Sweet Christmas

Happy Friday, DT Annalisa here! Today I’m sharing a sweet Christmas scene I created using the Gingerbread Family - Our House to Yours stamp set from Time For Tea Designs.

To build the background, I started with watercolour paper and layered Picked Raspberry, Salvaged Patina, and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Sprays. I applied the colours, heat-setting between layers to add depth and texture. For a touch of shimmer, I added a spritz of Peacock Feathers Distress Spritz, which gives the background a beautiful sparkle. I finished it off with splatters of Picket Fence Distress Spray Stain for extra interest.

Once the panel was dry, I added a frame that I created using the Rounded Corner Stitched Rectangle Dies and white card stock. I used liquid glue to stick it to the panel and then to a card base.

Next, I stamped several images from the Gingerbread Family – Our House to Yours set, coloured them with Copics, and cut them out using the coordinating dies (which are currently on sale!). I added white gel pen details using a Gelly Roll Pen and added sparkles to some images with a Quickie Glue Pen and Lawn Fawn Prisma Glitter.

The stars come from the Happy Trails clear stamp set, and I cut them using the coordinating dies.

To create texture in the snowy area, I added Ranger Translucent Grit-Paste. I love the dimension this paste provides. It works perfectly for mimicking realistic snow on a card.

I adhered the images to the card base using a mix of liquid glue and foam tape to give the scene depth and dimension.

To complete the card, I added three white enamel dots from the Sweet Summer Designer Enamel Dots collection.

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.

Penguin Christmas Shaker

Happy Friday! DT Annalisa here sharing my last Christmas card of the year, a colourful shaker featuring the It's Penguin-ing to Look A Lot Like Christmas stamp set from Time For Tea Designs.

I started with watercolour paper and die-cut using the Stars Stitched Cover Die. Then, I sprayed the die-cut panel with Mermaid Lagoon and Uncharted Mariner Distress Spray Stain and used my Heat It craft tool by Ranger to dry it. After that, I added some shimmer by spraying the panel with Cocktail Party Mica and Merry Mint Mica.

I used White Silver Neenah cardstock to cover the entire surface of the card base. Next, using double-sided tape, I adhered acetate to the back of the inked star panel. I placed 3mm double-sided tape on the back of the panel and attached it to the card base. Before securing the star panel, I sprinkled Candy Christmas sequins mix from Pawsome Stamps in the appropriate areas.

I stamped and coloured several images from the It's Penguin-ing to Look A Lot Like Christmas set using Copics, then cut them out with their coordinating dies. I added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen. The Christmas tree and candies are from Gingerbread Family - Our House to Yours.

To add some sparkle, I applied small dots of glue to select areas on the stamped images using my Quickie Glue Pen by Sakura and dipped them into Lawn Fawn Prisma Glitter. I then secured all the stamped elements to the card using liquid glue.

For the sentiment, I stamped "Happy Christmas" from the Simple Sentiments set onto black cardstock with VersaMark ink. I sprinkled Alabaster ultra-fine embossing powder by Brutus Monroe (in white) over the stamped sentiment and heat-set it. I used a small rectangle die to cut it out.

To finish the card, I added some clear dots from Pretty Pink Posh for an extra touch.

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.

Interactive Christmas Card

Happy Friday! DT Annalisa here today sharing a festive interactive card as we are just days away from Christmas! It features the Open The Door Die and some adorable Time For Tea Designs critters. 

I created the background with the Tiled Wall 6 x 6" Stencil by spraying on lumberjack plaid Distress Spray Stain and water on some high-quality watercolour cardstock. I used the left-over ink that remained on the stencil after using it for another background. I placed watercolour cardstock on the inky stencil and pressed it down firmly. I carefully lifted the cardstock and sprayed it liberally with water to create this beautiful effect. 

I adhered this 5-by-5-inch panel to a white card base and added a snowy hill using the Landscape Edge Standalone Die. I ink-blended lost shadow Distress Oxide ink onto the stairs area of the Open The Door Die and stuck it on top of the snowy hill on the bottom center of the card.

I ink-blended prize ribbon Distress Oxide ink onto the woodgrain cardstock and then splattered it with water. I die-cut the inked woodgrain cardstock and a silver metallic paper with the door die. I glued a piece of white paper to the back of the door so that I could stick it in the silver sections of the door. 

Next, I trimmed white cardstock to fit behind the door frame. I used the Tiled Wall 6 x 6" Stencil and lost shadow Distress Oxide ink to create the inside wall of the house. Antique linen Distress Oxide ink was ink-blended for the floor. 

I stamped and coloured (with Copics) images from Snow Much Fun, It's Penguin-ing to Look A Lot Like Christmas, Baked With More Love and Let’s Party and cut them out with their coordinating dies. I added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen. I glued these to the inked background 'wall' cardstock. I then glued this scene in behind the door frame so that it would peak out when you open the door. 

