nurse hat, bottle and pill bottle to go and stamped them. Any additional empty spaces, I stamped the same pieces again.

With any remaining space left, I stamped the pills in the those areas.

I then used the following Copic Marker Combos to color the images:

Y11, Y13, Y15, Y19

YG21, YG23, YG45

YR12, YR14, YR16, YR18

BG10, BG11, BG13, BG15, BG18

V01, V04, V05, V06, V09

I then decided I wanted to use some accessories on the sea creatures and so I stamped out the bandaid and hat several times and fussy cut them out. I used the same combos as above to color them and adhered them onto the respective creatures using liquid adhesive.

I then took the sentiment and cut it out of teal and gold cardstock. To complete my card, I first adhered my gold cardstock as I wanted it to be the shadow. I then adhered my teal cardstock slightly askew. 

I hope you enjoyed this post today and will feel inspired to create a fun background as well. If you enjoy any of the items that I used today, check out the links and use the code T4TRANDY10 at checkout.

Happy Crafting!

Sending coffee...

 

Hi everyone, DT Emma here sharing how I made this kitchen themed card. I personally don't start a day without coffee and I wanted to use the kitchen stamps from the Baked with Love Kitchen Add on. 

I started my background my cutting a piece of 4 inch by 5.25 inch white cardstock, using the coffee stain stamp from the Coffee Lover stamp set stamped it out various times using a mixture of Ground Espresso Distress Oxide ink and Vintage Photo Distress Oxide ink. I used Ground Espresso to create some splatters across the cardstock and inked a light layer of Vintage Photo round the edge. 

For the images, I stamped and die cut the images from the Baked with Love Kitchen Add on and used the following copic markers to colour them:

G46, BG15, E33, T1, T4, T5, T6 and YR23. 

I die cut the letters to make "Coffee" from black card stock and then used the "Sending you" stamp from the Loads of Love stamp set to complete the sentiment. 

Once I had created the kitchen scene and adhered the sentiment to the background I adhered the whole piece to a black piece of cardstock at 4.25 inch by 5.5 inch. 

I hope you love this as much as I do! If you are shopping on the site this weekend don't forget to use my code T4TEMMA10 for 10% off. 

See you again next time! 

Welcome to the Neighbourhood

Happy Friday, DT Annalisa here, my Time For Tea Designs project is a card that would be perfect to welcome someone new to the neighbourhood. These adorable houses from Sweet Village are so fun to colour; I love the tiny elements in the stamp set (bushes, sweets, coffee and ice cream).

I created a slimline card base (8.5 by 3.5 inches) and used the Concord & 9th inks Aqua Sky and Sprout to ink blend on the sky and grass with my Beautiful Rainbow Blender Brushes. I used a cloud stencil in my stash for the sky and used low tack tape to mask it while I ink-blended the grass.

I added splatter in both colours using a paintbrush and some water for added interest.

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

The small grouping of flowers, birds and the bee are from the stamp sets Just Married, Love Is In the Air and Oops a Daisy respectively. 

I adhered the images to the card base using liquid glue or double-sided foam tape for dimension.

The congrats sentiment is from You’re Engaged I stamped and die-cut it with its coordinating die. 

I used the New Home Sentiment Dies to cut into black cardstock. I used foam tape to adhere the letters to the card. I added white gel pen accents to all the letters with a Gelly Roll Pen. 

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.

DIY Kitchen Background - Something Sweet Just for You!

 

Hey there, Tea Timers!!  It's Amanda back today with a DIY kitchen background, starring the Baked with Love Kitchen Add On and Baked with More Love Stamp Sets!

To make this background, we're going to start with a white panel trimmed to 4" x 5.25".  Draw a line 1.75" from the bottom of the panel, using a pencil.

Then, using a ruler, make a vertical yellow line every .25" with a yellow pen.

Next, make a pencil dot in the center of your panel 1" from the TOP.  Line your ruler up to the dot and straight down the panel.  Draw a pencil line. For every line you make, ensure your ruler is lined up to the dot.  By eye, make a line every .5" or so.

