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

Too Cute to Spook Cuties

Happy Friday, DT Annalisa here today! We’re just one week away from Halloween, and I’m back with another cute and spooky handmade card featuring digital stamps and dies from Time For Tea Designs. 🎃

I started by using two Rounded Corner Stitched Rectangle Dies to cut a frame from some plaid-patterned paper in my stash. For the background, I blended Wilted Violet Distress Watercolour Pencil with a few sprays of Carved Pumpkin Distress Oxide. Once I was happy with the blend, I heat-set the panel and trimmed it down to 3¼" x 4¾" so it would fit neatly behind my plaid frame.

Next, I used the larger of the two rounded corner dies to create my card base, then adhered the background panel with liquid glue.

For the sentiment, I chose the Too Cute To Spook sentiment dies. I cut the phrase twice, once from white cardstock and once from black. I coloured the white layer with a purple Copic marker and added a shimmer mist to the black layer for extra sparkle. To make the sentiment pop, I glued the two layers slightly offset, then attached it to the card front with liquid glue.

To bring my Halloween scene to life, I used the Spooky Circle Tags Clear Stamp Set for the candy and the Trick or Treaters Digital Stamp Collection for the cat and pumpkin. I cut out all the images using my Brother Scan N Cut SDX125e, then coloured them with Copic markers and added highlights using a white gel pen for extra detail.

Finally, I arranged the stamped images on my background, securing them in place with a mix of liquid glue and double-sided foam tape to add some fun dimension.

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my latest project. 👻🧡

If you’d like to try out any of these adorable Time For Tea Designs products, don’t forget to use my discount code T4TANNALISA10 at checkout to get 10% off your order.

Trick Or Treat!

Hello everyone!

Michelle here from the Design Team with a Halloween card that’s full of treats, colour and a little magical mischief. These critters are all dressed up and ready for a spooktacular night of candy and fun!

Supplies used:

Trick or Treaters Digital Stamps

Hey There Critters

Sweets - Sweet Village

Gems and potion - Queen For A Day 

Jars - Sweet Cart Critters

Book - Purrfect Day

Pinecone - Jumping With Joy

A5 Woodgrain Stamp

To start, I made the purple brick wall by ink blending Wilted Violet Distress Oxide with a brick stencil. I also used a little bit of Black Soot Distress Oxide around the edges to give it dimension. The wall gives the perfect backdrop for this spooky scene, with wooden shelves full of potions, gems, jars of unknowns and other special ingredients for a spell or two to make the most amazing treats. These were all taken from various Time for Tea stamp sets so shop your stash as you’ll find some great finds!

Next, I stamped, printed and coloured the characters in their cute costumes, including a little mummy cat, ghost cat and bunny witch, and filled the cauldron with glittery candy pieces to bring it all to life.

The sentiment adds the final festive touch. This was heat embossed with ink and white powder onto black cardstock before cutting out with a banner sentiment die. This card would be perfect for sending some Halloween cheer without any tricks.

Wishing you a day full of fun, sweets and a little crafty magic!

Michelle

Halloween Kitties

Happy Friday, DT Annalisa here, and I am sharing a fun Halloween card that features stamps, a stencil, and patterned paper from Time For Tea Designs.

Using the Movie Star 6 x6" Stencil, watercolour paper, and distress sprays, I created the stencilled background. First, I placed the stencil on the watercolour paper and sprayed Dusty Concord Distress Oxide Spray. After removing the stencil, I set the background with my Ranger Heat tool. Then, to fill in the white spaces, I sprayed Salvaged Patina Distress Spray Stain. Black watercolour splatter added extra interest as a finishing touch.

When the panel was dry, I used the Rounded Corner Stitched Rectangle Dies to trim it. I also cut a piece of patterned paper from the Halloween 2022 Digital Paper Collection using a stitched rectangle die. After preparing both layers, I glued the stencilled background on top of the patterned paper.

These two finished panels were placed on an A2 card base. Beforehand, I had covered the base with plaid paper from my stash.

