Let's Catch Up!

 

Happy Saturday Teatimer's have you had a good week? I decided to mix things up this week and make a tag using the Happy Mail Die to create this fun cafe scene. I began by cutting out the Happy Mail Gift Card Holder Die twice out of the white card and cutting off the legs. Then in one of them I cut out a rectangle to create the window for the cafe front. Using the rectangle that I cut out I used the Small Inverted Scallop Frame Dies to create the canopy at the top and coloured it with yellow Copics and cut out a strip to create my counter top. Which I coloured up using a range a range of cold greys to create a marbled effect.

Taking the bottom tag piece I ink blended some Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide Ink. Then on top I adhered some white card that I had cut out using the Geometric Snowflake Cover Die, to create a tile effect for the background. For the front tag piece I blended Abandoned Coral, Picked Raspberry and Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxides and spritzed some water on to add some texture. I also took the Floral Bloom Stencil and used the Abandoned Coral to create some flowers and outlined them with a white Gelly roll pen. Lastly cutting out a hole on both pieces for the ribbon using the die from the Memory Keeping Essential Dies Set. 

I stamped out the critters from the Cafe Critters and added the coffee cart from the Snappy Before Coffee Stamp Set. I coloured them all up with copic markers and again added some with gelly roll to add some finishing touches.  

When adhering everything together I added foam tape to create layers so the critters were more in the foreground and there was some depth between the ones in the cafe and the dog that's making the coffees. This makes the tag look more 3-D and as though the dog is behind the counter of the cafe. 

It was fun to mix it up a little and do something different to a card I hope you like it too. You can find all the supplies in the Time for Tea shop and get 10% off your order using code T4TNATALIE10

Have a great weekend and I will see you all next week!

 

Christmas Tags using Hexagon Nesting Dies & Wow Embossing Powder

Happy Friday everyone!

Jo here with another catch up post after last nights FB Live. 

Do watch the video below. This is the edited version of last nights tutorial so its easier to watch if you're short of time but want some inspiration for your Christmas Tag making!

You will also get a sneak peek at some new products arriving in store next week!!

I absolutely loved making these adorable tags and Ant was a fantastic assistant as always.

 In this tutorial Ant did some colouring with Copics for me, colouring all the critters, using graduating shades to create depth to his characters. He did a great job!

We cut all our tags from our Hexagon Nesting Dies, layering up the largest with the next one down in size. We used some brand new & totally gorgeous cardstock that we will be sharing with you next week so stay tuned!! :)

I stamped, coloured and die cut the background tree scene which is part of the Christmas Deer Stamp & Die set.

You can see Ant also had some fun giving his dog a 'Mario' style moustache!! :D Very cute!!

We created some sparkly snowy backgrounds for our scene using WOW embossing powders sprinkled directly onto our cardstock and melted with my heat gun.

These beautiful Powders will be available in store next week!

Finally I added some highlights with my White Gelly Roll Pen and added some extra sparkle with my Stardust Stickles.

I am so pleased with how these turned out and they were really simple to make too. I'll definitely be making some more.

If you'd like to see what we get up to during the Live show then please do watch us on FB Live at 8pm every Thursday. The more the merrier.

All the products I used that are currently available in the shop are below.