Once you have all those lines drawn, make horizontal lines approximately every .5".  Then, use a marker to fill in staggering squares, like the image below!

Now that your background is complete, let's add some adorable kitchen supplies!  Stamp your images from the Baked with Love Kitchen Add On and Baked with More Love with black alcohol marker-friendly ink.  Then, color the images with Copic markers and die cut the images with the coordinating die sets.

Don't forget your sentiment!  Stamp the sentiments on black cardstock with WOW! Embossing Glue and then apply white embossing powder.  Use your heat tool to melt the powder and then trim the sentiment down using a trimmer and scissors for the edges.

Thank you so much for stopping by the Time for Tea Designs blog today!  I hope you feel inspired and find some crafty time today!

Xx, Amanda

Here's the scoop....!

 Hey there Tea-timer friends...

DT Ashlee here and today I've got a box card to share using the box clever die set. This was so much fun to make and I really can't wait to make another one! You can create such cool little scenes inside them and it flattens perfectly to send in an envelope.

Other Time for Tea designs products I used to make this box card :

- Scene builder die

- Slimline hillside scene dies

- Cool critters stamp set

- Cool critters co-ordinating die set

To create this card I die cut the box base from blue card stock and then went on to die cut all the pieces to create the scene. I added green splatters to the green card stock for the trees/grass before die cutting those pieces. I adhered the background pieces along with the grass in place first before adding the panels to hold all the elements. Once the panels were in I created the scene and added a kitty from cool critters with yummy ice creams. These were coloured with Spectrum noir tri-blend markers. Once the scene was complete and the box was all adhered together I finished it off with a cloud, sentiment and bush on the front of the box along with a touch of sequins! 

Isn't it just the cutest?! I hope you enjoyed this box card, I will definitely be making another one soon!

Thanks for stopping by, Happy crafting. Hugs Ashlee.

Christmas in July: Big Winter Hugs!

Hi friends, how are you? Keeping with the Christmas in July theme which I've been really enjoying this month, I made this cosy sweater-themed card using Time for Tea Designs products.

I started by ink-blending my background - I used the Cosy Sweater stencil and ink blended milled lavender and faded jeans distress oxides, overlapping them in the middle to create a new purpley-blue colour. At this point, I didn't like how stark the white card looked against the sweater pattern when I removed my stencil, so I ink blended a light amount of the same colours over the top.

Next, I ink blended some white cardstock with the same colours, but also adding in hickory smoke at the bottom. I die cut the sentiment "Big Hugs" from this, then die cut two more from white cardstock and stacked them together for dimension. I die cut the shadow from white and added my sentiment to this, before placing it on my ink blended panel with foam tape.

I did like the clean and simple look of the card, but decided to add just a couple more details - first I trimmed down the sub-sentiment from T4T's pre-printed sentiment strips, and added it with thin foam strips. Then I die cut some snowflakes from the Falala slimline scalloped die set and added them with liquid glue.

To finish my card, I trimmed the ink blended panel down and added it to a white card base.

I hope you enjoyed today's card and I'll see you soon!

Let It Snow

 

Hi crafty friends, DT Miri here again with another Christmas In July card project. I am back with another Christmas card - whether it be in December or July - there's never enough Christmas for me!!! Today I will be featuring the It's Penguin-ing To Look A Lot Like Christmas stamp and the Let It Snow sentiment die. Such cute images to make this quick and easy Christmas card. So let's get started.......

I started off by cutting and scoring a piece of  dark red cardstock to create a card base that measured 4.25 x 5.5 inches. I then trimmed a panel of white cardstock to measure slightly smaller. I then die cut the Let It Snow sentiment - three times in white for the background and once in red for the front. I glued these all together and set it aside to dry.

On the white panel, I ink blended a sky scene using Distress Oxide inks - Tumbled Glass, Mermaid Lagoon, Prize Ribbon and Chipped Sapphire and then splattered with some watered down gouache. I let a section on the bottom white, but drew in some snow banks with Copic B000, B01.

