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.

Boo!

Hello everybody!

Halloween is near, and I'm here for it! I have no idea who to send all these Halloween cards to, but I enjoy making them so much that I will just continue doing so 😅 This week I played with the Trick or Treaters Digital Stamp Collection again. I colored the critters and pumpkins with my Copic markers and cut them out with a Brother Scan 'n Cut machine.

Made a sentiment with my friend Anthony by cutting the letters that spell BOO in white and in black cardstock. When glueing the letters together, I make sure a little black is seen to create the illusion of shade.

For the background I die cut a panel out of white cardstock with the Simple Nesting Dies - A6 and blended Distress oxides Kitsch flamingo and Dried marigold. I used the large scalloped rectangle from the Sweet Scalloped Dies and glued both rectangles on top of each other.

I adhered the critters, the pumkins and the sentiment onto the background using 3D foam tape. To finish the card, and make it even more sweeter, I added some pink enamel dots. 

Thank you for reading this short, but sweet, blog. Hope you have a lovely day!

~Ilona~

"Sorry It's Late..."

 Hi Tea Timers, welcome back to the blog. Today, I am creating with an older set that I adore. I have been wanting to create again with these adorable sloths and thought it would be fun to give them a colorful background.

This is going to be a quick and easy card, which I love since sometimes, you dont have much time to prepare a card and need one on a whim.

Sets used:

Be Slothy stamp set

Be Slothy coordinating die set

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

I used the following Copic Marker combos:

E70, E71, E74

E00, E01

E23, E25, E27

YG23, YG25, YG45

I then took an A2 panel and blended it with Abandoned Coral, Fossilized Ember, Mowed Lawn and Peacock Feathers Distress Oxides.

With some white watercolor, I splattered it over the panel to give it some interest and to look like stars.

I then adhered my sloths onto the card using liquid adhesive. Once I added the to the card, I took the "zZzz" stamp and stamped it directly onto the card panel using black ink.

I then added the image of the butterfly, flying around and stamped it onto the panel as well using black ink.

For my sentiments, I heat embossed them onto pink cardstock with white embossing powder.

I then trimmed the sentiments down and adhered them onto my cardstock using foam tape.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial today. The set I used is linked above. Don't forget to use the code T4TRANDY10 at checkout for some savings. Happy Crafting!

Cherry On Top

Happy Friday, everyone, DT Annalisa here! Fall, my favourite season (Spring is a close second), begins in just a few days, so I am sharing a shaped card with autumnal colours. What is your favourite season?

I added several drops of dried marigold Distress Paint onto my glass matt and sprayed it with water. I pressed water-coloured cardstock into the paint several times to create a bright orange background.

I heat set the panel and sprayed on carved pumpin and tea dye Distress Oxide Spray. Once the panel was dry, I die-cut it with the Square Label Dies and added white gel pen accents to the corners. I created a card base using the Square Label Dies and used liquid glue to adhere to the orange panel.

I die-cut plaid patterned paper with the Scalloped Circle Dies and ink-blended the edges with spiced marmalade Distress Oxide ink and my Beautiful Blender Brush. I adhered it to the card base with double-sided foam tape.

I stamped and coloured (with Copics) images from Fruitful Friends (cherries and sentiment), Book Buddies (kitty), and I Really Dig You (butterfly) and cut them out with their coordinating dies. I added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen.

I used liquid glue to adhere the images and sentiment to the card. I added glossy accents to the cat's glasses and the butterfly to add interest.

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.

Too cute to spook 👻

Goodday all!

Last week I mentioned my favorite season is fall. In my case, this also means I'm fond of Halloween 🧡💚💜 I especially enjoy the aesthetics of the holiday on cards. Time for tea has got the perfect digital stampset for that! You can find it HERE, it's called 'Trick or Treaters' and it's packed with cute critters dressed up for Halloween!

So I started off by printing the set on smooth white cardstock, suitable for alcohol markers. I colored them with my Copic markers and used my Scan 'n Cut machine to cut them out.

Next up was creating a background and sentiment. I used the Simple Nesting Dies - A6 to cut out a panel for blending. Blended using dried marigold, kitsch flamingo, seedless preserves, blueprint sketch and black soot. After it dried, I splattered water and white acrylic paint on top of it. I used the same combination on another smaller piece of cardstock and used this to cut out the Too Cute To Spook Sentiment. 

I adhered the background to a panel which I made using the largest of rectangles from the Sweet Scalloped Dies. I added the sentiment and the critters using 3D foam tape and some enamel dots in corresponding colors which finished my card!

Do you enjoy creating Halloween cards as much as I do? Let me know!

Spooky greetings,

~Ilona~

"You are the PUMPKIN SPICE in my latte"

 Hi Tea Timers, welcome back to the blog. As we are getting into the fall season, I wanted to start off the new season with a card featuring one of my favorite ingredients: Pumpkin Spice!

