Congratulations You're Engaged

Happy Friday, DT Annalisa here! I’m sharing an engagement card using dies and high-quality printed cardstock from Time For Tea Designs, along with Ranger Distress Watercolour Pencils. This card is in celebration of the engagement of Jo (owner of T4T) and Ant. Congratulations to you both!

For the background, I used a Distress Watercolour cardstock panel. I selected Watercolour pencils in Chipped Sapphire and Evergreen Bough to colour the cardstock. To prepare the pencils, I soaked the tips in water and scribbled them onto a piece of acetate. I spritzed the acetate with additional water, then pressed it onto the watercolour paper to transfer the colour. After allowing the panel to dry fully, I die-cut it using the Snow Flurry Cover Die. Finally, I used liquid glue to attach the panel securely to a card base.

I cut several elements from the Just Married A4 Printed Cardstock, using coordinating dies. The sentiment, from You’re Engaged A4 Printed Cardstock, is also die-cut. The bouquet is from Bearing Gifts. The stamp set isn't available, but the coordinating dies are on sale.

I used liquid glue to stick all of the elements to the card and added Glossy Accents for extra shine.

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

When the postal strike ends here in Canada, I will pop this in the mail for you, Jo!

Thank you so much for visiting my blog! Don’t forget to use my discount code T4TANNALISA10 when you shop at Time For Tea Designs to receive 10% off your order.

Adventure Awaits New Driver Card

Happy Friday, DT Annalisa here! It is time for another congratulations card, as another of my beautiful nieces has gotten her driver's license! Once again, the Adventure Awaits stamp set was perfect to create a card to help celebrate the occasion.

On a panel of watercolour, I used Squeezed Lemonade, Picked Raspberry, Peacock Feathers, and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Ink Re-inkers with water and a paintbrush. I added splatter using Picket Fence Distress Spray Stain. Once the panel was dry, I die-cut it using the Simple Square Nesting Dies and adhered it to a dark grey card base with liquid glue. I added white stitched lines with a Gelly Roll Pen for interest.

I stamped several images from the Adventure Awaits stamp set onto watercolour paper, coloured them with Distress Watercolour Pencils, and cut them out with the coordinating dies. I added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen and used liquid glue to adhere the images to the card.

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.

New Driver Congrats

Happy Friday. DT Annalisa here! Today’s card celebrates my youngest niece, who just received her driver’s license! This exciting milestone definitely calls for a congratulations card, and the Adventure Awaits stamp set was perfect for the occasion.

To create the background, I painted a light wash of blue, purple, and pink watercolors on watercolor paper. Once it was dry, I used a stitched rectangle die to cut it out and glued it to a grey card base.

I stamped the car and compass images from the Adventure Awaits stamp set, colored them with Copic markers, and cut them out using the coordinating dies. To add some extra flair, I used a white gel pen to create accents with a Gelly Roll Pen. The map, which I stamped from the Happy Trails set and die cut using its coordinating dies, added a nice touch. I adhered all the images to the card using double-sided foam tape.

The sentiment is from a card I had in my stash. To finish the card, I added three white Sweet Summer Designer Enamel Dots for some extra detail.

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.

Watercolour Ocean Scene

Hello, and happy Saturday, DT Annalisa is back again today! I wish I could be out on a boat in the ocean right now. Today, I’m excited to share my project featuring the new Boat Buddies stamp set from Time For Tea Designs.

To create the front panel of the card, I used an Evergreen Bough Distress Watercolour Pencil. I soaked the pencil in water, then scribbled it on acetate, pressing it onto watercolour paper to transfer the colour. Once the panel dried, I die-cut it using the Simple Square Nesting Dies and Stitched Circle Dies.

For the background panel, I utilized Squeezed Lemonade and Saltwater Taffy Distress Watercolour Pencils. I adhered this panel to a square card base with liquid glue. 

I stamped several images from the Boat Buddies stamp set, coloured them with Copics, and cut them out using the coordinating dies. I added accents with a white gel pen from a Gelly Roll Pen. The compass and birds were from the Adventure Awaits stamp set.