I moved on to the penguin images. I stamped the images from the It's Penguin-ing To Look A Lot Like Christmas stamp in a Copic friendly ink and coloured with Copic markers. I added highlights with a white Gelly Roll pen.  For today's card I have used the following colour combinations......

BV29, 25, 23, R29, 27, 24, B97, 95, 93, YR09, 07, 04, G02, 00, R30, Y15, 11, 00

I fussy cut the images, although there is a coordinating die available. I added the die cut sentiment to the panel and tucked in one of the penguins under the sentiment. I then added the rest of the images to the bottom of the card panel. The panel was then glued to the card base and that completes today's card.

I hope you are inspired to get started on your Christmas cards some time soon. I will be back again next Tuesday with another card project. Don't forget you can get 10% off your online purchases by using my code - T4TMIRI10.

Have a great week xx

Ewe Are the Best!

Hi Tea Timers, welcome back to the blog. DT Randy here with one more card featuring the Ewe Are the Best stamp set! I love the images of the sheep jumping in the air and wanted to make them the focal point of my card.

Sets Used:

Ewe Are the Best stamp set

Ewe Are the Best Coordinating die set

(Stamp and Die cord. collection available here)

Landscape Edge Standalone Die

I first stamped out my images and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. I used the following Copic Markers to color the sheep: W-0, W-1, W-3, W-5, W-7, 

W-9, E00, E11. 

For the tree and the grass I used YG21, YG23, YG45.

For the fence, I first die cut it using the coordinating die. I then took my A2 panel die and then lined it up to cut out the fence fully. I took that same A2 panel and cut out a second hill piece using the landscape die. For this piece I decided to blend it with Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn Distress Oxides.

I took another A2 panel and with a cloud stencil, I blended Scattered Straw for the first 2 clouds and for my final clouds, I blended Salvaged Patina.

On both the background and hill pieces, I splattered white water color over it to give it some dimension.

With the sentiment, I heat embossed it onto pink cardstock using white embossing powder. I used the coordinating die to cut it out. I love that the sets include coordinating dies even for the sentiments.

To assemble my card, I used a mix of liquid adhesive and foam tape to adhere all of my elements.

I hope you enjoyed this blog post today. If you like any of the sets that I used, check out the links above and use the code T4TRANDY10 at checkout for a little savings. Happy Crafting and have a wonderful week!

Thanks a Llama ..

Hi everyone, DT Emma here sharing how I made this super fun piñata thank you card showcasing the Llama Tell You stamp set. 

I started by picking out four pieces of coloured card in light blue/teal and pink/coral I then cut them into an inch a quarter strips. Then either using a tassel die or with a pair of scissors cut fringe strips into the card leaving a quarter inch edge to each strip. Once I had cut each strip I affixed a quarter inch piece of double sided tape on to each strip and adhered them in steps down a 4.25 inch by 5.5inch card base and cut off any excess. Then with a second piece of 4.25 inch by 5.5 inch card I cut a 1/7th inch border to adhere on top of the fringe. 

I stamped and die cut the three llamas from the Llama Tell You stamp set, along with the blanket and sombrero. I used the following copic markers to colour them in:

White Llamas : W1 and W3 (using E53 for the face and R43 and R35 for the rug of one of them)

Brown Llama : E34

Llama noses : R81

Blanket : BG13, BG11, RV32 and R81

Sombrero : E53, R43 and TG13

I then stamped and die cut the sentiment "Thanks for everything" from the Big Sentiments stamp set. 

I finished the card by adhering multicoloured sequins to the fringing to give a bit of sparkle. 

I hope you love this card as much as I do. If you are shopping on the site this weekend don't forget to use my code T4TEMMA10 to get 10% off. 

See you again next time. 

 

New Home

Happy Friday, DT Annalisa here sharing a card for someone who has just purchased a new home! The Sweet Village stamp and coordinating die set were perfect for this card. I LOVE the tiny kitty and bushes in this set.

