Have a Whale of a Time

 

Hello and welcome! DT Annalisa with another card I created using the brand new release! For my card, I experimented with watercolour and used the Fintastic Friends and Beach Buds stamp and die sets for this underwater-themed card.

I used my A2 Layering dies to cut down a piece of Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock 4 5/16 by 3 3/4 inch panel. I pressed some Peacock Feathers Distress Ink onto my glass mat and sprayed it with a bit of water. I added some clean water with a paintbrush to the water colour panel and added some Peacock Feathers Distress Ink with my paintbrush. This created the water background for the scene. I also added some water bubbles and splatter.

A big thanks to Jenn Shurkus and Lawn Fawn and their 'Create with Us' series for the inspiration and how-to for this watercolour technique. As a perfectionist, I struggle with water colouring, but Jenn shows you how in this terrific 'pool party' class which you can watch anytime on replay.

I stamped (with Ink on 3 Blackout detail ink) and coloured (with Copics) the images and then die-cut them with their coordinating dies. I heat embossed the sentiments onto black cardstock using white Alabaster ultra fine embossing powder by Brutus Monroe. I then die-cut the sentiments out with their coordinating dies. I really like the wavy dies in the Beach Buds coordinating dies set!

I added foam tape to the sentiments, whale and dolphin and adhered them to the panel. I used liquid glue for the remainder of the elements.

The A2 card base was created using light blue card stock. I added the sea panel to this with foam tape.

I added glossy accents to the whale, small fish and water bubbles to complete the card.

Thank you so much for checkout out my blog post. Don't forget to use my discount code T4TANNALISA10 when you visit the Time For Tea Designs shop to get 10% off your order.

Life Would Suck Without You Video Tutorial

 Hello crafty friends Vic here today and I’m sharing a fun video tutorial.

I wanted to make a fun and colourful background and I also wanted to share a technique using emboss resist. I love using this technique especially with watercolour paints. 

For my background I used the A5 Woodgrain Clear Stamp. This is one of my favourite stamp sets I love the design and the texture it gives. I used a piece of A6 watercolour card and I stamped my ink with versamark ink. This will act like a glue to hold your embossing powder. I then sprinkled over some Opaque Bright White Embossing Powder onto my card and heat set the powder with my heat gun. I added some water and then added some distress inks onto my watercolour card. Using the heat gun I sped up the drying process. 

I stamped out my images using the Hillside Village Clear Stamp Set and I used the Coordinating Dies. I coloured the houses in with watercolour paint. I then stamped out my cute snails using the Snail Mail Stamp Set and Coordinating Dies. I coloured the snails and other accessories in with my copic markers. (Copic markers are listed on the screen of the video tutorial).

I also wanted to add a frame to my card and I used the Smile Inverted Scallop Frames Die. I used a pretty pink card to die cut my frame and I trimmed away the edges. I applied some foam tape to my frame and adhered this onto my card. I added all my images and then used a sentiment from the Brighter Days Sentiment Cards. 

I love how my card turned out I think it looks really bright and colourful. I hope you give the resist embossing technique a try it’s really fun to do and makes a watercolour background more fun. 

You can save 10% off your Time For Tea Designs purchases using the code: T4TVICKI10 at the checkout and this also includes new release products too. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Hugs

Vic

Slimline Shaker Card Video Tutorial

 Hello DT Vic popping in today with a fun video tutorial for you. I’m using some gorgeous products from the New Release.

For my card today I wanted to create a fun shaker card and I’ve also made a watercolour background using some distress inks. I will show you in the video how I made this card step by step. 

I used the Slimline Scalloped Trio Nesting Circle Dies for my bases which I run through my die cutting machine and added some distress inks for my watercolour background. Next I used the Tulip Add On Die Set (Horizontal) and securing this onto my watercolour card I run this through my die cutting machine. I love this die and as soon I saw the die I knew I had to make a shaker card. This will also cut out three tulips so keep these pieces to save for another project. 

I then made my shaker card you can see how this was created in the video. Once my shaker part was made I moved onto my images. I used the gorgeous Lucky Ducks Clear Stamps and Coordinating Dies. Aren’t the ducks just too cute! I stamped them up and using copic friendly card I coloured the ducks, dragonflies and grass in using my copic markers. I then used the coordinating dies to cut them out. 

I adhered all my images onto my card and for my sentiment I used the Brighter Days Sentiments Cards. I absolutely love these sentiment strips they are so handy you just cut them down and pop them onto your card. They are also perfect if your not a fan of heat embossing. Once my sentiment was added I then added a few sequins to finish my card off. 

Thank you so much for stopping by the blog today I hope you enjoy the video. You can also save 10% off your order using the code: T4TVICKI10 at the checkout and this includes the brand new release. 

Have a lovely day!

Vic

Thanks Mum Watercolour Bouquet

Happy Wednesday!

It's DT Shabneez here with a bouquet perfect to thank Mum for everything.  It's funny as after having children of my own I appreciate everything my Mum has done for me so much more.

The flowers and leaves from the Spring Blooms Die Set were all die cut from watercolour card and I used my watercolour palette with a water pen to paint them all.  I arranged them in a bouquet made with tissue paper and tied with some twine.

The MUM sentiment was die cut out with watercolour card and I painted it with an ombre effect using my watercolour palette.  The other sentiments from the Mum & Dad Clear Stamp Set were stamped, die cut and stuck on the card.

All these dies and stamps will be featured on Create & Craft this Sunday.  In the meantime don't forget you can get 10% off anything in store using my code T4TSHABNEEZ10.

Happy Crafting!