Next, I die-cut vellum with the Ocean Waves Dies and colored it with a blue Copic marker. I used liquid glue to attach it to the back of the blue-green watercolour panel.

I stuck the boat to the card base using liquid glue and stamped the sentiment and birds above it. I then used double-sided foam tape to adhere the blue-green panel to the card base.

Finally, I used liquid glue to attach the remaining stamped images in the four corners of the card base.

Thank you 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.

Summer Adventures

Happy Friday, DT Annalisa here. Summer has arrived and is the perfect time for road trip adventures! Today, I’m sharing a card featuring the Adventure Awaits stamp set and its' coordinating dies.

To create the background, I die-cut watercolour paper using the Rounded Corner Stitched Rectangle Dies. I added Embossing Paste through the Snowfall 6x6” Stencil with a palette knife. Once it dried, I added Distress Watercolour Pencils in the colours Evergreen Bough and Chipped Sapphire, and then I added splatters using the same colours for added interest.

I created a card base from white cardstock and adhered the colored panel using liquid glue.

I stamped images and the sentiment from the Adventure Awaits set and cut them out with the coordinating dies. I colored the images with Copics and added highlights with a white gel pen.

Finally, I attached the images to the card using glue and double-sided tape.

Thank you for visiting my blog! Don’t forget to use my discount code T4TANNALISA10 when you shop at Time For Tea Designs to receive 10% off your order.

Hello Kitties

Happy Friday, DT Annalisa here! Today, I'm excited to share a beautiful card featuring a watercolored background that I created using the Wonky Shapes Masking Stencil and Distress Watercolor Pencils.

To start, I soaked the Evergreen Bough and Chipped Sapphire Distress Watercolor Pencils in water. I then scribbled the colours onto the Wonky Shapes Masking Stencil and spritzed it with water. After that, I flipped the stencil over and pressed it onto Ranger Distress Watercolor Cardstock, holding it in place for several minutes.

While the stencil was pressed down, I traced the outline on one side of the stencil openings with a Victorian Velvet Distress Watercolor Pencil. I used a small paintbrush and very little water and brushed over the pigment, activating it, and spreading it out.

I lifted the stencil and heat set the panel with my Ranger Heat It craft tool. I trimmed the panel and used liquid glue to adhere it to an A2 card base.

I love the way the background turned out and will be trying this technique again!

Next, I stamped and coloured several images using Copics from the Kitty Capers, Purrfect Day (books, plants, and a cat lying down), Let's Chat (sentiment), and Home Is Where The Heart Is (telephone) stamp sets. I cut them out with their coordinating dies and added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen.

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

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

Sweet On You Shaker Slimline

Happy Valentine's Day! DT Annalisa here today and I’d like to share a slimline Valentine's Day shaker card I created using the Sweet On You and Warm Hugs stamp sets from Time For Tea Designs.

To create the background, I began with Ranger Distress Watercolor Cardstock and used Saltwater Taffy, Picked Raspberry, Tattered Rose, and Spun Sugar Distress Watercolor Pencils. I soaked the pencils in water, scribbled them onto acetate, and then spritzed the acetate with water. After that, I pressed the acetate onto the watercolour paper repeatedly, heat-setting and spritzing with water as needed. I also used Mica Spray Stains in Cocktail Party and Sugary Gumdrop.

Next, I followed the same process on another piece of watercolour paper using Salvaged Patina and Tumbled Glass Distress Watercolor Pencils. Additionally, I applied Peacock Feathers Distress Spritz, Wonderland Distress Mica Stain, and Salvaged Patina Distress Spray Stain.

I used the Slimline Scalloped Trio Circle Nesting Dies to cut out both the pink and blue panels. For the pink panel, I die-cut three hearts using one of the Heart Nesting Dies. I then glued the blue panel to a slimline card base.

To assemble the shaker element, I adhered acetate to the back of the pink hearts panel using double-sided tape. I placed 3mm double-sided tape on the back of the pink panel and attached it to the blue card panel. Before securing the pink panel, I sprinkled a mix of Candy Christmas and Mermaid Tail sequins from Pawsome Stamps in the appropriate areas.