I used stamps from Haunted House (sentiment), Jumping With Joy (leaves), and Trick or Treaters Digital Stamp Collection (cat and ghost cat). I used my Brother Scan N Cut SDX125e to cut out the digital images and cut the leaves out using the Jumping With Joy coordinating dies.

After colouring all of the images with Copics, I added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen. I attached the images to the card base with liquid glue or foam tape for added dimension.

I added sparkles to the edges of some images with a Quickie Glue Pen and Lawn Fawn Prisma Glitter.

Thank you so much for reading my blog post! Don’t forget to use my discount code T4TANNALISA10 when you shop at Time For Tea Designs to receive 10% off your order.

Christmas Tags

Hi. Design team member Koren Wiskman here. I hope that I can inspire you to create something fun with all of these awesome T4TD supplies. Today I am using the It's Penguin-ing to Look A Lot Like Christmas pre-printed images as well as the Coordinating Dies to create this project. I'm also using the Santa Stop Here Stamp Set for the Sentiments. 

I used a tag die from my stash to cut out these tags, but you can create similar looks using whatever you have in your stash. I cut them from my favorite light gray cardstock. 

Background

For the "background" or tag panels of these tags, I simply cut a piece of heavy weight white cardstock to act as a background panel. For the one tag with a snowy background, I used opaque white texture paste and a snow stencil from my stash. The other two tags are plain white panels. 

Images

The images on these tags are from the Time For Tea Designs It's Penguin-ing to Look Like Christmas Pre-printed images, but if they are no longer available, you can use the clear stamp set to stamp and color your own images. I also used the Coordinating die set to cut them out. They are popped up onto the tags using foam squares. 

Sentiments

The sentiments for these tags are from the T4TD Santa Stop Here Stamp Set. As of today, this set is on sale, just in time for your Christmas projects. I stamped the sentiments using coordinating colors of ink and fussy cut them by hand.

 Emblishments

To add a little fun to my tags, I grabbed some ribbons and twine from my stash to spruce them up a bit. 

I hope that I've inspired you to create something today. Check out the Santa Stop Here Stamp Set and the It's Pengun-ing to Look A Lot Like Christmas goodies available in the T4TD shop. 

KOREN

Woodland Feast!

Hi Tea Timers!

Michelle here from the Design Team with a sweet autumn card full of woodland charm. These little skunks have gathered under the trees for a delicious feast together - a giant pumpkin, acorns, pinecones and tasty mushrooms whilst surrounded by gently falling leaves.

Supplies used:

Stinkin’ Cute

Jumping With Joy

Pumpkin - Pumpking Spice

Sentiment - Snow Much Fun

The background is ink blended in soft oranges, yellows and pinks (Mustard Seed, Carved Pumpkin and Worn Lipstick Distress Oxides) to give it that warm evening glow.

The grass was cut from a grass border die and ink blended with my favourite combination of Twisted Citron and Lucky Clover Distress Oxides. 

For the trees, I shopped my stash for a large tree die, ran it over with a woodgrain texture die and then ink blended with Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo and Ground Expresso Distress Oxides. I used lots of layered leaves to frame the scene from above. 

Each skunk was coloured with alcohol markers in greys and I gave them my usual rosy pink cheeks. I love how it shows that they are having the best time!

The sentiment says it perfectly. Friends warm the heart. I heat embossed this with ink and white powder onto black cardstock before cutting out with a banner sentiment die. 

Thanks for visiting today. I hope this little scene brings a touch of autumn joy to your week!

Michelle

Halloween Night Kitty

Happy Friday, DT Annalisa here! I’m sharing a sparkly Halloween card using the Trick or Treaters Digital Stamp Collection and the Too Cute To Spook sentiment dies. These work well together to create seasonal cards.

I created the background using watercolour paper, a moon stencil, and Distress Spray Stains. I added temporary adhesive to the moon mask, then used Uncharted Mariner, Mermaid Lagoon, and Lost Shadow Distress Spray Stains. Next, I sprayed Snow Flurries Mica Stain for sparkle.

