New Year's Cheers!

Happy New Year! DT Annalisa here, starting 2026 with a golden-themed celebration card using several Time For Tea Designs stamps and dies. These two adorable bunnies are ringing in the new year with some bubbly!

For the background, I used Scattered Straw Distress Watercolour Pencil on Distress Watercolour Paper, applying a layering technique to create an organic watercolour effect. Each layer is slightly smaller than the last, with increasing pigment concentration. I learned this technique in Jenn Shurkus' "Watercolour Pencil Part 2" class. I gained so many insights from this class and highly recommend it if you’ve invested in Distress Watercolour Pencils.

Once the background dried, I added some splatter using a paintbrush and Antique Linen Distress Spritz for a lovely sparkle effect. Afterward, I adhered the background to an A2 card base.

Next, I cut some gold glitter cardstock using the Zig Zag Frame and Tag Die (an oldie but a goodie from T4T!). I used liquid glue to attach this frame to the card base.

For the sentiment, I used the Happy New Year Sentiment Die cut from gold-patterned paper. To add dimension, I die-cut the same sentiment from white cardstock and stacked the layers using liquid glue. Then, I adhered the stacked sentiment to the card.

I stamped and colored images from several stamp sets, using Copic markers and adding highlights with a white gel pen. The stamp sets I used were: Fruitful Friends, Happy New Year Critters, Blooming Bunnies, Seasons Tweetings, and Santa’s Nice List. To add extra sparkle, I highlighted the edges of some images with a Quickie Glue Pen and Lawn Fawn Prisma Glitter.

Finally, I attached the images to the card base using liquid glue and foam tape for extra dimension.

Thank you so much for reading my post! Don’t forget to use my discount code T4TANNALISA10 at Time For Tea Designs for 10% off your order!

 

Christmas Wonder

Happy Friday, DT Annalisa here! I saved my favourite Christmas card that I made this year for last. I absolutely love this whimsical nighttime Christmas scene, created using the Santa’s Nice List and Sweet Christmas stamp sets.

For the background, I pulled out a moon masking stencil from my stash. I started by securing the negative (moon) portion of the stencil onto a 6" × 4 1/4" card base using double-sided removable tape. I then ink-blended Salvaged Patina, Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, Prize Ribbon, and Black Soot Distress Oxide inks to create a deep, moody night sky.

Next, I removed the negative piece and positioned the positive part of the stencil so that only the moon area was exposed. I ink-blended Squeezed Lemonade, Fossilized Amber, and Tumbled Glass to add soft colour and dimension to the moon.

To give the background a star-filled sky, I used a paintbrush to splatter both water and white paint across the panel.

For the ground section, I ink blended Hickory Smoke Distress Ink and Manatee Lawn Fawn Ink over a cobblestone stencil to create subtle texture.

I then stamped several images from the Santa’s Nice List and Sweet Christmas stamp sets, coloured them with Copics, and cut them out using my Brother ScanNCut SDX125e. I added white gel pen details with a Gelly Roll pen, and finished off some of the images with sparkle using a Quickie Glue Pen and Lawn Fawn Prisma Glitter.

The images were attached to the card base using liquid glue and double-sided foam tape for extra dimension.

To finish the card, I added a sentiment from the Sentiment Cards - Winter Wonderland | Black set: “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.”

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.

Cheesy Christmas

Happy Friday, DT Annalisa here! Today I’m sharing a cheesy Christmas card featuring the Merry Cheesemas stamp set and the Say Cheese Cover Plate Die. I love that I was able to use a non-traditional Christmas colour for the background of this project!

I began with watercolour paper and a mix of Squeezed Lemonade, Scattered Straw, and Rusty Hinge Distress Inks, along with Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide. I pressed the inks onto my glass mat, spritzed them with water, and then swiped and pressed the paper into the colour. I heat-set the panel between layers to build depth and texture.

Once the panel was dry, I die-cut it with the Say Cheese Cover Plate Die. I adhered the panel to a card base with double-sided foam tape and used liquid glue to secure the small cheese-hole pieces in place.

Next, I stamped several images from the Merry Cheesemas stamp set, coloured them with Copics, and cut them out using my Brother ScanNCut SDX125e. I added highlights with a white Gelly Roll pen. The mistletoe image is from It's Penguin-ing to Look A Lot Like Christmas, the heart is from Seasons Tweetings, and the red stocking is from Santa’s Nice List.

I added sparkle to some of the images using a Quickie Glue Pen and Lawn Fawn Prisma Glitter, then adhered everything to the card with liquid glue.

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.