Then, I stamped and coloured the images from the Sweet On You and Warm Hugs stamp sets using Copics. I die-cut them out with the coordinating dies and added white gel pen accents using a Gelly Roll Pen.

Finally, I used liquid glue to adhere the images and the "I'm Sweet On You" sentiment to the card. I finished by adding Glossy Accents to certain areas of the images for added dimension and shine.

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

Heart Shaped Valentine

Happy Friday, DT Annalisa here! With Valentine's Day just around the corner, I am sharing a heart-shaped card I created with watercolour pencils and the Sweet On You stamp set from Time For Tea Designs.

I used the Heart Nesting Dies to cut watercolour cardstock. I coloured red and pink hearts, starting with the smartest and ending with the largest, with Distress Watercolour pencils.

I used the following colours of Distress Watercolour pencils: Lumberjack Plaid, Festive Berries, Picked Raspberry, Worn Lipstick and Spun Sugar. I added splatter using spun sugar and worn lipstick Distress Watercolour pencils.

I learned this technique from an online course by Jenn Shurkus - "Distress Techniques, Watercolour Pencils - part 2" and I love how it turned out.

I die-cut a large heart from teal cardstock and adhered it to the watercoloured heart panel with double-sided foam tape. I used a Gelly Roll Pen to add stitched lines to the teal cardstock.

Next, I stamped and used Copics to colour images from the Sweet On You stamp set. I die-cut them out with the coordinating die set. I added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen.

I stuck the images and sentiment to the card base using double-sided foam tape for dimension.

To complete the card, I added dots glitter with Cotton Candy Stickles and heart stickers in my stash.

Love Ya Lots!

Happy Friday, from DT Annalisa! I am sharing a Valentine's Day card I created using three die sets from Time For Tea Designs and Distress Water Colour Pencils.

I started by using the Stitched Quilted Cover Die and the Sweet Scalloped Dies on white cardstock to create two white panels. I adhered the stitched piece to a card base with double-sided tape.

Next, I added some splatter using Spun Sugar and Salvaged Patina Distress Watercolor Pencils, water, and a watercolour brush. I secured this splattered panel to the card base with double-sided foam tape.

For the hearts, I used the smallest heart die from the Heart Nesting Dies to cut out nine hearts from Distress Watercolor Cardstock. I coloured the hearts using the following Distress Watercolor Pencils: Spun Sugar, Saltwater Taffy, Peacock Feathers, Salvaged Patina, and Lumberjack Plaid.

For each heart, I first coloured the entire shape with one colour and then heat-set it using the Ranger Heat Tool. I layered on a second and third coat of the same colour, heat-setting in between layers.

By heat-setting throughout the process, I was able to control the water and keep the pigment in place.

Finally, I used liquid glue to adhere the hearts to the card base. I chose the 'love ya lots!' sentiment from the Brighter Days Sentiment Cards | White on Grey, attaching it with double-sided foam tape for added dimension.

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

Have a Colourful New Year

Happy Friday and Happy New Year, DT Annalisa here. For my first card of 2025, I am excited to share a bright, colourful card, wishing you a vibrant start to the new year!

I created the rainbow card panel using Distress Watercolor Pencils in the following colours: Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, Twisted Citron, Salty Ocean, and Wilted Violet.

After heat-setting the panel, I used a stitched rectangle die to trim it to 4 inches by 5.25 inches. I then attached it to an A2 card base using double-sided tape.

For the sentiment, I used the Happy New Year Sentiment Die to cut paper from a Christmas cracker with a beautiful pattern—it was too lovely not to use! I also die-cut black cardstock with the same die and layered the two together slightly offset to create a shadow effect using liquid glue.

Next, I stamped images from the Warm Hugs, Fruitful Friends, Let’s Party and You’re Engaged stamp sets, then cut them out with their coordinating dies. I coloured the images with Copic markers and added accents with a white gel pen.

To finish the card, I adhered the stamped images and the sentiment to the card base using double-sided foam tape. Finally, I added stars die-cut from gold metallic cardstock using a die from my stash.

I hope you enjoy this colourful creation! Be sure to use my discount code T4TANNALISA10 when you visit the Time For Tea Designs shop to get 10% off your order.