Cupcake kisses and dry embossing with die cuts

Hello, tea timers!

DT Natalia here - This is my last summery card for the year - but let me tell you, I am in Wales right now, and it certainly still feels like summer! It is lovely. 

Now, have you every tried dry embossing with your die cuts? I used the simple circles nesting dies with 250gms white cardstock to create the embossed look behind the mice and cupcake!

I used my Platinum Spellbinders machine with the embossing matt to do this. I used the base plate, then embossing matt, cardstock and die cut as per the instruction on the machine - if it doesn't quite do it for you, add some extra cardstock to apply more pressure. I love the results! and it is a fun way to stretch your dies too. 

The images are from the Hello Cupcake stamp set, for which I used the coordinating dies once coloured. These guys are so fun, and I really enjoyed colouring them in with my alcohol markers. 

Those strawberries yelled sparkle at me, so I had to add some Stickes to them! So much shine!

To tie it all up, I used a sheet from the Sweet Summer paper pad, which I have used in so many projects! The colours are so pretty and happy, I love them.

 And this completes a simple yet fun card! I hope you like it and I will see you next week with a project using the new release!! Remember there is a reveal Facebook live on Wednesday and Thursday this week - see you there!

Also, you can use the code T4TNEILA10 to get a 10% off your shop. 

Sending hugs, 

Natalia

CAS new home card

Hello tea timers! 

It is DT Natalia back with you today! I have a card that was inspired by the CAS queen - yes, Cathy Zielske! 

How do you feel about CAS cards? I love seeing them but I sometimes struggle to keep it minimal. I do however want to try and make more of them! 

I chose to feature the Hillside Village stamp and die set. I love house stamps, and this was perfect for this technique. 

I started off by making a rainbow coloured panel with some Izink Spray inks. I bought these long ago and haven’t used them much, but they really are lovely to make backgrounds. I sprayed a bit of each colour onto some watercolour cardstock and then sprayed Perfect Pearls water onto it so the colours move nicely. The Perfect Pearls water gives it a beautiful shimmery effect which is hard to capture on pictures! 

I then stamped the houses stamp from the Hillside Village set and used white WOW embossing powder with it and then cut out the houses silhouette with the coordinating die. 

To give the background some interest, I used the chic chevron stencil to do some dry embossing on a white panel which was cut to 3.75x4.75” - this is a great technique to give your cards some dimension! 

I put it all together and used a sentiment from the Brighter Days Sentiment Cards. I used a few sequins and gems from my little things from Lucy to finish it off. 

I am hoping this inspire you to try something simple today! I would love to see your creations if you do so please do let me know, either on Instagram or the Time for Tea Designs friends page!

If you head over to the Time for Tea shop, and fancy treating yourself, you can get a 10% discount by using the code T4TNEILA10. 

Sending hugs,

Natalia

Adorable Piggy Shaker Card

 Hello DT Vic here with you today. I am sharing a fun video tutorial for you today. In my video I’m using the brand new Workout Pigs Stamp Set aren’t they the cutest!

I will also show you how I made my embossed background using dies. Please note that the sandwich I used is for the sizzix big shot machine so if you are using a different machine you will need to check which plates to put in your machine as they will be different to the sizzix and may even damage your machine if you don’t check. 

I go through all the steps in my video including how I made the cute shaker heart. I first started by adding some ink to my card panel using the Heart Grid Masking Stencil. I added some pink distress ink to my stencil. Next I embossed the Scattered Hearts Cover Plate Die. You can see how I done this in the video. Once this was complete I made a shaker heart using the Small Heart XOXO Die.

I used a piece of vellum as my window instead of acetate as I love the effect it gives. I then stamped and coloured my images using copic markers and they are all listed on the screen of my video. Once I put my shaker card together I adhered everything down. I then heat embossed my sentiment which is from the Be You, Be Kind Stamp Set. This is such a fantastic stamp set as there is so many lovely greetings on this. 

I then added a few sequins to my card to finish the card off. I love how this turned out and I love embossing my dies as it gives you so many different embossed backgrounds it’s a great way to stretch your dies. 

Don’t forget you can save 10% off your order using the code: T4TVICKI10 at the checkout. I hope you all enjoyed the release this month there is so many beautiful products to choose from. I know you will all love crafting with them and I can’t wait to see what you make!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Vic

How To Video: Dry Embossing & Emboss Resist Techniques

Happy New Year all! 

This is my first Blog Post of the Year and I'm so excited to share this non-wintery card with you. :)

Don't get me wrong I'm not over the winter projects just yet, but I did feel like it was time for a bit of colour and positivity in our lives!

This card also has an accompanying video which you can find below.

In the video I show you two totally different embossing techniques. One is a dry emboss technique using a stencil to create an embossed effect on your cardstock.

The second is an emboss resist technique using embossing powders to stamp our image and our Distress Inks over the top.

 

The emboss resist technique is such a stunning effect and also makes colouring a larger image like this super simple.

I was able to just add a great sentiment to the focal panel and some embellishments finished it off perfectly.

I think this is a great encouragement card to send to a friend or loved one. The Thinking of You Lily is so pretty and versatile too.

I hope you enjoyed today's inspiration.

Please do join me tonight for our FB Live at 8PM BST as I will be revealing a brand new product that I know you are absolutely going to LOVE!!!

I hope to see you there!

Jo 

XOXO

Details of the products I used are listed below.