Interactive Saying Hello Card

 

Happy Friday. DT Annalis is here sharing a fun interactive shutter card featuring elements from several adorable stamp sets from Time For Tea Designs. The animal friends are having a great time in the warm sunny weather. 

 The following stamp sets were used to create this card: 

Lucky Ducks

Treat Yourself ('flying' mouse)

I Really Dig You (bee and butterfly)

Good Luck Critters (four-leaf clovers)

Hey There Critters (mouse)

Beavering Away (wood stump)

Jumping With Joy (porcupine)

Paper Plane Pals (clouds)

Darling Daffodils (sentiments)

To create this interactive card, I used the 'Shutter Card' die and 'Shutter Card Add-On' die from Lawn Fawn and followed several of their instructional videos on YouTube.

I used one of the Slimline Hillside Scene Dies to cut into stencilling material to create a stencil for the grass and sky. I love using my dies with this material to create stencils and get more use out of them.

For the sky, I ink-blended Mermaid Lagoon, Peacock Feathers and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Ink using my Beautiful Rainbow Blender Brushes. I added Uncharted Mariner Distress Ink splatter with a paintbrush and water. I ink-blended Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide for the grass and added Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide splatter. 

I stamped and coloured (with Copics) several images from the above stamp sets and cut them out with their coordinating dies. I added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen. I used liquid glue to stick all of the images and the sentiments (from Darling Daffodils) to the card.

For the front of the card, the sections were ink-blended with Mermaid Lagoon; the panels are green cardstock that was ink-blended Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide with Lucky Clover Distress Oxide splatter; the outer band is orange cardstock ink-blended with Spiced Marmalade Distress Oxide. I die-cut patterned paper from the Sweet Summer 6x6' Paper Pad for the circle area and ink-blended it with Wild Honey Distress Oxide.  I used liquid glue to stick the duck to this circle.

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Stop Beavering Away!

 Happy Saturday Teatimer's its Natalie here with a sweet Beaver card for you today. I finally got a chance to use the new Stitched Slimline Slopes Dies it's a great die for creating scenes with.  

I started out by cutting out the die and inking up the inside panels. Adding clouds in the top one with the slimline scene builder stencil some green distress oxides for the grass and a combo of blues for the water. Finishing off with some texture by adding splatters using the same colours I used to blend. 

The beavers and accessories and trees are from the Beavering Away Stamp Set which I coloured up using copic markers. Then I added the bulrushes from the Lucky Duck Stamp Set alongside the dragon fly and fly. 

After everything was cut and coloured I layered it all together on to my card base and finished it up with my sentiment which I stamped out and heat embossed onto black card. That was my card finished off it was a really quick and easy card to make but looks super fun. I hope you like my card for today you can find all the products in the Time for Tea shop and get 10% off your orders using code T4TNATALIE10. 

Have a great weekend and Happy Crafting!

Happy Winter Birthday

 

Hello everyone, thanks for visiting my blog. I know that spring is just around the corner, but today I am sharing a wintery 3D card scene - great for those winter birthdays. I have used several different stamp sets from Time For Tea Designs as they all go so well together.

The card base is a step-card design from Lori Whitlock's SVG Shop that I cut with my Brother Scan N Cut SDX125e. I added some snowy hills that I die-cut using the Stitched Hillside Border dies from Lawn Fawn (you could also use the Landscape Edge Standalone Die from T4T) and coloured them with Speckled Egg Distress Oxide to give them the look of snow. I used the Sandy Beach Accents dies from Lawn Fawn to die cut the smaller snowbanks to slip the fire pit and trees into.

The mountains are from a die set in my stash, but you could also use the Mountain Scene Builder Dies from T4T. 

I used several clear stamp sets to create this card: Skating By Penguins (bird with scarf - I had to do some mirror stamping on this one!), Beavering Away, Life's Ups & Downs (hedgehog and smore), Winter Wishes Wreath (sentiment and snowflakes around it). I stamped, coloured and cut out the elements and adhered them to the card base with liquid glue. I stamped the sentiment and snowflakes to the hill before adhering it down the card so that it would be crisp.

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Thinking of you Skating Penguins

 

Hello everyone, and happy Friday! DT Annalisa here, my project today is a winter wonderland 3D card that features an older die set and some older stamp sets. I really enjoy revisiting older stamp and die sets and giving them some love.

I die cut the Box Clever Die Set from some heavy-weight white card stock and stamped the sentiment from the Happy Mail Critters as well as the tiny heart onto the front of the box card. The critters and other elements are from the Skating By Penguins, Beavering Away, and Life's Ups & Downs stamp sets. I stamped and coloured them with my Copics and die-cut everything so they were ready to be added to the card.

For the inside of the card, I coloured the hills with Speckled Egg Distress Oxide to give them the look of snow. For the back hill, glued an additional hill that I die cut using the Stitched Hillside Border dies from Lawn Fawn (you could also use the Landscape Edge Standalone Die from T4T.) I used the Box Clever Die to cut out the back section from some patterned paper from the Winter Wonderland Paper Pad for the sky.

I stuck down the snowy patterned paper to the back of the box and then assembled the box card using double-sided tape. I then used liquid glue to add all of the critters and elements to finish the card.

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You Are Awesome Critter Card

 Hello DT Vic here today and I'm sharing a very sweet critter card with you. 

I love mixing up different Time For Tea Designs stamp sets and I thought it would be fun to add some colours to my card too. So for my card today I used the Be Slothy Stamp Set, Beavering Away Stamp Set and the Bearing Gifts Stamp Set. I also used the You Are Awesome Sentiment Die for my greeting.

