Lots of Hearts Rainbow 'Hello' cards (draft)

Hello everyone, Elaine here today sharing some simple but joyful 'hello' cards.  

For these cards I started with some ink blending.  Taking a piece of white, smooth, heavyweight card measuring 5 11/16" x 4 1/16", I used my Distress Inks and Time for Tea Designs Rainbow Blending Brushes to create a soft rainbow background. Starting in the top left hand corner I applied some Picked Raspberry Distress Ink.  Next, I applied some Festive Berries, Carved Pumpkin followed by Squeezed Lemonade, Cracked Pistachio, Blueprint Sketch, Wilted Violet and lastly, back to Picked Raspberry.  All colours were applied diagonally from top left down to bottom right.

Taking the Lots of Love Horizontal Cover Plate Die, I ran it through my die cutting machine with some white heavyweight card.  I like to save all the little hearts, they're great to use on another project.  I applied a small amount of liquid glue around the edge of my rainbow ink blended panel and carefully laid the lots of hearts panel over the top.

Setting the hearts aside to dry, I finished working on the sentiment.  I used the Large Script Hello Sentiment Die and cut the outline from grey cardstock and the word was cut from some more white cardstock and then ink blended.  To give a little more interest to the sentiment I created a gradient effect by applying more ink at the top of the word.  The two layers where adhered together and then adhered to the card front.  Finally the card panel was applied to a horizontal top folding card base.  

These cards were really simple to create and I love having cards like this in my stash to send for many occasions.

I'm delighted you stopped by today and hope you have a wonderful day!  Elaine xx

Hello Friend

 Hello Tea Timers!  I'm so excited to be on the Time for Tea Designs blog today as a Guest Designer!  For my first card I used the adorable Car Critters to create a cute scene card.

Using a copic friendly ink and copic friendly cardstock I stamped the car and panda and coloured them with my copic markers.  I used B99, B97, B95 & B93 to colour the main body of the car. For the lights I used some Y15, Y13 & Y11.  I added some C3, C1 & C00 to white areas of the panda to help give the images some shading.  B78, B75 & B72 were used for the panda's scarf.  Using the co-ordinating dies I die cut the images and set aside while I worked on the rest of the card.

Taking a piece of white cardstock I used a Time for Tea Designs blending brush to lightly apply some Distress Ink in Peeled Paint along the bottom quarter of the card panel to create my grass to ground my scene.  For the sky I used Blueprint Sketch Distress Ink with a very light hand.  To add interest to my scene I splattered some ink in the same colours.  Once the panel was dry I cut the panel down to 3.25" x 4.5". I also cut a panel of striped patterned paper from Brighter Days 6" x 6" Paper Pad to 3.75" x 5".  The ink blended panel was adhered to the patterned paper.  The two layers were then adhered to an A2 white side folding card base.

My car and critter were adhered to the scene with foam tape for some dimension.  For the sentiment I used the Large Script Hello sentiment die and cut the outline from white cardstock and the word from gold glitter card.  I adhered the two together and on to the card front with liquid adhesive.  Finally, to finish off the card and sentiment I white heat embossed the word 'friend' from the *** stamp set.

Before I called this card done, I used a white gel pen to add some highlights to the coloured images.

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I look forward to seeing you again soon with another card!  Elaine xoxo

Ink blended starry night and village silhouette

Hello there, crafty friends! 

It is DT Natalia (@cardsmadebynatalia) with you today. I hope your week is off to a good start! Here in the UK, temperatures have dropped and jumpers are out again, but I keep positive that the sunshine will come back *fingers crossed*!

I have a simple card for you today which I made with lots of ink blending and the gorgeous Street Scene Builder stencil. 

This stencil goes perfectly with the houses in the Hillside Village Stamp set but I thought I would showcase it on its own, and use it with some black shoot distress oxide to create a village silhouette in a summery starry night ★

For the sky, I used a small die cut circle to create my mask for the moon and then I used the following distress oxide inks: 

• Picked raspberry
• Wilted violet
• Chipped sapphire
• Dried marigold

I splattered some white gouache to add the stars to the night sky and then mounted that panel onto an A2 cardbase, leaving a small border around. 

To finish it off, I used the large script hello die of which I glued 4 layers of white cardstock to give it some dimension. 

If you head over to my IG account, there is a reel I posted a couple of weeks back with how I made the same sort of sky but on a tag! It might help you if you decide to give this a go, which I totally recommend!

Remember that you can use the code T4TNEILA10 to get 10% off your shop when you place and order over at the Time for Tea designs shop ❤

Sending hugs and see you next week!

Natalia

'You make me smile' card

Hi crafty friends!

DT Natalia (@cardsmadebynatalia) with you here today.

I hope you had a lovely weekend. I got some quality crafty time, it felt very productive which is always great!

Among other projects, I made this shaker slimline card with Time for Tea Design products. I wanted to use the gorgeous patterned papers from the Brighter Days 6x6' paper pad. Have you seen it already? It has the happiest designs and colours!

I started by die cutting my base panel from purple cardstock with the largest of the Slimline Scalloped Trio Circle nesting dies, then used the middle one to die cut the pale pink cardstock and the smallest one to cut the white panel. 

I then used the partial die cutting technique with the new horizontal Tulip Add On Die Set. This die comes with three tulips but I wanted space in the middle for my sentiments 🌷🌷. After that, I splattered some Distress Oxide shaded lilac and spun sugar with a round size 8 on my panel for some extra interest.

Now it was time to make the shaker! I prepared some acetate and glued it flat behind each tulip negative space. I used the foam roll around each tulip to create my shaker. I then filled the tulips with a sequin mix and glued acetate on top to secure my shaker area. This really helps as you can then move your panel and align it when gluing it down. This is a technique I learned from the lovely Jo.

I then die cut 4 layers of the large script hello sentiment die and one from the purple cardstock I used for my base panel. I absolutely love the basic word dies from T4TD as they come with a shadow die and they are the perfect size for any card. I also added a strip from the Brighter Days Sentiment Cards, I always love that touch of a black strip sentiment on a card.

As usual, I could not help myself but finish off the card with some Little Things from Lucy’s cards sequins! They just complete the card so nicely.

Remember to use the code T4TNEILA10 for a 10% off your shop! 💕

I hope you like the card, and I will see you next Monday with a new project!

Sending hugs,

Natalia

I Can Bearly Wait To See You!

Happy Wednesday!

I can't wait until I can finally meet up with friends and family and I think this card carries the positive sentiments necessary to show that.

I've used a mixture of dies and stamps to create this.  I stuck a printed paper on my card base for the background then cut my grass border using the Landscape Edger Die Set.  The 'Hello' was cut from black and white card using the Large Script Hello Sentiment Die and the rainbow and clouds using the Storms Don't Last Forever Co-Ordinating Dies.

I coloured my bear from the Bear's Picnic Stamp Set using my Chameleon pens.  The sentiment from the same set was heat embossed in white on to black card.

You can get 10% off anything in store using my code T4TSHABNEEZ10.

Happy Crafting!