I glued the cloudy sky-patterned paper from the Brighter Days 6x6' Paper Pad to an A6 card base. I die-cut the frame using the Stitched Window Cover Die and used double-sided foam tape to stick this down to the card base.

I stamped and coloured (with Copics) several images from the Sweet Village stamp set and cut them out with their coordinating dies. I added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen. The bow on one of the houses is from Santa Paws Clear Stamp Set (retired - but you could use any small bow here), I used the coordinating dies after I coloured it pink.

I die-cut the New Home Sentiment Dies into patterned paper in my stash and the frame from vellum. I glued the letters onto the vellum and used double-sided foam tape to stick this to the base of the card. 

I used liquid glue to adhere the remaining stamped elements to the card to complete it. 

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.

Pig Out! The Diet Starts Tomorrow

 

Hey there, Tea Timers!!  It's Amanda back today with a clean and simple, but OH SO ADORBS card using the Workout Pigs Stamp Set!  

BONUS!  This set is on sale now!!  Grab yours before the run out!

This card is SUPER simple to make and doesn't require any special dies!

First, I've cut 2 panels that measure 3 3/4" x 2 3/8".  I've blended a bit of Catherine Pooler Shea Butter ink on the background. 

Next, I stamped my sentiments directly onto the panels.

On a separate piece of alcohol marker friendly white cardstock, I stamped my images from the Workout Pigs Stamp Set.  I colored them with Copic markers and then die cut them out with the coordinating dies.  I attached them to the panel with 3D foam squares.

A super simple and easy card that is just too cute! 

Thanks for stopping by the Time for Tea Designs blog today!  I hope you enjoyed this card and feel inspired to make something fun today!

Xx, Amanda

COOL birthday!

 Hey there Tea-timers...

DT Ashlee here and today I've got a new card to share featuring the Cool critters stamp set from Time for Tea designs...

To create this card I started with a yellow card stock that I die cut the rays cover plate from. I then backed it in a different shade of yellow card stock to fill the die cut pieces!

I heat embossed the "have a cool birthday" sentiment on black card stock with WOW! Opaque bright white embossing powder and die cut it using the co-ordinating die...

Using the cool critters set I stamped, coloured and die cut a selection of the images before arranging them onto the card to create a little ice cream scene! These were adhered using foam tape to add dimension!

To complete the card I added white highlights with a gel pen to the images and a touch of sequins. 

Thank you so much for checking out my card today, I really hope you like it and it's inspired you to get a bit of crafty time in. Till next post happy crafting, hugs Ashlee. 

Falalala

 

Hi crafty friends, DT Miri here and I'm back with another Christmas In July themed card. Have you started making your Christmas cards yet? Today I am using the Falalala Scalloped Slimline die along with the Snow Much Fun stamp. Such fun images to create with. Let's get started on today's card.....

I started off today's card by getting all of the panels cut and die cutting done. So to begin, I die cut the Falalala Scalloped frame in navy blue cardstock and then die cut the Falalala sentiment twice in red cardstock. I glued the sentiments together and set aside to dry. I cut and score some 100lb white cardstock to create a card base that was slightly larger than the frame. Lastly I cut two slim pieces of the red cardstock to use as edging.

I then stamped the images in a Copic friendly black dye ink and coloured with Copic markers. Once dry I added Gelly Roll highlights. For the coluring I have used the following Copic combinations - 

R29, 27, 24, B16, 14, 12, YG09, 07, 23, 01, N8, 6, 4, 2, R20, E44, 43, 42.

Once the images were completely dry, I fussy cut them - although there is a coordination die available.

On another piece of white cardstock I ink blended the sky using Distress Oxide inks - Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean and Prize Ribbon. Making sure to only blend just over half way down the panel, to create a snow effect. I then added white Gelly Roll snow. I trimmed the panel and glued into the scalloped frame and then glued the two red strips. 

I added the trees, snowmen and sentiment into place and glued this to the card base. That completes the card for today. It's clean and simple but oh so Christmassy!! I hope this might inspire you to get started on your Christmas projects.