To start with I ink blended a plain piece of white card using purple, yellow and green distress inks and my Beautiful blending brushes. I then stamped some leaves and some dots.

Next I stamped and coloured my images using copic markers, using the coordinating dies I ran them through my die cutting machine. 

I then die cut my You Are Awesome Sentiment Die using green and pink card. I adhered these together using PVA glue and then applied them to the middle of my card using foam tape. I then added all the critters around the edge of my card. 

Once all the critters are adhered down your card is now complete. I loved how this turned out and it was so fun to use a sentiment die as my greeting.

Don't forget you can save 10% off your Time For Tea Designs Purchases using the code: T4TVICKI10 at the checkout. This includes the new release items too how amazing is that. 

Jo will also be crafting live on our Facebook page tonight at 8pm pop over and say hello.

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Vic 

 

Happy Fall Friday! It suddenly got warmer so my husband and I are off for a hike today to enjoy it while it lasts. Today I am sharing an interactive fall card featuring the Life's Ups & Downs Clear Stamp Set as well as elements from Beavering Away Clear Stamp Set and Woodland Critters from Time For Tea Designs. I love how this turned out.

This card took me hours and hours to complete. I made a lot of mistakes along the way and almost gave up but didn't! I made the card base with my NEW Brother Scan N Cut SDX125e using an SVG cut file I purchased from Lori Whitlock's SVG Shop. The learning curve is quite steep which is why I hesitated for years but so far I am taking my time and trying not to get too frustrated. It is pretty amazing what this machine can do. I won't describe how to put together the card as Lori has some great videos on this on her website.

For the background, I created a warm fall sky using Chipped Sapphire, Carved Pumpkin, Ripe Persimmon, Rusty Hinge and Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxides. I used splatters of some of the darker colours for some texture. For the middle of the card, I stamped the Woodgrain Clear Stamp Set in a pale grey and I then applied Hero Arts Soft Brown ink with my Beautiful Blender Brush. For the darker inside area of the middle of the card, I used Vintage Photo Distress Oxide.

I die cut out the trees (added some shading with C0 and C00) and leaves (coloured them with Candied Apple, Scattered Straw and Spiced Marmalade) from a die set I had in my stash from Hello Bluebird. I adhered these with liquid glue to the background.

I stamped, coloured and cut out my Time For Tea Designs images. I had to mask out a small portion of the sticks with the marshmallows on them so that the elephant and hippos could hold them.

I stuck all of the elements down to the center part of the card. Originally the hippo and elephant were too far out and I couldn't close the card! A tip for anyone creating this type of card DO NOT put your elements outside of that center portion of the card as they will interfere with the shutter being able to close.

The next issue I came across was the interactive shutters getting stuck on the fire elements so I had to add some acetate over them to solve this issue. Lesson learned!

I decorated the 'belly band' on the outside of the card with leaves and the mouse from the Woodland Critter set. I love how this card turned out. This card will definitely be going to someone special.

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Stop Beavering Away!

                                     

                                  

Happy Weekend everyone it's Design Team member Natalie sharing my cute Beavering Away card. The new beavers are absolutely adorable and a great addition to the shop. 

I combined the stamp set with the new A2 Nesting Frame Dies and Mountain Scene Builder Dies to create a fun scene card.I started by cutting out the A2 Nesting Frame Dies out of some white cardstock I only used the largest one but popped the others to he side to keep for any future projects. I used this as a guide to cut out my base for my scene to go on. I stencilled some blue clouds in the background and drew some birds in the corner for a little added interest. For the rest of the scene I cut out the mountains the grass from the Landscape Edge Dies and one of the clouds from the Windmill add on Die set I think the other one was a random die cut I had lying around on my desk. I added some colour to these using distress oxides. 

The critters and tree are both coloured with copic markers I used the same browns from the beavers as for the tree this makes it quick to colour and keeps it uniform. I popped everything on my card base and added my sentiment in the corner and then popped the frame on top I coloured this with the same brown markers I used for the beavers. Then just added it to my card base and my card was finished. Have a great weekend and don't forget you can still get 10% off in the Time for Tea shop using code T4TNATALIE10

A2 Nesting Frame Dies

Landscape Edge Standalone Die

Windmill Add on die set

Beavering Away Coordinating Die Set

Mountain Scene Builder Dies

Beavering Away Clear Stamp Set

 

Sweet Beaver Video Tutorial

 Hello Vic here this morning and I’m very excited to share a fun video tutorial today.

I used the gorgeous Beavering Away Stamp Set And Coordinating Dies. Aren’t the images on this stamp so adorable!

To start with I stamped out the images and water coloured them in with my Zig Brush markers. 

Using the Coordinating Dies I adhered the dies over my images using washi tape then I run them through my die cutting machine.

Next I used the Birch Forest Stencil and I started to add some inks over the top of the stencil using my Beautiful Blender Brush. 

I then used my washi tape to secure the stencil down as I will be stamping over the top. The stencil once removed shows the trees in white where there is no ink but as I wanted the stencil to look like logs I used brown ink over the stencil.

After the ink blending is complete I used the Mountain Scene Builder Dies and using some light brown card and cream card I adhered the pieces together. I then die cut some grass and hills using the Landscape Edge Die

After I adhered the pieces down I stamped out two sentiments from the stamp set and heat embossed them with white embossing powder.

I had so much fun making this card and it’s great for man cards too!

Don’t forget you can check out the brand new release Here and you can also save 10% off your order using the code: T4TVICKI10 at the checkout.

Have a lovely day!

Vic