A Christmas Full Of Critters

 Hi Vic here today, I am in full swing of making my Christmas cards right now and I have a fun card to share with you today.

For my card today I used the Die-namic Display Card Dies and I die cut this using some white card. I then ink blended some blue distress ink Tumbled Glass and Faded Jeans onto the card using a Beautiful Blender Brush. Once my colour was built up I then added some white paint and water to make some splatters of snow. 

While this was drying I stamped the images I wanted to use on my card. I used the Carolling Critters stamps and dies and also the Christmas Surprise Stamp and Die Set and the Skating By Penguin Stamp Set. I coloured the images in with my copic markers before running them through my die cutting machine. Next I used the Starry Sky Stencil and some purple ink and I added this over my ink blended panel. I then put the card together using some double sided tape and PVA glue. 

I then adhered all my images to my card using foam tape. I wanted to add something more so I used the Slimline Falalala Die and die cut some snowflakes from this die set. I really love how detailed the snowflakes are and I adhered them onto some acetate before adhering to my card. I then heat embossed the sentiment Let It Snow using some white embossing powder and trimmed the sentiment down. I adhered this onto my card again using some more acetate. 

I loved how this card turned out and it was so fun to use different stamp sets. 

Don't forget you can save 10% off your purchase in the Time For Tea Designs Shop using the code:

T4TVICKI10 at the checkout. Jo will also be live on our Facebook page tonight where you can catch her at 8pm. Its a really lovely way to meet fellow crafters and craft along with Jo if you like, or you can just relax.

Thanks so much for stopping by today I hope you have a great day!

Vic 

Christmas Critters

DT Annalisa here. I hope are enjoying your Friday; it is finally cooler than 30 degrees Celsius here so I am a happy camper! Today I am sharing another Christmas card - you can never start making them too early! I used three stamp sets from the new July release - Christmas Surprise Clear Stamp Set, Santa Paws Clear Stamp Set and Mew Are the Best Gift Clear Stamp Set. The July release is so great to mix and match together!

To start I stamped the little mouse from Mew Are The Best Gift stamp set and masked it out. On top of this, I stamped the dog and presents from the Santa Paws stamp set and masked some of this out at the top end and stamped the tree from an older stamp set - Warm Winter Wishes - on top of this. I used my copics to colour the little scene, added some white gel pen accents and then cut it out. 

I stamped, coloured and die cut out the kitty from the Christmas Surprise stamp set and added him popping out from the side of the tree.

For the background, I used the Sparkle Cover Plate Die on top of some watercolour paper that I coloured with distress inks. I glued the die-cut piece to the coloured background with liquid glue.

Next, I added my cute scene to the background with some liquid glue. For the sentiment, I added 'merry' directly onto the background. I then stamped, coloured and die-cut 'Christmas' and popped it up on the card using some foam tape. 

If you are interested in purchasing any of the T4T products used in my project, I have a 10% discount code for the T4T store which can be used on anything, anytime and has no time limit - T4TANNALISA10

Christmas In July Video Tutorial

Hello Vic here today. I’m sharing a video tutorial where I made two Christmas cards using the gorgeous Christmas Suprise Stamp Set along with the Candy stripes Slimline Die and the Stripes Cover Plate Die.

You can view the video tutorial here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn1TiNPdBx5gJoyeWs2CF0g

The first card I made was the slimline Christmas card. To start with I stamped my images for my card using the die  Christmas Suprise Stamp Set  and coloured them in with my copic markers.

I then used the Christmas Suprise Coordinating Dies to die cut the images out. I will show you in the video how these dies work as it leaves two little slits in the Christmas tree for your critter to be poking out of the tree. 

I then used the cut the Candy stripes Slimline Die using some red card stock.

I have used a DL card as my card base as these dies will fit on that size card. I absolutely loved making some taller cards and the Candy stripes Slimline Die is so fun to use. 

I then trimmed down a piece of Kraft card and adhered the Candy stripes  panel to my kraft piece. Once this was adhered I then used some double sided  tape to adhere these onto my DL card base. I slightly trimmed off the edge to leave a small border around the card.

Using some dark green card I heat embossed two sentiments from the Christmas Suprise Stamp Set and used white embossing powder and my heat gun to heat set the sentiment. I then trimmed the sentiment down and adhered these onto my card along with the critters. Our first card is now complete.

For my second card I made a fun shaker card using some lighter colours rather than the traditional Christmas colours. I stamped my images using the Christmas Suprise Stamp Set and Coordinating Dies. After they were coloured and die cut I then used the Stripes Cover Plate Die and die cut a piece of white card.

Using some Distress Oxide inks I then blended some soft colours onto my die cut panel. I then turned this over and using some PVA glue I adhered a piece of acetate.

I then trimmed some foam tape and adhered this all around the edges of the back of my die cut.

I then filled this up with some very small polystyrene balls. 

Once my shaker part was full I added a piece of white card that I trimmed down to fit the die cut. I adhered this onto my card base. 

I adhered my images using foam tape and heat embossed my sentiment using some pink card and white embossing powder.  The Christmas cards are now complete.

I hope this tutorial was helpful and you can see the exciting new release HERE. I had so much fun creating these cards and don’t forget you can save 10% off your order using the code: T4TVICKI10 at the checkout.
Thanks for stopping by today!
Vic