Slimline Coffee Catch Up

Happy Friday! DT Annalisa here today, I’m excited to share a beautiful springtime slimline scene of friends catching up over coffee and croissants. I used the Café Critters stamp set and Skies The Limit Slimline Die from Time For Tea Designs.

 First, I die-cut white cardstock using the Skies The Limit Slimline Die. Then, I ink-blended the clouds with Salvaged Patina and Stormy Sky Distress Oxide inks using my Beautiful Blender Brush. I applied Saltwater Taffy, Squeezed Lemonade, Cracked Pistachio, and Shaded Lilac Distress Oxides for the rainbow.

I used liquid glue to adhere the scene outline and inside pieces to a slimline card base.

For the background, I ink-blended Lost Shadow onto a half-inch strip of white cardstock with the Tiled Wall 6 x6" Stencil. After removing the stencil, I blended over the panel with the remaining ink on my brush to fill in the white areas with a lighter grey. I then used double-sided tape to attach the brick floor to the card base.

I stamped and coloured several images from the Café Critters set using Copics, then cut them out with their coordinating dies. To add some detail, I used a white gel pen for accents.

Additionally, I stamped the 'Hey' sentiment from the Hey There Critters set and cut it out with its coordinating die.

Finally, I used liquid glue to adhere all the stamped elements to the card.

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💡 You Light up my Life! 💡

Hello Tea Timers! DT Emma here and I’m back today with another card using the ‘Let’s Spoon’ stamp set.

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To make this card I have cut out a piece of white card, measuring US A2 size and I have stamped the small switch stamp all over the background with black and grey ink. I have also done a little bit of ink blending using the Squeezed Lemonade Distress ink from Tim Holtz and my blender brush to create a light effect.

To colour my little light bulb, I stamped him on to Crafters Companion Solor White card stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured them with my Spectrum Noir Tri-blend markers.

I have cut out a circle of white card using the Simple Circle dies  and added my image with foam tape to the circle. I then stamped and cut out my sentiment. To make the light bulb shine I have added some Ranger Glossey Accents.

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Warm hugs, Emma x

Hello Kitties

Happy Friday, DT Annalisa here! Today, I'm excited to share a beautiful card featuring a watercolored background that I created using the Wonky Shapes Masking Stencil and Distress Watercolor Pencils.

To start, I soaked the Evergreen Bough and Chipped Sapphire Distress Watercolor Pencils in water. I then scribbled the colours onto the Wonky Shapes Masking Stencil and spritzed it with water. After that, I flipped the stencil over and pressed it onto Ranger Distress Watercolor Cardstock, holding it in place for several minutes.

While the stencil was pressed down, I traced the outline on one side of the stencil openings with a Victorian Velvet Distress Watercolor Pencil. I used a small paintbrush and very little water and brushed over the pigment, activating it, and spreading it out.

I lifted the stencil and heat set the panel with my Ranger Heat It craft tool. I trimmed the panel and used liquid glue to adhere it to an A2 card base.

I love the way the background turned out and will be trying this technique again!

Next, I stamped and coloured several images using Copics from the Kitty Capers, Purrfect Day (books, plants, and a cat lying down), Let's Chat (sentiment), and Home Is Where The Heart Is (telephone) stamp sets. I cut them out with their coordinating dies and added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen.

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

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🍕 Pizza my Heart! 🍕

Hello Tea Timers, DT Emma here and I’m back today with this super sweet Valentine’s Day card. 

For my card today I have used the Time for Tea Designs ‘Let’s Spoon’ stamp set and coordinating die set.

To create the love heart background I used the heart die from the ‘Be Kind Be You’ set and cut out a stencil from some scrap card. I used the colours Candied Apple and Festive Berries Distress inks to stencil the hearts all over the background. 

I stamped the Pizza on to some Neenah Classic Crest card stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured them in with my Spectrum Noir Tri-blend markers. 

For a finishing touch I added some T4TD Festive Fun enamel dots. 

For the sentiment, also from the Let’s Spoon set, I stamped it with my Versafine Onyx Black ink. This ink always creates a crisp looking sentiment.

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Happy crafting! Emma xxx

Sweet On You Shaker Slimline

Happy Valentine's Day! DT Annalisa here today and I’d like to share a slimline Valentine's Day shaker card I created using the Sweet On You and Warm Hugs stamp sets from Time For Tea Designs.