I am combining older and newer sets for my scene and background. I wanted to show two friends enjoying their drinks together.

Sets used:

Warm Hugs stamp set

Warm Hugs Coordinating die set

Pumpkin Spice stamp set

Pumpkin Spice Coordinating die set

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 took an A2 panel and masked off the bottom 1/3 of the panel with low tack tape. I then blended the top portion with Rusty Hinge, Ripe Persimmon, Carved Pumpkin and Spiced Marmalade Distress Oxides.

I then let the ink blending dry for a bit. I took the anti-static powder and dabbed it over the blended part. Using the pumpkin stamp and embossing ink, I stamped it over the blended background several times.

I poured white embossing powder over the stamped images and then set it with a a heat gun.

For my sentiments, I first stamped out "you are the" onto the bottom portion of the card panel with black ink. 

Once I got to the "pumpkin spice" portion of the sentiment, I thought it would be nice to tie the color back to one of the inks that I used to blend the background. So I stamped "pumpkin spice" with the Rusty Hinge Distress Oxide.

I then completed the sentiment by stamping "in my latte" with black ink.

To complete my card, I added the two critters above the sentiment using foam tape, overlapping them just a bit.

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

Thinking of You Every Daisy

Happy Friday! DT Annalisa here sharing a sweet Thinking of You card featuring the Oops a Daisy stamp set and the Scattered Hearts Stencil. This is my most used stencil from Time For Tea Designs!

I ink-blended kitsch flamingo, dried marigold, scattered stray and cracked pistachio Distress Oxides onto an A2 card through the Scattered Hearts Stencil with my Beautiful Blender Brushes. After I removed the stencil, I filled in the white areas left on the card with the remaining ink on the brushes.

I used a stitched rectangle die to trim a white card panel to 4 inches by 5 1/4 inches. I then used one of the Heart Nesting Dies to cut out a heart from the upper center section of his panel. I used 1mm double-sided foam tape to stick this to the card base over the ink-blended area.  

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

I used the Fenced In Dies to die-cut white woodgrain card stock and stuck this to the card with liquid glue. I attached the images to the card base using a combination of liquid glue and double-sided foam tape for dimension.

I stamped and die-cut the sentiment with its' coordinating die and used liquid glue to attach it to 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.

Fall is a real treat!

I love all things fall! The colors, the smell, the food, even the weather! And since our summer holiday has ended, I long for fall. No wonder my cardmaking is going in that direction as well 🍂 So here's my fall themed card for this week!

I started off by stamping and coloring the cute critters from the Enjoy the Little Things Clear Stamp Set, and cutting them using the coordinating dies.

Next up, I used 3 rectangles from the Simple Nesting Dies - A6 set. The two smallest sizes in white cardstock and the bigger one in color (Lawn fawn canned pumpkin).   

With the help of the 6x6 Scene Builder Stencil and Mustard seed distress oxide, I added clouds to the smallest rectangle. I blended vintage photo and walnut stain oxides on another strip of cardstock en cut it out to fit the bottom of the clouded rectangle. I added paint splatters on both pieces and glued them together once the paint had dried. 

Next thing to do was BIG fun for me: scower through all of my fall themed paper packs to find that one perfect design paper! I used the largest rectangle from the Sweet Scalloped Dies to cut it out and adhered all the rectangles together using thin double sided tape. I used a nice ochre color cardstock for the sentiment. Stamped on the sentiments with versamark watermark ink and used white embossing powder with my heating tool. I love how the white pops off the ochre background! 

I added the critters, the sentiments and additionally some enamel dots to the card using foam tape (1mm and 0.5mm) which finished up this project. It's on my card display right at this moment and I am so in love with the colors! I hope you like it too and would enjoy seeing lots of your fall themed cards it the nearby future as well!

All the best,

~Ilona~

"A Toast to You!"

 Hi Tea Timers, welcome back to the blog. Today I have another card where I create a background with just one stamp image. This time I wanted to focus on the toast image that is in the 'We Got Together' stamp set.

I wanted to pair this background with a "punny" sentiment that I created using dies and words in other sets. 

Sets used:

We Got Together stamp set

We Got Together coordinating die set available here

Anthony's Alpha dies

I first took an A2 panel and stamped the toast image around it. I made sure to stamp at different angles to fill the background.

I then stamped out several more images of the toast on a separate piece of cardstock and fussy cut them out.

To color my different toast, I used the following Copic Marker color combos:

Avocado Toast: YG21, YG23, YG45

Butter Toast: Y32, Y35, Y38

Nutella Toast: E23, E25, E27

Grape Jam on Toast: BV11, BV13, BV17

Strawberry Jam on Toast: R22, R24, R27

I made sure to alternate colors when I was coloring each toast. 

I then die cut out the word 'toast' twice from teal and pink cardstock. I decided to die cut it out of teal cardstock to create the shadow.