Halloween Trio

Happy Halloween! 🎃 DT Annalisa here, and today I’m sharing my fourth and final handmade Halloween card of the season! This project features a bright alcohol ink background and the adorable Spooky Circle Tags from Time For Tea Designs.

To create the background, I used Ranger alcohol inks, Yupo paper, Ranger blending solution, 99% isopropyl alcohol, and the Tim Holtz Ink Air Blower. The colours I went with are Ranger Indigo, Flamingo, and Amethyst.

Once the Yupo paper was dry, I die-cut it using the Sweet Scalloped Dies and attached it to a card base with liquid glue.

Next, I coloured the Spooky Circle Tags and candy images with Copic markers, then added a few white gel pen accents for extra pop. The stars are from Santa’s Nice List, and the sentiment comes from the Haunted House stamp set. I adhered all the elements with liquid glue.

For a touch of sparkle, I used a Quickie Glue Pen along the edges of a few images and sprinkled on some Lawn Fawn Prisma Glitter. ✨

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my post! Don’t forget to use my discount code T4TANNALISA10 when you shop at Time For Tea Designs to get 10% off your order.

Holly Jolly Christmas

 Hi Friends!
I’m Patricia and today I share you a new Christmas card with new release Santa's Nice list stamp set

For the background I've used Distress Oxide ink (Wilted Violet & Worn Lipstick colors)

I've cutting two circles from Stitched Circle dies for use under the two santas and highlight them from the background

And I've given both of them a few touches with Distress ink so that they were not completely white.

For the sentiment I used one of sentiment of the set and White Velvet Alpha Stickers. To finish I used a few Festive Fun & Clear enamel dots.

Thank you so much for reading my blog post. Remember to use my discount code T4TPATRICIA10 when you visit the Time For Tea Designs shop to get 10% off your order. Happy Crafting!  

You're Always On My Nice List

Happy Friday from DT Annalisa! I’m excited to share a fun Christmas card featuring the new stamp set, Santa’s Nice List, along with beautiful patterned paper from Time For Tea Designs.

I die-cut a 5 1/8-inch square of striped paper from the Winter Wonderland Paper Pad (6x6") using the Simple Square Nesting Dies. I adhered this square to a card base with double-sided tape.

Next, I trimmed another piece of patterned paper from the same paper pad using the Scalloped Circle Dies. I then ink-blended it with Lumberjack Plaid Distress Oxide, using my Midi Beautiful Blender Brush.

I used the Stitched Circle Dies to die-cut a lovely design from the Winter Wonderland Paper Pad for the background scene. I attached this background to the scalloped patterned paper panel with a tape runner. I used 1 mm double-sided foam tape to give the card some dimension to adhere both pieces of patterned paper to the card base.

I stamped the trees and heart from Seasons Tweetings, along with Santa and his reindeer from Santa’s Nice List. After colouring them with my Copic markers and adding accents with a white gel pen, I cut them out using my Brother Scan N Cut SDX125e.

Using liquid glue, I attached the stamped elements to the card. I took the smallest die from the Simple Slimline Nesting Dies to trim around the sentiment and glued it onto the card as well.

I added Designer Enamel Dots from the Festive Fun and Clear Bubbles sets to complete the card.

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

Have A Mice Cheesemas - NEW RELEASE

Happy New Release Day! DT Annalisa here, and I’m excited to share my first Christmas card of the year, featuring the brand new adorable Merry Cheesemas stamp set from Time For Tea Designs.

I sprayed Weathered Wood Distress Oxide Spray through the Tiled Wall 6 x6" Stencil onto watercolour cardstock and then pressed it onto watercolour paper using my fingers. I soaked up the excess liquid with a paper towel and set the panel aside for another project.

Next, I lightly sprayed the inked stencil with water and pressed it onto a 5 3/4 inch by 4 1/8 inch watercolour panel. After heat setting it with my Heat It Craft Tool by Tim Holtz, I sprayed it with Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide Spray and heat set it again. I then adhered this panel to a card base using liquid glue.

I die-cut white cardstock with the Five Windows Cover Die and used double-sided tape to attach the frame to the card base.

I stamped and coloured several images from the 'Merry Cheesemas' stamp set and coloured them with my Copics. I used my Brother Scan N Cut SDX125e to cut out the images. The bell and Christmas stocking came from the 'Santa's Nice' stamp set, while the small heart is from the 'Seasons Tweetings' set.

To add some sparkle, I applied a Quickie Glue Pen along the edges of some images and sprinkled on Lawn Fawn Prisma Glitter.

I adhered the images to the card base using liquid glue or double-sided foam tape for added dimension.

Finally, I trimmed the sentiments using the smallest dies from the A2 Layers Die set and attached them to the card with double-sided foam tape.

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.