I removed the mask and blended Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide and Lemon Drop by Gina K Designs. I spritzed water on the background, letting some blue ink bleed over the moon for a spooky effect. I used a stitched rectangle die to trim the panel, and stuck it to a black card base using liquid glue.  

Next, I used Seedless Preserves and Wilted Violet Distress watercolour pencils on watercolour paper. To create the effect, I softened the pencils in water, scribbled them on a craft mat, and spritzed the ink with water. I pressed the watercolour paper into the ink and then heat-set the ink with a heat gun in between. I repeated this process until I had a textured panel, which I then die-cut using the Too Cute To Spook sentiment dies.

I also cut the sentiment from black cardstock and glued it behind the purple sentiment, slightly offset. I used liquid glue to adhere the sentiment to the card base.

I printed the pumpkin and kitty from the Trick or Treaters Digital Stamp Collection and cut out the images with my Brother Scan N Cut SDX125e. The porcupine, leaves, acorn, and pine cone are from Jumping With Joy, which I die-cut with the coordinating dies. I coloured all of the images with my Copic markers and adhered them to the card base with liquid glue.

Thank you so much for reading my blog post! Don’t forget to use my discount code T4TANNALISA10 when you shop at Time For Tea Designs to receive 10% off your order.

Hello

Hi. Design team member Koren Wiskman here. I hope that I can inspire you to create something fun with all of these awesome T4TD supplies. Today I am using the Let's Chat Stamp Set and Speech Bubble Dies to create this project. 

The card size is A2 (4.25in x5.5in.) The front panel is cut to 3.25in x 4.75in. This is my favorite size card to create. I have tried so many others but this size is the one that keeps my heart happy. My card bases are typically made using a neutral gray cardstock. These two details about my cards rarely change. 

Background

I stamped the phone base image from the Time for Tea Designs Let's Chat Stamp Set with black ink directly onto the card panel. I then stamped the hand set and cord onto another piece of heavy weight white cardstock and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. The hand set and the cord are popped up using foam squares. 

Sentiment

I heat embossed the sentiments from the T4TD Let's Chat Stamp Set onto blue cardstock and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. To give the card a fun text message vibe, I used the Speech Bubble Dies also cut from blue cardstock. All of these elements are popped up using foam squares. 

Embellishments

I used a small enamel heart to act like an emoji to keep the text messages vibe. 

I like the mix of vintage phone and new age elements. 

I hope that I've inspired you to create something today. Check out the Let's Chat Stamp Set and Speech Bubble Dies in the T4TD shop. 

KOREN

Sweet Friends!

Hello everyone!

Michelle here from the Design Team with a card that’s warm, sweet and ready for autumn. These little mice have found the perfect way to spend the day - snuggled into mugs of hot chocolate, pumpkin spice and all things nice.

Supplies used:

Pumpkin Spice 

Hey There Critters

Coffee Beans - Snappy Before Coffee

Chocolate Cubes and Spoon - Warm Hugs

Woodgrain Stamp

Sentiment - Sweet Cart Critters

To start off, I stamped, printed and coloured all the images with alcohol markers in autumnal colours. I used a white gel pen for the highlights to help make the images pop.

The background was ink blended with Carved Pumpkin and Mustard Seed Distress Oxides with a brick stencil layered on top to give that cafe wall feel. I also added gold watercolour splatters to give it extra texture.

Next, I added a wooden table along the bottom to ground the scene. This was created from the woodgrain clear stamp and Vintage Photo Distress Oxide on craft cardstock.

Once all background parts were done, I arranged all the colourful mugs filled with whipped cream, cinnamon sticks, chocolate and in one mug, maybe a little bit more!

For the sentiment- you are the sweetest friend, I heat embossed this with ink and white powder onto black cardstock before cutting out with a banner sentiment die. For the final finishing touches, I added a few small die cut hearts topped with glitter. 

This would be a lovely card to send as the weather turns cooler and the hot drinks start flowing.

Thanks for stopping by today. Wishing you a cosy and creative season ahead!

Michelle