Using the various sentiments, I masked off certain words to isolate the phrases "a" and "to you" to complete my sentiment. I heat embossed them onto teal cardstock using white embossing powder and embossing ink. 

I then trimmed down these sentiments and worked on adhering them onto my card with the word 'toast' first.

I adhered the teal letters first using liquid adhesive and then the pink letters slightly over them.

I then took the two sentiment strips and using liquid adhesive. With the toast images that I stamped separately, I added them on top of the background using foam tape to complete my card. 

All items I used are linked above. Don't forget to use the code T4TRANDY10 at checkout for extra savings. Happy Crafting!

One More Chapter Bookmark

Hello everyone, DT Annalisa here with a colourful bookmark to share with you today that combines both new and older sets from Time For Tea Designs. It is always great to get more use out of older sets with new dies and stamps!

Sets used:

Book Buddies stamp set

Book Buddies coordinating dies

Squeeze the Day

Squeeze the Day coordinating dies

Sweet Cart Critters

Sweet Cart Critters coordinating dies

Oops a Daisy

Oops a Daisy coordinating dies

Scattered Hearts Stencil

Bookmark Dies

I die-cut the large bookmark die from Distress White Heavy cardstock by Ranger. I ink blended abandoned coral, spiced marmalade, squeezed lemonade, twisted citron and peacock feathers Distress Oxide through the Scattered Hearts Stencil with my Beautiful Blender Brushes.

After using the stencil, I used what was left on my blender brushes to fill in the white areas left on the bookmark.

I die-cut the smaller inner piece of the bookmark from vellum. I stamped the 'one more chapter' sentiment using VersaFine Onyx Black ink, sprinkled on Icicle ultra-fine embossing powder by Brutus Monroe (clear), and heat-set it with an embossing gun. I then used a double-sided vellum adhesive to adhere it to the bookmark.

I stamped out my images and used the coordinating dies to die-cut them. I then used Copic Markers to colour the images and added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen.

I used liquid glue to stick the stamps to the bookmark and added Designer Enamel Dots from the Sweet Summer collection.

Finally, I tied teal twine to the slot at the top of the bookmark to make it easier to pull out of a book.

Thank you so much for checking out 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.

Precious Pastel

Goodmorning / afternoon / evening all!

Once again, I have taken out the Book Buddies A6 Stamps and their coordinating dies to create a card this week. I do have a lot of 'bookish' friends, but I also have to admit that this particular stampset is becoming one of my favorites.

Just look at that cute cat peeping over his book! 💚

If you look back on this blog, it might be visible that I mostly tend to use bold and bright colors, so for this card I deliberately dared myself to only use pastels.

I started off by coloring the stamped images and left out the darkest color of my Copics combinations, creating less contrast and sticking to the soft look pastels have.

   

The background was made by die cutting a piece of smooth white paper with the largest Sweet Scalloped Die. I used masking tape to create a rectangle in the middle, leaving the scallops and stitched lines white. I blended Distress oxides salvaged patina and tattered rose and splattered with rose gold paint thinned with water.

After I gave it some time to dry, I stamped on the sentiment with watermark ink, and heat embossed with white powder. Using 3D foam tape, I adhered the stack of books and the critters on top of the background and added a few clear enamel dots around the scene. And ofcourse, last thing I did, was adding Ranger glossy accents to the glasses!

I'm quite happy how soft the card looks and that I managed to tone it down a bit for once. I might do this more often, it's a great way of using the same stamp set differently! 😀

Enoy your day!

~Ilona~ 

"To my favorite bookworm..."

 Hi Tea Timers, welcome back to the blog. I have another card to share with you today that combines both a newer and older set. As you can tell, I adore the Book Buddies set and feel like it can match with so many sets!

I wanted to create a scene that depicts two types of individuals when they are being read to: the one who is engaged to the story and listens and the one who falls asleep easily.

Sets Used:

Book Buddies stamp set

Book Buddies coordinating die set

Kitty Capers stamp set

Kitty Capers coordinating die set

Flirty Flowers stencil

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

For my background, I took an A2 panel and measured around a quarter of the way up from the bottom and place a piece of low tack tape above it. I then blended this section with Uncharted Mariner and Peacock Feathers Distress Oxides. This is to create the "carpet" of the scene

I then removed the piece of tape and moved it over the carpet to work on the "wallpaper." I first blended this area with Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide. I then took the stencil and blended it with Worn Lipstick.

I removed the mask and set it to the side to dry.

I took a piece of green cardstock and heat embossed the sentiments onto it with embossing ink and white embossing powder. I then took the coordinating dies for the sentiments and die cut them out.

To assemble my card, I first adhered the stack of books and the cat on top of it using liquid adhesive.

I then adhered my second cat on top of the books and used foam tape to adhere it to the card. With my last cat this is already sleeping on the books, i added foam tape to the back of the image added it to the card.

For the sentiments, I added foam strips to the back and added them above the images to complete the card.

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