I used liquid glue to stick the door panel and it's' inside to the front of the card. I didn't own the Open The Door Holiday Add-On Die Set (I do now! as I grabbed it in the awesome Black Friday sale!), so I decorated it with mistletoe from It's Penguin-ing to Look A Lot Like Christmas and holly from Gingerbread Family - Our House to Yours.

The elements on the front are from Let’s Party (the small red present), Lucky Ducks and It's Penguin-ing to Look A Lot Like Christmas. I coloured these elements with Copics and stuck them down with liquid glue.

Finally, I added the 'HO HO HO' from the Sentiment Cards – Winter Wonderland White to complete this card.

Thank you so much for reading my blog post. Remember to use my discount code T4TANNALISA10 when you visit the Time For Tea Designs shop to get 10% off your order.

Sweet Gingerbread Christmas

Happy Friday! DT Annalisa here sharing a sweet mini slimline Christmas card featuring the Gingerbread Family - Our House to Yours stamp set from Time For Tea Designs. This is an adorable stamp set that is perfect for Christmas cards.

I die-cut dark blue cardstock using the rectangle in the Mini Slimline Scallop Die set. I sprayed the blue cardstock with Distress Mica Stain in Snow flurries. It is hard to see in photos, but I love the shimmer and shine that Mica sprays add to projects. 

I used liquid glue to stick the blue panel to a wide card base (6 1/2 by 3 5/8 inches). Next, I die-cut white cardstock using the same die set to create a mini scalloped frame and used liquid glue to adhere it to the card. I added 'snow' to the sky using a white metallic marker.

I stamped and coloured (with Copics) several images (and the 'have a sweet Christmas sentiment) from Gingerbread Family - Our House to Yours and cut them out with their coordinating dies. I added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen. The little bird is from Love Is In the Air and it was cut out with the coordinating dies.

I stuck the images to the card base using a combination of liquid glue and double-sided foam tape for dimension.

Thank you so much for reading my blog post. Remember to use my discount code T4TANNALISA10 when you visit the Time For Tea Designs shop to get 10% off your order.

JOY with gingerbread

 Hey Tea-timer friends...

DT Ashlee here with a joyful bit of inspiration for you featuring a bunch of super cute gingerbread men by Time for Tea designs!

I used these T4T products on this card :

- Gingerbread family

- Joy

To create this card I started with a light grey card base. I masked off a rectangle before covering with a blend of distress oxide inks in shades of blue. Once I was happy with the blend I gave it a splatter of white paint then removed the mask...

I die cut the Joy sentiment from white and black cardstock before adhering to the centre of the card with foam tape. using the "from our home to yours" sentiment I stamped that directly on the card base top and bottom using Memento Tuxedo black ink!

Using the gingerbread family set I stamped, coloured and die cut a bunch of the images. These were all coloured using Spectrum noir tri-blend markers. I added white gel pen highlights and adhered them to the card using varying levels of foam tape also 

To complete the card a touch of T4T clear bubbles enamel dots...

This card is now complete and ready for the festive season, bring on December, Hello Christmas!!

Happy crafting, hugs Ashlee. 

Have a SWEET Birthday!

 Hello, Tea Timers!  How cute are these little penguins from the It's Penguin-ing to Look A Lot Like Christmas stamp set?

In case you're not following me on Instagram yet, you can follow me @craftyandcreativevibes.

I love stretching my supplies, so I decided to create a birthday card using these Christmas stamps and the Christmas Candy Layering Stencil!  For my "floor", I used Heffy Memo Tape to mask off the top of the card and then I ink blended Be Mine and Party Dress.

For my candy background, I used Chiffon and Glitz and Party Dress.

I stamped my images from the It's Penguin-ing to Look A Lot Like Christmas and Gingerbread Family stamp sets.  I colored them in with OLO alcohol markers and then die cut them using the coordinating dies.

For my "birthday", I grabbed a generic birthday die.  Then, I attached everything to my card using 3D foam squares and glue.

That's all for me today, friends!  Come back tomorrow for more inspiration from another Design Team member!!  Xx, Amanda

Let It Snow Winter Scene

 

Happy Friday! DT Annalisa here, sharing a snowy card that I created using several Time For Tea Designs products, including the newly released Snow Much Fun and Gingerbread Family - Our House to Yours.

To create the background, I used Distress Mica Stain in Shiny Bauble that I sprayed onto the Magical Snowflake Stencil (no longer sold, but you could use another snow stencil) and onto some watercolour paper. I took the 'leftover' ink on the stencil, turned the stencil over and pressed it with some paper towel onto another watercolour paper panel. The result was this beautiful, shiny background! I look this panel and added it to a white card base (5 3/4 inches by 4 1/8 inches).

I die-cut white card stock with the Slimline Mini Village Die and glued this to the bottom of the snowy panel, I trimmed the excess with scissors. Next, I used the Waves Cover Die on white card stock and liquid glued the resulting stitched frame to the card.