To create the background, I began with Ranger Distress Watercolor Cardstock and used Saltwater Taffy, Picked Raspberry, Tattered Rose, and Spun Sugar Distress Watercolor Pencils. I soaked the pencils in water, scribbled them onto acetate, and then spritzed the acetate with water. After that, I pressed the acetate onto the watercolour paper repeatedly, heat-setting and spritzing with water as needed. I also used Mica Spray Stains in Cocktail Party and Sugary Gumdrop.

Next, I followed the same process on another piece of watercolour paper using Salvaged Patina and Tumbled Glass Distress Watercolor Pencils. Additionally, I applied Peacock Feathers Distress Spritz, Wonderland Distress Mica Stain, and Salvaged Patina Distress Spray Stain.

I used the Slimline Scalloped Trio Circle Nesting Dies to cut out both the pink and blue panels. For the pink panel, I die-cut three hearts using one of the Heart Nesting Dies. I then glued the blue panel to a slimline card base.

To assemble the shaker element, I adhered acetate to the back of the pink hearts panel using double-sided tape. I placed 3mm double-sided tape on the back of the pink panel and attached it to the blue card panel. Before securing the pink panel, I sprinkled a mix of Candy Christmas and Mermaid Tail sequins from Pawsome Stamps in the appropriate areas.

Then, I stamped and coloured the images from the Sweet On You and Warm Hugs stamp sets using Copics. I die-cut them out with the coordinating dies and added white gel pen accents using a Gelly Roll Pen.

Finally, I used liquid glue to adhere the images and the "I'm Sweet On You" sentiment to the card. I finished by adding Glossy Accents to certain areas of the images for added dimension and shine.

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📚 To my Favourite Bookworm! 📚

Hello Tea Timers! DT Emma here and today I’m sharing with you a super cute scene card. For my image I’m using the sweet little Bookworm from the ‘Book Buddies’ A6 clear stamp set. Isn’t he just the sweetest!

To colour my image, I have stamped him on to Crafters Companion Solar White card stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured him in with my Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend markers

To frame this sweet little critter I have used one of the Scalloped Circle dies alongside the Simple Circle dies to cut out the aperture. For the hills I have cut 2 other circles in white card and distressed them with Tim Holtz Distress Inks in the colours Mowed Lawn and Peeled Paint. 

I have used 2 sheets of patterned paper from the Pretty Pastels 6×6 paper pad (one main and one for the sky background) and some of the green enamel dots from the ‘Festive Fun’ set.

For the sentiment I have taken the ‘To my Favourite Bookworm’ also from the ‘Book Buddies’ Set and stamped it on to some white card with Versafine Onyx Black ink. 

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Warm hugs, Emma x

Heart Shaped Valentine

Happy Friday, DT Annalisa here! With Valentine's Day just around the corner, I am sharing a heart-shaped card I created with watercolour pencils and the Sweet On You stamp set from Time For Tea Designs.

I used the Heart Nesting Dies to cut watercolour cardstock. I coloured red and pink hearts, starting with the smartest and ending with the largest, with Distress Watercolour pencils.

I used the following colours of Distress Watercolour pencils: Lumberjack Plaid, Festive Berries, Picked Raspberry, Worn Lipstick and Spun Sugar. I added splatter using spun sugar and worn lipstick Distress Watercolour pencils.

I learned this technique from an online course by Jenn Shurkus - "Distress Techniques, Watercolour Pencils - part 2" and I love how it turned out.

I die-cut a large heart from teal cardstock and adhered it to the watercoloured heart panel with double-sided foam tape. I used a Gelly Roll Pen to add stitched lines to the teal cardstock.

Next, I stamped and used Copics to colour images from the Sweet On You stamp set. I die-cut them out with the coordinating die set. I added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen.

I stuck the images and sentiment to the card base using double-sided foam tape for dimension.

To complete the card, I added dots glitter with Cotton Candy Stickles and heart stickers in my stash.

🤗 Hugs Enclosed 🤗

Hello Tea Timers! Can you believe it’s the 1st February already!

Today I’m sharing with you a sweet simple card, and I’m using the cute little Squirrel from the ‘Jumping with Joy’ stamp set.

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To colour my image, I have stamped him on to Crafters Companion Solar White card stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured him in with my Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend markers

I have used a sheet of patterned paper from the Pretty Pastels 6×6 paper pad and some of the Clear Bubbles enamel dots for some cute interest. I’m sooo addicted to using these dots!

To frame this sweet little critter I have used the smaller die from the Smile Inverted Scallop Frame Dies alongside some white card stock.

For the sentiment I have taken the ‘Hugs Enclosed’ from the ‘Be Kind Be You’ Clear Stamp Set and stamped it on to some white card with Versafine Onyx Black ink. 

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Warm hugs, Emma x