Don't forget if you want to get a 10% discount on your purchases at the online store, use my coded - T4TMIRI10.

See you again next Tuesday, have a great week...... xx

Calling all coffee lovers: "We Are the Perfect Blend"

 Hi Tea Timers, welcome back to the blog! DT Randy here, a true coffee addict and back with another coffee card. I wanted to create a scene that hints at a group of friends or family coming together and sharing cups of coffee.

Sets used:

Coffee Lover Stamp set

(Coordinating dies available here)

The Perfect Blend Stamp set

Coffee Beans Stencil

Coffee Stains Stencil

Memory Keeping Essential Dies

I first stamped out the coffee mug image 6 times and fussy cut them out. There are coordinating dies available as well. I used the following Copic Marker combos to color each mug:

Pink: RV21, RV23, RV25

Purple: V01, V04, V06

Blue: BG11, BG13, BG15, BG18

Green: YG21, YG23, YG45

Yellow: Y11, Y13, Y15, Y17

Orange: YR12, YR14, YR16, YR18

For the coffee portion I used E11, E13, E15 combo and E23, E25, E27.

I then took each coffee cup and heat embossed the foam using white embossing powder. I did this to all 6 of my cups and I love the way that it looks. 

I then set the mugs to the side and started to work on my background. I first took the Coffee Bean stencil and blended it with Tea Dye and Gathered Twigs Distress Oxides. I then took the Coffee Stains stencil and blended it with Antique Linen.

To create my sentiment, I wanted it to look like a gift so I decided on us the gift tag die from the Memory Keeping Essentials set and punch a hole at the top using a hole punch. I first heat embossed my sentiment using white embossing powder and a heat gun. I thought it looked too bare so I took 2 of the coffee bean stamps and with embossing ink stamped it around the tag. Then heat embossed it with more white embossing powder.

I took twine that I had in my stash and tied it to the tag and trimmed off any extra twine.

To assemble my card, I decided on adhering the coffee mugs with liquid adhesive around the the edge of the card. I trimmed off any pieces that went over. I then adhered the tag using foam tape and placed it in the middle.

I hope you enjoyed this blog post today and will check out all of the products that I have used today. If you want to purchase any of the sets, click on the link(s) above and use the code T4TRANDY10 at checkout for some savings. Happy Crafting!

Relax... take it easy!

Hi everyone, DT Emma here sharing how I made this weeks card! Can we just start with how cute are these sloths! Adorable. They totally deserve to be shown off in a sleepy, relaxing card. 

I started off this card by cutting a piece of the white alcohol ink friendly cardstock to 4.25 inch by 5.5 inch. I then used a circle die cut piece of card to ink blend the sky background using Distress oxide colours in Chipped Sapphire, Blueprint Sketch and Tumbled Glass. I then used a mixed of Distress oxide inks in Picket Fence and Lost Shadow to create some shadow effects on the moon. 

I die cut and coloured the images I wanted from the Be Slothy stamp set and the Home Sweet Home stamp set, using the following copic colours:

Leaves: YG21, YG23, YG25, YG05, YG09 and YG17

Sloths: W00, W1, W3 and W5

Branches: E23, E25 and E27

Armchair: R89, R29 and R27

Candle and holder: E23, T0, TR04 and Y35

Blanket: V12 and V15

Mug: B97, B45 and B41

I then cut a quarter inch from either side of the long edge of the background piece so that I can create a sentiment edge on my cardbase. I took at 4.25inch by 5.5 inch card base and secured it in my misti and using the small sentiments from the Be Slothy stamp set I stamped out the words "Be Slothy", "take it easy", "let's hang out", "zzzz" and "Relax" on both sides using black archival ink. 

Once I had those edges stamped I adhered my background piece to it and then adhered my coloured images to create the scene. 

Hope everyone is having a great weekend and finding time to RELAX. Don't forget if you are shopping on the Time for Tea site today you can use my code T4TEMMA10 to get 10% off. 

See you again soon!