I used the Let It Snow Sentiment Die on some bright fuchsia card stock. I used the outline die in this set to die-cut some white card stock and used liquid glue to adhere them together and then to the card. 

I stamped the little snowman holding hot chocolate from Snow Much Fun and coloured him with Copics, and cut him out using the coordinating dies. I did the same with the little cat from Gingerbread Family - Our House to Yours and die cut him out with the coordinating dies. 

Thank you so much for reading my blog post, you can use my discount code T4TANNALISA10 when you visit the Time For Tea Designs shop to get 10% off your order.

Have a Sweet Christmas

 

Happy Friday! DT Annalisa here, with Christmas only a few days away (eek!) I am sharing a sweet scene that features the Gingerbread Family - Our House to Yours stamp set and their coordinating dies. I love the adorable gingerbread house and people, but the kitty is my favourite (surprise).

To create the background panel, I ink-blended Speckled Egg, Stormy Sky, Faded Jeans and Prize Ribbon Distress Oxides using my Beautiful Rainbow Blender Brushes onto Distress White Heavy cardstock by Ranger. I added white splatter with Copic opaque white.

I die-cut white cardstock with the frame from the  Zig Zag Frame & Tag Dies and the Slimline Mini Village Die. I used scissors to cut out the little houses from the slimline mini village and used liquid glue to adhere this piece to the blue panel. I adhered the panel to an A2 card base.

I added double-sided foam tape to the back of the zig-zag frame and stuck it down to the card.

I stamped, coloured and die-cut all the images and added white gel pen accents. I applied glue to small areas of each image with a Quickie Glue Pen, dipped these areas into Lawn Fawn Prisma Glitter and tapped off the excess. The moon and trio of stars are from the Happy Trails stamp set, the single larger star is from Snow Much Fun and the rest are from the Gingerbread Family - Our House to Yours.

I stamped "have a sweet Christmas' and die-cut it out with the coordinating dies. I used the sentiment die to cut out two more pieces of white cardstock and glued them together for some dimension. I then adhered the sentiment to the card.  

Thank you so much for reading my blog post, you can use my discount code T4TANNALISA10 when you visit the Time For Tea Designs shop to get 10% off your order.

Gingerbread Latte Time!

Happy Saturday Teatimer's it's DT member Natalie here with another cute Gingerbread card. I had to get another one in before Christmas and I also wanted to create another coffee card. This one is a Gingerbread latte card you can check back on my other posts for a couple other coffee cards, including a black forest hot chocolate and a summery berry shaker card. 

This one I kept quite simple as a didn't feel it needed to be a shaker card as I wanted the focus to be on the Gingerbread Family. 

I started by cutting out the largest of the Eu Layering Dies  twice. I inked up one with some blue/green distress oxide inks and spritzed on some water for texture and splattered on some white acrylic paint to look like snow flakes. The second one I used to cut out the snow bank at the bottom using the Slimline Hillside Scene Dies. I layered this onto the base using some foam tape to create some depth. 

For the main features I used the Takeout Coffee Cup Dies  I used brown Distress Oxides to create the cup and a added a little splatters on the cream with the same colours. For the straw I coloured it with red copic markers and added stripes using a white gelly roll pen. 

The Gingerbread are from the new Gingerbread Family Stamp set I coloured them up with Copic markers and added some extra details with black and white gelly roll pens. Once these were all layered on I could see where I needed to place the big sentiment and snowflakes. These are both from the Falalala Scalloped Dies I adhered these and added some extra snow dots using my white gelly roll pen and that was my card finished up. I hope you like it dont't forget to check back for more inspiration and you can also get 10% off in the Time for Tea Shop using code T4TNATALIE10. 

 

Who's at the door....?!

 Hey there tea-timers...

DT Ashlee here with a fun and festive card to share with you. I absolutely can not wait for Christmas, what about you?!

This card features a stamp set from the new release at Time for tea designs called Gingerbread family and it is oh SO cute....

I combined the gingerbread family with a couple of previously released dies to make a Christmas door scene...

- Open the door die

- Open the door holiday add-on die set

- Wide stitched frame dies

To create this card I started by making my card base from a creamy tan coloured cardstock die cut from the wide stitched frames. 

I then die cut all the pieces to create the door and Christmas scenery from a bunch of different coloured cardstock before assembling it all onto the card base. 

The sentiment was stamped with Memento tuxedo black ink and die cut with the co-ordinating die. 

I stamped, coloured and die cut the two sweet little gingerbread and added them onto the doorstep with their yummy treats!!

(These were coloured with Spectrum noir tri-blend markers)

To complete the card a touch of sequins adhered using micro glue dots...

I just love how this card came together and I can't wait to create some more with this brand new set!!

Thanks for stopping by the blog today, happy crafting. Hugs Ashlee.

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